Review: Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
♥♥♥ 4 STARS ♥♥♥
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'Hearts get infiltrated.
Promises get broken.
Rules get shattered.
Love gets ugly.'
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This story follows Tate, a young woman who is finishing her nursing degree. She is about to move in with her brother Corbin, temporarily. When she arrives at this apartment door, there is a drunk man leaning against it. She tries to get in, but he wakes up and she freaks out and makes her way in leaving her luggage and purse outside. When she calls her brother, she realizes that the stranger is a friend of his that lives across from them, and so, she invites him in to sleep on the couch because of the state he is in. When her brother comes home, there are more moments where the three of them hang out. The more they hang out, the more Tate becomes interested in the stoic Miles. Not only that, the attraction between them seems to grow too.
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"Don't ask about my past," he says firmly. "And never expect a future."
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Tate, Tate, Tate. I don't know what to say about her. I didn't exactly like her because she was such a freaking doormat, but I didn't completely hate her either. After Tate and Miles confess the attraction for each other, they decide to have a sex only relationship. They will not become friends, and they most definitely won't every become anything serious. Both of them agree to this agreement, and yet Tate still has hope he will come around. This is one of the things that bugged me a bit about her, she knew it was sex only, which is what he gave her, and then she would be hurt when he didn't want to cuddle and talk to her afterwards. I wanted her to be real to herself and not allow Miles to treat her the way he did if it bothered her that much. She was just too kind for her own good, and this is what kept getting her hurt. There were a few moments where I was happy she grew a bit of a backbone, though.
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“If I were capable of loving someone . . . it would be you.”
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Miles, Miles, Miles. I have to say that I loved the story of his first love when he was a teen that was put in this book. The book alternated from past to present so we learned a little bit about who he once was. It was so innocent and heart warming. However, I wasn't a big fan of how it was written. Miles seemed like a fanciful, poetic teenage boy. I don't think any guy would think or talk they way he did. Still, the story was very interesting and at times so very hurtful. The present Miles was giving me whiplash with all of his mixed signals. I couldn't hate him for treating Tate the way he did because like I said, it was what they agreed upon. But once everything was revealed, I finally understood why he was they way he was, and I felt for him.
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'I’ve wondered how someone could make me so incredibly happy if God didn’t exist. And I realized… just now… that God gives us the ugliness so we don’t take the beautiful things in life for granted.'
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I really enjoyed the format in which the story was layed out. I liked slowly learning a bit about what happened to Miles to cause him to not be able to love. In the end, I did like Miles. I can't imagine the pain he felt after that tragedy. It's no wonder he became so closed off. I loved the secondary character Cap, who offered a bit of comic relief from all the seriousness. And Corbin was such a great brother, I loved him too. The steam in this book was pretty good as well. There was some angst near the end, maybe a little too close to the end because I wanted more of them happy together. The epilogue was beautiful. I just wish it was longer. The writing in some parts did bother me a bit. Like how she often put Periods. After. Every. Word. It became a bit distracting and repetitive. But other than that, it was good, beautiful and quite emotional. I didn't bawl or anything, but I did tear up. Overall, I really enjoyed this book.
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