Colleen Hoover's "Reminders of Him" is a must read

BOOK REVIEW

“Reminders of Him” a contemporary romance novel by #1 New York’s bestselling author Colleen Hoover, like any other CoHo book, is a must read. The story doesn’t revolve and stop at a typical romance rather explore the different emotions of grief and forgiveness. Hoover wrote about life of a convict after release and the troubles they face from getting jobs to accommodation and phone and travel which no one seems to think of. 

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“A young mother fights to earn a place in her child’s life – but is there room for her?”

The book is told through the perspective of Kenna Rowan, a mother who never got to meet her child, and Ledger Ward, a local bar owner and some of the few remaining link to her daughter, Diem.

Kenna just completed serving her five year sentence in prison and is now back in town to earn a place in her daughter’s life and forgiveness from Scotty's, her ex-boyfriend, parents. But, life is not all roses and they want nothing to do with her. 

Trying to find allies in this small town, she soon finds herself forging a relationship with Ledger, someone from Scotty’s past and a key adult in Diem’s life and might be the only person who can help her. Ledger, tries his best to be as far as possible from Kenna but what happens when he finds that his attraction to her runs deeper than he thought.

This newly found love but feeling guilty for loving her relation puts Ledger in an inexcusable position, standing in the middle of a war where both sides are bound to loose, Ledger tries to unify both the sides. 

Colleen Hoover is an automatic buy for me, her books are so raw and filled with emotions no one would expect or want to confront in real life. The story is so well plotted out and the words are so intricately chosen that it makes you choke on your tears and put the book down to take a minute for yourself.

ok i’m obsessed with reminders of him

— logy (@logyyabulsoud) June 3, 2022

As a reader, who is against annotating paperbacks, this book had me taking out my pencil to underline and write down my thoughts.

I loved how there were no villains in the story but “Time, distance and devastation allow people enough time to craft villains out of people they don’t even know.” Same was the case with the Landry’s (Scotty’s parents) and Ledger, as they never got to hear her side of the story, that “She was a victim.” They all were. 

As I felt sad for Kenna, I had a love-hate feeling for Ledger, he said a lot of mean and hurtful things and did several questionable deeds, as he was torn between protecting Diem and trying not to fall for Kenna. But as the story proceeded and he gained insights on what actually happened on the night when everything went wrong, Ledger behaves in a more rational way. 

**Spoiler Warning

For me, personally, the most important letter which the Landrys received wasn’t that well written as compared to her other letters. Kenna sounded a little dumb and overly obsessed with herself. 

Warning ends**

me after chapter 5 of reminders of him pic.twitter.com/HkqtknJrrL

— gelo (@folkhoe) June 4, 2022

Overall, the book is amazing and something I’ll recommend to everyone. This is the best CoHo book ranking right after It Ends With Us, for me.

Favorite Quotes:

“People say you fall in love, but fall is such a sad word when you think about it. Falls are never good. You fall on the ground, you fall behind, you fall to your death. Whoever was the first person to say they fell in love must have already fallen out of it. Otherwise, they’d have called it something much better.”

“I’m going to be so good to your girls, Scotty. I promise.”

“Now that I’ve forgiven myself, the reminders of him only make me smile.”

Author:

Garima Dhanania