Reminders of Him Colleen Hoover Review

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I am not purposely choosing books that remind me of my relationship with my oldest daughter, but yet again I ended up reading another book about a mother and a daughter who have been separated from each other. This one is called Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover. Once I started reading this book I couldn’t stop reading it. I was even thinking about it even when I wasn’t able to read it.

About Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover

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A troubled young mother yearns for a shot at redemption in this heartbreaking yet hopeful story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover.

After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. But the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to rebuild. Everyone in her daughter’s life is determined to shut Kenna out, no matter how hard she works to prove herself.

The only person who hasn’t closed the door on her completely is Ledger Ward, a local bar owner and one of the few remaining links to Kenna’s daughter. But if anyone were to discover how Ledger is slowly becoming an important part of Kenna’s life, both would risk losing the trust of everyone important to them.

The two form a connection despite the pressure surrounding them, but as their romance grows, so does the risk. Kenna must find a way to absolve the mistakes of her past in order to build a future out of hope and healing.

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My Book Review of Reminders of Him Colleen Hoover

I selected this book because it’s a part of the Kindle Unlimited program. With gas prices sky rocketing, it was cheaper to sign back up for that rather than buy gas to get the library and back. There is a HUGE list of choices of books to choose from.

Reminders of Him is a book about a woman who made a series of horrible decisions one night which cost her the love of her life. In turn it also cost her time in prison and the ability to have any relationship with her daughter for over five years. The parents of her lost lover were the ones who were raising their child. They forbidden her from seeing her child or having any interaction with her once she was released from prison.

As a mother who has endured being separated from their child unexpectedly, I knew all to well how that felt. My ex went after custody of our daughter when I became pregnant with my son while married to my second ex-husband but engaged to my current husband. I was also in a dark place in my life during that time due to depression and working 70-80 hours a week. Plus, the schools where I live are AWLFUL! So, when the guardian ad liem asked me what I really wanted to do for my daughter, I told her I felt it was best that she go live with my ex-husband and his new wife. Then after much thought I decided it would be best for her to have one solid family life and not be torn between us and them.

When I granted my ex and his new wife the rights to adopt my daughter when she was 7.5 years old, I was expecting it to be an open adoption and where I could still at least talk to her weekly over the phone. They were supposed to send me pictures and/or videos of her growing up as well, but that ended up NOT happening. Instead once the papers were signed, they banned me from having any contact with her till she was 17 years old when they called me out of the blue and requested I come and get her and have her live with me.

I jumped at the chance to get her back in my life, but due to the amount of time that had passed between us seeing each other I didn’t feel like her mother anymore. My love for her had not diminished, but we no longer had our close knit bond we had when she left me. Plus, I didn’t raise my other kids the same way she had been raised. Not to mention, in my book once you reach age 17, you’re pretty much an adult who needs very little hand holding from me. It’s the age where I want my children to spread their wings and find themselves fully, but still have me to lean on them and tell them if they are messing up.

She stayed with us for a while, but it didn’t feel right for either of us because even though we wanted to be connected again it still felt off. So when her father and adopted mother came down and stayed with us for Christmas, she made it clear she wanted to go back with them. So, she did, but yet again, she was forced to give up communication with me again.

Luckily once she turned 18, she decided that she still wanted me in her life. We do talk daily almost. We may not ever get the chance to really see each other again because of the fact that she lives over 700 miles away and due to my health issues and budgetary reasons I can’t make the trip to see her and my granddaughter.

But this book had me in tears almost throughout the entire book because I remembered all to well the desire to just see your child! I remember what it felt like to reconnect and not know what to say or do! It is the oddest feeling in the world.

But yet, you can’t run from it because your whole being wants to be with your child. No matter how little time a woman has with a child, something happens during a pregnancy that pulls you together. While my relationship with my first born was hendered by post partum depression that I didn’t even know I had until my first ex left me, we still had a mother daughter bond. I believe we still do to this day, but it’s different that what I have with the three kids I’ve been blessed to raise here.

Reminders of Him also showcased just how much the heart wins when it wants something. True love never dies or fails! I can’t express that enough because I’ve endured what feels like the greatest love story of all time with my husband.

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It’s also a great book about forgiveness and how it can heal so many aspects of our life. Sometimes holding grudges does way more harm than it should for everyone involved.

Reminders of Him Colleen Hoover is a remarkably written book that will pull at your heart strings in so many ways. Yet, it’s such a great read that you can’t put it down.

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5 thoughts on “Reminders of Him Colleen Hoover Review”

  1. I love reading! It’s one of my favourite things! However, I have not yet read this author even though I keep hearing good things! I’m going to need to put this on my to read list. I loved that you reviewed it, but also personally connected to it! It was great you shared! Thank you!

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