Colleen Hoover

Sometimes discovering the truth can leave you more hopeless than believing the lies. That is what seventeen-year-old Sky realizes after she meets Dean Holder. A guy with a reputation that rivals her own and an uncanny ability to invoke feelings in her she's never had before. He terrifies her and captivates her all in the span of just one encounter, and something about the way he makes her feel sparks memories from a past that she wishes could stay buried.

HOPELESS

kamali del rosario

“And while I could sit here and feel sorry for myself, wondering why all of this happened to me... I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to wish for a perfect life. The things that knock you down in life are tests, forcing you to make a choice between giving in and remaining on the ground or wiping the dirt off and standing up even taller than you did before you were knocked down. I'm choosing to stand up taller. I’ll probably get knocked down a few more times before this life is through with me, but I can guarantee you I’Il never stay on the ground.”

saya snyder 

We cry mother to daughter. We cry aunt to niece. We cry victim to victim. We cry survivor to survivor.

Hopeless

That shocks me so much, her entire background, wow

Charlotta Delbeck 

You've been missing for thirteen years, Hope

syd!

“You can't get mad at a real ending. Some of them are ugly. It's the fake happily ever afters that should piss you off."

“She showed me the beauty that existed in this world.”

Haleigh Marshall

I love how (last one, I swear) when we watched The Forces of Nature and Sandra Bullock walked away in the end and I was SCreaming at the TV for such an ugly ending, you just shrugged your shoulders and said, "its real, Six. You can't get mad at a real ending. Some of them are ugly. It's the fake happily-ever-afters that should piss you of.

For Vance. Some fathers give you life. Some show you how to live it. Thank you for showing me how.

Celina Hoang Vo ♥︎

This is what I needed after the last several coho books I have read. This storyline is strong and was compelling. It kept me interested and even when I was guessing what would happen I was still enjoying it as it happened. It still got me on one plot point but it was still so good. Definitely one of the better ones and glad I read it. 

Priscilla Stanfield

Would you rather know a truth that makes you feel hopeless, or keep believing the lies? Colleen Hoover returns with the spellbinding story of two young people with devastating pasts who embark on a passionate, intriguing journey to discover the lessons of life, love, trust - and above all, the healing power that only truth can bring. Sky, a senior in high school, meets Dean Holder, a guy with a promiscuous reputation that rivals her own. From their very first encounter, he terrifies and captivates her. Something about him sparks memories of her deeply troubled past, a time she's tried so hard to bury. Though Sky is determined to stay far away from him, his unwavering pursuit and enigmatic smile break down her defences and the intensity of their relationship grows. But the mysterious Holder has been keeping secrets of his own, and once they are revealed, Sky is changed forever and her ability to trust may be a casualty of the truth. Only by courageously facing the stark revelations can Sky and Holder hope to heal their emotional scars and find a way to live and love without boundaries. Hopeless is a novel that will leave you breathless, entranced, and remembering your own first love. Praise for Colleen Hoover: 'As brilliant and entertaining as Slammed, Point of Retreatis absolute poetry.' - JAMIE MCGUIRE, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Disaster 'I finished reading Slammed at 1am on Sunday... I couldn't wait to start reading Point of Retreatso I bought it right then and there!' - Amazon Review

Monicap

Isabella 

The plot twist made me rate this book as it is. It was a good book, but I would not recommend this as the first Colleen Hoover book. The starting was kind of dragging... and I knew there would be a plot twist, but I didn't expect it to be long... It's not bad though.

Windy Gaches

wow!

I was loving the way the book was reading and then a twist! Another twist! More twists! A perfectly written tale; that no one should survive. Thank you Colleen for telling a story so painful, so real, and with so much passion. “Hopeless” penetrates the soul and makes us a little more thankful, brave, love more fiercely and most of all… believers in just how powerful our protective instincts are for others AND ourselves.

★★★★☆
4.50 STARS 

I laughed. I cried. I sympathized. I lived. I loved. 

Every piece of this story is just so heartbreaking and heartwarming at the exact same time. Sharing not only the love but also the pain makes the story of Holder and Sky more precious. He can feel her. She can feel him. And that is how we know the depth of their love. 

I actually, literally can't put this down. I just want to read it all in one sitting. All the secrets and revelations, I was in awe! The connections with everyone in the story. The meaning behind   HOPELESS . The concept of having the fate of Holder and Sky being connected ever since they were kids, which is one of the concepts I really really loved. I loved everything about this.

Keely Calagos

Objectively, this book was not good imo. BUT it fulfilled my easy read fix and I sped through all 400 pages. That said, I will definitely be picking up more Colleen Hoover books but I wouldn't recommend this one.

Luckily, I don't have any buyers remorse because it was included in Kindle Unlimited.

Final thoughts... I'm too old for this book, which is what I get for not reading the synopsis before starting it. Don't make that same mistake.

Elizabeth Van Deusen

I don’t really know how to review this. I liked this book but for whatever the reason it took me at least until the first half of the book had been read to really get into it. But the book itself and the storyline was good.

Alecx Motus

Oh my goodness. This book. It is seriously everything that I hoped for and more. It tore my heart and put it back together a million times. I was skeptical when I saw how well rated this book was. I get it now.

a novel

Annika Arguemore

3.7 stars.

Not one of my favorites, but this story is a story that would stick with you for the rest of your life. I honestly loved that there was more to this book than just a sappy love story, that it had more depth than I realized. It went from basic to complex gradually, and it was a pretty nice adventure. Suffice it to say, I was pretty absorbed. There was never a dull page, except maybe for the sappy part where their relationship was developing. That part was too cheesy for me, I guess.

★★★ // reminds me so much of Twilight and Fifty Shades, but this wins by a hair in terms of having a more decent writing and plot.

honya

i fucking loved this book. sky and dean have a special place in my heart and i need what they have. ANYTHING FOR WHAT THEY HAVE😭 anyways, sky‘s backstory had me shook and sobbing wtf this is def one of my fav coho books

A good mystery but some of the romance was a little dragging 

Elizabeth Denny

Even though the story was good and an important story to tell, i still didn't connect with the characters as much as i'd like. I don't know why it is like that

I found their romance to be cliche at times and the smut didn't help much either. 

However i do think there are things to take from this book, like Sky's backstory the way she had suppressed her trauma without knowing it or the connection between Karen and Sky. 

Lulu Evensen

Even though the story was good and an important story to tell, i still didn't connect with the characters as much as i'd like. I don't know why it is like that

I found their romance to be cliche at times and the smut didn't help much either. 

However i do think there are things to take from this book, like Sky's backstory the way she had suppressed her trauma without knowing it or the connection between Karen and Sky. 

This book had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I absolutely loved reading it, you never knew what was gonna happen next. Holder was the perfect fit for Sky and I’m so glad they found each other. Beautiful story with some difficult issues. 

Maggie Hotmer

Very high school romance with a hard left turn twist 

Abby Elmore

lavaaaa

Victoria

“The sky is always beautiful. Even when it’s dark or rainy or cloudy, it’s still beautiful to look at. It’s my favorite thing because I know if I ever get lost or lonely or scared, I just have to look up and it’ll be there no matter what...and I know it’ll always be beautiful."

I should never let the thoughts of other people take over. Stalker-ish shit aside, this book was amazing. Now, I can't wait to get to the second book.

i wish i could erase this book from my brain 

Amelia

Had an absolutely amazing love story. The plot was insane and while I predicted a small part of it, I couldn't even begin to imagine that the rest would happen.

Madelin Bourget

Kelly

This was a little cringy/cheesy at times, but other than that — I loved this book. 

The story was not what I was expecting, and some of the plot points caught me totally off guard (which I love)

Worth a read - and I’ll for sure check out the rest of the series!

I love how the story got me so hooked that I thought I was living everything that was happening 

drea <3

Taylor Rae Peterson

I found myself avoiding this book and had to really push myself to finish it. The writing was much more cheesy that her usual stuff and I found myself cringing out super hard at some of the things (Dean) said especially. I didn't fall in love with any of the characters. The plot was deep and dark but the writing was very "cheesy coincidental Netflix teen romance" and it was a bit much for me. But nevertheless, an interesting read with an unexpected twist!

To właśnie uświadamia sobie siedemnastoletnia Sky, kiedy spotyka Deana Holdera. Chłopak dorównuje jej złą reputacją i wzbudza w niej emocje, jakich wcześniej nie znała. W jego obecności Sky odczuwa strach i fascynację, ożywają wspomnienia, o których wolałaby zapomnieć. Dziewczyna próbuje trzymać się na dystans – wie, że Holder oznacza jedno: kłopoty. On natomiast chce dowiedzieć się o niej jak najwięcej. Gdy Sky poznaje Deana bliżej, odkrywa, że nie jest on tym, za kogo go uważała, i że zna ją lepiej, niż ona sama siebie. Od tego momentu życie Sky bezpowrotnie się zmienia.

Anna Ureta

After reading only three out of eight of Colleen Hoover’s books I seem to have noticed a pattern.
 The following may be criticized as a negative comment, but I assure you it’s just an observation.
 Hoover’s books are REALLY SERIOUS.
 With the exception that Maybe Someday, so far I’ve found the books to be somewhat emotionally draining. This is in no way a negative observation, merely something that needed to be stated out-loud.
 Perhaps if I hadn’t read Ugly Love, Hopeless and now Losing Hope consecutively, I wouldn’t be feeling this way. Hoover’s books are nothing short of BRILLIANT and BEAUTIFUL, but parts of me which they were a little happier.
 
Sky Davis has always been different from other seniors. She’s home-schooled and hardly owns any piece of technology. When she decides to go to public school to finish off her high school education, she meets a mysterious boy, Holder, who’s held her attention longer than any boy she’s ever met. Upon meeting her, he finds himself constantly drawn to her, but his quick-changing personality sets her off and she’s determined to stay away from him. But fate pulls them together over and over, and there’s something between them that’s drawing them together. It’s only after the mysterious Holder reveals his secrets to her that their attraction becomes so much more, as they struggle to hang onto they life they know, in the hopes of healing the scars of the past.
 
Drama.
 Why are we always attracted to books filled with Drama?
 The answer is because as much as we hate it we love to hear about it. It makes our lives interesting, especially when there’s love and a happy-ending involved. No one wants to hear about drama that has no end; we all want our happy-ending, and unfortunately sometimes our happy-endings involve a lot of pain and hard-truth.
 
Hopeless reminded me a lot of S. C. Stephens, Thoughtless series. Not because it was filled with drama, but because of the way the book was laid out, and how in depth Sky’s thoughts were. Where as the Thoughtless series was FULL OF DRAMA and I wanted to punch Kiera in the face almost every single moment of her existence, I still appreciated the story and the romance. Sky’s story is full of drama, and is VERY TRAGIC, but it teaches the reader about healing, forgiveness, and dealing with the past.
 
Sky and Holder’s story is absolutely beautiful. Painful, but beautiful. All of Hoover’s books, I find, have this in common theme, this serious novel that’s as beautiful as it is painful to read. There’s just so much heartbreak, and pain and it’s just so sad, but the end is so beautiful and just so worth it, you can’t help but love the pain for all the beauty it brings. I guess that can be said about life as well. We can only hope that hard lives bring beautiful endings.
 
Another common theme and what I love the most about Hoover’s books is that the love just happens. It isn’t forced or some cosmic arrangement of stars. It’s not some spontaneous love at first sight romance, it’s hard. The characters have to build towards it to get where they are; they live their daily lives in constant motion and then it just happens, it being love. I don’t believe love just happens when you’re not looking for it, but for books I think it’s plausible.
 
I think after Ugly Love and Hopeless I think I’m ready to move onto something cheerful. Too bad I’ve started Losing Hope. Perhaps after that I really need to move onto something happier.
 
4/5 Hearts of Love 

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