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#Miami Grab Passes to #ItEndsWithUs 7/24 @ Silverspot Cinema Downtown Miami

Do you want to watch IT ENDS WITH US before anyone else? Click on the poster above to your passes to an Advance Screening for Wednesday, 7/24 @ Silverspot Cinema Downtown Miami, 7:30PM. *Remember to arrive early. Seating is first-come, first-served and not guaranteed*

SYNOPSIS: IT ENDS WITH US, the first Colleen Hoover novel adapted for the big screen, tells the compelling story of Lily Bloom (Blake Lively), a woman who overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life in Boston and chase a lifelong dream of opening her own business. A chance meeting with charming neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni) sparks an intense connection, but as the two fall deeply in love, Lily begins to see sides of Ryle that remind her of her parents’ relationship. When Lily’s first love, Atlas Corrigan (Brandon Sklenar), suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with Ryle is upended, and Lily realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.

Directed by Justin Baldoni and produced by Alex Saks, Jamey Heath, and Christy Hall. The film stars Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj, Amy Morton and Brandon Sklenar, from a screenplay by Christy Hall, based on the book by Colleen Hoover.

Book Review: Regretting You by Colleen Hoover

REGRETTING YOU
Author: Colleen Hoover
Reading Level: New Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Released: December 10, 2019
Review Source: Purchased

From #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us comes a poignant novel about family, first love, grief, and betrayal that will touch the hearts of both mothers and daughters.

Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike.

Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn’t have a spontaneous bone in her body.

With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris—Morgan’s husband, Clara’s father, and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. The heartbreaking and long-lasting consequences will reach far beyond just Morgan and Clara.

While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she’s been forbidden to see. With each passing day, new secrets, resentment, and misunderstandings make mother and daughter fall further apart. So far apart, it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together.

B!!!!!!!!!! I have been in a semi book funk for a hot minute but leave it to COLLEEN MAAAA EFFIN HOOVER to slap me around and pull me right tf out of it. THIS BOOK FAM. THIS BOOK WAS SO GOOD. I knew I was going to feel all the feels, because that’s what Coho’s writing does but I had no idea I would FEEL SO DAMN MUCH.

As a mother of a now 16 year old I empathized with Morgan but I also found myself wanting to shake the hell out of her. I empathized with Clara also because I can’t imagine being 16 and going through everything she goes through. I loved the complexity and flaws of all the characters. I can even somewhat empathize with Chris and Jenny. That is a crap situation to be in all around. I frackin love Miller to pieces. He’s probably my favorite character of the entire book. I also loveddddddd Lexie and Efren. COLLEEN PLEASE GIVE THEM THEIR OWN BOOK.

I’m giving this book 5 stars, obviously, because it’s amazing and I loved it and I cried and I laughed and I felt so many things. Could not put this book down. I recommend this book and all of Colleen Hoover's books. Seriously, every, single, book she writes is amazing.

Blog Tour: Without Merit by Colleen Hoover + Giveaway

Without Merit
Author: Colleen Hoover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Contemporary
Released: October 3rd 2017
Review Source: Atria Books

Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness.

The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother’s former nurse, the little half-brother isn’t allowed to do or eat anything fun, and the eldest siblings are irritatingly perfect. Then, there’s Merit.

Merit Voss collects trophies she hasn’t earned and secrets her family forces her to keep. While browsing the local antiques shop for her next trophy, she finds Sagan. His wit and unapologetic idealism disarm and spark renewed life into her—until she discovers that he’s completely unavailable. Merit retreats deeper into herself, watching her family from the sidelines when she learns a secret that no trophy in the world can fix.

Fed up with the lies, Merit decides to shatter the happy family illusion that she’s never been a part of before leaving them behind for good. When her escape plan fails, Merit is forced to deal with the staggering consequences of telling the truth and losing the one boy she loves.

There isn't much that I can say that hasn't already been said before about Colleen. The fact that she always leaves us impress with her words is just incredible. No matter what the subject is about, she blinds us and then kills us slowly. And the fact that all of her books deals with sensitive topics and how she brings it to the light is confusing... Like how does she do it? How does she never disappoints?

Without Merit was very confusing at first, specially reading the synopsis. Merit Voss collects trophies? What? Why? What is Colleen up to now? But as I began reading the book, Merit was someone I can relate to. The story is very different than Colleen's other YA books, yet still intriguing. The story is slowly developed, with information about a family that is upside down. But like any other family, a family is a family. And eventually the slow burn turns into a torch and things got pretty interesting. When isn't with family? And once Colleen's story becomes interesting, goodbye world... I was hooked and I couldn't put the book down.

As you all know, when it comes to Colleen's stories, it is best to always go in blind. So I am not saying much about the story. But that it does deals with sensitive topics that will leave you with provoking thoughts. You will go into darkness but Colleen always finds a way to bring the light back and make your heart feel better. Even though I was feeling sorry about Merit and her family, there was no room for no judgments. Because like any other family, everyone has secrets and everyone wants to hide them. However, the best remedy is by talking about it as we learn in this story.

Without Merit is a life lesson. It's a story that will keep you reading all night. And even though it's YA, anyone can relate to. We all have layers of secrets that we need to learn how to peel off. And Without Merit will teach you the reason why. I highly recommend this book to everyone. Please go read it!

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Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Slammed, This Girl, Point of Retreat, Hopeless, Losing Hope, Finding Cinderella, Maybe Someday, Ugly Love, Maybe Not, and Confess. She lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. Please visit ColleenHoover.com.