Book Blurbs
Sometimes discovering the truth can leave you more hopeless than believing the lies.
That's what Sky realizes after she meets Dean Holder, a guy with a reputation that rivals her own. Holder has the ability to invoke feelings in Sky she's never had before. In just one encounter he leaves her terrified yet captivated and something about him brings up a rush of memories from the past that she’s worked so hard to bury away.
Sky knows Holder is nothing but trouble and tries to keep him at a distance, but he is adamant about learning everything he can about her. Sky finally caves to his unwavering pursuit, but she soon finds out that Holder isn't the person he's been claiming to be. When the secrets he's been keeping are finally revealed, every single facet of Sky's life changes forever
In the follow-up to Colleen Hoover’s #1 New York Times bestseller Hopeless, the charming and irresistible Dean Holder tells the passionate story that has melted thousands of hearts.
In Hopeless, Sky left no secret unearthed, no feeling unshared, and no memory forgotten, but Holder’s past remained a mystery.
Still haunted by the little girl he let walk away, Holder has spent his entire life searching for her in an attempt to finally rid himself of the crushing guilt he has felt for years. But he could not have anticipated that the moment they reconnect, even greater remorse would overwhelm him…
Sometimes in life, if we wish to move forward, we must first dig deep into our past and make amends. In Losing Hope, bestselling author Colleen Hoover reveals what was going on inside Holder’s head during all those hopeless moments—and whether he can gain the peace he desperately needs.
Toot's Review
Sky is a typical seventeen year old girl with a BFF whom lives next door, a granola lovin' mother whom hates technology and she loves to kiss boys but unfortunately what's not so typical is the fact that when she does keep boys, she never feels anything, it's just sort of bleh for her. She knows she's attracted to guys, she just never feels a connection to them, unlike her slutty BFF whom after convincing her to dump home schooling and transfer to public high school, is now taking a class in Europe, ugggg! So our lovely Sky is starting a new school, without her BFF and thanks to her BFF's reputation, everyone thinks she's also a total slut. Ahhh the life of a teen. To boot, her mom totally hates technology and sugar *WTF* she feels totally cut off from the 21st century. The only good thing is, is when her moms goes away on retreats, she gets the place to herself and can go crazy baking cookies! Who doesn't love a good sugar induced coma, LOL.
While buying groceries one day, Sky sees a totally hot guy, Holder, also buying groceries. She immediately feels something for him but when he talks to her, he's a bit rude. She decides to leave as quickly as possible. He then follows her outside demanding to know her name. Scared out of her wits, they exchange names, more to get him to leave her alone than anything else but after she makes her escape, she can't help but sigh.
As luck or good writing would have it, the two keep meeting and she finds out he even goes to her school. What she doesn't know, is that even though everything seems new, it's not. These two share a horrible past together, only she doesn't remember it but he does.
So where do I start with this book.....let's see, let's start with emotions....I cried, I cheered, I gasped, I was surprised, I got all mushy with puppy love.
Actions...... I wanted to find my own "Hopeless" man-boy, I learned some new lingo.
Ok in all seriousness, cuz book reviews are totally serious stuff now, don't cha know! I knew this would be an NA book and I had heard a lot of buzz about the book but I honestly had no idea what I was in for. I tend to do that a lot with books I read. I don't like to read spoilers or reviews before I pick them up, so I can honestly say, I had no idea what I was in for and boy was I pleasantly surprised. The book is well written, has great teenage lingo, will make you believe in soul mates but best of all, deals with some very horrible topics yet is written so well, that the author doesn't have to go into graphic detail, just shows you the path and lets your mind come to the realization of what happened to Sky when she was a child. Yes, horribly, it deals with childhood sexual abuse but that's as much as I'm going to tell you because I don't want to ruin this wonderful book. If you can stomach the topic, please, please, please read this book. You won't regret it!
Losing Hope is the exact same story as Hopeless but whereas Hopeless is told from Sky's POV, Losing Hope is from Holder's POV. I definitely would not recommend reading this book without reading Hopeless first. Losing Hope sticks to the same timeline as Hopeless, therefore it does skip the filler and back-story and skips directly to major events. The author is assuming that you know the basic story, like I said it's more a companion to the original book. There is consistency in the book and you do feel that you're seeing the story from another POV but it's not really a book to be read as a standalone. You're mainly reading it to fill in some of the gaps from the original book and get some additional back-story. With all that being said, Losing Hope is Holder's story. We see what he went through with his sister and how he processed his relationship with Sky. My only critique would be that I had hoped to have more stories about the children and their friendship, like how they met? Also a little more stories with the parents would have been nice as well, like did they interact at all seeing their kids were BFF's? Anywho, with the addition of Losing Hope, the story, as a whole, isdefinitely more well rounded and gives the reader a much broader picture of the events.
If you love NA, you're going to love these books!!
5 out of 5 books!!!
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