It Starts with Us
- 352
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 59 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
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Our view
“It Starts with Us” exists to give Lily and Atlas the love story the first book left open, with the two of them narrating in turn. Some readers find it sweet to the point of sugary, yet forgive the neatness because the tenderness feels sincere and real problems are not ignored. It does not stand alone: treat it as a coda to “It Ends with Us” and read it straight afterwards.
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About the book
It Starts with Us is a romance novel by Colleen Hoover, published by Atria Books on October 18, 2022. It is the sequel to her 2016 best-selling novel It Ends with Us. The novel continues from where It Ends with Us ended and centers on the relationship between Lily and Atlas. It alternates chapters between the first-person narration of Lily and Atlas. The sequel was first announced in February 2022. It became Simon & Schuster's most pre-ordered book of all time. Hoover wrote the novel as a "thank you" to fans of the first novel.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 1,044 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 88% of the weight and the score stays at 7.5 — the Romance average of 7.6 barely moves it.
The rating sources disagree by more than a point, so the score leans more on the category average than usual.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 415 | 40% |
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 629 | 60% |
Frequently asked
How long is It Starts with Us?
It has 352 pages — shorter than 74% of the ranked books in Romance.
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