She didn’t want to grow up the same way her mother had– marrying an abusive husband and never standing up for herself.Ĭontrary to popular belief, I actually liked the aesthetic of Lily’s flower shop and how its grunge with dark colored flowers. Hoover portrays Lily as a strong woman who wouldn’t take abuse from Ryle she even made a list of reasons why and how he hurt her, especially for the sake of her daughters’ protection.

In “It Starts with Us,” Eventually, Lily begins to stick up for herself and doesn’t let herself be sucked into the abuse of Ryle, pulling away from the relationship and finally divorcing him. In the first book, especially in the sense that when Ryle first pushed her against a cabinet door handle for laughing, she dismissed it and convinced herself he isn’t anything like her father, who abused her mother. I think Lily definitely developed from her old character in “It Ends With Us” to now. The whole definition of romanticizing is making something better than it really is. I don’t understand how people think the relationship between Ryle and Lily was romanticized. Although there may be much romance involved, Lily truly fights her dreams of Ryle solving his anger issues and becoming a “typical” family for the sake of her daughter growing up around her father. I’ve heard that this book is considered a “romance” book, but I think the deeper concept is a girl recovering from an abusive relationship with her ex-husband while balancing the care of her daughter. As they begin to reconcile their relationship, she remembers the anger that Ryle has towards him which threatens her evolving relationship with Atlas.

On her way to work, Lily runs into her ex-boyfriend, Atlas. The sequel revolves around Lily recovering from an abusive relationship with her ex-husband Ryle Kincaid, a neurosurgeon and the balance in co-parenting their daughter Emerson Kincaid. A sequel to “It Ends With Us” by Colleen Hoover, “It Starts With Us,” explores where “It Ends With Us,” left off with fresh dual perspectives from competing love interest Atlas Corrigan and protagonist Lily Bloom. #itstartswithus has 265.2 million views on TikTok. 18-the sequel to “It Ends With Us,” and with new perspective from fan favorite Atlas Corrigan.

New York Times Bestselling author Colleen Hoover published “It Starts With Us,” Oct.

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