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- Content warnings: Domestic violence, Emotional abuse, Trauma, Childhood trauma, Child abuse (referenced), Parental abandonment, Abandonment, Poverty
It Starts with Us
by Colleen Hoover
Book 2 in It Ends with Us
Best for readers who wanted closure, Atlas's side of the story, and a follow-up that lets Lily move toward tenderness without forgetting what she survived.
goodreads 3.84/5 2,153,014 ratings
storykind_community 3.75/5 12 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length336 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 2 books
Spice3/5 · Sweet / tender
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Betrayal to trust
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- Medium
- Sweet / tender
- Earned hope
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- Cinnamon roll
- Hurt/comfort
- Healing / comfort intimacy
- Romantic fulfillment
- Best friend
- Mutual pining
- Emotional intimacy focus
- Closure
- Protector
- Only one who understands them
- Vanilla with emotion
- Secretly soft
- Protective love interest
- Longing glances
- Forehead touching
- Touch starvation
Fantasy promise
- Contemporary romance
- Second chance
- Big city / metropolis
- Contemporary
- Single parent romance
- Childhood sweethearts reunited
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- Co-parenting romance
- First love
- Healing romance
- Who hurt you
- Reconnecting after tragedy
Reading experience
- First person
- Emotional
- Conversational
- Moderate
- Low
- Survivor
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- Heartwarming
- Single mom
- Hopeful
- Earnest
- Career woman
- Romantic
- Bittersweet
- Comfort read vibes
- Page turner
- Betrayal and forgiveness
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Book details
- Length
- 336 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book