You know that feeling when traffic is slowing, you can see emergency lights up ahead, and you just know that something bad has happened and you shouldn’t look, but you can’t stop? That moment when you drive by and catch a glimpse of someone else’s bad day, or maybe even their tragedy and suddenly you’re swept up in their story even while you continue on your way. And sometimes, what you saw stays with you, because it could have been you, or maybe it will be someday and that thought is terrifying.

That’s what reading All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover is like.

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I absolutely adored All Your Perfects. This was an amazingly emotional and heavy book, with so many moments of happiness as well. All true love stories are imperfect, and Colleen captured this along with the strong and sexy moments we all desire.

I received a copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

It had been a while since I read a CoHo book, mainly because she always makes me cry! She did it again with this one but as usual, it was worth the snot!

I just have to say while All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover was perfect it was also sad and depressing too. It took a lot to get through it but I’m glad I did because I got a little something out of it.

What a roller coaster of emotion! I loved it and I hated it. Simply that. The highs made me feel the giddiness of falling in love. The joy you have just looking into his eyes, the promise of the perfect future. The lows made me cringe. I loathed these parts of the book. I struggled to turn each page while tears slipped down my face. They were each needed. The love and the hate. The highs and the lows. Each page pushed us towards the not so perfect love in this story.

Graham and Quinn etched themselves inside my heart. The past was wonderful and I couldn’t get enough but the present had me cringing and wanting to throw my phone each time a new chapter started. I felt it. I felt it all. The ache, oh the heartache. I was dragged down with them even though I was kicking and screaming before each turn of the page. This is the kind of story that makes you take a second look at your life. What are you rushing through? What are you not cherishing enough because to you it’s just another item in the day to get through? What have you become so accustomed to that you don’t even see the significance in the gift that you get every day? What negatives are you focusing on enough to outshine the perfects? I love her quote and I think I’m going to take it with me, make a little note my stick it on my mirror. “If you only shine light on your flaws, all your perfects will dim.”

Thank you Colleen. Thank you for the escape, for the joy and the heartache. Thank you for making me take a second look at my life and reminding me to let my perfects shine.

3.5 stars! I had a hard time connecting with the main characters, and the switch from past to present with each chapter kept throwing me off. I'm honestly still not sure how I feel about this book, but I couldn't put it down when I read it!

I struggled a bit to get through this book because I really liked these characters (that sometimes made me mad) and wanted the best for them. This book has a lot of feels. The storytelling was relatable and felt realistic. I'm glad I read this book. So many special moments.

This book cut me open leaving me bloody and weeping on the floor. I wasn’t able to move on. I couldn’t. It was to personal and close to home. I’ve been battling depression and have just recently started feeling better. All Your Perfects started me down a dark path. I felt myself sinking again. I put this book to the side for now. When I’m stronger I’ll pick it back up but right now I’m too weak to continue.

It has been a while since I have picked up a Colleen Hoover book, not because I do not adore her writing, just my TBR has been crazy lately. But then I started hearing all these things about her latest release, All Your Perfects, and knew I had to squeeze this one in and I am so happy I did. This beautifully written emotional story about a marriage in trouble consumed me in so many ways.

Quinn and Graham love each other very much, that we always know as we read their story. But no marriage is ever perfect and the mistake and secrets of the last few years have finally caught up with them. Not to say their love was not true, it was so much more than just true. But life is messy and sometimes we forget what important and just let things go by is. Again, you have to fight for what you want!

This book touched my heart and soul. This could be anyone’s story. It was so real and heartfelt. Every word touched me. I cried while reading, and yet continued on. There are so many things that happen in this story, in this marriage, but this is life and I could not put this book down. This is a must read book and I cannot recommend it enough, but it is an emotional journey that will leave you drained, but worth every word read and every tear cried.

Happy reading!

It goes without saying that Colleen Hoover has an art in delivering heartfelt, emotional reads but this book transcends them all for me.

I can’t say that I relate personally to the struggles the heroine and hero undergo in ALL YOUR PERFECTS, but man, did I feel all those struggles at the core of my being.

Well paced, realistic...real. ALL YOUR PERFECTS depicts a married couple in two timelines that flip flop from chapter to chapter. When Graham and Quinn met (under the worst of circumstances) and fall in love. And ten or so years in the future when life and marriage gets real...real tough.

I’m not going much into depth here because I’m happy I experienced their journey first hand and didn’t get spoiled by their challenges and burdens and how they dealt with them.

Marriage is hard. It’s often harder staying together than not. And CoHo didn’t sugar coat this at all. It’s raw at times and I love the giant heart Graham has especially. That man could love his Quinn like no other. This is emotional but refreshingly different. A new “best of” on my CoHo bookshelf.

“All Your Perfects” by Colleen Hoover

Can I gift given to one another of love letters locked in a box, that can only be opened on their 25th anniversary or when divorce seemed imminent, save Quinn and Graham’s marriage? Or will they be too late?

Quinn and Graham meet under an odd situation: both their partners are having an affair with each other. What they don’t expect is to find they have an almost instant bond with one another that they seem to suffer very little at their current situation. Instead, a few weeks later, they start spending time with one another and don’t really want that to change. They get married, fall into a daily routine, and soon start thinking about having a family.

Then infertility strikes. It changes Quinn in so many ways and soon it seems Graham has given up in many ways. They reach the point where Quinn is not sure she can be happy in their marriage and that Graham will be able to move on.

Hence the box of letters are opened... will they save their marriage or are they too little too late.

Sometimes focusing on all the perfect moments lead us to not be able to focus on what flaws and issues may damage us, as individuals and couples, and even friends.

A magnificent novel from Colleen Hoover. It is moving, touching, heartwarming, heartbreaking, and so very relatable.

“If you only shine light on your flaws, all your perfects will dim”

Rating: 4.9
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** I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this novel. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I should start by saying I like Colleen Hoover books, but I don't LOVE them. I sometimes find them to be a little dramatic for me (though I totally understand they're fiction and probably wouldn't be as enjoyable if they weren't so dramatic. But I can happily say All Your Perfects is my favorite Hoover book, probably because it's dramatic in all the right ways.

The book bounces back and forth from the past (about 7 years ago) to the present. It starts with Quinn heading to her fiance, Ethan's apartment, only to run into Graham in front of Ethan's apartment door. Why was he there? Well, because Graham's girlfriend was inside Ethan's apartment in bed with him. Flash forward more than seven years and we learn that Quinn and Graham are now married (so cute!), but seem to be on the brink of divorce in large part due to trouble with infertility.

I think the book is so powerful because in the sections that take place in the past, we can easily see how deep in love Quinn and Graham are; they're seriously crazy about each other. In some ways, you think "how could a couple like this ever want to leave each other?" But then in the sections that take place in the present, we gain a very clear understanding of why their marriage is struggling so much.

This is definitely an emotional book and one that may be difficult for some people to read if only because it's so real and spot-on. Hoover does an excellent job dealing with a very tough subject matter that's relevant to so many people. And even if it's not relevant to you, you'll still be able to feel for this couple and get completely immersed in their story.

A heart wrenching and beautiful tale. Quinn and Graham meet under unexpected circumstances and fall madly in love. But life decides to throw painful trials in their path. Their future rests on a small wooden box that contains promises from the past that can possibly heal their present. Colleen Hoover is a magician at drawing the reader into the emotions of her characters. This book is exceptional!

All Your Perfects was an incredibly emotional book. It was real and honest about such a difficult topic. Although I've never experienced the same troubles that Quinn and Graham have, it pulled at my heart strings and had me in tears. I felt their pain, their struggles, their crushed hopes. I loved the way the Colleen Hoover told their story and was not disappointed in the ending. This is a must read.

Thank you to Netgally and Atria Books for providing me with advance reader copy.

No matter how many words I use and how lengthy I make this review, I would never be able to fully describe how this book made me feel. You honestly have to read it, to feel it for yourself.

All Your Perfects in nothing short of perfection. It's well written, heartbreaking, very real, emotional, sad, happy, and most of all beautiful, What these characters go through and how they handle the situations that are in, is tragic and agonizing. The pain they feel is torturous. But the love they have for each other is so strong and powerful, that even in the most painful time of their lives, that love brings them back to each other.

"But I promise you I am loving you harder this year than any year that came before it."

"Until then, I will continue to love you more and more with every struggle we face than I loved you when all was perfect."

"I will still always love you. Whether I'm part of your life or not."

Besides the Never Never series, I've read everything Colleen Hoover has written. .Every time I finish a book by this author, I know I have to wait a full year for her next book. Her books just get better and better with every passing year, definitely worth the wait.

Graham Wells & Quinn Whitley live in Connecticut. They met at one of the worst times in their lives, in the most awkward, unexpected way, not knowing their paths would later cross again. They are drawn to each other, and it’s like fate keeps bringing them together. They fall hard, and share a once in a lifetime, one of a kind special love. Then life happens and their future is derailed. They’ve been married for seven years, and their entire life has changed. They are two people who lost hope, and stopped talking about all the things that should never have been silenced. They kept feelings bottled up, and avoided communication. They’ve been broken for a while, and neither has a clue how to fix their relationship. They are lonely, damaged, and consumed by sadness. They can’t seem to break free from the cycle their in, and the strong foundation they once had continues to fall apart. The one thing that does remain is the love. Love was never their issue. Is their relationship beyond repair, or can they get back what they’ve lost, and find their way back to one another?

This story was unique, heartbreaking, and extremely emotional. It takes you from past to present in the life of two soulmates who are slowly slipping away from one another. I really enjoyed this book and didn’t want to put it down. The way this man loves his wife is breathtakingly beautiful. I just adored Graham! This book is about the importance of communication, making someone else your priority, and fighting for happiness, but most of all it’s about not giving up on love. 💜

I love Mrs. Colleen Hoover and her books. I enjoyed this one as well it was well written. I liked the back and forth of the chapters from then and now.
It touched on a subject not many books I have read have touched on, it isn't something I relate to so I haven't read many books that touch on infertility.
The one thing that I did and could relate to like so many can I am sure is the distance that spouses can feel in their marriage, it can be for so many different reasons. I have felt that and could understand it.
It was a good story and I LOVED the both of the characters so much. I do love how she makes her characters so enjoyable even if part of you doesn't like them you still cant help but enjoy them.

I really wanted to give the book a 3.5 or 3.75 stars. But anyway I really enjoyed this story and the chatacters. Colleen really knows how to write a heart wrenching story. The only thing I didnt like about this book was the time jump back and forth every chapter it kind of ruined the flow for me. I feel like I would of enjoyed it more if it was in chronological order or atleast time jumped every couple chapters instead of every chapter.

5 oh please hold my heart Stars

Oh Colleen, I loooooooved this. I went in to this 100% blind because of my very serious syndrome: Spoiler Phobia. However, I have since read the synopsis, and my friends, I would have been safe. If you have read a book by Ms. Hoover, you know her writing is all about the journey. She could even spell out in a few sentences what the story is about, but the experience is within the pages. I was effortlessly and immediately transported to Quinn and Graham’s lives from the very start.

We went back and forth from the present to the past, and the reason it worked so well was that while everything seemed so very dismal at times, we, the readers, were reminded of why Quinn and Graham so desperately needed to work this out and come out on the other side stronger. I will be honest, I was not sure at times how that would happen. These two soulmates took blow after blow after blow. It showed us that a couple who seemed so perfect for each other in every way could still be vulnerable to obstacles. Quinn and Graham were tested in ways that would bring anyone to their knees.

In the end it didn’t work out how I thought it might, but it worked out in a way that was so real and so emotional that I couldn’t deny how much I loved it. Their marriage went from the most solid ever, ever ever….to so fragile and delicate. I’m a hopeless romantic so I always held onto the thread of hope that the strength and depth of their relationship would pull them through and their love would never truly burn out…although it was terribly close, waaaaaay too close. I finished this book, but I haven’t finished thinking about it. I can’t stop thinking about this story. Colleen Hoover once again touched my heart and showed me that her words make life much richer and stay with you even after you close the book. It’s pretty much one of the best feelings in the world!

Happy reading!

Raw, gut-wrenching, hopeful, captivatingly beautiful. Quinn and Graham drew me into their journey. From the incredibly awkward way they initially meet, they find a way to handle one of the most horrible days of both of their lives with dignity and pride. To their actual first date where I felt like these two people were supposed to meet. They have a natural connection that allows them to be themselves and it seemed like this was the first time that either of them had found that in a relationship. The joy they find together leads to a beautiful marriage which becomes a journey of true love that must weather the storms to see how firm a foundation their marriage truly has. I am in awe of Quinn as she faces one of the toughest issues for a woman, the inability to get pregnant. Of course, over time this causes a strain on their marriage even as their love for each other doesn’t waver. But is love enough? There is an honesty to this journey that kept me enthralled and hoping that love will win in the end. I voluntarily read an ARC of this book and this is my honest review.

When I think of any books that Colleen Hoover writes I know I'm going to enjoy it and there were books that she has written that really made me cry but All Your Perfects is crying on a different level.

This books is emotional, it's RAW, there are moments that all the feels that you have come out and it makes you emotional exhausted but in a good way. I didn't know if I could get through it but I knew...I knew, I knew, I knew, I knew that she Colleen would break us but put us back together and she did just that.

When you meet Quinn and Graham you have to meet their "rat bastard" significant others in a way that you know your heart will be shattered...I do repeat...RAT BASTARDS!!! Quinn and Graham would not be my pick but I grew to love their relationship but also grew to despise Quinn. I really did not like her and there were times that I wanted her to just go away...like I really wanted her gone. The fight they were in was not just her fight but a fight that she needed Graham but then I was pissed right the hell off with Graham!!! (emotional overload)

When you understand her pain, the guilt, the pressure, the everything your heart strings are pulled everyone. When you see his struggle to keep them together, to be her hero, to show her that things are okay and she is the love of his life it shows a different part of a alpha male. Graham wants his WIFE and that's it. Any perks are great but the love and heartbreak that he feels throughout the book rips you to pieces but then you're whole again. Things start to look up and what we wanted to happen does. Understanding, realization, compassion, trust and many other feelings seep through the crack and the light is so bright...it's so clear and refreshing!

Colleen Hoover is a magnificent author and All Your Perfects shows how her mind works!! I must say she's pretty flawless!!