Colleen Hoover - Quotes and Video Book Reviews for One of TikTok's Favorite Authors
Aug 9 2023
New Adult novelist Colleen Hoover has become a major favorite among TikTok readers these past few years, and BookTok fans around the world are sharing her books with other readers. She’s already inspired a number of book clubs on Fable, so we’ve created this handy reader's guide to introduce you to Hoover’s work!
Colleen Hoover's book club interview
The author recently sat down with Jenna Bush Hager, addressing both the meteoritic success of her books and some of the controversies around her work. Most dramatically, she discussed her mother's story, which inspired the story arc of “It Ends With Us."“My mother and father divorced when I was two, and one of my earliest memories was him throwing a TV at her ... She was able to get out of that relationship. And then from then on, I just remember growing up with a mother who was so strong and independent.”While we don't have a release date for the film adaptation of "It Ends with Us," we do know it will star Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni as the couple at the heart of the story.Colleen Hoover Quotes
Fable book clubs make it easy to highlight and share your favorite quotes. We've collected a few of our favorite quotes from Hoover's heartbreaking books.“There is no such thing as bad people. We’re all just people who sometimes do bad things.” — "It Ends with Us"“Don't take life too seriously. Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit. Laugh at it.” — "Slammed"“Love isn't always pretty. Sometimes you spend all your time hoping it'll eventually be something different. Something better. Then, before you know it, you're back to square one, and you lost your heart somewhere along the way.” — "Ugly Love"“All humans make mistakes. What determines a person's character aren't the mistakes we make. It's how we take those mistakes and turn them into lessons rather than excuses.” — "It Ends with Us"“She’s not the kind of girl you choose your battles for. She’s the kind of girl you fight to the death for.” — "November 9" “When you find love, you take it. You grab it with both hands and you do everything in your power not to let it go. You can’t just walk away from it and expect it to linger until you’re ready for it.” — "November 9" “You’ll never be able to find yourself if you’re lost in someone else.” — "November 9" “I want you to remember who you are, despite the bad things that are happening to you. Because those bad things aren’t you. They are just things that happen to you. You need to accept that who you are and the things that happen you, are not one and the same.” — "Hopeless" You can discover more great books on Fable’s New Adult Genre page. We've shared some of our favorite Colleen Hoover video book reviews throughout this post!What Are Colleen Hoover’s Best-Selling Books?
If you want to sample Hoover’s work for the first time, start with this free Colleen Hoover book on Fable: “Finding Cinderella.” The website Bookscrolling created a chart measuring the average review score for all of Colleen Hoover’s work across three different sites. It’s a quick way to see what Colleen Hoover books are most popular among readers. The site outlined its methodology:“We took all of the books written by Colleen Hoover and looked at their Goodreads, Amazon, and LibraryThing scores, ranking them against one another to see which books came out on top. The books are ranked in our list below based on which titles have the highest overall score between all 3 review sites in comparison with all of the other books by the same author.”
Inspired by that list, we’ve collected the six top books in the Colleen Hoover library, in order of readers’ highest ratings. With just a few clicks, you can start your own book club for any of these books on Fable. Happy reading!It Ends with Us
By Colleen HooverThis book has been read by more than 84 book clubs on Fable! It tells the story of a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance who can’t stop thinking about her first love.
November 9
By Colleen HooverThis book has been read by nearly 30 different Fable book clubs. In this story, Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move.
Ugly Love
By Colleen HooverThis book has been read by nearly 30 Fable book clubs, a heart-wrenching love story that proves attraction at first sight can be messy. Hearts get infiltrated. Promises get broken. Rules get shattered. Love gets ugly.
Maybe Someday
By Colleen HooverA passionate tale of friendship, betrayal, and romance. At twenty-two years old, Sydney is enjoying a great life. Everything changes when she discovers that her boyfriend is cheating on her—and she’s forced to decide what her next move should be.
Losing Hope
By Colleen HooverHaunted by the little girl he couldn’t save from imminent danger, Holder’s life has been overshadowed by feelings of guilt and remorse. He has never stopped searching for her, believing that finding her would bring him the peace he needs to move on.
Slammed by Colleen Hoover
By Colleen HooverThis new adult classic tells the story of a young couple that discover how poetry can help them speak the truth that is in their hearts and imagine a future where love is cause for celebration, not regret.
Colleen Hoover Book Clubs on Fable
Fable is designed for people to share the joy of reading. We are a social platform for book clubs that can be either private (closed and available by invitation only) or public (open and available for anyone to join). Here are some public book clubs that have read Colleen Hoover books together on Fable! Simply visit the "Past Books" section of any of these clubs to join the conversation.TikTok creator @AymanBooks read “Verity” by Colleen Hoover in her Spicy Romance Book Club. “Verity” is a psychological thriller about a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin who accepts the job offer of a lifetime—she’s hired to complete the remaining books in a successful series.Why is Colleen Hoover so popular?
Hoover has embraced her BookTok following, creating her own TikTok page where she posts videos about her work and life. She also has been a pioneer author of New Adult novels, a relatively new genre that has exploded in popularity in the last decade. Good new adult books can be found in any genre, but they are united by a single guiding theme: they track the coming-of-age process as tsomethings navigate the world as adults for the first time. By reading new adult books where characters endure personal and social problems in early adulthood, readers can discover solutions to obstacles within their own lives.Are any of Colleen Hoover's books movies?
A fan recently asked Hoover "Have you ever thought about turning your books into movies?" On TikTok, the novelist replied with a thoughtful video about adaptation.Currently, there is only one adaptation of Hoover's work. You can watch a seven-episode adaptation of “Confess” on Amazon. The show was based on Hoover's novel, also called “Confess." The book tells the story of 21-year-old Auburn Reed who is fighting to rebuild her shattered life. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn’t expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there. Watch the whole trailer here!In addition, Justin Baldoni, one of the stars of the Jane the Virgin TV series, plans to make a movie version of Colleen Hoover’s “It Ends With Us.” That novel has sold more than a million copies and won “Best Romance Novel” at Goodreads in 2016. Variety broke the adaptation news:“It follows a young woman through the tumultuous stages of an abusive relationship. After moving to the city of Boston after college, she decides to start her own business as a florist only to fall in love with a young neurosurgeon.”
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