Confess by Colleen Hoover
Pages:306
Publish date:March 10th
Publisher:Simon and Schuster (ATRIA paperback)
ISBN: 9781476791456
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Auburn Reed has her entire life mapped out. Her goals are in sight and there’s no room for mistakes. 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, Owen Gentry.
For once, Auburn takes a risk and puts her heart in control, only to discover Owen is keeping major secrets from coming out. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything important to Auburn, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it.
The last thing Owen wants is to lose Auburn, but he can’t seem to convince her that truth is sometimes as subjective as art. All he would have to do to save their relationship is confess. But in this case, the confession could be much more destructive than the actual sin…
Confess:
I received a copy of Confess from Simon and Schuster Aus for review. This has in no way influenced my review.
Firstly Colleen Hoover is simply incredible, Confess is magic. Everything about this book is beautiful: The storyline, the writing, how the book is laid out. I cannot seem to fault this book in any way possible.
Colleen Hoover is an extraordinary writer and Confess proves that in every way and form. It doesn’t only read well but just looks exquisite, the artwork throughout Confess that are painted or draw by ‘Owen’ are; I cannot even begin to explain it. It adds complexity and beauty to the story in a way that no one that I know of has done before.
Some secrets should never turn into confessions. I know that better than anyone – Owen
Confess follows Auburn and Owen two very different people but yet are so similar. The novel starts off with a prologue that had me bawling on the train, when Colleen Hoover makes you cry, she makes me cry a waterfall. It was gorgeous and set the mood of the novel that follows.
The novel officially starts with Auburn in a Lawyer’s office and from that instant on the reader is left in the dark about something that broke my heart when I found out, I didn’t even guess it at all. I loved that the reader is left questioning what is happening from the moment they open the book.
I loved both the main characters of Confess. Aubrun is a mystery that is broken. Owen can be said to be the same and together they are incredible.
Owen is my new book boyfriend, my heart just breaks for him. The whole concept of his art studio is just perfect. He paints confessions and some of these confessions are just mind-blowing.
I’m scared I’ll never stop comparing my life without him to how my life was when I was with him – Anonymous confession
The way that this book starts and right up until the last word of the book is read is beautiful. I cannot explain it in any other way. I started this book on the train about 1 in the afternoon and finished it by 9 at night, while having class and doing other things. If I had time to read it in one sitting it would have happened.
Once you start reading you simply won’t be able to put it down. From the art to the words, all is one. They flow with each other and bounce off each other, I don’t know if this review is giving this book justice, you just have to read and see the beauty yourself.
Furthermore Confess is beautiful, intriguing and pulling at every moment. You absorb the whole book with each word that you read. There are twists and turns, some will shock you to the core, but some that are so beautiful that you will cry. But there are moments when you smile and grin like the Cheshire cat. There are moments where you want to scream or laugh. The reader will feel so many emotions in Confess that you will be left with so much to say.
Therefore in saying that, I hope that maybe Hoover might write a sequel but I am not counting on it, it is beautiful on its own. I just want more of Auburn and Owen.
Have you read Confess yet? What do you think of it? Will you read it?
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