It Starts With Us is a contemporary romance novel, and the sequel to It Ends With Us.
Summary[]
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 read like Colleen Hoover” (Anna Todd, New York Times bestselling author).
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Special Editions[]
- Waterstones Special Edition: It features water design sprayed edges.
- WHSmith Special Edition: It features yellow pantone sprayed edges.
- Bookworm Box Special Edition: It features a limited edition cover that matched the Bookworm Box Special Edition of It Ends With Us.
Adaptation[]
Wayfarer Studios, founded by Justin Baldoni, secured the rights to It Ends With Us and It Starts with Us in 2019. After the release of the It Ends with Us film adaptation in August 2024, Baldoni, who directed the movie, expressed openness to adapting the sequel. However, he later announced that he would step away from directing, proposing Blake Lively as a potential director for the follow-up film. As of now, there has been no confirmation on whether It Starts with Us will be adapted into a movie.
Trivia[]
- The book is a dual point-of-view from Atlas and Lily's perspectives.[1]
- It starts right where the first book's epilogue ends and is all new stuff with just a couple of diary entry scenes referenced/rehashed that were in the first book.[1]
- When Colleen started writing the book she planned for it to be a prequel but it ended up being a sequel.[1]