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Confess, by Colleen Hoover

24 reviews

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was such a great romance novel. I fell in love with Owen, Auburn and Adam and the way fate brought them all together in the way they needed in the right moment. I loved how the writer kept details of their lives away from us until the end too. It wasn’t as predictable as a lot of other romance novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Sexual assault, Addiction, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent

janzenriley's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

the ending was so conflicting 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Drug abuse and Alcohol

sienasummerrreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

This book was incredible and such a ride. I loved the plot and the story that gripped me and had me on edge. I highly recommend going into blind but there are some topics in here you may need to look into triggers first before diving in. I loved the aspect of the confessions and the sweet and sentimental moments between characters. There are a few tough situations in this that you read but you have hope to hold onto. There is something about Colleens writing that draws me in so deeply. The man Owen in this makes my heart swell. Auburn makes tough decisions that hurt your best but she is a strong women. The narration was fantastic. I was just reading along and tabbing as the story consumed me. 

I really loved this book so much. I will be thinking about this book for a while. It’s beautiful, heartbreaking, powerful and emotional. 

“I’ll love you forever. Even when I can’t” 

If you love: 

🔹 Heartfelt Romance 

🔹 Difficult Situations

🔹 Addiction & Loss

🔹 Confessions & Blackmail

🔹 History & Heartbreak 

🔹 Intimate Spice 

Genre/Type: Emotional Romance 

APK:  Physical Read / Audiobook 

Pages: 320

Audio: 7 hours 50 minutes 

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Spice: 🌶️

POV: Multiple / Duel Narration 

Tropes: Can’t Define 

Check Triggers ⚠️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Violence, Car accident, and Sexual assault

crystalmartillo's review against another edition

dark inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Shows how our lives intertwine with one another and how small decisions can make large impacts

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Child death, Alcohol, Death, Addiction, and Sexual assault

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I enjoyed this. It was a little boring at first and they were Some plot twists that I didn’t see it coming. I liked the Auburn as a main character Owen was OK at first he was really weird to me but he got better and the secret wasn’t that big of a deal and I kind of saw it coming. There’s some more serious contact in this so trigger warning for sexual assault, emotional abuse, physical abuse, addiction, and some other things. I really like the artwork included in this. That was a good touch and I do wish we got a little more confessions because those are really interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Violence

emilyandthewhippet's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Drug use, Sexual violence, Blood, Addiction, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, Alcoholism, Rape, Medical content, Grief, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Drug abuse

mhairi_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Terminal illness, Injury/injury detail, Car accident, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Child death, Violence, Addiction, Grief, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming and Stalking

chloelj27's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The storyline packed in twists and turns alongside making me feel every emotion. I felt tense through quite a large portion of the book and at times, I directed that mistrust and suspense at the wrong characters. I think that’s one reason I loved this book as you didn’t know who to trust especially the first half of the book. The art included in Confess was breathtaking and so beautiful and powerful. I think it is also worth mentioning how incredible and moving it is that all the confessions mentioned in this book were submitted by real people. With the art, confessions and plot combined, this is a clever, moving book.

Owen really won my heart and that last chapter?! My heart shattered all because it was so heartbreaking but so beautiful and touching all at the same time! I don’t think I connected completely with Auburn but I enjoyed her journey of becoming this strong, young woman and standing up for herself. 

This was a fast paced book (which I love) but at times, it’s felt too fast paced, so I didn’t get the full experience of some scenes. I think this may be why I didn’t connect with Auburn as much as I wanted to (as well as one of her actions in particular despite my feelings about Trey).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Car accident, Alcohol, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Drug abuse

Minor: Pregnancy

embxr's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

bellapezzato's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Could this be my new favorite CoHo book? Very much so. OMG (those who read it will understand lol), I could not put it down, I don’t think I ever felt so angry at fictional characters as I did with some from “Confession”, and loved others with the same intensity. This book is amazing. I can’t stop thinking about it, guess I’ll have to watch the series now.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Child death, Grief, Stalking, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, and Mental illness