Colleen Hoover

"When Leeds meets Layla, he's convinced he'll spend the rest of his life with her--until an unexpected attack leaves Layla fighting for her life. After weeks in the hospital, Layla recovers physically, but the emotional and mental scarring has altered the woman Leeds fell in love with. In order to put their relationship back on track, Leeds whisks Layla away to the bed-and-breakfast where they first met. Once they arrive, Layla's behavior takes a bizarre turn. And that's just one of many inexplicable occurrences."--

Layla

Didn’t have me hooked like the other Coho books. only read till page 102

Kaitlyn Macpherson 

🌞Laur🌞

That’s when it really hits her. Until this moment, she was just confused and a little bit scared, but she gets it now. She realizes I’m not entirely on her side. 

Layla thinks she’s pleasuring her soon-to-be fiancé while i’m pretending she’s the ghost I’ve been slowly falling for. 

There’s definitely some deceit going on here- I’m fully aware of that. But it’s hard to know where to draw the line when the lines aren’t even in the same world. 

I wonder what happened in my childhood that makes me take on so much guilt, even when I’m not responsible for whatever is wrong. I take on the weight of Layla’s sorrows. Now i’m taking on the weight of Willow’s. 

Krista 

Falling in love with her was weightless, like air was breezing through my bones.

Falling out of love is fucking heavy, like my lungs are carved from iron.

Alma 

 "Some people say he lied about it all. Ir's why I'm reading it."

"You think assassins are sexy?" She shakes her head. "No. The fact that you read is sexy." 

She lifts her magazine from her chest and looks back down at it. "You're hot. You write songs. You read. Too bad you can't cook for shit." 

I push her away from me and slap her playfully on the ass. She's laughing when she rolls back over. "Seriously. You can't even make a sandwich without screwing it up."

Christina

Falling in love with her was weightless, like air was breezing through my bones. Falling out of love is fucking heavy, like my lungs are carved from iron. 

Kaden Matthew

I no longer feel like I'm falling out of love with Layla, because I've been falling in love with her this whole time in Willow.

It's like my heart constricts to the size of a penny and then balloons to the size of a drum with every beat.

“I think we blurred the line between right and long a while ago.”

Or should we just pack up and leave before every line I’ve already crossed becomes a wall so high we can’t climb over?

She’s wrong. I already regret it. I’ve regretted almost every decision I’ve made at her expense since we got here. 

Yet…I’ve done nothing to stop myself.

I wonder what happened in my childhood that makes me take in so much guilt, even when I’m not responsible for whatever is wrong.

That’s pretty egocentric of you to assume I’m the one who needs help. What if I’m here to help you?

I’m just….nothing. I’m thoughts. Feelings. But they’re not really attached to anything tangible. It’s weird, I guess, but it’s all I know.

I’m no longer the same idiot. I’ve matured in the last two minutes. I’ve come to my senses. 

It’s been proven that people read live longer. Are you trying to die young?

syd!

“He's looking at me in the way I saw him look at me so many times that summerike I'mn the most interesting thing on this peninsula.”

I don’t want to be someone who thinks I’m a somebody.

i’m convinced that coho has a massive k**k for the lack of autonomy because the repeating pattern of women in her novels losing complete bodily autonomy and the way she talks about it is gross. Not to mention how awful it is to read about leeds having sex with his girlfriend all the time while she’s drunk. I don’t hate the book conceptually but I think the same plot by a different author could’ve been stronger.

Jordyn

So to be completely honest, I had no idea what this book was about and once I started it I wasn’t sure how I was feeling. And top of that I came off an emotionally angsty book and then started this one and I think that was a small mistake on my part. Because my stomach at this point was so twisted I still haven’t figured out how I recovered. The end while yes it made up for it just know you are going to potentially be stressed and hate most of the journey. I actually still don’t like the MMC but the other charcter in the book made it better. So yeah it was good but half the time I don’t know too and yes, I know this makes no sense😂

Priscilla Stanfield

4/5⭐️

So to be completely honest, I had no idea what this book was about and once I started it I wasn’t sure how I was feeling. And top of that I came off an emotionally angsty book and then started this one and I think that was a small mistake on my part. Because my stomach at this point was so twisted I still haven’t figured out how I recovered. The end while yes it made up for it just know you are going to potentially be stressed and hate most of the journey. I actually still don’t like the MMC but the other charcter in the book made it better. So yeah it was good but half the time I don’t know too and yes, I know this makes no sense😂

Hanna Rybchynska

The story tells us about a guy that falls in love with Layla, the kind, spontaneous, crazy, and beautiful Layla. Their life is perfect until she gets shot by his obsessive ex-girlfriend. After this accident, Layla is trying to get her life together BUT she is different, forgetful, and with all other mental problems. To reignite the sparkle and help Layla with her healing, Leeds decides to come back to the place where they met. However, instead of everything getting better it's all getting worst. 

This book kept me hooked and I was really interested to understand what is actually happening. I think that maybe I gave too many stars for this book but I think it was kinda original and unexpected. And not all the MC need to be good people. BUT... justify bad behavior and poor choices with "love"... I don't know! 

Leeds loves Layla, however, he doesn't treat her that way. Nothing in his behavior shows that. He is quite self-absorbed although he thinks that he treats Layla really well. Because the whole story is written from his perspective it is quite difficult to understand what is actually she feels and maybe that's why I got the feeling that he is self-absorbed. I also didn't feel the connection between the MC. I don't understand how they fell in love.

Once again, it looks like I didn't enjoy the book, but I actually did. The story was interesting and captivating, BUT it shouldn't be a romance... If it is a thriller/mystery - the plot is okay! But as romance, I don't think so. 

I don't recommend this book to people who are not comfortable with cheating and lying relationships.

Sidney Schaffner

Honestly, not at ALL what I was expecting

This was just flat out sick. Romanticizing cheating? Justifying abuse and torture to get answers for a ghost?? This was just gross and wrong. 🤢👎

Gabriela Kondratyuk

Jasmine Ghartey

Elle May

Don't get me wrong I liked this book hut did anyone else feel that ending was just rushed? It just fell flat for me I thought after all that there would be something more fulfilling

Lauren

4.5* I literally went through every emotion while reading this wow

rakshu

Kenzi Linton

From the moment the first sentence started, I was hooked. I wanted to keep reading, to figure out what in the world was happening as the book kept switching from an interview to the story of how Layla and Leeds came together. However , I didn’t realize that this book was going to include spirits/ghosts (at least I think that’s what was happening?) and that’s not really something I’m interested in reading about and Leeds made me really angry, and then by the end, I was just so confused. I continued to read it because of how much I love the way Colleen Hoover writes. This definitely was not my favorite book of hers. I don’t even know how to explain this book!

Lilah Merie

Suuuuper slow at first. Not a fan of DV, but overall, a pretty good book with a unique storyline!

honya

this book is honestly so underrated. throughout the whole book i was kinda mad at willow and leeds for betraying layla like that, but when the plot twist hit, i was like ohhhhh. im so stupid for not expecting that lol

Barbara Williford

I’m still trying to process this book! What an amazing read. It was well written, engrossing and hard for me to put down. It captures your attention the first chapter and has your mind spinning with twist and turns and mind blowing surprises. When you get to the end you don’t see it coming. A must read!

**Warning: sexual content and strong language. Some violence.

Martha McLendon

Colleen just keeps proving she can write all genres and nail them. I had so much anxiety, at one point I was mad at her, towards the end I wanted to shake her. This was not what I was expecting it was so much more.

Alexis Donahue

Co Ho never fails— the paranormal aspect of this book was different than her normal works and more on par with “Verity”. I did guess one of the twists pretty early on in the book, but I was SHOOK at one part towards the end. Definitely an enjoyable read— Colleen Hoover stan forever. 🙌🏼

i’ve heard that fans of verity will like this book as well and holy shit were they right. now i’m not a colleen hoover fan but this book was so good! i swear she knows how to write mystery and thriller. my one squabble with this book is i really don’t like the cheating trope and it had me going there for a second but it pulled through and it was amazing. 

ariah west

Layla oczarowała Leedsa swoją szczerością i bezpośredniością. Znany muzyk już od pierwszej chwili czuł, że łączy ich wyjątkowa więź. Po pierwszej wspólnie spędzonej nocy oboje byli pewni, że są bratnimi duszami, że będą razem już do końca życia. Jednak ktoś ma inne plany i próbuje zabić Laylę. Dziewczyna przez wiele tygodni dochodzi do siebie po brutalnym ataku. Niestety jej psychiczne rany nie goją się równie szybko jak fizyczne. Leeds ma wrażenie, że to zupełnie inna kobieta niż ta, w której się zakochał. Aby ratować ich związek, zabiera ukochaną do pensjonatu, w którym wszystko się zaczęło. Tam Layla zaczyna czuć się jeszcze gorzej, a jej dziwne zachowania coraz bardziej się nasilają. A to tylko niektóre z wielu niewytłumaczalnych zdarzeń w pensjonacie. Leeds musi podjąć trudną decyzję. Wie, że jeśli dokona złego wyboru, może zaszkodzić nie tylko Layli.

Nour

I liked it , I am not usually into CoHo writing style but I liked it in this book , plus she kept me hooked even tho I am not into supernatural stuff . Recommended it , fall season vibe read

Samantha 

Demi

WORST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ NEVER READ THIS EVER PLEASE 

tam 🕴️

This book intrigued me from the very beginning. I will admit, it was very weird. It took a while to get to the point, but once it did, I was hooked. The plot was very fascinating and unexpected. I definitely recommend reading this book. 

Madyson Payne

Kat Rector

** spoiler alert **
           This is probably the weirdest book I read. At first I was so pissed off that Leeds starting falling in love with the ghost that was in the house on top of using Layla’s body at night to spend more time with “Willow”. Only to find out later that Sable was in Layla’s body the whole time after the shooting. 

I’m very glad later on that Layla was able to be reunited with her body.

Definitely one of the weirdest books I have ever read but I think the way CoHo tied all of it in was great.

It would be wild if Sable was still in Layla’s body after Leeds killed “Sable” to get Layla back into her body and was just pretending to be her again.

Victoria Yu

Not really sure what I think about this book. It was different. Very different...

I finished it in one sitting. No joke. Amazing. It gave me Verity vibes, which is my favorite Colleen Hoover book. I wish she would write more like this. 

Layla

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