It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

*Mini Spoilers*

Hey readers! I haven't had a chance to post, on literally one of the BEST books I have read this year. My friend Sharon got me hooked on Colleen Hoover's writing last summer while my husband was in school full time and I was really bored. It started with Ugly Love then Confess and my heart was finally 100 percent stolen by Maybe Someday. I was told I needed to read her book Hopeless which was less than satisfactory in my opinion as well as the long awaited November 9, which was also disappointing. It Ends with Us came out at the beginning of the month and OH MY GOSH!!!...
It starts with a rooftop and a girl who is thinking about how she lost her father. While she is sad about it she is also relieved. Her father was her towns Mayor and he also kept a dark secret behind closed doors. His temper was short and his fists were fast. On this rooftop she meets a very handsome Neurosurgeon named Ryle. Ryle is upset from an incident "at work" and he and Lily, our leading lady begin to talk. There is attraction right away, but because Lily wants a relationship and Ryle doesn't they leave it at that. It was one night on a rooftop in Boston, Or so we think.
Lets go back in time a few years. Lily is in high school and she begins to notice this boy who is walking over to the abandoned house next door. His name is Atlas and he homeless. He was kicked out by his mother because of issues with his stepfather. As time passes we see a relationship blossom between them. We hear all about it through Lily's "diary" which is a book full of letters to her hero Ellen DeGeneres. She writes about wanting to open her own flower shop, the boy next door, and her life  with her family. She begins to let Atlas in both physically (letting him use her shower, and kissing while her parents are at work) and emotionally because Atlas understands what she is going through. After what seems like forever, Atlas connects with an Uncle in Boston and tells Lily that he is going to move. As they say their goodbyes with Lily losing her first love as well as her virginity, her father storms into her room and in another rage begins to beat Atlas with a baseball bat...
Fast Forward to the present. Lily has decided to purchase her first building to open her flower shop and a gorgeous and bored housewife wants to be her first employee. Little does Lily know that her new friend/employee Alyssa, is Ryle's sister and when they cross paths again it is the beginning of the craziest story ever.
What Ryle and Lily have seems perfect. She has her shop, He is a successful Neurosurgeon, they are taking it slow and falling more and more in love. One evening Ryle burns one of his hands on the dinner Lily is making and in an attempt to help him Lily sees a blur and ends up on the ground. Did Ryle Hit her? Is she imagining it? It looks like our leading man may have some skeletons in his closet as well
To add insult to injury we are reintroduced to a man who owns his own restaurant, and who used to sleep in an abandoned house, Atlas is also in Boston and when he and Lily see each other again she is now plagued with the What ifs...
Okay okay I cant say anymore because if I do then it will ruin the story and I don't want that. But let me just say...WOW! This was a book I had to make myself put down because it was so damn good. I was super in love with Ryle for the first half and this is how I pictured him

I mean come on.. If you have read it and imagine him at his sisters party, this is it!

Atlas was, for me bittersweet. I was so in love with Ryle for so long (until the obvious) that when I had to put a face to him it took almost the entire book, but one scene stuck out and this is who I saw

\Also equally as gorgeous, with more of a boyish charm, just like Atlas.

*Yes I know I picked celebrities, but if you follow my personal blog, kelseys365challenge.wordpress,com or if you know me personally, then you know how big of a movie buff I am and how Jake Gyllenhaal and Logan Lerman are my "boyfriends"*

I could picture anyone else as far as character go, and I tend to do that alot. They are more of an idea and less of of a physical being to me. Sad I know!

Anyway, I cannot say enough good things about this book and if you haven't read it, do so NOW! Hoover nailed it with this book and now I am back on a Colleen Kick and I am impatiently waiting for another book!

Books I want you to read!!!.

Hey everyone! I fell like I havent posted in years! and as I am watching movies and working on my personal blog and I got inspired to share some of my personal favorites. Lets get started shall we!

The Hollow is my 2nd favorite book! It is a spin on the classic The Legend of Sleepy Hollow mixed with a modern day love story. I fell in love with Caspian Crane in a way that I still to this day have not with any other book leading man. It was a book that took me a year to buy and only a few days to read. This was a love affair from page 1 <3

Cat Winters is a literary Goddess. When I saw the cover of In the Shadow of Blackbirds I knew that it would be one that I would never forget. Set during the Influenza Epidemic in California, Winter weaves a story of the supernatural and lost love. This book is everything I imagined and more.

This was one of the BEST books I have ever read but also one of the most strange. It combines lust, something called "the glow", the devil and a girl who is trying to figure everything out. I loved River West almost as much as Caspian Crane. He was strange and a bit scary and that is what I loved the most!

Check back for 3 more, coming soon!

One True Loves By Taylor Jenkins Reid

Hey readers, I am literally 30 seconds finished with this book and I have to wipe away the tears and begin this review. This book goes something like this...

Boy meets girl at a party

They drink

the cops show up

they hide

they walk home once the coast is clear

they get caught

arrested

Fall in love

They get married

Emma and Jesse

live in California

she writes

he takes pictures

The day before their 1 year anniversary he travels

the helicopter crashes

hes dead

she grieves

she meets a familiar friend

she begins to love

they become engaged

Emma and Sam

Her phone rings

Its Jesse

He survived the crash and is coming home

Her seemingly perfect life is turned upside down

who will it be

Jesse, her first love, her past, her Husband

or

Sam, her friend, her new love, her Fiancee'

Okay i had to get creative, I couldn't just summarize this book because it was so poetic and beautiful. What i wrote is the jist of the story. Writing a formal review seems so boring and bleek by comparison after reading this heart wrenching story.

So here is what I thought. In the beginning I was all about Jesse and Emma. I loved their love because it was young love. Lets be honest young love makes your heart ache when you think back to the times you yourself were in love. Once Jesse was gone I was heartbroken for Emma. My husband works a tough job and It was hitting too close to home for me and I almost didn't read it. Then Sam came in and began to make Emma feel happy and normal again and I found myself falling for this man who came into Emma's life and made her feel whole again. Life for them ended up being perfect until Jesse called... Emma was left to decide if she wanted to be with her past or take on her future. A few days in Maine with Jesse was all the information she needed.

That is literally all I am willing to say about the summary of it, You have to read it to really understand it, It is one of the best books I have read in a LONG time. My best friend made me read it and last night in the wee hours of the morning when I couldn't sleep I read over half of it. I had to force myself to put it down and go to bed because I knew I wanted to prolong this book as long as I could.

I LOVED LOVED LOVED this book. It deserves more stars in the sky. I loved Sam, I loved everything he did and how he did what he did for love. I loved that Jesse was the first love because he was the best choice for that role. I loved Emma's life in California and in Acton. I loved everything! 

If you haven't read it and are considering it just do it! Its a tear Jerker, its beautiful, is messy, its complicated and its worth it!

Unbelievable by Sara Shepard

Hey everyone I just finished Unbelievable by Sara Shepard and wow! These books are such fun reads! in this book...

Spencer, the overachiever and straight A student becomes fatigued by the threats from A and maintaining her "perfect" life. She steals something that could cost her everything in the hopes of having it all.

Aria, Dating her ex BFF Hanna's ex boyfriend, but also having a scandalous affair on the side that is so juicy, if anyone were to find out it could cost Ezra his job! Kicked out of her house by her mother, from a note left by A, Aria is left to live with her dad and his ex student, now fiancee' Meridith. Can she survive?

Emily, after being sent to live with her relatives in East Jesus nowhere because her parents cant deal with the fact that their perfect daughter is gay, she meets a girl who gets her into trouble and sent home, only to get into a fight with her girlfriend Maya.

Sweet, Sweet Hanna, after getting hit by a car leaves her bruised, and stitched up she begins to lose herself in a shy boy named Lucas and her friendship with Mona, is finally on the mend...or so we think.

Mona and Hanna were attached at the hip when the liars began to drift apart but Mona has been harboring secrets that almost get Hanna killed and could destroy the group forever.

These books are so fun! I absolutely love reading them. Not only are they quick but each chapter is about a single liar and how they all come together in the end is amazing. Even though I have been watching the show for years and know what is happening it is so fun to have my own version of the show with every page I read. I gave this book a 4, the only problem I had with it was that about halfway through I became a tad bored but also I was super busy and taking a break made me lose my momentum.

July Photo challenge

Hey friends, I am so sorry that I havent kept up on the photo challenge like I had hoped but this month has been so busy! I hope to share some of my pictures with you soon! Again I apologize!

Lothaire By Kresley Cole

Hey Readers! Well it has been an interesting day to say the least... I am house sitting and one of the animals is sick so I may be making a trip down to the Emergency Vet clinic something in the next hour!! Besides that I finally finished Lothaire by Kresley Cole.

Lothaire is a story about a centuries old Vampire who is trying to "marry" himself to his mate Saroya. Saroya the soul reaper is possessing a young, southern girl named Ellie who eventually makes Lothair fall in love with her and cast out his original mate Saroya.

This book started off really strong for me. I was hooked when i began to read it and I loved the relationship of the human and vampire. After awhile this book became so boring and redundant. It was one of those stories where you are gunning for the couple to fall in love and be together but once it happened it was really awkward and not as fulfilling as I had hoped it would be.

This book only got 3 out of 5 for me and I apologize for how short this review it, but I am on high alert until I find out if I am leaving to take this animal to the ER.

Check back for more book reviews!!

Polyjuice Potion

Hey friends. We are now 5 days into the photo challenge and today was a challenge! It was Polyjuice Potion, who would I turn into!!! I was unsure as to who in a book I wanted to pick so I had to go with literally any girl who simon has liked or loved because he is the literary love of my life! I also had to choose my long time girl crush Jennifer Aniston because... well... just look at her!!!