The Biggest Literary Phenomenon of the Generation
Get to know Anna Todd’s #Hessa, one of the hottest and most scandalous couples of modernity.
1. AFTER by Anna Todd
SYNOPSIS
Tessa is a good girl with a sweet, reliable boyfriend back home. She’s got direction, ambition, and a mother who’s intent on keeping her that way. But she’s barely moved into her freshman dorm when she runs into Hardin. With his tousled brown hair, cocky British accent, and tattoos, Hardin is cute and different from what she’s used to. But he’s also rude—to the point of cruelty, even. For all his attitude, Tessa should hate Hardin. And she does—until she finds herself alone with him in his room. Something about his dark mood grabs her, and when they kiss it ignites within her a passion she’s never known before.
He'll call her beautiful, then insist he isn’t the one for her and disappear again and again. Despite the reckless way he treats her, Tessa is compelled to dig deeper and find the real Hardin beneath all his lies. He pushes her away again and again, yet every time she pushes back, he only pulls her in deeper.
Tessa already has the perfect boyfriend. So why is she trying so hard to overcome her own hurt pride and Hardin's prejudice about nice girls like her? Unless... could this be love?
BOOK REVIEW
This is an absolute must-read! After hooked me from the very first chapters and never let me go ever since. I laughed and cried, screamed and couldn’t get a single sound out of my mouth… I fell in love with the main characters but hated them every now and then. This is a perfect book, in my personal opinion, about problematic people with a seemingly endless number of flaws, who give their first love the best they’ve got. You should definitely check After out, and finish the whole series in order to understand all the complexity of the sometimes toxic but still outstanding story!
But I do understand that all of us have different opinions, which I completely respect and encourage as long as this whole thing stays within acceptable boundaries. So, check out a book review I actually enjoyed below:
BONUS: There’s a movie adaptation, which is available on Blu-Ray and Digital now! You can watch the movie whenever, wherever you want to.
I must say here that the book is much much better than the movie, which has tons of oftentimes confusing deviations from the book.
Check out the MOVIE REVIEW in a separate post!
2. AFTER WE COLLIDED by Anna Todd
SYNOPSIS
After a tumultuous beginning to their relationship, Tessa and Hardin were on the path to making things work. Tessa knew Hardin could be cruel, but when a bombshell revelation is dropped about the origins of their relationship—and Hardin’s mysterious past—Tessa is beside herself.
Hardin will always be...Hardin. But is he really the deep, thoughtful guy Tessa fell madly in love with despite his angry exterior—or has he been a stranger all along? She wishes she could walk away. It’s just not that easy. Not with the memory of passionate nights spent in his arms. His electric touch. His hungry kisses.
Still, Tessa’s not sure she can endure one more broken promise. She put so much on hold for Hardin—school, friends, her mom, a relationship with a guy who really loved her, and now possibly even a promising new career. She needs to move forward with her life.
Hardin knows he made a mistake, possibly the biggest one of his life. He’s not going down without a fight. But can he change? Will he change... for love?
3. AFTER WE FELL by Anna Todd
SYNOPSIS
Just as Tessa makes the biggest decision of her life, everything changes. Revelations about first her family, and then Hardin’s, throw everything they knew before in doubt and makes their hard-won future together more difficult to claim.
Tessa’s life begins to come unglued. Nothing is what she thought it was. Not her friends. Not her family. The one person she should be able to rely on, Hardin, is furious when he discovers the massive secret she’s been keeping. And rather than being understanding, he turns to sabotage.
Tessa knows Hardin loves her and will do anything to protect her, but there’s a difference between loving someone and being able to have them in your life. This cycle of jealousy, unpredictable anger, and forgiveness is exhausting. She’s never felt so intensely for anyone, so exhilarated by someone’s kiss—but is the irrepressible heat between her and Hardin worth all the drama? Love used to be enough to hold them together. But if Tessa follows her heart now, will it be...the end?
4. AFTER EVER HAPPY by Anna Todd
SYNOPSIS
It’s never been all rainbows and sunshine for Tessa and Hardin, but each new challenge they’ve faced has only made their passionate bond stronger and stronger. But when a revelation about the past shakes Hardin’s inpenetrable façade to the core—and then Tessa suffers a tragedy—will they stick together again, or be torn apart?
As the shocking truth about each of their families emerges, it’s clear the two lovers are not so different from each other. Tessa is no longer the sweet, simple, good girl she was when she met Hardin—any more than he is the cruel, moody boy she fell so hard for. Tessa understands all the troubling emotions brewing beneath Hardin’s exterior, and she knows she’s the only one who can calm him when he erupts. He needs her.
But the more layers of his past come to light, the darker he grows, and the harder he pushes Tessa—and everyone else in his life—away. Tessa’s not sure if she really can save him—not without sacrificing herself. She refuses to go down without a fight. But who is she fighting for—Hardin or herself?
5. BEFORE by Anna Todd
SYNOPSIS
Book Five of the After series—Anna Todd’s Wattpad fanfiction that racked up one billion reads online and captivated romance readers across the globe! As told by Hardin and other characters, Before will explore Hardin’s life before he met Tessa, reveal what happens after After, give a reader new insights on their turbulent romance—and revel in the awesome power of true love.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Anna Todd is the New York Times best-selling author of the After series, The Spring Girls, and The Brightest Stars. Always an avid reader, she began writing stories on her phone on Wattpad, the reading and writing multi-platform for original stories, with After becoming the most read series on the platform with over 1.5 billion reads and growing.
My stories are the type of books that I want to read. I love all types of stories, from the ones about badass half-angels who fight demons and save the world to a billionaire with a seductive secret. I love to travel through time and experience different lives inside different character’s heads. The stories I love are reflected in the books I write. And as much as we all love to read about the badasses of the universe, sometimes we need to read about the vulnerable college freshman who falls in love for the first time, or the guy who moves to a new city and struggles with making friends, so I create them, because we need those books too.
- Anna Todd
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