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"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."--
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Reviews

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Jordyn@mouschi
1 star
Nov 25, 2024

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.

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Priscilla Stanfield@priscillas01
4 stars
Sep 4, 2024

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😂

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Hanna Rybchynska@hannarbc
3 stars
May 3, 2024

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.

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Sidney Schaffner@sidschaff
4 stars
Mar 10, 2024

Honestly, not at ALL what I was expecting

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Gabriela Kondratyuk@buginasunflower
0.5 stars
Feb 1, 2024

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

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Jasmine Ghartey@jasssreads
1 star
Jan 27, 2024

Girl...wtf was this??

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Elle May@ellexmay
3 stars
Jan 17, 2024

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

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Lauren@readwithlauren
4 stars
Jan 9, 2024

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

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rakshu@rakshureads
1 star
Dec 7, 2023

i have no words

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Kenzi Linton@delicatedayreads
3 stars
Dec 4, 2023

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!

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Lilah Merie@lilahmerie
4 stars
Nov 16, 2023

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

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honya@honbon
4 stars
Nov 4, 2023

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

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Barbara Williford@barbarawilliford
5 stars
Aug 13, 2023

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.

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Martha McLendon@marthaymc
4 stars
Jul 31, 2023

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.

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Alexis Donahue@donahuealexis
4 stars
Jul 20, 2023

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. 🙌🏼

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ariah west@riahjoy
4 stars
Jul 11, 2023

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.

+4
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Nour@nour_z
4.5 stars
Jul 6, 2023

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

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Samantha @samkay90
5 stars
Jul 4, 2023

I would read this book again

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Demi@demijayy
3 stars
Jun 29, 2023

WEIRD af lol.

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tam 🕴️@tamara_dbouk
0.1 stars
Jun 26, 2023

WORST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ NEVER READ THIS EVER PLEASE

+1
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Madyson Payne@maddyraepayne
4 stars
Jun 5, 2023

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.

+5
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Kat Rector@krector
4 stars
May 15, 2023

** 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.

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Victoria Yu@victoriayu
3 stars
May 2, 2023

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

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Rita Williams@atomicmom86
5 stars
Apr 30, 2023

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.

+4

Highlights

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Kaitlyn Macpherson @k8lyn

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

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🌞Laur🌞@laurb410

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.

Page 229
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🌞Laur🌞@laurb410

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

Page 184

Yikes.

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🌞Laur🌞@laurb410

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.

Page 132
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🌞Laur🌞@laurb410

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.

Page 131
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Krista @kkrista

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.

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Alma @abooks

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

"Wow. That's sexy."

"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."

Page 35

Guys who read….

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Christina@christina99

"You look like you're dying inside."

Page 287
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Christina@christina99

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.

Page 185
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Kaden Matthew@int3rlvde

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.

Page 252

FUCKING GAGGED

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Kaden Matthew@int3rlvde

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

Page 10
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<3@averyriskygamble

I seemed sad?

Am I sad?

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<3@averyriskygamble

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

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<3@averyriskygamble

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?

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<3@averyriskygamble

“You won’t regret this.”

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.

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<3@averyriskygamble

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.

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<3@averyriskygamble

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

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<3@averyriskygamble

God, what a tangled web we’ve woven.

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<3@averyriskygamble

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.

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<3@averyriskygamble

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

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<3@averyriskygamble

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

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syd!@sydthorne

“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.”

Page 34
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<3@averyriskygamble

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

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<3@averyriskygamble

“You got a girlfriend?"

“No.”

”Boyfriend?”

“No.”

“Wife?”

I shake my head.

“Do you have friends, at least?”

“Not really,” i admit.

“Siblings?”

“Only child.”

“Shit. You’re lonely.”

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