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Published in 2016, It Ends with Us is a romance novel, the first in a duology by Colleen Hoover
. The novel tells the story of Lily Bloom, a young woman from an abusive home who struggles to find her way in the world without recreating the patterns of violence from her youth. Moving between Lily’s present and diary entries from her adolescence, the novel explores the complex nexus of love and abuse. It Ends with Us won the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance. A film adaptation directed by Justin Baldoni (who also plays Ryle Kincaid) is set to be released in August 2024, starring Blake Lively as Lily Bloom, Brandon Sklenar as Atlas Corrigan, Jenny Slate as Allysa, and Hasan Minhaj as Marshall. Lily’s story was continued by Hoover in the sequel, It Starts with Us (2022).Read the full book summary, the full book analysis, and explanations of important quotes from It Ends with Us.
