Regretting You by Colleen Hoover

SYNOPSIS FROM AUTHORS WEBSITE⇣      Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike.
Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn’t have a spontaneous bone in her body.
With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris—Morgan’s husband, Clara’s father, and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. The heartbreaking and long-lasting consequences will reach far beyond just Morgan and Clara.
While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she’s been forbidden to see. With each passing day, new secrets, resentment, and misunderstandings make mother and daughter fall further apart. So far apart, it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together.

A Bookish Obsession Favorite

THE KEY POINTS OF THE STORY⇣

⬥REALISTIC MOTHER/DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP

⬥IT'S BEST TO GO INTO THIS KNOWING NOTHING ABOUT IT
⬥WHEN LIFE GETS REAL AND A LITTLE MESSY

⬥MADE ME CRY...

⬥PART YA, PART ADULT CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

STATS⇣

AUDIO PERFORMED BY⇢ Tanya Eby & Lauren Ezzo
BOOK COVER⇢ The cover is cute...and the title totally makes sense by the end of the story.

SETTING⇢ Texas

SOURCE⇢ Libby Audiobook (Library)

AUDIOBOOK LENGTH⇢ 11 hours, 17 minutes

MY THOUGHTS⇣

Another fantastic book by Colleen Hoover.  This could be one of her best books yet.  With characters that feel real (her characters always do...), with a special shout out to Miller, I loved him, he was perfect. Plus a perfectly plotted achingly emotional story, I was left stunned when some things were revealed.

As far as the narration goes...Tanya Eby is the voice of Morgan (the Mother) and she was really quite good.  Lauren Ezzo, who is the voice of Clara (the Daughter), I did have some issues with...mostly just her timber when she does a male voice, it has a very nasally sound to it, which always pulls me out of the story.  Good thing this was such a phenomenal story and it didn't affect my overall enjoyment.

MY RATING⇢ 5 STARS | GRADE A+

BREAKDOWN⇣

Plot⇢ 5/5

Characters⇢ 5/5

The Feels⇢ 5/5

Pacing⇢ 5/5

Addictiveness⇢ 5/5

Theme or Tone⇢ 5/5

Flow (Writing Style)⇢ 5/5

Backdrop (World Building)⇢ 5/5

Originality⇢ 5/5

Ending⇢ 5/5