"Confess" by Colleen Hoover

I am absolutely torn when it comes to reviewing this book. As always, I absolutely loved Colleen Hoover's writing - no question there. I also absolutely loved the idea of the story, and I am in love with the art used throughout the novel - I wish I had millions of dollars and could decorate my whole apartment in paintings by the artist. The book also contains an amazing lovestory that will make you smile, frown, cry and laugh. It'll make you angry, and feel warm fuzzy things. 
Overall, I really liked the book and the thought behind the lovestory, and I loved to see it develop... but right from the start, I knew what'd happen. After only a few pages I turned around to look at my fiancé and went "okay, here's what I think'll happen..." - and it did. There, of course, were a few side-extras here and there that I couldn't predict, but the overall outline of the plot was just as I had suspected... and a way too predictable novel unfortunately is one I cannot love quite as much as others - which, in this case, makes me pretty sad, because as mentioned before, I loved the lovestory, loved the characters, loved the writing and the art... just not it's predictability.

Despite the predictability, Hoover's writing turned Confess into yet another pageturner that I didn't want to put down - it's a rather realistic story that will touch your heart. The emphasis, however, is on the 'rather'... something that was rather unrealistic in my eyes, and slightly urgh, was the instalove between Owen and Auburn. Yes, they were in the right place at the right time for one another, and they were/are good for another, great and amazing, even, but something about their story made it hard for me to connect to the characters - a first for me, when it comes to Hoover's creations... yet, at the same time, I couldn't not feel their story. 

Another thing I absolutely loved was the Confessions, how they were used and embedded in the story. I just didn't love-love-loooooove! Confess as a whole, which makes me somewhat sad, because believe me, I've tried - I want to love-love-looooove! it... I just can't. But that's okay - my CoHo heart's still beating strong and I cannot wait for November 9!

4/5

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… 

Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Slammed, Point of Retreat, This Girl, Hopeless, Losing Hope, Finding Cinderella, Maybe Someday, Ugly Love, and Maybe Not. She lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. Please visit ColleenHoover.com.

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