After (1) (The After Series)

Experience the internet's most talked-about book, now a major motion picture, from Anna Todd, the writer Cosmopolitan called "the biggest literary phenomenon of her generation."

There was the time before Tessa met Hardin, and then there's everything AFTER... Life will never be the same. #Hessa

Tessa is a good girl with a sweet, reliable boyfriend back home. She's got direction, ambition, and a mother who's intent on keeping her that way.

But she's barely moved into her freshman dorm when she runs into Hardin. With his tousled brown hair, cocky British accent, and tattoos, Hardin is cute and different from what she's used to.

But he's also rude--to the point of cruelty, even. For all his attitude, Tessa should hate Hardin. And she does--until she finds herself alone with him in his room. Something about his dark mood grabs her, and when they kiss it ignites within her a passion she's never known before.

He'll call her beautiful, then insist he isn't the one for her and disappear again and again. Despite the reckless way he treats her, Tessa is compelled to dig deeper and find the real Hardin beneath all his lies. He pushes her away again and again, yet every time she pushes back, he only pulls her in deeper.

Tessa already has the perfect boyfriend. So why is she trying so hard to overcome her own hurt pride and Hardin's prejudice about nice girls like her?

Unless...could this be love?
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592 pages

Average rating: 6.73

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reneete
Feb 22, 2024
2/10 stars
Just catching up on all the brain-rot I didn’t get as a teenager. Read this to see if it’s as bad as they say, and it didn’t even take 10 pages for me to realize that it’s even worse. I feel bad for the fourteen-year-old minds this has once lived in, and I’ve surely aged ten years because of the constant frown on my face. At times, I dared myself to think that maybe it could redeem itself at least a little (I feel like the romantic emotions and i...read more
RidetheNarwhal
Feb 27, 2023
8/10 stars
Stuck around for the drama but this toxic relationship of two very young and immature kids was a bit off putting. However, it was an easy read and once started I was committed to the end. Also, don't waste your time watching this movie, it doesn't follow the book.

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