"5 stars



Colleen Hoover always brings the feels with her contemporaries. I went into this one blind like I always try to do with her books, and I was overcome with all I felt. It brought me to tears more than once and had deep and heavy topics and moments of lightness that made me laugh. I love books that can do both. It’s the perfect balance.

Some mistakes are bigger than others. Some mistakes are life-changing. Life ending. Kenna is at a place she hasn’t been in five years and she’s there for a reason. Or a person. One of the main themes in this book is forgiveness. Kenna struggles with forgiving herself and others struggle to forgive her.

Ledger meets Kenna and he doesn’t know who she is at first. He’s drawn to her. It’s almost magnetic. Once he finds out who she is he struggles with how he should feel about her. Ledger was the perfect hero and one of this author's best characters. Kenna was also great; getting to know her through her letters to Scotty made me love her even more.

I love that Colleen let us feel for Kenna and gave us so much insight in her heart and head through letters that when we found out what had happened, we couldn’t help but feel sympathy for her. I was sympathetic towards everyone in this book. Each of their situations was unique and I could understand why they felt the way they felt. There were no good guys or bad guys, just imperfect human beings.

Like a lot of Hoover’s books, even though I would classify this as a romance, it wasn’t only a romance. There were so many other facets to this story. It was a story of family, forgiveness, grief, and love. It’s heartfelt, emotional, and truly unforgettable. Reminders of Him is a book that will be on my mind for some time, as well as my favorites list! I highly recommend this one!

Audio book source: Audible
Story Rating: 5 stars
Narrators: Brittany Pressley & Ryan West
Narration Rating: 5 stars
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Length: 10h 17m

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"Fuck you, Colleen Hoover! You had no right to make me cry like this.

The last 10% were just rude. When I tell you I was looking hideous whilst ugly crying..
I was sobbing as if I was Kenna.

I experienced ALL the feelings that came with this story but by the end I was left genuinely happy. Kenna DESERVED that ending.

This story embodies pain. Something CoHo is known all too well for. She strikes the balance of stories that seem so far out there - out there to my own world view - with so much care and heart.

I knew I would love it as soon as I read the synopsis, but I was not ready to be bombarded with these intense emotions. And it's interesting to see how these complicated feelings were expressed by all parties involved in this story. All were valid. And it makes you think what your own reaction would've been like.

Ledger and Kenna were a lot more nicer than I could I ever be, because if it was me, I'd be fighting and knocking some sense into these old ass people. They were quite frankly asking for it. There were so many moments where the feelings they expressed just felt so disrespectful and were out of line.

But it is easy for me to say the above because I had a clearer picture of what was happening and the characters necessarily didn't.

All to say that the sentiment is true: hurt people hurt people.

"You think you know how you’ll react in a terrifying situation, but that’s the thing. You can’t think in a terrifying situation."

I respect the hell out of Colleen Hoover."

"I’ve seen many different reviews on this book but people don’t understand the meaning of it, this book wasn’t supposed to add more drama it was supposed to be our closure for atlas and lily so that we know that they end up happy together it wasn’t supposed to be toxic and thrilling. Therefore i loved it in a different perspective"

"This book and the first one have been the best book I've read in such a long time. It keeps you sucked in the whole time. Love love it."