‘After We Collided’ by Anna Todd paints the ugly side of romance. The book tells a story where its characters are far from the perfect persona the romance genre adores. Though the characters Tessa and Hardin relationship comes off as abusive, it still shows them trying their hardest to make loving each other perfect.

Summary

Trying to forget the pain and betrayal from Hardin and the people she thought were her friends, Tessa decides to move on with her life and her internship at Vance. She meets Trevor, a man she finds to be resourceful. Tessa gets invited to a Seattle book convention by Christian Vance, the owner of Vance Publishing. Tessa goes to a bar with Vance, Kimberly, and Trevor, and after having a few drinks, she gets drunk and dials Hardin’s number.

Realizing she was drunk, Hardin drives to Seattle, where he meets a drunk Tessa with Trevor. Tessa stops Hardin from overreacting, and in a moment of weakness, they share the night. Slowly, Tessa begins falling for Hardin again as she notices him desperately trying to change for the better, and after he begs her to give him another chance, she agrees.

Soon, Tessa and Hardin find themselves in more bumps as Hardin becomes erratic again after confronting his father. Tessa and Hardin decide to part ways again after Tessa gets betrayed by Hardin’s actions at a party she attends with him.

After parting ways with Hardin, Tessa meets Zed, and they become friends once more and in a moment of weakness, Tessa kisses him. She later confesses to Hardin, and in a fit of rage, Hardin fights Zed. After much reconciliation, Hardin and Tessa get back together.

Tessa then meets a stranger she recognizes as someone from her past.

Review

After We Collided is told from both Tessa’s and Hardin’s point of view and it has never been so important to have both POVs in a story as it is in this book! 

We find Hardin and Tessa exactly were we left off in After… I started reading already convinced there was nothing Hardin could say or do that would make me forgive him for what he did, and I was more than ready to scream at Tessa if she dared take him back.