It Starts with Us: A Novel

Colleen Hoover

Oct 2022 · It Ends With Us Book 2 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching” (USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller It Ends with Us.

Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date.

But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life—and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life.

Switching between the perspectives of Lily and Atlas, It Starts with Us picks up right where the epilogue for the “gripping, pulse-pounding” (Sarah Pekkanen, author of Perfect Neighbors) bestselling phenomenon It Ends with Us left off. Revealing more about Atlas’s past and following Lily as she embraces a second chance at true love while navigating a jealous ex-husband, it proves that “no one delivers an emotional read like Colleen Hoover” (Anna Todd, New York Times bestselling author).

Ratings and reviews

Heartfelt, Satisfying, touching. It Starts With Us is the continuation of It Ends With Us, we continue to follow Lily on her emotional journey between Ryle and Atlas. Lily is working through being a single mom and is constantly wondering if she made the right decision. I will most remember a conversation between Lily and Marshall where he shared a hurtful memory about himself and Allysa and tells Lily that even though he was so hurt by Allysa he would never want to hit her.

I think it's much better than the first part (It ends with us), actually it's adorable, it feels like the whole story could be happened in the real life it's such a realistic as it's not a such story from like Disney land or something, it just like what happened in the real life, so that it touches my heart with every single emotion from both Atlas and Lily. Really really like it so much❤

I didn't know how this second book could top the first but it did. Colleen has a way of ending her stories in a way that doesn't leave you unsatisfied. The perfect ending to the perfect series!

About the author

Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty-three novels, including It Starts with Us, It Ends with Us, All Your Perfects, Ugly Love, and Verity. Colleen lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. For more information, please visit ColleenHoover.com.