lacelettemarie's review against another edition
5.0
I’ve been looking for this book for a while... by that i mean a feel good story that sucks you in, makes you cry, and that you can inhale in one day and finish in the middle of the night with tears in your eyes
tiffanyrich623's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
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? It's complicated
3.75
hmartone's review against another edition
3.0
This one was a slowwww start for me. I didn’t love Morgan (the mom) until the very end I just didn’t really connect with her character. I got into it about 2/3 of the way through there just was no twist or anything. It seemed a little bit unrealistic. 3⭐️ & 2
lilcallowayy's review against another edition
4.0
(4.9) this book started off so gooood. i liked the plot line but the end personally was underwhelming. idk i expected more.
firstly, i understand that clara was going through a rough patch but she was kind of annoying and i didn’t love her and miller.
however jonah and morgan. OMG. jonah is my fav coho book boyfriend. the way he stayed with elijah after everything and their slow burn. i’m deceased. if this book was only their relationship immediate 5 stars.
firstly, i understand that clara was going through a rough patch but she was kind of annoying and i didn’t love her and miller.
however jonah and morgan. OMG. jonah is my fav coho book boyfriend. the way he stayed with elijah after everything and their slow burn. i’m deceased. if this book was only their relationship immediate 5 stars.
yers's review against another edition
4.0
I was impressed with this book. I can see why Colleen Hoover is loved by her fans. The way she writes is not only realistic but also wholesome and inspiring. Morgan's story is heart wrenching, yet the decisions she makes, although hurtful to her and questionable at times, are all out of unselfishness and maturity. It takes a lot to admit mistakes but it takes even more courage to confront things for what they are, grieve when needed, and learn to move on without taking the darkness in.
On the other hand, Clara's attitudes and decisions through her point of view are somewhat expected. She is a teenager, impulsive, immature and judgmental. You can understand why she blew up sometimes and how underserved, and hurtful her lashes were towards her mother. This dynamic relationship between mother-daughter was explosive at time. Hurt people, hurt other people to find some sense of validation only to encounter dissatisfaction and emptiness in their lives.
Very good book. I enjoyed every detail of it with good resolution. Highly recommend.
On the other hand, Clara's attitudes and decisions through her point of view are somewhat expected. She is a teenager, impulsive, immature and judgmental. You can understand why she blew up sometimes and how underserved, and hurtful her lashes were towards her mother. This dynamic relationship between mother-daughter was explosive at time. Hurt people, hurt other people to find some sense of validation only to encounter dissatisfaction and emptiness in their lives.
Very good book. I enjoyed every detail of it with good resolution. Highly recommend.
charmossy's review against another edition
emotional
tense
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
thebookdance's review against another edition
4.0
It's always great to read a Colleen Hoover book. Specially knowing we are going to get some cool romance from it.
I enjoyed this story for sure.
I liked that we got to experience two storielines within the same story. We have Morgan who got pregnant really young and devoted her life to her daughter while being also always emotionally there for her husband and sister, and then she discovers they are both having an affair (which was kind of hinted as soon as there is a mention that Elijah looks like Clara, I immediately made the big story in my head), and that her sister's child is also her husband's child. Not to mention how Jonah, a person she used to know so well, that used to be a close friend that she had a big connection with, suddenly is back in her life to take care of a baby that isn't even his. When he left so long ago without even saying goodbye to her.
And then we have Clara, that loved her father, that idolized her aunt and she lost them both. She doesn't know what to make of the way her mother is acting. And she starts talking to Miller, this guy that used to avoid her for no reason.
We have two very different romantic relationships here, but a bit similar all the same. Both Jonah and Miller have liked these girl for a while and both have stepped away from there because the timing wasn't right.
Morgan and Jonah had a long time before they could finally be together, and althou I understand he took himself out of the picture because it hurt him and because he thought it would be better for everyone, he could have tried to work around it and stayed to support Morgan anyway. But I get it, I might have done the same thing he did if I were in that situation.
And I really like their connection, we didn't get to see something evolve precisely the way I would have wanted, but I feel like they needed each other a lot and they were so much more perfect together than in their other relationships, screw that 'opposites attract' nonsense.
About Miller, I think he was just a devoted cute human. He didn't cheat (thank God), and was such a good shoulder to lean on. And I really thought in the beggining that he would be a bad boy, but he wasn't (at all) and I really enjoyed that. Clara was the one who was having a terrible behavior with him sometimes, how she was close to making out with someone who was in a relationship, how she used him to get back at her mother. I understand she was hurting but still.
I like how things turned out in the end.
I feel like everything was a bit predictable and I would have liked to have known what was in those letters that Morgan never opened. Were they having an affair for years? Was it recent? Did they like each other as teens as well or not?
I guess we'll never know.
I liked the "short movies" Clara and Miller did and how he made a promposal to her that way, it was super cute.
And finally I wish the cover was more orange than it was, it would have made more sense right? Or was that coral and I don't know?
Now I have to figured out where to put this one in my Colleen books scale.
4 stars!
I enjoyed this story for sure.
Spoiler
This was an engaging story, like I feel all of Colleen's stories are. We have two points of view, one from Morgan (the mother) and Clara (the daughter). They have the typical mother daughter relationship. They get along but fight due to miscommunication and the fact that a tragic thing happened.I liked that we got to experience two storielines within the same story. We have Morgan who got pregnant really young and devoted her life to her daughter while being also always emotionally there for her husband and sister, and then she discovers they are both having an affair (which was kind of hinted as soon as there is a mention that Elijah looks like Clara, I immediately made the big story in my head), and that her sister's child is also her husband's child. Not to mention how Jonah, a person she used to know so well, that used to be a close friend that she had a big connection with, suddenly is back in her life to take care of a baby that isn't even his. When he left so long ago without even saying goodbye to her.
And then we have Clara, that loved her father, that idolized her aunt and she lost them both. She doesn't know what to make of the way her mother is acting. And she starts talking to Miller, this guy that used to avoid her for no reason.
We have two very different romantic relationships here, but a bit similar all the same. Both Jonah and Miller have liked these girl for a while and both have stepped away from there because the timing wasn't right.
Morgan and Jonah had a long time before they could finally be together, and althou I understand he took himself out of the picture because it hurt him and because he thought it would be better for everyone, he could have tried to work around it and stayed to support Morgan anyway. But I get it, I might have done the same thing he did if I were in that situation.
And I really like their connection, we didn't get to see something evolve precisely the way I would have wanted, but I feel like they needed each other a lot and they were so much more perfect together than in their other relationships, screw that 'opposites attract' nonsense.
About Miller, I think he was just a devoted cute human. He didn't cheat (thank God), and was such a good shoulder to lean on. And I really thought in the beggining that he would be a bad boy, but he wasn't (at all) and I really enjoyed that. Clara was the one who was having a terrible behavior with him sometimes, how she was close to making out with someone who was in a relationship, how she used him to get back at her mother. I understand she was hurting but still.
I like how things turned out in the end.
I feel like everything was a bit predictable and I would have liked to have known what was in those letters that Morgan never opened. Were they having an affair for years? Was it recent? Did they like each other as teens as well or not?
I guess we'll never know.
I liked the "short movies" Clara and Miller did and how he made a promposal to her that way, it was super cute.
And finally I wish the cover was more orange than it was, it would have made more sense right? Or was that coral and I don't know?
Now I have to figured out where to put this one in my Colleen books scale.
4 stars!
bestern16's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0