Book 30/30.
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I bought It Starts with Us in September 2023 and there are not enough words to articulate how excited I was to finally read it for the “final” book of my 2024 reading challenge as Atlas is my OG book boyfriend 🤩😍🫶
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.
Switching between the perspectives of Lily and Atlas, It Starts with Us picks up right where the epilogue for It Ends with Us left off, revealing more about Atlas’s past and following Lily as she embraces a second chance at true love while navigating a jealous ex-husband.
ISWU may not be as important and intense as IEWU, but it still enjoyed the fuck out of it. There was a chapter of Atlas’s story that had me balancing tears 🥺 and I loved watching Atlas and Lily reconnect and reclaim their love.
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** A guide to ratings **
1 star – did not like it
2 stars – it was okay
3 stars – liked it
4 stars – really liked it
5 stars – it was amazing
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