*I got an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review*

Well, I came back with another great work by Colleen Hoover. It took ages to finally read this book. Enough about the chitchat, let's talk about the whole book. Well, typical Colleen Hoover books with such a slow pace. I needed so much time to get into the plot, yet once I was in I was hooked and didn't want to stop right away. Anyways, I love the character of Kenna so much. Love her journey to find what's missing in her life.

I'm not going to write a lot about this book, all I can say is that I like this book. It brings a lot of life values especially when it comes to family ones. So if you're looking for a book with that topic, I will surely recommend you to read this.

Well holy heck, it takes something great to make me FEEL the emotions of a character, and I absolutely spent most of the book heartbroken and devastated for Kenna, but the hardest heartbreak of all for me was when Kenna finally saw her daughter after being in prison, I pretty much lost my shit at that point and was a blubbering mess.

This is a book that covers sensitive topics about grief, loss and redemption. The pacing was lovely and it kept me reading until the end, even more so as it wasn’t CoHo’s usual romance taste. I think I enjoyed it all the more for that.

I don’t know if this is better than Verity, but it’s certainly as good as in my opinion. I don’t read many CoHo books but I’m slowly working my way through them between reads and I’ve always enjoyed them. Thank you so much to Amazon publishing for sending me an e-book in exchange for my review.

my favourite Colleen Hoover book of all time! So many eMoTiOnS!! I read this as and ebook and loved it, but now I need to get a physical copy so I can annotate everything:))

Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
Genre: Romance
Pages: 335

“Is that a fucking pigeon?”🐦

Man oh man!! I’ve been waiting for this one for so long!! 😍 And i can’t believe the queen herself @colleenhoover blessed us with this eARC😭💖🤯 (also thank you @netgalley and @amazonpublishing ). One of the things I loved and learned when we were able to talk to Colleen is that a lot of the time she’s purposefully vague in her descriptions of people/places so that the reader can put their take on it and I ABSOLUTELY loved that because she discusses how she did that here by not naming a place! 😩💖 a true genius🤯

📚If you like: it ends with us, November 9, the Great Alone

😍What I Liked:
- super-fast read always binge-able CoHo
- along with that ^ she breaks it up with letters in chapters and even a referenced playlist at the end (last 📷)
- I absolutely want to be Diem’s friend🥺
- learning to forgive not only others but ourselves
- dual POVs
- be ready to fell ALL the raw emotions: i teared up, i laughed, i smiled, i swooned
- family themes and motherhood
- steam 🌶🌶🌶

😵‍💫Mehs:
- My only thing to discuss is that the resolution happened a bit too quickly and I kind of wanted to savor what happened a bit more to process 😵‍💫
- tw! (dm⚠️)

Rating: 4.75/5🌟

I mean she’s done it again haha and she’ll continue doing it 🥰🙌🏼

Another outstanding heart wrenching story by @colleenhoover ! All the feels!!

Like all her other books, this one was no exception, it was so emotional and addictive, I could not put it down!

This story was so much more than just a romance! It was a story of love, mistakes, grief, loss, family, hope and forgiveness!
It wrecked me!! But I loved it!
I loved Kenna! I loved Ledger!
The plot was really sad and heartbreaking. I felt for everyone!! I felt for Scotty’s parents, I felt for Kenna, felt their pain!

Kenna’s struggles were so real, so raw! She was so lonely, desperate, regretful. But she didn’t give up! She was selfless, strong and persevering! Ledger was, well he was absolutely amazing! It was beautiful to read how he tried to see the real her despite everything happened.

Overall it was a very emotional, sad, heartbreaking story but also very impactful and one that will definitely stay with me for a long time!!

Be prepared for an emotional roller coaster with this one! But definitely go ahead and read it NOW!

I loved this book! The characters were written with depth and all sides of the issues were understandable and believable. It brought me to tears more than once. Highly recommend!

SO good. this book was very different than the rest of the books i read, but i think the story was just amazing.

my heart was breaking over and over throughout the book, and i felt so connected to kenna and i could feel her pain and misunderstanding throughout.

i think not only the story line was amazing but the characters as well as their development was outstanding. to see kenna become herself again, and to see ledger change was such a good dynamic to see.

also dual perspective like yes!!!!! it makes it way more interesting seeing both sides, and especially for this book it was so important.

overall, i think this is my new favorite colleen hoover book. it was just so good and i wasn’t expecting it at all. definitely a five star read.

3.75 stars! Reminders of Him is full of themes of motherhood, grief, loss, second chances, and love. In true CoHo fashion, this book is a quick and accessible read. It is one that you are able to fly through, much like all her books. Compared to her other books, Kenna and Ledger are actually some of my favorite characters I've read by her! I appreciated her trying to navigate life post incarceration, and thought her journey through that was complicated and captivating.

What didn't work for me was ultimately the use of some characters as a plot line without much use or function beyond the inclusion of what felt like "diversity" without much substance. Insta-love is probably my least favorite trope, and the pacing of their relationship compared to the backstory just didn't line up for me.

As someone that loves Kristin Hannah, this one is a very similar to Night Road (5 stars) and made it hard to ultimately not compare it to one another.

Have your tissues ready for this one! Reminders of Him is classic Colleen Hoover!

A troubled young mother yearns for a shot at redemption in this heartbreaking yet hopeful story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover.

After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. But the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to rebuild. Everyone in her daughter’s life is determined to shut Kenna out, no matter how hard she works to prove herself.

The only person who hasn’t closed the door on her completely is Ledger Ward, a local bar owner and one of the few remaining links to Kenna’s daughter. But if anyone were to discover how Ledger is slowly becoming an important part of Kenna’s life, both would risk losing the trust of everyone important to them.

The two form a connection despite the pressure surrounding them, but as their romance grows, so does the risk. Kenna must find a way to absolve the mistakes of her past in order to build a future out of hope and healing.

Thank you to NetGalley and Montlake for the early digital copy in exchange for an honest review.

Reading a book without an audiobook usually takes me awhile to read, but this one only took me about 5 days. It's an easily digestible read, and it's worth all the hype surrounding it. There is a solid amount of character development, which is always appreciated. I didn't think any of the characters were dull, and for character-driven novels, that's very important. It's heartwarming, heartbreaking, funny, and there's a slight steam factor. I genuinely enjoyed every second of the book. I think Hoover is a good author to read if you're just entering the romance genre, or you don't like your romance books full of smut.

My one complaint was the redundancy of inner monologues. Kenna always talked about not being able to see her daughter. I rooted for her and felt her emotions, but I didn't need to read about it in every "Kenna" chapter. Ledger was the same way about whose side he wanted to take. Once or twice is all you need. I'm well aware of what the conflict is.

I highly recommend this novel, but one like this doesn't come without trigger warnings. Listed below are some of the big one that I picked up on:

Mention of the thought of suicide
Grieving
Death
Loss of a loved one
Poor relationship with parents

Colleen Hoover is a QUEEN and one of my all-time favorite authors. I was so excited for Reminders of Him, one of her adult romances!! Be warned; this one will rip your heart up and put it back together again. It was the last book that made me cry and was one of the favorites I read last year. I snuck in pages of this during my Bachelorette Party, it was THAT GOOD!! (perks of ebooks!)

Kenna Rowan returns to a town where everyone hates her. Fresh out of a 5-year prison sentence, she's determined to find her 4-year-old daughter, Diem, and be a part of her life. Did I mention that Diem is the cutest kid ever whose favorite movie is The Greatest Showman (bonus points!)

The only person in town who doesn't hate Kenna is local bar owner Ledger Ward, and as they grow closer, the chances of Kenna ever having Diem in her life drift farther and farther apart. They're both connected by an unimaginable tragedy, and it's going to take so much courage and forgiveness that they may not have to move past.

"People say you fall in love, but fall is such a sad word when you think about it. Falls are never good. You fall on the ground, you fall behind, you fall to your death. Whoever was the first person to say they fell in love must have already fallen out of it. Otherwise, they'd have called it something much better."

this might be one of my all time favorite books. i almost never cry reading a book, i get sad, i get overwhelmed but it takes a lot to actually make me cry.. and somehow i already had a feeling i’ll have an ugly cry reading this book simply because it’s colleen hoover. and what a surprise, i did cry. multiple times. this was such a heartbreaking but also an incredibly beautiful story.. i couldn’t put the book down and was hooked since the beginning. i went through all emotions, i smiled, i cried, i laughed, i screamed.. reading kenna’s letters was so heartbreaking, i sometimes needed to take a moment before i could go on. both ledgar and kenna had to go through loss, pain, devastation and grief. it was so beautiful to read from both perspectives and see what each character was feeling. kenna might be one of my favorite characters, i can’t imagine what she must’ve gone through all these years.

I wanted to like this book, but I was very frustrated with it. I couldn't connect with any of the characters, and they never felt fully developed. Ledger felt very unbelievable as a character. The characters felt younger than what they were said to be. I also felt like there could have been a bit more care put in over the subject of drunk driving. Overall, I wanted to like this one, but I came across many problems that I had with it.

I would like to thank Montlake for providing me with an ARC.

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Reminders of Him
by Colleen Hoover

Released 1/18/2022
Published by: Montlake

Genre: Contemporary Romance

I received this #freebook #eARC through @amazonpublishing (montlake) via @netgalley for an honest review.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 stars

This was my first Colleen Hoover read ever... even though I have 12 more of her books sitting on my shelf!

OMG WOW...

Emotionally DONE...

This is a wonderfully written story that is heartbreaking but hopeful and a story of second chances and second loves.

My heart was clenching so tightly in my chest with so many raw feelings and emotions while reading this book!
You WILL cry! Grab the tissues before sitting down and make sure it's not midnight because you WILL stay up all night to finish in one sitting... it's THAT good!!

I will definitely be making my way through the CoHo books on my shelf! Thank you so much to Colleen and the publishers for this gifted copy for review!

I loved it so much that I pre-ordered a physical copy before I was even done reading it! ❤🙌

#bookrec - 👍👍 Holy cow YES!!! Read this book! And any other backlog of CoHo books you have sitting on your shelf right now!

My favourite CoHo hands down. Where does she get these powers to reduce me to a blubbering MESS with every book she writes?

My friends are going to get sick of hearing me talk about this book.

I've read quite a few "CoHo" books, so I went into this one with some expectations. They definitely lived up to them. As per usual, once I start one of her books, I can't stop. I can devour them in 2 hours, much like I did this one. Cue the emotional roller coaster! I loved everything about this book, except there was a romance scene in the beginning that I felt was completely rushed and unrealistic. Even though it was necessary for the rest of the story, I still couldn’t seem to shake it. Regardless, it's a book I can see myself reading again. I will forever read a Colleen Hoover book.

I really enjoyed this book. I cried multiple times throughout. I loved the intensity of all the feelings throughout. I do wish it was longer or could have a sequel!

Hands down the most amazing Colleen Hoover book I've ever read. I laughed, I cried, I felt emotionally raw (typical). I knew I'd love this because I'm a CoHo fan, but I didn't expect to be hurt so deeply in a way that I've never felt in a novel before.

I absolutely love how UNIQUE this story was. There were so many things at play and so many ways this could have gone wrong. You truly don't know what's going to happen until it happens, which was such an unexpected feeling when reading a romance novel. I really hope we see more from CoHo that's written like this because I loved this so much that I'm having a hard time detailing out exactly why.

Colleen Hoover has done it again and managed to shatter my heart into a million pieces. This is by far my new favorite CoHo book and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since I finished.

This was definitely a heavier read than other contemporary romances and it centers around family, grief, and forgiveness. I could understand why each character felt the way the did and I sympathized with each of them. I was so conflicted with who I agreed with but I think the inner conflict that I endured is what makes it so great - it’s so real and encompasses the complexities and struggles of human beings. I was hesitant towards Kenna at first, but her determination and vulnerability made me appreciate her and I loved watching her grow.

The romance was a sub-plot but it was the perfect CoHo romance that we all love. I loved Ledger and I thought he was the perfect love interest for Kenna. Reading it through both of their own POVs and watching both of them fall in love with each other was so special and endearing.

I also loved the highlight of how incarceration affects people’s life after re-entry, and I especially appreciated it from a women’s perspective. I’m sure this was a difficult topic to write about for more than one reason, but it was done so beautifully well and I wish I could read this book over and over and over again.

Beautifully painful, honest and real.

Colleen Hoover somehow managed to have streams of tears removing all of my skincare at 4am and laughing at the same time... and I would relive the experience of this over and over again.

Kenna Rowan is a heroine who represents the raw realities of being a young girl, woman, daughter and mother. Having made an honest and horrific mistake 5 years ago landing her in prison, she loses two loves of her life – one being her daughter. Coming back to the town where everything started and ended, Kenna does all that she can receive to forgiveness and be apart of the life she created.

Despite the years that have passed, no one wants to give Kenna another chance. Except Ledger Ward. The handsome bar owner who is the most unexpected link that can help her. The two go back and forth with a lot of conflict and confusion, but there is one thing that is for sure – the chemistry and pull that they have is magnetizing.

My heart absolutely hurt for Kenna. She is misunderstood and no one stands in her corner. What she did resulted in great loss, but no one sees how much she lost too. I love how she is a character who portrays an ultimate second chance as a woman and, most of all, a mother who went to prison. The way she explains all that she endured really opened my eyes as to how incarcerated women are significantly viewed differently from men by everyone – there's always a double standard even when categorized in the same place. Knowing that it wasn't going to be easy, Kenna stays strong and unrelenting because of the love she has for her baby... even when at times it seemed that she was better off staying out of the picture. A mother's love is FOREVER UNMATCHED.

Through all the tears, I found so much light within the plot. I got the same energy from the kids in written in 'Slammed' from Diem. She has a huge imagination, is creative, unapologetic and simply hilarious. This girl (reference unintended) had me really laughing out loud. Same with another secondary character everyone is going to adore.