It Starts with Us: A Novel (It Ends with Us)

Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching” (USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller It Ends with Us.

Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date.

But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life—and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life.

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Published Oct 18, 2022

336 pages

Average rating: 7.32

3,120 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

allygilkey
Jun 03, 2025
4/10 stars
BORRINNNGGGG!!! I love Atlas and Lily but literally nothing happens in this book. This could’ve been shortened to a short story or epilogue 
lexismith
Jun 02, 2025
7/10 stars
this sounds awful but i was expecting…more? the first book was so abuse heavy and then by the second one he’s a calm cool guy? it threw me off. still enjoyed the book
Knicole
May 01, 2025
10/10 stars
Great read
mayt
Apr 30, 2025
5/10 stars
It was a easy read after watching the moving and reading the first one, I wanted to see where their relationship would go but It was a little lack luster alot of information in this book was info we already knew. This was still a cute read though.
maddiereads’96
Apr 22, 2025
7/10 stars
Worth the read as a follow up from the first.

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