Regretting You by Colleen Hoover | BOOK REVIEW | HIGLY RECOMMENDED

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ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE ROMANCE BOOKS

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.

I’ve only read one book by Colleen Hoover so far, It Ends With Us, and it was an experience I was hesitant to repeat again. That book messed with my head and heart. But reading Regretting You, one of my rare five star books, was like comfort food for the soul. Also if you like me, always on a book buying budget, Regretting You is available with Amazon Kindle Unlimited program. Best reason to give it a try and if you are searching for more KU romance books, I got you covered with this list.

Regretting You by Colleen Hoover | BOOK REVIEW | HIGLY RECOMMENDED

BOOK REVIEW

MY THOUGHTS

Overall, Regretting You reminded me a lot (and I don’t mean the plot, just the feelings) of The Birthday List by Devney Perry, and The Five Stages of Falling in Love by Rachel Higginson. The novel was the perfect combination of being deeply emotional, including me tearing up, hopeful, heart warming and sweet. The book had it all. And most of all I was wowed by the writing itself.

I must admit I picked up this book with the expectation that it wouldn’t be more than a DNF. I clearly opened this book with low expectations. But I was shocked when I read on and on and couldn’t put it down. I finally had to, at around 29% to go to bed, but those first 29% were AMAZING. At this point I already had a good idea that this book might actually turn into a 5 star read for me.

There were many scenes between Morgan, the mother and Jonah that squeezed my heart, and I got all gooey because the feelings just overwhelmed me. Their memories of eyes locking, emotions just short from igniting, touches that went beyond anything either experienced before, an undercurrent that was deep and real, touched me in the most profound way. And being someone’s first choice, maybe even his only choice – struck me deep!!! Their interactions gave me goosebumps. And my thoughts are rambling just thinking about it all.

Clara’s own love story wasn’t less impactful. It was all about first love. And a backstory that made me go aww. Their interactions were the cutest at times. And the entire story was so well done. Not OTT as man other YA love stories, just genuine and fitting for a teenagers first go at a relationship. The epilogue, you’ll know what I mean with it, made my heart explode!

The combination of both, a YA romance and a women’s fiction romance – worked incredibly well. Both plot lines were emotional, touching, and endearing. The overall arc, the plot that made them come together, was the one that changed it all. What a twist.

Reading Regretting You gave me the highest appreciation for the author’s skill. The way she put all the pieces together, was incredibly well done. I was completely unprepared for the turns this book took. And was totally floored by all the emotions and touching moments throughout the story.

I feel like the overall story line, and the combination of the two love stories, will be something any romance reader can connect with and appreciate. As I mentioned above, I’m not a CoHo fan, but I love a great story, and this book is an easy 5 star story for me. So, if you ever had doubt about picking up a CoHo novel, this one is the BEST one to start with.

You won’t regret it.

FIVE STARS

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Regretting You by Colleen Hoover | BOOK REVIEW | HIGLY RECOMMENDED