Review: Too Late by Colleen Hoover

Title: Too Late
Author: Colleen Hoover
Series: none
Genre: new adult, contemporary romance

Sloan will go through hell and back for those she loves. And she does, every single day. After finding herself stuck in a relationship with the dangerous and morally corrupt Asa Jackson, Sloan will do whatever it takes to get by until she's able to find a way out. Nothing will get in her way. Nothing except Carter.

Sloan is the best thing to ever happen to Asa. And if you ask Asa, he'd say he's the best thing to ever happen to Sloan. Despite Sloan's disapproval of Asa's sinister lifestyle, he does exactly what he needs to do in order to stay a step ahead in his business. He also does exactly what he needs to do in order to stay a step ahead of Sloan. Nothing will get in his way. Nothing except Carter.

From New York Times bestselling author, Colleen Hoover, writing as C. Hoover. This book was originally written as a side project by the author. It previously appeared on other platforms under the same title, but has since been slightly edited from its original content and formatted specifically for kindle. Please note that the content of this book is more graphic than the content of other books written by this author, hence the distinction between the names.

This title is recommended for mature audiences only due to extreme graphic content. Recommended for readers 18+. Warning: For readers who might be triggered by sensitive subject matter, this book contains scenes which depict rape, murder and other graphic violence.

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SANDY’S REVIEW

That Epilogue took forever to end!

This was quite an unusual story coming from CoHo. Honestly, I'm not sure how to rate it. For the first half of the story, I was really surprised at the premise of the story, not your typical angsty and heart-warming NA CoHo story but an edgier, twisted and a thrilling one. With Too late she was unapologetic at making her readers feel fearful and uneasy for the most parts and just for that, for coming out of her comfort zone, she gets a huge round of an applause from me.

The Ending ruined this book for me for sure. It was rather predictable, rushed and very dramatic. This was the first time I was rooting for the bad guy aka Asa Jackson. Let me justify this twisted sense of moral before you judge me. Asa didn't have any redeeming quality, he terrified the shit out of me too, however, I couldn't help but sympathize with him. He was dealt with a shitty life and it's not his fault the way he turned out to be. His delusion and crazy obsession over Sloan made a complete sense to me. Maybe that's why I didn't like how the story ended. Yes, Asa did a lot of bad things but he never got a chance at a normal life.

So yes, I'm in a pickle about the rating, it wasn't perfect or original neither, was it bad. Now since my thoughts are flowing in form of words, my feelings are rather clear. This book had an impact on me and I will be thinking about Asa for a while now (I don't care for the happy couple) and my heart still goes out to him. Not the best work from CoHo but this book proved she is one versatile badass writer.