“My father was abusive. Not to me—to my mother. He would get so angry when they fought that sometimes he would hit her. When that happened, he would spend the next week or two making up for it.”

From a young age on Lily Bloom knows that some love isn’t always beautiful, it can be toxic. However when she runs into a super hot neurosurgeon the attraction is undeniable and on the deepest level as they share their naked truths. But what if love comes with the ultimate cost?

It Ends With Us is not just a romance book. Sure, it does have certain elements that classify accordingly, hot guy meets shy girl and such, but besides that this book transcends the romance genre. As this book rawly illustraties, and with it educates, toxic relationships and in particular domestic abuse. Mostly when domestic abuse is portrait we tend to judge the abused and utter words like: “that would never happen to me, I would leave!” Hoover illustrates that the choice to leave isn’t always easy. It’s especially this element that makes this book a must read as it illustrates there’s no black or white and there’s a subtle distinction in between. Because of it you will feel conflicted. It swooshes you from feeling empathy for the abuser, which results in feeling guilty, which effects in extreme anger for the abuser to evolve in confusion about the decision to stay.
As a consequence to the conflicted emotions and its educational purposes I liked the book. It did have some problems in pacing at the end and I didn’t like some of the cringy smut scenes, but besides that this book is a must read. I do however advice consulting TW before reading.