Book Appointment Now
These A-listers couldn’t predict the drama Colleen Hoover’s book would unleash
When a beauty mega-mogul like Kylie Jenner and a millennial scream queen like Lucy Hale are reading the same book, you know it’s reached zeitgeist status. The title in question — “It Ends With Us” — is perhaps Colleen Hoover’s best-known and most divisive work. In it, florist Lily Bloom is caught in the escalating violence of her relationship with neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid. Though shelved under romance, it deals heavily with domestic violence and abuse.
Still, not all publicity is good publicity. These days, the book is more likely to be associated with Blake Lively’s ill-fated 2024 film adaptation. When the trailer for “It Ends With Us” came out, book fans all said the same thing: the casting skewed noticeably older than the characters on the page. Some took issue with the treatment of such sensitive material; others fixated on costuming, much of it reportedly pulled from Lively’s personal wardrobe, which eventually made the list of Blake Lively outfits that totally missed the mark. For many readers, this simply wasn’t the story they imagined.
Any remaining hope around the film was swiftly overshadowed by a public and bitter legal feud. Lively filed a lawsuit against co-star Justin Baldoni, alleging sexual harassment; Baldoni countersued for extortion and defamation, subpoenaing Taylor Swift in the process, whose song “My Tears Ricochet” had been licensed for the soundtrack. A fittingly chaotic turn for such an emotionally volatile work? Possibly. But the author’s resonance with readers endures. And speaking of Taylor Swift, those seeking romance books to check out based on your favorite Taylor Swift album will find Hoover fits the bill.
