2.5 Stars

This is a tough one for me because I enjoy Colleen Hoover’s books, but I just could not connect with this story or with the characters. This is very much a Young Adult story centered around Morgan and her daughter Clara. Morgan seems to be having some sort of crisis - not exactly a mid-life crisis because she's much too young for that, but she is definitely suffering though a mild bout of depression. And that is even before the main events of the story unfold.

"It’s my birthday, and I’m surrounded by everyone important to me, but for some reason, I feel more alone than I’ve ever felt. I should be happy right now, but something is off. I can’t put my finger on it. Maybe I’m getting bored. Or worse. Maybe I’m boring."

I love Colleen Hoover's books and was so excited to read this one! Unfortunately, although many reviews discuss the strong emotional pull of this story, to me, the main characters seemed almost one-dimensional. The main protagonist Morgan claims that she isn't even sure what the name of her cable company is. To me, details such as this add an air of unreliability to the story. I am also not a fan of the constant repetitive phrasing throughout this book.

The plot was mildly interesting but I never fell in love with the characters or their story. I struggled with this book and felt the plot was too contrived. I wanted to love this book but I couldn't ever really empathize with the characters. If you're a fan of Colleen Hoover, then you should definitely give this one a try. Many readers loved it! I will eagerly await her next release.

This newest book of Colleen has become my favorite!! Ups and downs between mother and daughter, hidden secrets, and unknown information. This book will make you cry, and have all the feels. Definitely one of my top 10 books of the year!

Thanks goes to the publisher, via Net-Galley, to read and review Regretting You by Colleen Hoover in advance of publication. I thoroughly enjoyed this amazing book! My opinions are my own and are not influenced in any way.

Regretting You is a unique reading experience. While there are love stories involved, the romances are an element of this book, not the main focus. Regretting You follows the grief process for the mother and daughter when they suddenly lose their loved ones. Both characters go through the different stages of grief, each in their own way. The writing is fantastic, pulling me into the story from the first page and kept me enthralled until the last!

Morgan Grant’ character is the mother, and not only does she lose two loved ones, she finds out there’s mysterious circumstances involved. She experiences loss, betrayal, anger, bewilderment, all at the same time. Her responses are visceral and sharp, and I could feel the emotions as if they were my own.

Clara’s character is the sixteen-year-old daughter who has idolized both loved ones she lost. She is unaware that mysterious circumstances exist because Morgan doesn’t want Clara’s image of them tarnished. Clara is confused by her mother’s reaction. She acts out, as many teenagers do when confused and hurting, and with a boy she has a crush on, one her father didn’t like; hence, her mother doesn’t trust him either. Lots of angst and emotions roiling in this tale of love and loss!

Since I don’t want to have any spoilers, (This has been a difficult review to pen without giving anything away) I won’t share my thoughts on all aspects of the love interests of both characters. I will say I enjoyed the path both follow and wanted each to have a happy ending.

Regretting You is a fascinating reading experience. If you enjoy novels with the full range of emotions and a unique plot, then you will love this incredible tale of loss and recovery. While this is the first book I’ve read by Ms. Hoover, it will not be the last. Happy reading!

I cannot even properly describe what this opportunity has meant for me. CoHo is the pinnacle of the genre, a monolith, a superstar! I am so grateful that getting closer to the team at Montlake this year allowed for the opportunity to review for Colleen. Earlier this year I was denied a copy of Verity and it stung, I wanted to read an ARC of Colleen’s so badly. To now be receiving my chance with a book like Regretting You. It is such an honour as this book is a masterpiece, the best book I read all year. A book I want to gift to anyone and everyone, I want to scream from the rooftops about just how phenomenal Regretting You is! As Publishers Weekly puts it “this is Hoover at her very best.”
Characters: There are a few characters who deeply affect the story including the protagonists, the mother-daughter combo of Morgan and Clara, along with their immediate family including Morgan’s husband/Clara’s father Chris, Morgan’s sister/Clara’s aunt Jenny, Jenny’s partner/Morgan and Chris’s high school friend Jonah, and the boy Clara has a crush on Miller. Each character has a deep effect on both Morgan and Clara, as they bring about deep losses and pain. This story is about how Morgan, Clara, and other characters cope with this pain.
Pacing: Colleen was a mastermind of plot twists. The nature of how the small pieces of the bigger puzzle fell was phenomenal. I could not help but be on the edge of my seat the entire reading experience.
Romance: This story was one of multiple romances. I cannot even go into them too deep because of spoilers. You need to pick up this book, go in as blind as possible. Trust me! It will be so worth it.

Overall Grade: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️++

There has always been this generational divide. I tell my nineteen-year-old son that one of the arguments against evolution is the continuous divide. Humanity doesn’t seem to change much in its thoughts about changes between generations. The reality is that there isn’t much. Colleen Hoover’s newest book, Regretting You, illustrates this brilliantly. The story follows a mother and daughter, Morgan and Clara. As Clara falls in love, Hoover weaves her mother’s story around it to illustrate their similarities when the two believe they are so different. As their stories progress, you can’t help but note their parallels. The difference, though, lies in their choices, their decisions. Clara represents the choice that her mother did not make for herself at Clara’s age. And the price is an emotionally tawdry journey towards self-discovery, second chances, and forgiveness.

So…I’ve asked this question in past reviews. How do you know that a romance book is “good?” Obviously, this is determined by the reader. How did you connect with the characters? Did the story flow? Was the reading seamless? For me, as I’ve mentioned in prior reviews, good in a romance manifests itself in my emotional upheaval. Does the book bring out the most intense emotions in me? Do I suspend my disbelief of the storyline to find myself represented in the characters? If the answers are “yes,” then the romance finds its place on my list of top reads. Regretting You is this such read.

What is it about Regretting You? First of all, I have a confession (I tend to do this quite a bit in my reviews, as I’m a relatively new romance reader): this is my first Colleen Hoover story. I’ve known about her for several months after attending Book Bonanza, but I hadn’t been able to read her yet as I’m constantly reading ARCs and writing reviews (along with my day job of teaching college students the art of college writing). I have several of her books in my Kindle library, awaiting my heart. When Regretting You fell into my lap, I died a little. Receiving an ARC for this monster of a writer (her reputation precedes her) was a gift, a blessing. It was also an opportunity to fall into her words. And fall I did.

This read is the type of book that you want to put down, throw it at the wall, stomp on it, but you can’t because it compels you forward almost against your will. I began it during the daytime and fought with myself over it. I wanted to read it but didn’t want to read it because the story is such that it burrows under your skin, shooting you in the heart with its revelations and truths. When I put it down, that first day, to go to sleep as it was nearing the morning hours, I didn’t sleep. The essence of this book mulled through my brain, and I slept restlessly. If you’re wondering if all of this is “good,” the answer is yes. For me, this is the type of writing that excites me because it’s a torment. I want the stories I read to push me, compel me to feel. If not, then its truth isn’t powerful enough.

In order to feel the power of writing, I need to find myself in the story. Where did this occur in Regretting You? Smack dab in the character of Morgan. No, I did not have a teen pregnancy. Yes, I did marry my high school sweetheart (and divorce him three years later), and yes, I have a teenaged, albeit a young adult, son (from my second husband). Like her, in the past two years, I’ve struggled to rewrite myself, to find who I am without my son as the center of my life. Like Morgan, my identity was shaken, as he graduated and became a college student. It’s Morgan’s truth that connected with my soul, and, as her journey progresses in the story, it’s her story that coerced me forward. The genius of Hoover’s story lies in the relationship between Morgan and her daughter, Clara. Setting them up as bookends is the key to understanding Regretting You because I saw Morgan’s past remedied in her daughter’s present. Clara embodies the “should have” of Morgan’s life. Through Morgan’s sacrifice of self for husband and daughter, Clara is able to live the alternative of her mother’s life. I think that’s a parental truth that we hate to consider: how often we push our children to live a better life than our own. Yet, our mistakes, our choices, as we see in this story, simply make us stronger, able to bear the weight of life. Morgan’s journey illustrates this beautifully in Hoover’s book.

Yes, Colleen Hoover is a writer of romance. However, Regretting You transcends genres in that it’s YA, romance, and literary fiction all in one. It’s more than the romances of Morgan and Clara; in fact, in my opinion, the romances of the women with the men in their lives are tertiary to the journeys of Morgan and Clara towards self-discovery. Yes, falling in love plays a part in their stories, but the true romance of Regretting You lies in the relationship between mother and daughter. Here is the power and the truth of the story, as Morgan and Clara grow apart and then heal, stronger together than they ever were separated. In acceptance of generational differences, in recognizing their impenetrable bond, Hoover’s brilliance shines. Regretting You burrowed into my soul and found its place because it’s a challenge for acceptance, forgiveness, and a true love, not necessarily found with a significant other, but found in a familial bond.

I absolutely loved this book. I really enjoyed the POV's. If youre a fan of Colleen Hoover's angst, click this book now! Pure epic. I read it in one sitting.
Thansk Montalke for the Arc

5/5 STARS

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This book is why I love Colleen Hoover’s stories.

I usually try to “guess” the whole plot when I read the blurb, but trust me, dive into this one totally blind.

And I’ll try my best not to give away too much in my review.

As a mother, and an “ex teenager”, I saw a lot of myself in Morgan, but also in Clara.

I loved how the author dealt with their mother/daughter relationship, how she shown us all the things Morgan had to “give up” when she became a mother at such a young age.

You’ll fall in love with Jonah, and Miller too.
It’s just impossible not too!!!

But of course, REGRETTING YOU is so much more than Morgan and Clara.

This story is about growing up, sacrifices, unconditional love, loss and betrayal, but also forgiveness, moving on and second chances,

The only “but”, for me, was those questions left “unanswered”, at least that how I felt first, but once I gave it some time, a few days after, I think Morgan made the best choice. The more selfless as a mother, and the healthier for herself.

And the way Colleen closed this story, it was so beautiful to read!

It was just perfect.

One of my favorites reads this year, and another favorite from this author!



<b>***ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review***</b>

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I was hooked on this story within the first few pages. But, that's what happens every time I pick up a Colleen Hoover novel. 

Regretting You is an angsty, tragic, beautiful, inspiring, and heartbreaking story, about love, survival, life, and family. It's a story about losing everything and looking inside oneself to find the strength to pick up the pieces and move forward. It's a story about a mother and daughter who have to figure out a way to set aside their differences and come together to heal. 

I consumed this book like it was the oxygen I needed to breathe. I couldn't put it down and I couldn't stop thinking about it when I wasn't reading. Hoover writes in such a way that the words work themselves into my soul and wrap themselves around my heart. The characters have so much depth and, through the alternating POVs, we get to see what Morgan and Clara think and feel. We get to know each of them intimately, and this only made reading Regretting You an even more emotional journey for me. 

This story sent me on an emotional roller coaster. There were times that my heart was crushed and times when  couldn't wipe the smile off my face. Hoover filled this story with twists and turns, when I was least expecting them, which made the journey all the better. I never quite knew what to expect but, I held out hope that amidst the angst and tears we'd get a happy ending of some sort. (I'm not going to tell you if we do cause -- that will spoil it!)

There are a few different themes going on in this story, with the mother/daughter relationship being the main one. Hoover handled the development of this relationship, and the individuals characters, beautifully. Everything felt authemtic and realistic and that broke my heart even harder when I was reading. It's easy to relate to Clara on some levels and I felt so much empathy for her when it came to the personal journey she's on. And for those who enjoy romance don't worry, there's a little bit of that woven into the story as well. 

Hoover nailed it with everything in this book. The plot is good, the characters are well developed and likeable, and the writing is vivid and made me feel like I was living inside the book. Everything moved at a good pace and when I reached the end of the book, I still wanted more of these characters. 

Five stars to this novel!

I don’t even know how to review Regretting You without giving something away. I didn’t read the blurb, so I had no idea what I was getting myself into, but it’s CoHo and that’s just how this works.

RY is about Morgan and her daughter Clara. It’s all about their relationship, and the trials and tribulations that they face; both as mother and daughter and as individuals.

I was shocked right away. If you read the blurb, you won’t be, but like I said, I didn’t read it. And I LOVED being shocked. It kept me invested in the entire story. It reminded me a bit of Verity in that aspect, that I had no idea what was going to happen next.

I loved everything about this story. From the tragedy, to the shocking parts, to the growth of both women.

I’m going to be sharing this beautiful story with my own teen daughter.

Regretting You, by Colleen Hoover, packed an emotional sucker punch. My heart and soul took a swift kick in the feels. I swear romance readers have an extra body part dedicated to processing all the feelings that some books bring out. It’s a part of your heart that can quiver, shake, or explode after going on a catastrophic emotional rollercoaster ride.

I love going in blind when I read a book by Colleen Hoover. I know I’m going to get a sensational story no matter what genre. I knew going in that his was going to be a YA’ish type of book. I love her YA/NA books. Regretting You elicited so many of the same kinds of feels that I had encountered while reading Hopeless and Slammed.

Do you know that feeling when you start reading a book, and it’s going to be life-changing for the characters and epic as a reader? That happened to me when I started reading chapter six. Regretting You is the story of a mother (Morgan) and daughter (Clara) and their journey through personal tragedy, love, loss, and the ugliness of betrayal. Clara and Morgan’s story is real, raw, and peppered with a touch of something sweet like a watermelon Jolly Rancher. You’ll understand the reference when you read it.

The only regret you’ll have about this book is if you don’t one-click it. Regretting You is set to release on 12/10. You can borrow it for FREE using Kindle Unlimited!

NO REGRETS GIVEN!! This book was something I couldn’t put down. I spent my birthday reading it. I took a break to go to lunch with my husband and then came home and finished it. It was the most amazing birthday gift I gave to myself: spending the day with no distractions and reading Regretting You!

I’m calling it now: it’s my new favorite CoHo book. Okay, maybe I should say it’s tied with my longtime CoHo favorite, Hopeless. I guess in some ways they have a similar vibe and in other ways, they are totally different.

“Life doesn’t play favorites.”

The truth behind that quote is smack dab the essence of this book. You can be a good person and do all the “right” things by being selfless and life can still knock you down and leave you wondering what you ever did to deserve this type of treatment. Regretting You is a story about how messy life can be and how family ties bond us together. The story alternates between a mother, Morgan, and her teenage daughter, Carla. Readers view the world through their eyes.

The story is immersed in a tragic event that pulls on everyone’s heartstrings, even the readers. When secrets are brought to the forefront, everyone's world becomes a lot messier.

There were times in the book where I wore a shocked look on my face and other times when my heart broke. At times I laughed and other times I swooned. It’s a story full of FEELS.

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RELEASE DATE: December 10, 2019
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4.5 stars rounded up!

Regretting You by Colleen Hoover

- All the feels and emotions
- Explores a struggling but a very beautiful love story of a mother & teenage daughter
- 2 new book boyfriends

I went in completely blind because I know no matter how much I prepare myself for a CoHo, I will end up devastated.

Colleen Hoover takes a very unique concept and turns it into a heart wrenching emotional story. Her prose is simple but it manages to convey all the emotions to the readers. Her characters seem like regular people like you and me but she manages to explore them so deeply. If you end up associating with any character in her book it will open a Pandora box of emotions for you.

It would have been a perfect 5-star read for me if I had some closure on the letters. But I think that's just CoHo's way of keeping the readers thinking. She did the same with Verity.

Thank you NetGalley and Monthlake Romance for the advanced digital copy for an honest review.

I have so many thoughts about this book and no words to describe them.
I have shed some tears after finishing the book and I can't even really pinpoint why.
Sure, it's a romance. I love romance books. But this book is so much more. As a mom, I think this book really hit me in the feels. This story is really a book about Morgan and Clara with romance sprinkled throughout. There was just an appropriate amount of betrayal and hurt that really grips me in a story. But the story about a mom and her daughter is what I loved the most. I have 2 sons and they are just about to enter their teen years and I could see myself having to navigate some of these issues myself. And my mom and I totally went through a lot of this stuff when I was a teenager.
I really hope that I have half the amount of patience and dedication to their happiness that Morgan has, even at the risk of making herself the enemy for the greater good.
Colleen just nails her characters so well. You can love them, be mad at them but understand that they are human and we all make mistakes. Miller is just the swoon-worthy type of teenage boy that I strive for my sons to be.
The ending was just perfection. You will love this book. :)

Colleen Hoover was another one of those authors that really kicked off the romance genre for me. I haven’t read her books in years especially her newer releases. Slammed and Hopeless were the books that had me absolutely falling in love with her work. And I never want to lose that feeling when I think about her books hence why I’ve been hesitant to read her newer stuff. But there was something about Regretting You that had me pulled in. I was nervous to read it since it has been a while and I could never bring myself to read her other recent releases simply because of tropes I don’t normally read.

I would say that I loved this more than I thought it would, it has a blend of women’s fiction and romance. I think if it was simply women’s fiction, I wouldn’t have picked this one up. I’m a romance reader through and through, so I’ll always be seeking that happily ever after.

In Regretting You, we get multiple story arcs, but my goodness, Colleen did a fantastic job of weaving them all together, effortlessly. It flowed so perfectly and there wasn’t a moment where I found myself swaying away from the book. We have the mother-daughter arc, their personal love stories and just their own life journey as well.

I would say this book is one many can enjoy, you don’t have to be a romance reader or simply just a women’s fiction reader. Many who read from these genres will definitely find something that they could enjoy.

A betrayal so deep, you’re constantly in this vortex of trying to figure out the why and what happened. Grief, it’s a tricky thing and not something that’s easy to navigate. Morgan and Clara both are struggling with it and both for very different reasons. A second chance at love and a new love.

I devoured every single page, it doesn’t quite top as my favorite Colleen Hoover reads, but it’s definitely up there.

Thank you so much to Montlake Romance and netgalley for letting me read this book.

This book made me think about how I am with my family and how open I am or I am not. Books what makes you think are good ones. And maybe you can also learn something new.

Regretting you is told by Morgan's and Clara's POV. They both goes through a lot during this story and sometimes it was heartbreaking. They both were strong on their own way and also together. It was nice to follow Clara's relationship with her friend and other people. There was one character who became my fave.

Full Confession. Before now, I’ve never read a book by Colleen Hoover.
I know, I know. Trust me…I now realize how much I’ve missed out on! And I won’t be making that same mistake again.

When I review a book, I typically give a synopsis that is spoiler-free. But that’s really hard to do with this book. There is so much you really need to read, and it’s such a good book that I honestly wouldn’t want to spoil a second of it. (See, I told you I’d been missing out!) So just think of the movie Random Hearts and then a HUGE twist, and that’s basically the synopsis of Regretting You. In Random Hears the fallout really only affects the hero and heroine, but in regretting you, the fallout is nearly nuclear in how far-reaching the destruction really is.

NICUnurse’s Rating: Now I understand why Colleen Hoover’s books are such big bestsellers. She had me totally invested in the main characters basically from page one. I could sympathize with Morgan, didn’t care for Chris or Jenny all that much, and my heart broke for Jonah by the end of chapter one. And my feelings for these characters didn’t really change much throughout the book. Then we fast forward to present day, and even though I liked Morgan’s daughter, Clara, she’s a teenager, and at times I kind of wanted to smack her on the back of her head (similar to the feelings I have regarding my own teenagers!) and tell her to wake up and really look at the world around her, and she’d see the truth. But when their worlds are turned upside down, I was literally in tears for Morgan, Clara, and Jonah. Needless to say, the author totally had my feelings riding this rollercoaster throughout the entire story. It was angsty, heartbreaking, anger-inducing, and yet healing in the end, and I loved every second of it! And yes, there is a happily ever after ending. Really, by the end of the book, I just wanted a group hug with everyone in Morgan’s life! Regretting You is a story about learning to love yourself and finding the strength to pick yourself up and move forward through devastating circumstances. And becoming a better version of you despite it all.

I give Regretting You by Colleen Hoover 5 out of 5 stars!

I was so excited to receive an advanced copy of this book. I have loved everything that Colleen Hoover has written, and Regretting You was no exception.
The characters were intriguing and the storyline kept me engaged.
I was slightly disappointed that we didn't find out more about the letters, but overall I really enjoyed this book.

So I have a secret… this is the very first Colleen Hoover book I have read! Shhhhhh… don’t go spreading this, I am legit afraid that I will be tossed out of the book community! I mean I have a ton of her books sitting on my kindle — but you all know how that TBR can get. I have no idea why I never cracked one of them open! Guess I am going to have to rectify that real quick!

Regretting You was a beautiful, emotional read. The story of what happens to a mother and daughter when their life is ripped apart. When the center of their universe is all of a sudden no longer there. How do you cope with loss when your rock is no longer there to hold you up? How do you go on and live each day when you are now questioning everything you know? When you find yourself wracked with guilt?

I absolutely loved how this book was dual POV, but not your typical dual view. It was told from both the perspectives of the mother, Morgan and the daughter, Clara. I felt that this gave us such unique insight into the dynamics of the family. It made me so attached to both characters as opposed to getting mad at one or the other if it had just been one of their views. I could see myself hating mom or hating the daughter if the book was one-sided because we wouldn’t be getting the whole story. Instead my heart ached and ached for them as I could completely understand and empathize with both of these beautiful, hurting women.

Books that deal with family always seem to resonate strongly with me. So it is no surprise that I loved this one. I read it cover to cover because I needed to see how everyone would turn out. I appreciated the imperfections in each character and how they helped to shape them and make them a truly three-dimensional character. I loved that they handled what happened to them in a way that just seemed real. Sometimes life just SUCKS. It really does. But it is how we react to that suckiness, how we find a way to move forward and begin to live again that makes a story beautiful. And that is exactly what this story is. A beautiful tale of how a family moves forward and learns to love again.

You should definitely pick up this captivating book.

Colleen Hoover is a master storyteller, and it’s because of stories like Regretting You. This is not a typical romance, but it is a romance. It’s also a bit of a mystery. And it’s a story about family drama. All mashed together, mixed up and put out in a heartfelt, heartbreaking, heartwarming story.

Regretting You is not just a romance, but it’s a family drama as Morgan and Clara try to navigate their lives following a horrible tragedy. There are so many unanswered questions in the aftermath of Chris’ accident, and both of their lives are forever changed. Their relationship is forever changed. And how they come through the other side is a tremendous journey of grief, forgiveness and even a bit of anger.

I received an advanced copy via the publisher and NetGalley and voluntarily left a review.

Colleen Hoover You. Are. My. Jam.

How do you do it?! Every book, I get HOOKED right from the start. I love it.

This book was no different. It gave me ALL the feels. The storyline was so unique, raw and captivating. The flow of the story was excellent and I loved the different POV. It was highly addictive right from page one.

I LOVED all the characters. They felt real and were so relatable. I will miss them now that it’s over.

My book hangover is in full effect. Until next time, Colleen Hoover.. I highly recommend checking this one out!

Side note: I also recommend going in blind - don’t read the book description, it gives away a bit too much in my opinion.

THANK YOU to the publisher and NetGalley for providing a free advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review