Bella Suartini

Hopeless

Book by Colleen Hoover

DETAILS

Publisher : Atria Books; Original edition (May 7, 2013) Language : English Paperback : 416 pages ISBN-10 : 147674355X ISBN-13 : 978-1476743554 Item Weight : 1.01 pounds Dimensions : 5.31 x 1.04 x 8.25 inches Best Sellers Rank: #817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #57 in Contemporary Women Fiction #83 in New Adult & College Romance (Books) #211 in Contemporary Romance (Books) , From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us , It Ends with Us, and All Your Perfects comes the beginning of Sky and Dean’s passionate love story—where well-kept secrets threaten to opens wounds of a dark past. Would you rather know a truth that makes you feel hopeless, or keep believing the lies? Beloved and bestselling author 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 defenses and the intensity of the bond between them 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. Read more

REVIEW

Just wow! This book blew me away. It had all the twists and turns you would expect from a COHO book! I loved the story of Dean and Sky. Sky is a girl living with her mother, Karen, who had adopted her from a young age. Sky is not allowed to have any form of technology, her mother does not believe in it. She has also always been homeschooled until this year. Sky runs into Dean Holder in the grocery store one day, where he chases her down in the parking lot, claiming to know her from somewhere. She then bumps into him while running, and their connection grows. He quickly becomes someone she wants to spend all her time with. However, he has some strange sides to his personality that sort of scare her. Such as, one time he notices her bracelet she is wearing and demands she tell him who gave it to her. When she doesn't, he storms off and they don't talk for a month. She eventually goes and visits Dean's house, where she sees an old picture, and realizes that they knew each other when they were just kids. She finds out that Dean and his sister, Leslie, were her next-door neighbors when she was a kid. Dean says that one day she was sitting outside crying and he came out to comfort her. The next thing he knows, a car pulls up, she gets in the car, and leaves. He then tells Sky that she has been missing for 13 years. This throws a huge plot twist in the story, because up until now, Sky has thought she was adopted by Karen because her father did not want her. She gets very angry and goes home and packs all her stuff and tells Karen she needs time to think. Her and Dean go stay in a hotel in the town where Sky's father lives. They drive past her old house because she is hoping that seeing it will spark some memories. However, once in front of it, she realizes she needs to go inside to see if she can spark any memories from her childhood. Once inside, she goes to her old bedroom and decides to lay down on her bed. It is then, that she is flooded with flashbacks from her childhood where her dad would come home from work and bring her a gift. However, he always wanted her to "thank" him for this gift. She would cry every time he pulled her gown back down. She becomes enraged and starts throwing everything in the bedroom and Dean has to intervene and get her out of there. They go back to their hotel and she demands to return the next day. When they return the next day, her father is just getting home from work. Seeing him sparks her need for him to answer if he is doing this to other young girls. She jumps out of the car and soon after her father recognizes her. They go inside to discuss everything and he admits to raping her due to a drinking problem after Sky (Hope) mom dies. When Karen took Sky, he then took to raping Dean's sister, Leslie. Dean becomes sad at hearing this. Sky's father apologizes and shoots himself. They return to their hotel to wash off the blood. The next morning, Karen's boyfriend, Jack, calls Dean telling him that Karen confessed everything to Jack and that she really needs to talk to Sky. They go. Karen then proceeds to tell her that when she was 14, her 23-year old brother had to take care of her due to both of her parents being dead. He used to physically hit her when he got mad. One night, though, he got so mad that he raped her. He did this for 2 years straight. It is then, that Sky figures out that Karen's brother is her father. Karen says that she was in the grocery store one day and hears her brother's familiar voice talking to a little girl, and that is when she saw Sky. She saw the same hopeless fearful look in her eyes that Karen once had, and it was then she knew he was doing the same things to Sky. Karen planned it out for how she would get Sky out of the situation. She tried multiple times to report it, but because Sky's dad was in law enforcement, the cases always got dismissed. So, she took her that evening. She figured as long as she could keep her safe until she was 18, and wouldn't have to be taken back to her father, that she would endure whatever consequences came of Sky finding out what happened. However, Sky realizes what sacrifices Karen has made for her and decides to move past it. I CAN NOT GET OVER HOW GOOD THIS BOOK WAS!! The twists were just insane!!!!! Can't wait to start Losing Hope now!!!

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