Very mixed thoughts on the ending- it was disappointing but at the same time wrapped things up in an interesting way & I will be waited with baited breath for book 4!

LOVE THIS SERIES! Need a movie!

I couldn’t put this down! I have been excited to read this ever since I loved Erica Katz’ other novel, Fake, and this one was just as great. As someone who is also a workaholic and is very intrigued by the prestige of the professional world, I totally understood the protagonist and was just so drawn in from the first page. Loved it.

This book was beautiful and very sad. A bit more dense/literary than what I typically gravitate towards, but that’s my own problem. I love multiple timelines, like in this book, and they were weaves together so seamlessly- I was worried with so many characters but it worked so well. I think this is the perfect book to recommend to all different age groups and I am amazed by the research that went into it.

If someone complimented my “bottom” in an intimate moment I would literally slap them in the face, the love interest was described as being the definition of my type but was such a WEIRDO that I couldn’t be invested in the love story. Nice family story & cute ending but went on for just a little bit longer than I needed it to

I just love the way Sarah Addison Allen writes! So magical yet so realistic. I am excited to keep reading her books.

I put off reading this for the longest time because it tends to be used as a punchline- I agree that the diehard CoHo tik tok fans can be annoying, as any fan that only interacts with one author would be, but they have good reason! This is a really beautiful & harrowing story.

I have a couple thoughts about some things (Atlas’ reaction to Lily in the window and the savior complex it seemed to give her, for example), but overall I felt like this book depicted a very accurate, albeit very sad, abusive relationship. There were a couple very silly things about this book, ahem Ellen, but they made for characters that felt realistic and a very sweet story.

I have only read one other Colleen Hoover, Verity, which is obviously totally different- but her writing really does just draw you in!

All that to say, this is NOT a romance novel- I’m frustrated that it’s promoted as one and I wish I had read this back when it came out, my opinions would’ve been less affected by others.