On the day of her father's funeral, Lily meets Ryle, a handsome neurosurgeon, and sparks immediately fly. Although Ryle is notoriously commitment-phobic, he can't seem to stay away from Lily. As Lily and Ryle's relationship goes through ups and downs, Lily takes to reading her journals about her first love, Atlas. When Atlas reappears in her life, everything Lily has built with Ryle threatens to come tumbling down.

It Ends with Us has been all over TikTok for ages, so I thought I'd finally pick up Hoover's infamous love story. Hoover hits all romance bases as the first half of the novel contrasts her ultra-steamy romance with her husband against her sweet young adult romance with Atlas. Yet the brilliance of It Ends with Us is when the novel shifts from a steamy romance to a tale of domestic violence.

As Lily struggles with the shifting line in the sand as her husband's actions become increasingly abusive, Hoover humanizes domestic violence victims, helping you understand why we shouldn't judge women because it doesn't always feel so black and white for the woman involved. Based on her own parents, It Ends with Us is a journey about stopping the cycle of domestic abuse.