Who’s your favorite Taylor Swift ex to hate? If the answer is John Mayer, you’re correct. However, if the answer is Jake Gylenhaal, then we have a book for you. This is the first book from Colleen Hoover’s collection that is up for discussion but it will certainly not be the last time you hear her name on this podcast. She has always said that It Ends with Us holds a special place in her heart. You can tell that it’s a personal story and because of that, it has a powerful message behind it. Ryle Kincaid is the Jake Gylenhaal of the Taylor Swift world: charismatic, lovable, but exposed for the poor decisions he made and the terrible truth behind him as a man. 

Contrary to what you may be thinking, this episode isn’t about All Too Well but it is from the Red era. It’s about the journey through the different colors and emotions of what it feels like to have and lose someone. The sad blues, the lonely grays, and the burning reds. It captures the overall feeling of this whirlwind of love and makes it perfect to compare to It Ends with Us in this episode. 

It Ends with Us went viral on TikTok in 2021 and quickly became the book of the summer, which was unheard of given that it was published in 2016. Selling less than twenty-thousand copies in its first year of publication, it now has an estimated number of over 500-thousand sold copies.  Check out the book summary written below:

Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.  Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily.  As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan — her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.

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