New Favourite Author plus BONUS BOOK REVIEWS!

Hey! I have found my new favourite author! I have currently borrowed 7 of her books from my local library. So far, I've loved every single book of hers that I have read, and I hope that you can find some interesting reads from her!

So, drumroll please...

Colleen Hoover!

Colleen Hoover, or CoHo as she is also known as, has published over 20 books that are loved by millions of fans around the world. One of her best known books is It Ends with Us, which also has a sequel called It Starts with Us.

So far, I think I have read 6 of her books and loved every one of them. From the library, I have the Slammed series (Slammed, Point of Retreat, This Girl), Regretting Him, Without Merit, Never Never and Heart Bones. I also own It Ends with Us and am hoping to buy It Starts with Us soon!

From those books, I have read Never Never, Heart Bones, It Ends with Us, It Starts with Us and am currently reading Without Merit. My favourite book out of thosee is probably It Ends with Us and I have given it a 4 star rating on my Goodreads account, however I would have given it a 4.5 if it was an option.

Here is a little reading age image (including series and stand-alone books) from Reading Order/Age Graphic | Colleen Hoover to help you find some CoHo books!

BOOK REVIEWS!

So, to keep in theme with this post, I will be reviewing 2 Colleen Hoover books - Never Never and Heart Bones.

First, we have Never Never. This book is about two lovers who lost their memory and can't remember who anyone is, and can't remember each other either. They have to continue their lives while trying to figure out how to regain their lost memories, and improve as people along the way.

I gave this a 3 star rating on Goodreads because I found (without significant spoilers) that the storyline was very repetitive and I really REALLY didn't like the ending. It didn't give me as much information that I wanted to finalise the story and there was no information on the secondary characters that featured in the book, which I wanted to know about. There was also a big time skip to the epilogue, in which I would have liked some more detail on as well. However, it was a good book, the storyline could be hard to follow at times due to links between the characters, but I enjoyed reading it and would recommend it to others.

Second, we have Heart Bones. This was an okay book, and it also got a 3 star rating on Goodreads, but I would have given it a 3.25 if I could, as I enjoyed it more than Never Never. This book is about Beyah Grim, who, after the death of her mother, is forced to contact her father who she has hardly seen, and ask for somewhere to stay. At her father's house, she meets Samson, who lives next door, and they spend a lot of their time together, which many people don't approve of. I didn't really like the character of Samson, especially towards the ending, but I guess the ending is representative of real-life situations which may be relatable to readers. The middle of the book was really cute and I really enjoyed it, and I would recommend this book to other readers.

I hope you enjoyed reading this, and I will definitely be posting more Colleen Hoover reviews in the future, as I am sure to read many more of her books, and I hope that you can read along with me!

-Ashley :)

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