It Ends With Us By: Colleen Hoover It Ends With Us is a 2016 romance novel by Colleen Hoover. The novel tells the story of Lily Bloom and her ill-fated love with Ryle Kincaid. Lily Bloom grew up in an abusive home and traces her past history growing up. The novel opens with Lily meeting Ryle Kincaid on a rooftop, clearing her thoughts after her father’s funeral. Lily and Ryle’s attraction to each other only increases the more they happen upon each other. Throughout this time, Lily finds herself revisiting her past and longing for closure with Atlas. The relationship between Lily and Ryle appears perfect, their feelings only intensifying as they spend time together and become embedded in each other’s lives. Lily and Ryle’s sister are now best friends, and Ryle …show more content…
In the end, she tells herself that this is the closure she had sought, especially now that she’s with Ryle. Afterwards, Ryle is apologetic and Lily allows him to comfort her, feeling confused and hurt about the incident. Ryle swears that he isn’t like Lily’s father, who Lily has told him about. Lily threatens to leave him if it happens again and tells herself that Ryle is not like her father. The next day, Lily, Ryle, Allysa, and Marshall are eating at the restaurant where Lily saw Atlas. Atlas sees Lily’s wounded eye and Ryle’s bandaged hand and comes to the correct conclusion that Ryle has assaulted Lily. Atlas confronts Lily in the restroom, she defends Ryle. Ryle finds them talking and Atlas attacks him, eventually throwing him out of the restaurant. Ryle asks Lily for reassurance that she isn’t being unfaithful to him with Atlas. Lily stresses to him that she only has feelings for Ryle. When Atlas confronts Lily in the restroom, she defends Ryle. Ryle finds them talking and Atlas attacks him, eventually throwing him out of the restaurant. Ryle asks Lily for reassurance that she isn’t being unfaithful to him with Atlas. Lily stresses to him that she only has feelings