They are wonderful, heart-breaking and offer such an insight into Holder as a character. I can imagine writing two books that cover quite a similar storyline but from two different perspectives is tough, how do you keep it fresh and keep the reader interested? Hoover managed this quite effortlessly by including diary-entries that serve as letters to Holder’s sister, Les. I love that it’s told from Holder’s perspective, as I enjoy and want to read more contemporaries told from a male POV, and as Holder has his own fare share of secrets going on, I was looking forward to the chance to get inside his head. When I finished Hopeless I really wasn’t ready to leave these characters behind, which was why I was so excited to be able to go straight into Losing Hope.

I really enjoyed this novel, but not quite as much as the first one, which I think is always the case with companion novels that cover the same plot-lines. I lasted all of a couple of hours before picking it up though, I just couldn’t resist. But he could not have anticipated that the moment they reconnect, even greater remorse would overwhelm him…Īfter reading and really enjoying Hopeless by Colleen Hoover, I planned to take a little break before reading Losing Hope as I knew it was based on the same story but told from Holder’s perspective.

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. Goodreads Synopsis: In Hopeless, Sky left no secret unearthed, no feeling unshared, and no memory forgotten, but Holder’s past remained a mystery.

Genre: Young Adult/Contemporary/Romance/Issues Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover, published October 2013 by Atria Books.

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