It Starts with Us
**Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching” (USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller It Ends with Us.** Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date. But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life—and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life. Switching between the perspectives of Lily and Atlas, It Starts with Us picks up right where the epilogue for the “gripping, pulse-pounding” (Sarah Pekkanen, author of Perfect Neighbors) bestselling phenomenon It Ends with Us left off. Revealing more about Atlas’s past and following Lily as she embraces a second chance at true love while navigating a jealous ex-husband, it proves that “no one delivers an emotional
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What you might want to know about It Starts with Us
The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
Picking up after It Ends with Us, the sequel alternates between Lily and Atlas as they try to build something new while Lily co-parents with her ex. A direct continuation rather than a standalone.
Yes. It Starts with Us is a direct sequel to It Ends with Us, picking up shortly after the events of the first book. It assumes detailed knowledge of the original.
Yes. It Starts with Us contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 3 to 4 out of 5 on the spice scale. The romance focuses on Lily and Atlas's reunion.
It Starts with Us was written by Colleen Hoover, published in 2022 by Atria Books.
It Starts with Us is 352 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, It Starts with Us takes most readers 5 to 8 hours to finish.
It Starts with Us is a standalone novel by Colleen Hoover, not part of a series.
It Starts with Us is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.