I am such a huge fan of Colleen Hoover and have been since her very first book. I always know when I pick up one of her books, I will be devouring it. Her stories are always unique and heartwarming. Regretting You was everything I was hoping for and more. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this book. I love how this book focuses mainly on the mother daughter relationship.

Morgan’s life didn’t turn out the way she thought it would. She wants to give her daughter all the love and attention she didn’t get as a child. All Morgan wants to do is protect her daughter. Clara is in her last year of high school and wanting to venture out on her own find out who she is. 

Colleen Hoover has done it again! Once I started this book, I couldn’t put it down. I can’t recommend this book enough. You need to read this!

Anyone who is a Collen Hoover fan will agree that they read this author's books for the character and relationships building. This book, built around mother/daughter perspectives, is no exception and will leave any reader a fan of Hoover's writing.

Another home run from Colleen Hoover! Read it in one sitting. The story in true Hoover fashion is engaging, entertaining and heart breaking.

Morgan and her sister Jenny are really close friends and are inseparable and even their boyfriends are best friends, Chris and Jonah. Even though Morgan was with Chris she had an amazing connection with Jonah. Morgan gets pregnant with Chris's baby and after graduation Jonah left town and never came back and Morgan was heartbroken.

Now almost 17 years later Morgan and Chris are married and have a 16 year old daughter, Clara. Recently Jenny reconnects with Jonah again after many many years and they are engaged and have a new son. Then a huge tragedy happens to Morgan and she is left questioning everything around her. Clara and her mother have been super disconnected after the tragedy and she turns to Miller for some moral support and they start hitting it off romantically.

At first I was really nervous to read this book because the book is in dual perspectives with Morgan and Clara and I didn't want this book to be YA and it definitely is not. The book was done really well and I was rooting for Morgan and Clara's relationship the whole time. I couldn't even imagine going through what Morgan went through and then having to rebuild her relationship with her daughter. I really liked Clara and Miller they had a very sweet relationship and he truly helped her with everything that was going on in her life. I loved the relationships and the building of mother/daughter bonds so much in this book. I just love Colleen Hoover so much and I can't wait to see what else she writes in the future!

This was another strong book delivered by Colleen Hoover. She really know how to capture her audience and how to keep you engaged throughout the story. This book was told from two POV and I found that both perspectives were raw and relatable. I’d have to say that the two leading males in this book almost steal the spotlight, they are definitely boyfriend material. This book is heartfelt and has a little bit of everything. I highly recommend you give it a read.

Having read and adored Hoover's previous works, I was beyond excited to dive into this story. 

Morgan and Clara, mother and daughter, are at a stage in life where they feel like they don't connect when a tragedy occurs that forces them to rebuild all that's crashed around them. While facing the difficulty of grief, the tragedy unearths secrets, lies, and betrayal. With everything unfolding before them and further misunderstandings and resentment building up, it forces mother and daughter apart and makes it even harder to fall back together. Through alternating points-of-view a reader is able to experience the entire story and focuses on the contrasting but often similar aspects of grief each character faces in their own individual way.

The relationships portrayed in this book were beyond my expectations and felt so overwhelmingly real. Though it was still a romance, Regretting You focused on the often complex relationship between a mother and daughter, especially between these two character, and the act of healing. In two different stages of life, Morgan and Clara offer readers intercepting yet distinctive points of view. I don't want to give anything away in regards to the plot but I'm glad with how things turned out in the end in regards to Morgan and Clara's relationship. 

The romantic aspect for both Morgan and Clara's characters was fun to see, especially in light of the situation behind the tragedy in the story. I especially enjoyed that through grief and loss there is still hope, love, and happiness. I can not say which romance I liked more, Morgan or Clara's, as both offered so many wonderful moments, emotions, and aspects that were interesting to discover and watch unfold before its very page. 

Colleen Hoover excels at realistically portraying characters and bringing out a wide range of emotions. Though I felt extremely emphatic towards Morgan and Clara's situation, I felt that they could overcome anything as long as they connected honestly and strengthened their bond as mother-daughter. Regretting You is now one of my few favourite books of 2019. Definitely one I highly recommend picking up and reading today!


eARC was kindly provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!

An epic girlneeds an equally epic guy, and I guess I’ve never felt epic enough for you.*Swoon*

   The hype is real! This book was so Flippin’ fantastic! All the feels, not one but two epic love stories, a real and raw look at the mother daughter relationship, tragedy, grief, forgiveness, romance, love, acceptance. Colleen Hoover is an absolute rockstar and this is one of her very best!

   Hoover’s exceptional storytelling completely Drew me into these characters lives. The story is told from the alternating perspectives of mother Morgan and daughter Clara. I was equally invested in both characters, I cried with them, I laughed with them, I loved with them, I got angry with them, and I forgave with them. Not only does CoHo tell and engaging tale, she also writes some of the most swoon worthy men/boys. Jonah and Miller *swoon* I think technically I could probably  be the mother of both of these men, but wow they really knew how to treat a girl and be there for her. Definitely not a book to be missed! If you are a CoHo fan this will more than likely be one of your favorites, and if you have not read her yet.... What are you waiting for?

This book in emojis 👩‍👧 🎭 🎬 🎥 💔 💞

*** Big thank you to Amazon Pub for my gifted copy of this book. All opinions are my own. ***

Regretting you is a tragedy in every sense. This is primarily a love story. Although told by two women, more lives are impacted.

It is also and above all a family drama. This is also the first time I felt so much the need to go read the last pages. To reassure myself, maybe. Because there is a huge intensity in the pages. Following Chris's car accident, I felt  Clara and Morgan 's emotions - brief aside: I wonder if someone remarked to Colleen Hoover that the first names of the heroines are make reference to a well-known French actress - added together and multiplied thousands  and thousands times. I had my heart broken and trampled as if that was not enough, it was torn and crushed again. Each time one or the other heroines spoke, I suffered with her and for her. I was taken to the guts.

Honest, real and raw. Regretting You was an unexpected one. Having loved Colleen’s previous books, I went into it with high expectation yet somehow this one snuck up on me.
Regretting You was an emotional book to say the least but when I tell you that tis book was as real as it got..I mean it. 

“You’re the first and only person in this world I’ve ever loved without some reasoning or justification behind it. I just love you because I can’t help it, and it feels good to love you”

Tell me your heart didn’t skip a beat when you read those words.
Regretting You is a beautiful contemporary book. The characters in this book will make you fall in love with them. They will make you feel their joy, their sadness, frustration, confusion, their love and their strength.

It's been a couple years since I've read a Colleen Hoover book and this one sparked my attention after several people giving rave reviews.  My favorite CoHo books tend to be her older ones so I went in without expectations. There are essentially two stories being told in this book. Morgan, Chris, and Jonah. Then Morgan's daughter Clara and Miller. Everything is dual POV and the story starts in the past and then fast forwards.  

I really liked this book but it was difficult to read at times.  I liked Clara's love story a bit more due it's sweetness and innocence. But man, Clara drove me nuts sometimes with her behavior. Morgan did as well although I identified better with her since she's much closer in age with me.  In comparison to CoHo's previous books, I'd compare this most to It Ends with Us or perhaps Hopeless for the teenage piece. I cried, I wanted to stomp on my kindle, and I laughed too.  I think Miller is my favorite character from the book. He's what teenage girls dream of. 

I can't get into the story without spoilers but if you're looking for some good angst, witty banter, and an overall great story then please read this.

This book is full of raw emotions and so much pain. My heart broken through out. Hoover has an amazing way with words that just wrap you up into the world she creates. This book really sticks with you once you finish it. I honestly have no words with how much this book hits you with the feels.

Wow, that was an amazing story! I wasn’t prepared to become so emotionally invested that early in a book.  Things got heavy pretty quickly and the unraveling of the details was an interesting lesson in perspective. I don’t want to give away any details, just read and enjoy!

I've enjoyed every single Colleen Hoover novel that I've read so it's a little crazy that I haven't read them all, I think. I don't know why I haven't read them all--maybe a fear that I'll find one I don't like? I don't know. What I do know is that the last few things I've read from her, I've devoured. 


Regretting You is my first read of 2020 and I stayed up way too late reading it and probably was way too invested in the story and characters than I should be, as noted by my inability to stop thinking about anything but how pissed off I was at both Morgan and Clara at different points in the novel when I should've been planning for my classes. Or how when I got to the 80% mark  on my planning period I was stressed out at how close I was to finishing and how much more story I wanted instead of running to the front office to make sure I got give a make up exam later this week. Or how I legit got to the last 5% and felt like the choice to stop reading so that I could spend a little more time with these characters was a hard one. Obviously I had absolutely zero will power and squeaked out the last of the reading before my last class of the day which just left me in a fog of Clara and Morgan and Jonas and Miller and thinking about what would happen next and where they all would end up. 


So who would like this novel that I've given an endorsement but not really analyzed it deeply? I think teenagers and readers with teens or readers who had challenging parental relationships may identify with some of the conflicts Morgan and Clara had. I think people who like YA fiction or romance will find this an enjoyable read. And I definitely think you have to like reading from two perspectives, as this is how the novel is structured. Finally, if you like really wonderfully kind male characters, you'll love Miller and Jonas. 


Happy reading, y'all.

Clara and Morgan are a daughter and mother duo trying to navigate life together when suddenly husband and father Chris passes away in a devastating car accident.  Morgan’s sister also passes away, leaving Jonah to raise their newborn son Elijah. Soon, secrets spill out leaving Jonah and Morgan questioning their roles in Clara and Elijah’s lives.  Meanwhile, Clara is your average teenager, navigating her first love and agitating her mother with a seemingly rebellious streak.  This novel truly showed me the power and challenges of a mother and daughter relationship.  Hoover’s writing allowed me to truly feel what the characters were grieving and feel along with them.  I especially identified with Clara, even though I was not rebellious as such myself.  This is a wonderful story about relationships, first romances, and what we value with those we love.

I can always count on Hoover for a nicely written story. I did read another title very close to this that dealt with grief so I didn't find this title to has as great of an impact had they been read further apart. The YA love story arc here was a bit saccharine.

4.5 ⭐️

Along with the Good, Bad and Ugly of REGRETTING YOU is an amazing story that tests the mother/daughter bond. This one will make you think. It will make you question yourself and what you would do and how you would act if you were in Morgan or Clara’s shoes. After all the heartache these characters go through, it had such a sweet ending, and left me with a huge smile on my face.

I wouldn't consider myself a die-hard CoHo fan, like so many other readers would. And I'm not really sure why. Prior to Regretting You, I had read three of her books, which is only a very small percentage of how many she's published, and have really enjoyed each one. I think part of why I don't always gravitate towards her books is because sometimes I don't want to feel as much as her books make you feel. They're heart wrenching and angsty and full of love (and sometimes anger) and so many other strong feelings. That's what makes her books so good. But I find I can only read so many of those kinds of stories before I feel a bit wrung out. All that to say, I'm really happy I read Regretting You, her newest novel which is just out today.

Here's the synopsis:
Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike.
Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn’t have a spontaneous bone in her body.
With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris—Morgan’s husband, Clara’s father, and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. The heartbreaking and long-lasting consequences will reach far beyond just Morgan and Clara.
While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she’s been forbidden to see. With each passing day, new secrets, resentment, and misunderstandings make mother and daughter fall further apart. So far apart, it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together.
I really wasn't sure what to expect with this book. Or, more accurately, how I would feel about the book. Typically I stay away from stories about mothers or accidental pregnancies (which is hard to avoid because they're usually, you know, a surprise). That's not a life I want and I don't really get it. So, I just tend to steer clear because I might not like a book and it probably wouldn't be the book's fault because it's my own personal (very weird) bias. But I could sense that Regretting You would be different. And it was.

I loved the dual narrative. I don't think it would have been as strong a story had it not been both Morgan and Clara's story. I hadn't fully realized until reading a Q&A with Hoover (I've included parts of it at the end of this review), that this is a novel that combines YA and adult into a wonderfully blended contemporary story. I loved both characters and really appreciated that, despite all the swoony bits, this was a story of a teenager and a woman who have been knocked down by the most devastating news and work through that grief separately and then together. They grow up a bit, Clara especially, and realize what needs to be done to change their lives - and it doesn't have to involve a romance (though that's a nice bonus if it happens).

Side note: it was super weird to realize that Morgan was just two years older than me and had an almost 17 year old daughter. I'm still not OK with the fact that I'm supposed to be an Adult in Certain Situations and to read someone who is so close to my age have a kid in her late teens was very odd. I can't explain it well and it so was not a bad thing. I guess it kind of opened my eyes a little bit, which is why I think everyone should read all sorts of books, because it gives a glimpse into a life that isn't your own and allows you to think about things from a different perspective.

As expected, this novel made me feel all the feels. There were times I wanted to bawl my eyes out (I did cry but I tried to keep it from being too explosive and violent. Didn't want to startle my rabbit, who was near me as I was reading) and there were moments where I was so angry at some of the characters. There were super swoony moments too which made my heart warm and cheer for a Happily Ever After for these characters I had come to love.

Regretting You is a novel you need to put on your TBR list if you enjoy contemporary stories that are raw, emotional, and oh so wonderful. Colleen Hoover has given readers an absolutely wonderful novel to read and I hope you all do - and love it like I did.

*A copy of this novel was provided by Thomas Allen & Son and Montlake, in exchange for review consideration. All opinions are honest and my own.*

Bonus! Below is a Q&A with Hoover, as well as a giveaway link!
You are ‘label-less’ in the fact that you write in several genres. Readers never know what to expect next. If someone asks, how do you label yourself?
When I self-published my first novel I had no idea what genre to put it in. I thought I had written a drama but it turns to that I had written a romance. I’ve learned a lot since then, but I still don’t put a lot of weight in genre when I write. When your best friend is begging you to read a book, it’s not going to matter what genre it is when someone you trust is passionate about the story.

What can you tell readers about your latest release Regretting You?
I would spoil it if I told you about it! Most of my books are like that. I can’t say what they are about or it spoils it. But I can say that Regretting You is told from a dual point-of-view centered on the inner lives of both a teen and adult protagonist.

Sounds like lots of different types of readers will be interested!
Absolutely. I wanted to write a book that bridged the gap between young adult and contemporary romance so that mothers can read with their daughters. I think it’s exciting to see people sharing reading experiences.

Colleen Hoover has done it again! Another heart wrenching book about love, dealing with grief, and how to forgive. All the characters were so relatable and my heart went out to each and every one of them. I thought Morgan was such a strong person to be going through what she went through but also trying to maintain a relationship with her teen daughter., Clara. Sometimes I was frustrated with their lack of communication..but I understood it. I was rooting for both their love stories to succeed. I would recommend this book to everyone!

This was a good book that ended with a HEA. I did get bored for awhile because the hard hit came early and I felt like nothing of significance could really happen after that point. I was a bit frustrated with Morgan. I hated her choices and attitude towards everything. I’m glad she came around and the book ended nicely. I would recommend this to others.

We want to preface this review with a non-spoiler tag which means we cannot fully explore why we felt the way we did, whilst reading Regretting You.

‘It feels like I’ve been inside a snow globe that someone shook up, then dropped. I feel like the contents of my life have shattered, and fragments of me have spilled out all over someone’s dusty hardwood floor. I feel irreparably broken.’

Regretting You by Colleen Hoover is a story of friendships, love, betrayal and survival. It’s about life, and specifically a mother and her teenage daughter’s relationship through grief and emotional heartbreak. It’s a story of making soul destroying decisions and ignoring a vital part of your heart, doing the best you can to live in peace and quiet, whilst making selfless decisions as well as succumbing to temptation. It’s about drawing on personal strength when you most need it.

‘For some reason, sadness in music eases the sadness in my soul. It’s like the worse the heartache in a song is, the better I feel. Dramatic songs are like a drug, I imagine. Really bad for you, but they make you feel good.’

Colleen Hoover is a magnificent writer and always manages to surprise us. Her stories are full of emotion, angst, intricate relationships and they always come with life lessons, inspiration and hope. Nine out of ten times this Author has managed to draw every emotion out of us, compelling us with her words. She’s a gifted story-teller.

“I’m learning that sometimes you have to walk away from the fight in order to win it.”

Sadly and surprisingly, Regretting You just didn’t work for us. Whilst we enjoyed parts of it and absolutely had to know how this story was going to unfold, we didn’t feel any connection with the characters. Don’t get us wrong, there were moments of sheer emotional beauty where the Colleen Hoover we know and love shone like a beacon. However in between those moments, we caught ourselves reading in a monotone voice, as it felt somewhat flat, repetitive and very unlike this Author. In other words, we struggled to find that much loved Colleen Hoover spark, the intensity of emotion she elicits and the unwavering love we feel for her characters.

‘The search for myself is becoming my favorite part of my new journey.’

We were quite surprised that the crux of this story was only explored one-sided. It felt unbalanced in the sense that the lives and the destinies of two sisters’ hearts are almost mirrored, yet different paths are chosen. We would have enjoyed further exploration of this. Colleen Hoover tends to always delve right into the heart of a character, examining the psyche and thought processes of her characters. Regretting you, in our opinion, only skimmed the surface, making it hard for us to connect, reconcile character actions and feel fully invested in a story which should in theory have been utterly soul destroying. It felt incomplete somehow.

‘I can’t imagine all the invisible bruises she’s covered in right now, and I hate that some of them are there because of me.’

There absolutely were moments we loved too. We loved that the POV’s were mother and daughter as it highlighted the struggles of communication, hopes and dreams through the teenage angst years. The fact that we all ‘knew best’ as teenagers, however as adults we fondly smile at that teenage bravado whilst at the same time feeling confused that we actually -as adults- haven’t got a clue what we’re doing half the time. Especially when tragedy strikes. We feel that helplessness all over again and wonder what happened. How did we become who we are, and what made us make certain important life decisions along the way?

‘Who am I to raise a human? Who am I to teach someone morals? Who am I to help guide someone else through life when I’m wearing a blindfold and running in the wrong direction?’

We’re incredibly sad that Regretting You was just ‘okay’ for us. We didn’t love it, but we liked it enough to finish it. Onward and upwards; we look forward to the next book from this much loved Author.

“Life doesn’t play favorites.”