By Alaina Merchant, Panther Paw Editor
Content warning: some content in “Confess” may not be suitable for all audiences; reader discretion is advised.
The book “Confess” by Colleen Hoover follows twenty-one year old Auburn Reed who had already suffered early on in life. She grew up in Portland, Oregon with her siblings, and they could barely get food on the table. At the age of fifteen, she was dating her first ever boyfriend Adam, who had gotten diagnosed with cancer and spent his last days in a hospital in Dallas, Texas.
Two weeks after Adam had passed, Auburn had found out she was pregnant with a little boy. Her parents didn’t want the boy and wanted her to put him up for adoption. However, Adams’ mother, Lydia, got full custody to pick and choose when Auburn can see him. Auburn then made the decision to move to texas to be closer to her son that she was only allowed to see every Sunday at dinner.
With the sudden move and only working a low paying job, she was in need to find a second job. On a walk home, she saw a help wanted sign outside of an art studio owned by Owen Gentry. She didn’t know what power Owen would hold over her own heart.
She takes a leap of faith and allows herself to love again and starts falling for Owen. He then gets in trouble and the only thing that could help him is to confess to Auburn and everything would be okay.
Everything then takes a turn for the worse, and she is struggling to fight for custody of her son and is also debating if falling in love with the artist was a bad idea from the beginning, as well as if she should even trust the words coming out of her mouth.
Will confessing help Auburn with what she’s already lost, or will it make her not trust anyone?
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