Summary Of It Ends With Us By Colleen Hoover

In the books It Ends With Us and It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover, Lily’s life is tough and she runs into some struggles. She proves that not all toxic relationships end in a loss of the partner, but a growth and realization that there is someone in the world for everyone. Lily takes charge of her dreams while coming into conflicts that would take some people to their breaking point. Lily sees her father treat her mother in a sickening way and becomes disgusted with her father and his actions. Lily’s first romantic relationship and the impact she and Atlas had on each other and the connection they had. Her first marriage and the consequences she didn't know she would face with Ryle and their daughter. Following her reconnection with Atlas

They met again because Lily was looking for employees and Ryles sister Allysa was interested. Lily didn't know they were related until she fell and twisted her ankle and Allysa called her brother and husband. Ever since that day, the two decided to try a relationship. They were in love and inseparable, they would spend as much time together as their busy schedules would allow. They ended up wanting to spend their lives together at the time and eloped in Vegas. They are a happy couple. Ryle would get Lily everything and they thought they would be together forever and have kids together.They bought an apartment together and started building their life. Until Ryle lost his temper and hit Lily, she thought it was her fault at the beginning, but it got progressively worse. Ryle started to lose his temper and hit Lily more and more often, to the point she was too scared to go home. Lily sought Atlas for help because she didn't want to get Allysa tied up in the drama. Similar to her mother, Lily didn't want to leave him because Ryle apologized and said he wouldn't do it again, but it happened more and

She started to second guess leaving him because she wanted the baby to have a stable house, but didn't want her growing up how she did. During her pregnancy, Ryle would try to shower her and get her back, but she needed time. Lily had her baby and needed to decide what she wanted with Ryle. She did what was best for her and her new baby girl Emerson and left Ryle permanently. In the book, “It stops here”. With me and you,. It ends with us” (Hoover 361). Lily ended the relationship because she didn't want the cycle of abuse to continue into her daughter's life. After Lily and Ryle had their fallout, Lily was trying to move on for Emerson. Lily and Atlas thought about each other a lot. Lily, now single, wondered what would happen if she dated Atlas. Atlas always wondered if Lily left Ryle or if she was still suffering his consequences. One day when she was late for meeting Ryle to exchange Emerson, she ran into Atlas on the street. They were both in a hurry, but agreed to text each other. They began texting and filling in the gaps that were left when they had to separate. They started by going out on their first official date and fell back in