Actually, we don’t even get to see how their pasts converge until the very end of the novel (and when I say the very end, I mean THE VERY END).
Their lives are intertwined from the very beginning, though only one of them is privy to that fact. Tragedy has plagued both of their lives which has in turn greatly affected their love lives, both Owen and Auburn losing people so near and dear to their hearts during their teenage years. It was extremely enjoyable to read the chapters from both Auburn and Owen’s perspectives, almost as if you are stepping inside the minds of the characters as the events are unfolding. Owen is instantly likeable, making a living by painting the “confessions” left in the dropbox in his studio, yet not quite as forthcoming with confessions of his own. This novel does not focus as heavily on the physical relationship between its main characters as much as Hoover’s novels often do, rather exploring the dynamics between them as they begin to fall in love despite the forces that strive to keep them apart. There’s more than meets the eye with Auburn and Owen’s stories- these characters have much more depth to them than is immediately known.Īs the title indicates, confessions and truths (and lack thereof) are at the core of this love story which was unlike the other Colleen Hoover novels I’ve read before.
The two share more than a middle name a deep, seemingly inexplicable, connection forms between them from the moment the two meet when Auburn walks up to the door of Owen’s art studio. Colleen Hoover’s novel Confess centres around the charismatic and selfless Owen Mason Gentry and the sweet but fierce Auburn Mason Reed.
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