Confess! Here's a link to my booktalk: sitelink be/VxNIehA Auburn Reed is determined to rebuild her shattered life and she has no room for mistakes.
But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesnt expect to become deeply attracted to the studios enigmatic artist, Owen Gentry.
For once, Auburn takes a chance and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is hiding a huge secret.
The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything Auburn loves most, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of itbut can she do it OMG
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Colleen Hoover is a genius.
Every book of hers so different, and every one gets me right in the feels, Confess was no exception, If anything, this one hit me harder than many of her others, I cant say its very often that I cry in the prologue of a book, but when you start out this way, its bound to happen
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I loved the confessions.
I thought that was such a brilliant and unique idea for a story, To base it on real confessions, Things we have that are scary to put out there, I loved the connections between the characters, the sacrifice, and the writing,
Most of all, I love how every thing became full circle in the end, EVERYTHING. This was a beautiful story that I wont ever forget, And the art was just gorgeous, I was so happy I had the paperback at home as well as the kindle copy so I could look at both.
This story was real and raw and beautiful, It wasnt perfect, the characters were flawed, but I love that too, I dont want a story with perfect characters that make no mistakes, If youre looking for a story that will grip you from the very start, make you laugh, make you cry, and make you FEEL, pick this one up!
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GAH, It absolutely pains me to once again give a CoHo book such a low rating : Before anyone comes with a pitchfork at me, I just wanted to put it out there that I won't deny that CoHo writes beautifully and she's just one of those authors that I can expect to put out something different and unique with each read.
This is no exception with sitelinkConfess as I found the concept to be very moving, for being able to read about actual confessions that had my heart squeezing and lastly to have it portrayed so vividly through reallife art was absolutely beautiful.
Sadly that was just the extent of how much I enjoyed the book because for the entire portion of the read, my emotions ranged from being baffled by these characters and mostly a whole lot of annoyance and frustration.
I'll start with the characters because to me, they came off completely twodimensional, I struggled mostly trying to connect with them or at least understand the connection they're sharing, I felt that the entire read was a whole lot of "telling" but not enough "showing" to the extent that I failed to develop a sympathy for these characters for what they've been through.
I wanted to feel for them by myself but instead I felt like I was being told how I should actually feel by their constant inner monologues.
That really left me feeling very nonchalant during the entire read and it makes me sad that it didn't bring out the emotional depth I was looking for.
And there's Auburn who I really wanted to like and trust me, I've tried to let her grow on me but she just ended up coming off all wishywashy.
I'm not trying to come off insensitive given what she's been through and having never been in her shoes, naturally I found myself wanting to be more forgiving of her.
But good lawd, I just got so frustrated by her lack of action to stand up for herself from time after time and right up to the point , that's when I nearly lost my shit with this read.
I went from baffled to almost appalled by the lack of backbone of this heroine and it really left a sour taste in my mouth as I read on :
Another thing which left me really annoyed was also Trey's existence in the book that felt completely unnecessary and served purely as a plot device for the drama.
Don't get me wrong, I'm an angst whore and I'm all in for jealousy play but Trey's involvement in this just came off as contrived drama and quite frankly, did not value to this read at all but instead it just made me want to skimmed through it.
The instalove portion of this book didn't peeved me as much but again, I was just left baffled by how quickly their relationship or feelings intensified after merely meeting each other forhours.
It was just all too rushed and Owen's strong inclination towards Auburn creeped me out a lot in the beginning.
One thing I've always loved about CoHo's book are her boys that makes my heart pitterpatter and go all swoony over them but with Owen, there was a certain aloofness to him that never allowed me to warm up to his character.
As a huge fan of CoHo, I'm starting to feel really bummed that her current works have not been leaving me as much of an emotional impact like her previous.
Perhaps it's just me or my expectations and I understand that it isn't fair for me to compare each of her work as they're always so different from the last and with her, there is no formulaic approach when it comes to her reads.
While I liked this one better than Ugly Love, it pains me to say that this one still turned out to be a lackluster for me : As much as I still love her writing, I'm struggling to fall in love with her main characters anymore and the plot somehow seems to fade out as it progresses.
With all that being said, I'm still very much looking forward to her next book because there's something about CoHo's writing that keeps me coming back for more.
It's gripping and she constantly comes up with ideas that surprises her readers but sadly this one just wasn't for me again.
Confess is a standalone NA contemporary romance novel,
I am very surprised by how much I disliked this, considering everything else I have read by Colleen Hoover I have givenstars.
Confess is told in two points of views, Auburn, who lost the love of her life when she was onlyand now at the age ofshe desperately needs a job, which leads her to Owen, a young artist who is looking for an assistant.
The writing in this novel wasnt the problem, In fact the writing was the only thing I liked, Colleen Hoover knows how to construct beautiful sentences and because of that I was blinded for the first half of the book into believing I loved it.
Once I was able to see past the beautiful writing I was able to see all the problems.
The characters in the book were awful, Auburn was so passive I couldnt take it, She had no backbone and refused to stand up for herself, It seemed like she was just waiting for someone to swoop in and save her rather than fight to fix her own problems which irritated me so much.
For as much as I disliked Auburn, Owen was worse, Firstly, he went on and on about how all of his previous relationships failed because he couldnt stand his exgirlfriends.
But then he says that hes always the one that gets dumped so I think we know what the real problem is here.
It annoyed me so much how he constantly told Auburn he is the only person in the world that deserved her.
He told her that so much I wanted to puke, In the scene where they finally have sex he says the word “deserve”times, Like dude. Its not romantic, its just creepy,
We learn early on in the book that Owen knows Auburn and about her past, but she doesnt know him.
And we dont find out how he knows her until the last few pages of the book, But what really frustrated me was that he kept this big secret from her the entire book and its never resolved! And I really feel like not wrapping that up was just a cop out.
The romance in the book really didnt work for me, I felt like we were told they were in love but I never saw it, It was like I blinked and missed it happening, I dont know what they saw in each other, They really didnt have any chemistry,
Other than the writing I did really love the artwork that was in this book, It was beautiful and added a lot more to the story, Something I love about Colleen Hoovers books is that she always takes that extra step to add something special to her books.
While I didnt like this book I do still love her writing but this book just fell short for me.
LOVED this book! trees are being chopped down to print literal wattpad fanfiction are yall not ashamed "There are people you
meet that you get to know, and then there are people you meet that you already know.
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Ahour sitting, that's how long it took me to finish this! I just couldn't put it down.
I'm honestly not that big on contemporary, they usually dwell on the illusion of reality every hopeless romantic day dreams when they have a tediously long lecture or some other form of every day responsibility they couldn't spare the required attention.
So I tend to lean more towards fantasy, things I know are so simply surreal that indulge my habits of fantasizing about the impossible.
So I really want to give Colleen Hoover a standing ovation for a book, that while dwells on the most perfect scenarios, quells such a compelling argument of reality, that one simply surrenders.
Everything was pitch perfect, but you just couldn't help but love these perfect perfections, I wanted to dive into the characters and never resurface, While there were parts of Owens 'deserving' beliefs that irritated me, he was such an adorably brokenhearted puppy that I simply couldn't bring myself to truly place any dislike for him.
I usually disagree with the portrayal of teen pregnancy as a simple issue, It tends to give teenagers the impression that things will work out even if they are careless in their relationships and decisions.
So I guess my only complaint is that while Colleen Hoover works to depict a dedicated loving teenage mother who pays the price of loving her child with all the hardships and things she has given up, I personally felt the burden of unplanned motherhood is not portrayed sharply enough.
Overall the book was intriguing, it drops you into a middle of a whirlpool where you have no choice but to surrender to being sucked in.
After the epilogue, it plunged into the middle of story that we knew next to nothing of, like where it had started and where it would end.
It had a tinge of mystery that makes the people who are shamelessly curious pave through the pages at the Gods pace, to get where we finally understand what in the name of heavens is actually going on.
This was my first Colleen Hoover novel, it definitely won't be the last!!!!!
finishing two painful books in one day, that has to be some new record of self torture.
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