Regretting You by Colleen Hoover on May 31, 2023
Genres: Fiction / Family Life / General, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Women
Pages: 366
Format: eBook
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“Relationships are hard for that very reason. Your body and your heart don’t stop finding the beauty and the attraction in other people simply because you’ve made a commitment to one person. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you’re drawn to someone else, it’s up to you to remove yourself from that situation before it becomes too hard to fight.”
Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike. Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn’t have a spontaneous bone in her body. With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris—Morgan’s husband, Clara’s father, and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. The heartbreaking and long-lasting consequences will reach far beyond just Morgan and Clara. While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she’s been forbidden to see. With each passing day, new secrets, resentment, and misunderstandings make mother and daughter fall further apart. So far apart, it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together.
I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Colleen Hoover. I just never know what I’m going to get with her, so I have been approaching her books with caution. And I’m happy to report that Regretting You was a complete win for me! This story was easy to fall into and I became invested in the mother/daughter journey, which is full of life lessons, drama, regrets and trying to hold it all together. At times I was shocked and teary-eyed. But there are also moments of humor, holding my breath for the next chapter and hoping for the ending I wanted so badly! I don’t want to give anything away, but this one is beautifully done with the right amount of drama and a few shocking revelations!
I gave this a four star-rating. This is a fantastic ride over family emotions, including love, betrayal and grief. And also, about second chances. Leave it to Hoover to give me a reality check – no billionaires. No rich man’s world. No over the top proclamations or actions. Nothing. Just reality and normal, everyday people….with a devastating journey to watch unfold.