Heart-wrenching love story that will have you cheering for the couple. ( )

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Did you ever feel like you broke off pieces of your heart as you turned the pages in a book? Each turn of the page tears a little more away. The words grind into your heart causing what’s left intact to fissure. You start to choke from all of the feels and contemplate giving up because it’s all too much. The book you’re reading is so real and relatable that you feel the characters’ pain. In reality, it's too late to stop reading since you have become so emotionally invested in the story. You know there is no way you are giving up. That was my experience with All your Perfects. I started it this morning and by 5pm I was done. Quinn and Graham met in unusual circumstances but it was evident fate meant for them to be together. Their love was a fairytale until the happily ever after turned sour. Their perceptions of a perfect relationship and perfect family evolve into an obsessive and destructive obstacle that is destroying their lives. This book took me on such an emotional rollercoaster that I don’t even know where to begin on trying to explain the complexity of it all. Colleen takes us readers inside a broken marriage of two imperfect people trying to hold on to their happily-ever-after in the midst of devastating circumstances. I loved the alternating Past and Present chapters because we the readers got the complete picture of how beautiful they started and how beautifully broken they became and the journey in between. This is not my first emotional roller coaster by Ms. Hoover however this is the first I have devoured in a day. So, thank you for breaking my heart and showing your readers that there may be beauty in imperfections. ( )

This was just average. I think this is the third of her books that I have read. And this is definitely my least favorite. I don’t know if that has to do with the fact that I can’t relate to being married or trying to have kids, but I just found myself getting bored. I also found the characters kind of forgettable. ( )

Wow, this was so heartbreaking, I can't even begin to explain how much I loved it.

"When you meet someone who is good for you, they won't fill you with insecurities by focusing on your flaws. They'll fill you with inspiration, because they'll focus on all the best parts of you."

All Your Perfects is a hard-hitting book about a topic I’ve never read about before; infertility. And this book is told in alternating chapters, from past and present, where we see a couple fall in love, but we also get to see their marriage break apart because they cannot become parents. We get to see the guilt, the grief, the depression, and all the other dark things in between. This is a hard book to read, so please use caution going in.

“It’s funny how you can be so happy with someone and love them so much, it creates an underlying sense of fear in you that you never knew before them. The fear of losing them. The fear of them getting hurt. I imagine that’s what it’s like when you have children. It’s probably the most incredible kind of love you’ll ever know, but it’s also the most terrifying.”

Overall, this was so raw and emotional, and perfect in every way. I think I can finally say Colleen is in my top 5 favourite authors, after only having read two of her books. ( )

I'm surprised because I actually liked this book. Normally I go into Colleen Hoover books with suspicion and I always end up hating them, but this one actually was enjoyable.

I see a lot of reviews that complain about the lack of communication. I agree. I don't even think this would've had to be written if there was communication between the couple. But in reality, communication is difficult and a lot of people struggle with it. I think this book actually did well on realistically outlining that, despite how furious it was to read it because I'm someone who is all about communication, especially when things get rough in a relationship.

I think this book is good for what it is. Much better than the other books I've read by Colleen Hoover. But I do have to agree with a lot of the reviews here — can't she write a book with a character that ISN'T traumatized? What's up with that?! Why are all her MC's traumatized???

Anyways. Off to my next read. ( )