This story brings you though all the feels. You are around for the heartbreak, young love, the fights and the makeups. Morgan is a resilient character. She truly always puts her daughter first. There are highs and there are lows - but that’s what we’ve come to expect from CoHo and she doesn’t disappoint with this one! You can’t help but fall in love with Miller. And the ending of this story was everything you could want.

I have been anticipating a new release from @colleenhoover since I joined #bookstagram (@coldbrewbookreviews). CoHo is one of my most reliable authors. I can always count on her books being just want I need when I need them.

This story is a drama about a mom and teenage daughter. Shocking circumstances threaten to break the two of them apart. Will they find their way back to each other?

I read this book so fast. The night I started it I only anticipated reading 20-30 pages. Before I knew it, the clock read 1:00am and I had read half the book. I was rooting for these characters the entire time, and I related to so many of their thoughts and conversations.

With two distinct POV, I was not expecting to enjoy reading from a 16 year old girl (been there; done that; have all the T-shirts), but I found Clara really bearable and actually probably better of a person than I was at that age despite her circumstances. CoHo included just enough teenage angst without making me cringe.

If you're a #CoHo fan, this is a definite must-read and a perfect book to read between larger books. There are some tough themes, so check out my trigger warning.

CW: death of a family member

Regretting You is so much more than a love story. It’s about mother daughter relationships... betrayal... selflessness... it’s about forgiveness even when no one deserves forgiveness... it’s about grief... it’s about trying to navigate the world and finding yourself when nothing makes sense.

Colleen swept us away with this story. Took us a roller coaster of ups and downs... delivered tears and warmth to our hearts.
10 + stars ... can we do that?

I love Colleen Hoover. I love this book. Thank you Netgalley and Amazon Publishing for the #gifted ARC!⠀
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When I’m picking out my next book to read, I am constantly choosing between a YA or a contemporary romance. Well, guess what? With Regretting You, you get both! And it’s great!⠀
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Love, loss, betrayal, and a baby. What more can you ask for? I mean, really? WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT?⠀
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There’s a lot going on this book, jumping between the perspectives of mother and daughter and how they intersect. But it’s truly satisfying—and swoony! Ah, so much to swoon over with this one! And also, a good amount to cry over. Two of my favorite things.⠀
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I loved it.⠀

I don't want you to know a single thing before you open this book. I'm not even sure how much the blurb gives away because I still haven't read it. I just want you to dive headfirst into Regretting You exactly the way I did and let it swallow you up in the absorbing way only Colleen Hoover seems to be able to. I couldn't read this book fast enough. I went to bed thinking about it, woke up thinking about it, and now that I'm finished, I guarantee I'll be thinking about it for days to come. In Miller's words, this was EPIC. 

As I've already said, I don't want to say a thing about the storyline itself. The way it unfolds, the shocking twists and turns in the story are simply BRILLIANT and if you know anything at all about it ahead of time, it might not nail you in the gut the way it should. The way it's written, through alternating perspectives of a mother and daughter whose lives and relationship are on a downward spiral is just FANTASTIC. The way the secrets and the truths reveal themselves at just the right times... STELLAR. Everything about this book is quintessential Colleen Hoover yet so unlike anything else ever written before. I can't say it enough, it's perfection and I loved every single bit of it. 

I'll tell you that this is a story as much about love as it is about family. It's a wholly relatable story about the mother/daughter dynamic and it hit home for me HARD as both a mother and as a daughter. It really does illuminate the growing pains of parenting, the way so much can change while the need to protect and shelter never will. It was a kick right to the gut feeling Clara's resentment and anger toward her mother, such completely authentic reactions yet so brutally heartbreaking to witness. I just FELT all of it. I got it, the way we so easily unleash on those closest to us, on the people who make us feel safest. And as maddening as it was to watch Morgan absorb all this pain silently, I understood that relentless need to protect her child. It was such a REAL, honest portrayal amidst the most jaw dropping course of events and I felt it. I felt all of it. 

Regretting You is such a beautiful story about things turning out perfectly okay under the most imperfectly complicated circumstances. CoHo had me feeling so many things on these pages, palpable things like anger and heartache, grief and injustice, longing and forgiveness, joy, satisfaction and blissful contentment. I had so many questions, so many unanswered things I felt like I needed answers to, explanations for. I felt precisely what Morgan must have felt initially, like she wanted to  rage but there was no one there to answer for it and even if there was, what answers would ever be sufficient? It was so well done, this book, so RIGHT and so REAL and so unbelievably emotional along the way. I laughed. I cried. I was stunned speechless. I was giddy over the romance, I ached over the drama. I wanted to scream and knock holes in things and destroy. I felt ALL OF IT and it was just incredible.

Thanks so much to Montlake and Netgalley for providing me with the review copy of this book!

Colleen Hoover is always surprising me. There is no telling which genre you’re going to be reading next with her books. I never read the blurbs anymore, I just jump in. The part that isn’t surprising though, is how quickly you’re pulled into the worlds that she creates.

Dual point of views aren’t always my favorite, but with Regretting You, it is flawless. We meet Morgan and Clara, a mother and daughter that are both relatable and intriguing. It was nice being able to relate to Morgan, just because we are the same age and as mothers. The fun part was flying back into my 16-17 year old self and all of the emotional roller coaster riding that accompanies that.

I just couldn’t put the book down. It also had a lot to do with the fact that as a reader, I cared about all of the characters that were introduced. Jonah and Miller are great of course, but can Gramps please get his own spin off or something?!? 😍

Just go out and grab this book as soon as you can on December the 10th!

Thanks for existing, Colleen. Orange does indeed suck. 🖤

What a powerful and emotional story this is! Colleen has really been stretching her wings with the last few books she's written.

Regretting You is going to be a book that is going to have a huge impact on a lot of people. Mostly women, but I'm sure there will also be some men who read this and feel a punch to the gut with what is laid out on the pages. Told in dual points of view of Morgan, a woman who got pregnant way too young and Clara, her daughter who is struggling to find her way in the world. Both women's worlds change dramatically when Chris, Morgan's husband and Clara's father is in a horrific accident. What transpires after that is a story that I think every woman will be able to relate to.

Colleen manages to seamlessly weave what felt like three different stories into one work of art. She really nailed the feelings and emotions of Morgan who basically put her own life on hold in order to raise her daughter and make sure she doesn't make the same mistakes she did. Can she navigate a relationship with someone she was close to all those years ago before she got pregnant, while trying to wrestle with a devastating betrayal she has no answers to? Then there's Clara, who doesn't want to be anything like her mother, who falls for a boy at school and tries to navigate a relationship and first love while dealing with the aftermath of the tragedy her mother and she just experienced. And there's the tumultuous relationship between mother and daughter that comes to a point where all looks lost. How do you get back to a "normal" after experiencing a life changing tragedy?

Regretting You definitely hits you with the feels. It's raw and real and ugly and heartbreaking at times, but it also showcases so much love, and it's just a really powerful read. It will definitely be a story I won't forget any time soon! Bravo, Colleen!

Many thanks to Netgalley and Montlake Romance for an advanced review copy of this book in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Colleen Hoover is one of those authors that I just have to read every book from. I requested an early copy of this one, and I was very happy to be approved for it! While Verity was not my cup of tea, this synopsis sounded much more my style and what I feel like is her usual brand - angsty teens and romance.

This novel is sweet and poignant and sad. It’s about both the absolute worst and best in people, and I love the overall theme of how powerful a mother’s love is. Morgan would do anything for her daughter Clara, even allow her to think the worst of her in an attempt to shield her from a difficult truth. It’s about selflessness and selfishness, and how you can be completely wrong in your assumptions about others.

There are scenes between mother and daughter that are so lovely and others that are heartbreaking. Boundaries are tested, judgements are made, and there is a lot of hurt between them. But in the end, there truly is nothing more powerful than a mother’s love.

You know what the best thing about CoHo is for me? You’re just never quite sure what kind of book she’s going to put out next and I love that she keeps us on our toes. If you like her earlier books this will definitely make you happy, it’s equal parts angsty and sweet, there is a lot of emotion and tenderness to this bittersweet story and I remember thinking it was classic CoHo several times while reading it.

As much as romance plays a huge role here it also closely and sharply examines the relationship between a mother and her daughter. No one explores relationships quite like the author does and her portrayal of Morgan and Clara’s relationship gave me all the feelings. With the mix of family drama and super emotional romance you get a little of everything, and it’s all done so incredibly well. There is so much more that I would love to say but I don’t want to spoil anything, this is one I would recommend going into blind, it’s best to let this one unfold on its own. If you’re already a CoHo fan you’ll love this and if you’re new to her books then grab this next week and then be happy she has an extensive backlist for you to read.

This is my first Colleen Hoover book and will not be my last. What an incredible story of loss and love. Morgan and Clara are stuck with tragedy and it tears them both apart.

Morgan has always made her family the priority. Jonah and her have been friends since high school with her sister and husband. As a connection for them comes together, it is an amazing story.

As Clara is faced with loss- Miller comes into her life. He is an amazing character and I loved him. I loved how he was there for Clara and himself!

As Clara and Morgan learn to heal, they find a way to do it together after so much pain. This book is about relationships and those you love. How to fight for them and how to fight for yourself!

Colleen Hoover has done it again with Regretting You. It’s emotional, gut wrenching, and so very tragic, but this is what I’ve come to expect from Colleen no matter the genre she decides to write.

“Sometimes you have to walk away from the fight in order win it.”

The story is told from the mother, Morgan, and her daughter Clara. We jump from the past to the present with Morgan and I feel it really gives her character more depth and we’re able to get a feel of the how her relationship is with her family and her boyfriend/now husband. I really connected with Morgan; Colleen made her real and relatable in every aspect from her life, the way she felt, and even her relationship with her daughter. Clara is your typical teen, and when tragic happens she sort of goes off the deep end emotionally.

The plot itself was heart breaking and captivating. Colleen weaves this tragedy in a way that hits you where it hurts the most. You feel what these characters feel and, at times, I had to take a break from it. As a mother to a pre-teen and a wife of ten years this story gripped me and held on even when I wanted to let go of it.

Overall, I devoured this story and I fell in love with these characters in ways that surprised even me. Hopeless will forever be my number on read by Colleen but Regretting You is a close second. It’s moving in a way that makes you want to go home and hug your family. Colleen has such a magnificent way with words and has this uncanny ability to rip your heart out, stomp on it, shove it back in your chest, and make you even more grateful for it. Regretting You is definitely a 5-star read and is one of the best books I’ve read all year.

4.5 stars
How could I not love this emotional rollercoaster from Colleen Hoover. I was left sitting on the edge of my chair the whole time I was reading. I was blown away by the secrets and lies everyone was hiding.

Should I have been prepared for the emotional sucker punch this book delivered? It’s Colleen Hoover so…duh. Was I prepared? Well, I thought I was, but I was so wrong. This book was messy and tangled in such an unexpected way. Just when I thought I was getting a feel for the story, Hoover came out of no where and hit me with a strong right hook directly in the heart. These relationships are raw, real, and deeply layered. It was often hard to put the book down because there was questions that I, as a reader, desperately wanted answers to.
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While I really enjoyed this book I didn’t love the format for how it ended. I felt like a conclusion was given, but then book kept going. The last chapter gave me the same feeling as when you sit through the credits at the movies. The show was over and I just wanted to process my emotions. With that being said I still really enjoyed the journey that this book took me on.

This book had all the feels! I was sad, angry, a bit bitter, happy and swoony! I cried excessively as well! I absolutely loved Miller...he was by far my favorite character. Morgan and Clara thankfully grew as characters. Morgan at first was putting her head in the sand too much and I wanted to shake her. Clara’s character I wanted to smack! She definitely was a tad spoiled and immature but grew up a ton after learning the truth! Miller and his gramps characters were well thought out and I loved the dynamic of their relations. Loved this book hard!!! Colleen always scares me because I never know what story I will end up reading. She definitely made me feel I was living the story! Bring on the book hangover.

I really enjoy reading Colleen Hoover's books, so I was excited when I was approved for Regretting You on Netgalley. I don't want to go into a huge elaborate review, because I don't want to risk spoiling anything. I always find it better to go into Colleen Hoover's books with as little knowledge as possible. I really liked the story and Colleen did not disappoint. She always has a way of sucking you in and making it so hard to put down her books and that's exactly what happened with this one. There were so many feels and emotions experienced throughout the story by both the characters and myself. I really connected with them and I was so sad for them. It was a really heartbreaking story, but it had quite a few happy moments as well. There were a couple things that prevented me from giving it five stars though. It's hard to explain without spoiling it, but I just felt like something was missing. I wanted to know more about what exactly happened, when, how, etc. I felt unsatisfied with that. Overall though, I really enjoyed Regretting You and would highly recommend checking it out.

5+ stars!
I went into this blindly without reading the blurb so I am going to try to be spoiler-free. I was not sure in the first couple of chapters where it was going, but boy did it take me on a tumultuous journey. This spans seventeen years and many changes. It is about loss, regrets, harsh reality, first love, family, secrets, and how messy and complicated life can be.

It features Morgan and her teen daughter, Clara, and we get both of their points-of-view. Morgan's life was changed years ago due to circumstances and she has been a stay-at-home wife and mother without much else to give her purpose. She is predictable and dependable, but unfulfilled. Clara feels overprotected and misunderstood at times. And she is just starting to entertain the idea that a boy she is crushing on might like her too. They have a close extended family that spends a lot of time together.

When they are faced with something that rocks their world to the core, they are both lost in grief, guilt, anger, and pain. There are layers of secrets and betrayals that Morgan is just realizing while wanting to protect her daughter. And they both have trouble communicating their own feelings, pain, and misplaced guilt. But due to the intense feelings of them both, they end up fighting more than supporting each other. The changing dynamics and hidden feelings they are each struggling with just seem to keep putting up more walls between them.

It is about the mother and daughter relationship and trying to regain trust and healing while also figuring out who they want to be. But it is also about two love stories and the power of connections and the possibility of soul mates. I loved the two major male leads. They were also both struggling with personal issues themselves and also trying to be there for Morgan and Clara. But the situations are complicated and at times added to the tension and infighting. But I adored their capacity for love and acceptance, and how they knew what they wanted even if they were not sure it was even a possibility.

It shows how the truth, no matter how painful, is better than lies. Humans have faults and make mistakes, but sometimes the only way to move on is to forgive. This book is so emotional and so realistic. The characters and all of their dynamic relationships are so well developed. I felt everything they did along the way...the good, the bad, and the ugly. Though there is a lot of pain, there is also humor, hope, healing, and romance. And I left it with a smile on my face and a repaired heart.

I am still thinking about this book a day later. It is definitely one of my top favorites of 2019 and one of Colleen Hoover's most powerful and poignant works.

This was a beautiful, complex, and emotional story that had me on a roller coaster the entire read. I adored these characters and the storyline has left me still emotional after reading this book, and writing this review has definitely not been easy. Colleen broke my heart and mended it as well. She is definitely one of my favorite authors and I am always so excited to read something new from her. I can't wait to see what she writes next.

OH MY GAWWWWDDDDDD all the DAMN feels!!! Ok let's be real Colleen I would read your Christmas list if you published it!

Ok... hands down every time I read a book by Hoover I know that I either can be pulled out of a book slump or just completely fall head over heels in love!!

This book will take you for an emotional ride my friends. My goodness did I have some teary eyes in this one and I couldn't get enough of all of these characters. Ugh Colleen you KILL me in the best way. You tore my heart out and put it back together again.

One of my top reads for 2019 easily!! Another shiny 5 star for you Colleen!!

OK.... equation is go BUY this book

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Thank you so much to MontLake Romance Publishing and Netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

Publication date: 12/10/19
Published to GR: 11/24/19

This is the second book by Ms. Hoover I have read.  Now don't go hating on me for that, I promise to be better!  The first book was Verity and I was hooked!

I was lucky enough to be selected to read Regretting You and let me tell you, the vast difference in the story and style is a true testament of what a talented writer Ms. Hoover is!

Regretting You isn't a romance in the true sense of the word, but it is about love, a deep and abiding love that ties the human race together.  Whether it's a love of a parent and child, a first love or a love that is lost, it's love in the truest sense of the word.

The relationships that are interwoven in this story is heartbreaking as it is hopeful.  You are going to feel all the feels with this book, laughter, love, heartbreak, anger, and above all a hope. Sometimes faint and sometimes shining bright a hope for the future and being able to forgive sins of the past and move into the future.

What an amazing story, what a gamut of emotions I went through as a reader with this story but it was so worth it.  Congratulations Ms. Hoover on another soon to be best seller!

I enjoyed this book very much. My review is available here:

https://thegirlybookclub.com/regretting-you-by-colleen-hoover-review-by-karina-kaushal/