It Starts With Us // Colleen Hoover [no.2 in the series]

”Hoover breaks hearts all over again in this stunning sequel to her bestselling It Ends with Us. The author's talent for creating nuanced and empathetic characters is on full display, and fans will be especially excited to finally hear Atlas's side of the story.”
Publishers Weekly

”Through palpable tension balanced with glimmers of hope, Hoover beautifully captures the heartbreak and joy of starting over.”
Kirkus Reviews

The sequel to It Ends With Us, picking up where that book left off. Lily is co parenting with her ex husband when her first love Atlas comes back into her life, and this time the story is told by both of them.

Colleen Hoover is an American novelist who self published her first book in 2012 and became one of the most read authors of the 2020s through BookTok. It Ends With Us was filmed in 2024.

A good fit if you read contemporary romance and want Atlas's side of the story. The book deals with the aftermath of an abusive relationship and works best read after It Ends With Us.

Sold at Akademibokhandeln for 209 kr as a paperback edition.

”This sequel stands on its own, a portrait of the dynamics of domestic violence.”
People

”High-stakes twists, ingenious plotting and capital-D drama.”
New York Post