Losing Hope

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Personally, my only complaint about this book — and the only thing truly keeping me from giving it a full five stars — is the fact that the male protagonist voice still reads as a female, as it is coming from a female author. Parts of his inner monologues and thought processes don’t sound realistic for a teenage boy. But maybe that’s just me. HILLEL ITALIE. "Author Colleen Hoover's word-of-mouth success". Longview News-Journal. Associated Press . Retrieved May 5, 2022. Willingham, A. J. (August 27, 2023). "Colleen Hoover is the hottest author in America. She also may be the most controversial". CNN . Retrieved August 28, 2023. Hoover, Colleen. "Paying it forward..." Colleen Hoover. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014 . Retrieved July 10, 2014. This book follows the exact plot line of the first book from a different point of view. Narrated by Holder, our broody leading man from Hopeless, we hear of how he first meets Sky and all the events and unravel thereafter, with a different twist.

Hoover was born on December 11, 1979, [6] in Sulphur Springs, Texas, to Vannoy Fite [1] and Eddie Fennell. She grew up in Saltillo, Texas, [7] and she graduated from Saltillo High School in 1998. [8] She married Heath Hoover in 2000, [9] and they have three sons. [10] Hoover graduated from Texas A&M-Commerce with a degree in social work. [11] She worked various social work and teaching jobs before starting her career as an author. [12] Career [ edit ] Colleen Hoover Ebook Boxed Set Hopeless Series: Hopeless, Losing Hope, Finding Cinderella, and Finding Perfect (2022) Hoover, Colleen. "Fourteen Years. :0". Colleen Hoover. Archived from the original on May 10, 2014 . Retrieved July 10, 2014.

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I never looked at people the same way. I never looked at nature the same way. I never looked at my future the same way. Everything went from having a meaning, a purpose, and a reason, to simply being a second-rate version of what life was supposed to be like. My once effervescent world was suddenly a blurred, gray, colorless photocopy. Age Rating: The age rating for the Hopeless series is generally for mature adults aged 17 and over. We think it would be best enjoyed by persons aged 25 to 40 as, while the characters are in high school, the storyline is very advanced. These are young people dealing with very complex situations and emotions. The traumatic sexual content may also be triggering to some people. Sky: a sheltered former foster child who is entering public school for her senior year after being homeschooled her whole life The sequel to Hoover’s Hopeless, Losing Hope takes on the same story but from a completely different point of view: Holder’s. In fact, much of the story is repeated from the first book, word for word in regards to the dialogue even. But even still, the story takes on a life of its own and manages to capture at least this reader more than she initially thought possible. Flood, Alison (January 31, 2014). "Colleen Hoovers fans press publisher into print version of ebook". The Guardian . Retrieved August 14, 2014.

Additionally, Hoover shows the reader a beautiful seesaw effect in this book: the parts where the reader was utterly bewildered by Holder’s actions in Hopeless are laid out on a platter and explained beautifully in this installment since Holder is narrating this piece. In October 2022, Simon & Schuster UK acquired two standalone novels by Hoover, which are to be published in 2024 and 2026. [39] Fine,” he grumbles, attempting to free himself from the hold I have on him. I wait until he looks down at the phone and hits send before I release my arm and let go of his shirt. He puts the phone to his ear and never stops looking at me as we both stand still and wait for Les to answer. Hoover’s decision to retell a story she’s already told was undoubtedly a risk, but it certainly was one worth taking. The character development in this story really shines as we meet Holder in a new light — his own light. Colleen Hoover". The Book Pusher. Archived from the original on September 5, 2014 . Retrieved July 10, 2014.a b "On TikTok, crying is encouraged. Colleen Hoover's books get the job done". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved May 5, 2022. But I LOVE the emphasis on Les in Losing Hope. We learn so much about how Holder struggled with Les’s suicide. Sometimes, that extra element made Losing Hope feel like a completely different book from Hopeless (in a good way). It felt like its own story rather than the same story from a different point of view. Holder writes letters to Les in a journal after her death, and just the way he dealt with it was so interesting to read, but also saddening. So many of those letters (and Holder’s thoughts in general) broke my heart in half! Colleen completely jerked my tears around. New Adult author Colleen Hoover releases novel 'It Ends with Us' ". NY Daily News . Retrieved November 26, 2016. Or when he’s remembering a conversation Les had with her friend. Les’s friend says that if you just want to kiss a guy, you wear jeans. If you want something more to happen, you wear a skirt or a dress with easy access. Then when Sky wears a dress, Holder completely over-analyzes it. The most riveting rule for their tryst? That they pretended, for that entire hour, that they were madly in love. Daniel moves on but is unable to shake the thoughts of his mystery woman and how perfect their encounter was.

If you are reading the entire series, you should read Hopelessfirst then Losing Hope followed by the novella, Finding Cinderella. McNary, Dave (July 15, 2019). "Justin Baldoni Developing 'It Ends With Us' Romance Movie". Variety . Retrieved February 11, 2022. Is Sky who she thinks she is? Does her adoptive mother have her best interest at heart? Does Holder’s hot-and-cold attitude have anything to do with all this?Finding Cinderella is a novella, and it’s the third book by Colleen Hoover in the Hopeless series. However, it can also be read as a standalone book. Contrary to the previous two books which focused on Sky and Holder, this novella features two supporting characters from the first two books: Daniel and Six. The storyline follows Holder as he first spots and meets Sky, falls in love with her almost immediately, and proceeds to learn more about her past, his past, as well as both of their present. We watch both characters learn to heal themselves as they try earnestly to heal the wounds of one another’s past.

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.

Each of the twenty-six authors featured in this anthology were given the same first sentence. Where they took that first sentence was completely up to them. While we suspected Holder’s feelings to be strong, we now find out how overwhelmingly intense they were from the moment he laid eyes on Sky. They love story is epic – it is the story of two young people who have cared for each other for over a decade and who are now drawn to each other all over again, like two magnets unable to fight the pull, the growing love between them healing their hearts and giving them the courage to face the impending truth. They are kindred spirits who might be falling in love with one another for the first time, but their hearts have known each other and have been connected for a very long time. “I’ve loved Hope since we were kids. But tonight? Tonight I fell in love with Sky.” How The Avett Brothers Kindled the Career of a Self-Published Author". GalleyCat. June 7, 2012. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014 . Retrieved July 10, 2014. She doesn’t flinch when I scream her name, and she doesn’t wince when I slap her, and she doesn’t react when I start to cry. She doesn’t even tell me it’ll be okay when every single ounce of whatever was left inside my chest is propelled out of me the moment I realize that the very best part of me is dead.