by Colleen Hoover
Even the times where I didn’t want to keep reading, I couldn’t tear my eyes from the page.
I am not usually the romance novel type of person, but Colleen Hoover has single-handedly changed that for me in the last few months. This is only my fourth book of hers that I have read, but it may be my favorite.
(and yes, I have read It Ends With Us)
Sky Davis has been homeschooled her whole life, and with a semi overprotective mom, is technology illiterate with absolutely zero digital footprint. When she finally convinces her mother to let her go to public high school for her senior year, she meets Dean Holder, the towns infamous bad boy, who just so happens to be seriously attractive.
With neither actively searching for a romantic relationship, they find themselves unable to be away from each other. Something deep in their souls connects the two of them, and when Sky finds out Holder has been lying to her, memories from the past come flooding back, and Sky no longer knows the difference between nightmare and reality.
Absolutely soul shattering, I was crying in the car with my father reading this book. I had to take reading breaks mid-chapter to collect myself and give my heart a break. There are so many clues Hoover drops throughout the novel that form into a perfectly shaped and horrifyingly beautiful bow at the end.
If you're looking for a fun and easy beach read, this book may not be it, because it may take 2-3 business days for your heart to recover. But if you’re looking for a book to completely gut you emotionally from the inside out? This may be it.
A story of two souls intertwined through trauma, fear, love and hope, Hopeless is a book you will want to read.