And from then on, there’s been no stopping her. In 2013, Hoover was able to quit her job as a social worker and dedicate herself to writing full-time. Within a matter of months, her first two novels, Slammed and Point of Retreat, was at number 8 and 18 on the New York Times Best Seller list, and suddenly, publishers were desperate to sign this previously unknown author. From then on, Hoover’s work began to get noticed by a much wider audience. Popular book blogger Maryse Black loved the story and gave it a glowing, five-star review. Success didn’t come overnight, but after a few months, the novel began attracting attention. She had no intention of publishing her work, but her mother had just bought a Kindle e-reader, so Hoover self-published it on Amazon so that she could read it. But in 2011, she decided to follow a dream she never imagined she’d fulfill and penned her debut novel, Slammed. Before becoming the internationally bestselling writer she is today, she was a social worker and a teacher. Otherwise adults occasionally have wine with meals.Hoover was born and raised in Texas. Strong language includes 's-t,' 'd-k,' and 'f-k.' An adult smokes, and past smoking and day drinking in an abusive home environment are mentioned. In the present an adult slaps her child a man pushes a woman against a wall, puts his hand on her throat, and slams his other hand on the wall near her head to intimidate and a man slams another man to the ground and punches him once. Violence is mostly remembering past physical abuse including attempted rape and a beating with a baseball bat. Past sex between teens is described vaguely. Sexual content includes a few sex scenes between adults that describe genital penetration, thrusting, moaning, positioning, kissing with some detailed descriptions, manual stimulation to orgasm, and oral sex. Neither book was marketed to teens, but this sequel still has enough sexy stuff and romance to appeal to teens. It picks up right where the first book left off, so reading them in order is recommended.

Parents need to know that Colleen Hoover's It Starts With Us is the sequel to the popular contemporary romance and TikTok sensation, It Ends With Us.

It ends with us series in order