Confess by Colleen Hoover

Confess

by Colleen Hoover

‘This book will consume you - rip out your heart and piece it back together. I absolutely loved it!’ Paige Toon
‘Hoover will pull heartstrings in this second-chance love story… edgy, sexy’ Booklist

From the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us, a novel about risking everything for love and finding your heart somewhere between the truth and lies.

At age twenty-one, Auburn Reed has already lost everything important to her. In her fight to rebuild her shattered life, she has her goals in sight and there is no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn’t expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there, Owen Gentry.

For once, Auburn takes a chance and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is keeping a major secret from coming out. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything important to Auburn, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it.

To save their relationship, all Owen needs to do is confess. But in this case, the confession could be much more destructive than the actual sin.

Reviewed by liz089 on

3 of 5 stars

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I'm not really that happy with this one. I dunno... It was not bad, but it was all so.. Unrealistic.
If I want unrealistic I'll read a fantasy book or something, not a NA.

Of course it should be MORE then the real world, more drama, more romance.. But this was all just a bit too much for me. I had a couple of moments that I thought were really weird and NOT within the realm of realistic or at least possibly. Just too much drama for the drama of it (and yes I normally like that, but with this one I didn't. It made the plot kind of unbelievable. And I want my NA to be at least believable to get into it.

Also, I've seen this multiple times in NA books, but when someone harms you, abuses you, you should never let them get away with that. Yes, yes, there were circumstances, but still. I do not think it is right. The way they handled it made it only right for her (mostly), but that man is still out there. He can still do that all over again to someone else, hell, he can still do his job while he really should not be doing it anymore. That is just selfish.

But apart from the problems I had with this book I did enjoy reading it. The main characters were nice, if not slightly dull.. But I liked them good enough. They has some depth (though not that much as I would have liked..)
You know, I think I got a bit spoiled with This Ends with Us. I thought it was an amazing read, just beautiful, but this one is not as good.. I can't help to compare then and find this one lacking..

So well, 3 stars, because even though it was not that believable, I did enjoy reading it.. Though not as much as This Ends with Us XD

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