The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
danielle_spino's review against another edition
5.0
loved it
I read alot of bad reviews about this book but still gave It a chance. I loved it. I loved that it grabbed your Attention. as akways, I love the twist in colleen Hoover's books!!
I read alot of bad reviews about this book but still gave It a chance. I loved it. I loved that it grabbed your Attention. as akways, I love the twist in colleen Hoover's books!!
nadiamasood's review against another edition
4.0
This book is best going into blind.
Wow, this book wasn't what I was expecting at all! I picked Layla up without knowing anything at all: haven't read the blurb, any reviews or synopsis, not even the genre. I just started reading this knowing that Colleen Hoover writes contemporary romance and does an excellent job at it. I'm so glad I went into blind with this one.
"I placed two layers of duct tape over Layla's mouth before I came downstairs, but I can still hear her muffled screams as the detective takes a seat at the table."
Yep, that's how the story begins. And it gets crazier.
This is the love story of Leeds and Layla, but is told entirely from Leed's perspective, which I appreciated because his character is the most complex of all. It's written very well and I couldn't put it down. I just wanted to know what crazy thing happens next. Reading this book is a rollercoaster ride: one moment it's "awww, how cute of them" to "what is happening?" to "how could he?" to "OMG!".
The story goes back and forth in time, until it's only about the present. But with Layla, both time periods were so interesting. The last chapters of this book were intense. I was certainly wasn't expecting the twist toward the end!
A few things in the book made me very uncomfortable, specially the part where they do something extremely drastic and dangerous in order to save Layla. There were moments when I hated Leeds so much.
Colleen Hoover ventured into a new genre with this one. What a ride this was! This book totally had me on the edge of my seat and I had a hard time putting it down. In fact, I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the events which occurred.
Go ahead and read this. You won't be able to put the book down once you start reading it.
Wow, this book wasn't what I was expecting at all! I picked Layla up without knowing anything at all: haven't read the blurb, any reviews or synopsis, not even the genre. I just started reading this knowing that Colleen Hoover writes contemporary romance and does an excellent job at it. I'm so glad I went into blind with this one.
"I placed two layers of duct tape over Layla's mouth before I came downstairs, but I can still hear her muffled screams as the detective takes a seat at the table."
Yep, that's how the story begins. And it gets crazier.
This is the love story of Leeds and Layla, but is told entirely from Leed's perspective, which I appreciated because his character is the most complex of all. It's written very well and I couldn't put it down. I just wanted to know what crazy thing happens next. Reading this book is a rollercoaster ride: one moment it's "awww, how cute of them" to "what is happening?" to "how could he?" to "OMG!".
The story goes back and forth in time, until it's only about the present. But with Layla, both time periods were so interesting. The last chapters of this book were intense. I was certainly wasn't expecting the twist toward the end!
A few things in the book made me very uncomfortable, specially the part where they do something extremely drastic and dangerous in order to save Layla. There were moments when I hated Leeds so much.
Colleen Hoover ventured into a new genre with this one. What a ride this was! This book totally had me on the edge of my seat and I had a hard time putting it down. In fact, I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the events which occurred.
Go ahead and read this. You won't be able to put the book down once you start reading it.
life_as_emmalee's review against another edition
3.0
Plot twist? Yes. I’ve never read anything like this before and I was definitely interested to see where it would go and what was actually going on. I’ve heard that people are confused after the ending but I definitely feel like it all came together very nicely, I enjoyed it!
alittlelou's review against another edition
4.0
I didn't see the twist coming even when I thought I did so that I really liked. The ending just wrapped up much quicker than I would've liked, or maybe the epilogue needed like? 15 more pages.
gambizzy's review against another edition
medium-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
lostinthepaigeofabook's review against another edition
2.0
This was just not a book for me. Idk. It just wasn’t good.
alexkmort's review against another edition
4.0
I feel like this was more of a 3.5. Definitely a change from Hoover’s norm, but not as good as Verity.
leaf01's review against another edition
3.0
this book definitely had me on the edge of my seat towards the end. i did give it three stars though. i gave it 3 stars because it took almost half the book to really pick up and make sense. the plot twist was crazy tho. i did enjoy the book but not as much as i hoped.
boettch_please's review against another edition
3.0
Very weird and hard to get into. Didn’t really start having interesting plot points until the very end when the interview caught up with the main characters time frame.