Five stars doesn't begin to show how much I loved this book.

I've had to wait a day before I could even write this review without the tears, both the happy and sad kind. I'm emotionally exhausted. Spent. And yet I still want more. Bloody masochist. This book will tear you apart and then stitch you back together again. But it will leave a scar. A big Holder-shaped scar that you will want, that you will cherish. You'll pick at it because you want to just FEEL it again. I've been Holder-less for less than twenty-four hours and I'm already picking.

Nobody expected bad things from this book. The bar was high and we knew that Colleen being Colleen would deliver. What I didn't expect was to PREFER it to Hopeless, to be blown away by the difference reading it from Holder's POV could do to me. His story was much more intricate than Sky's because she was blind to her story for so long. Holder, so much more aware of the situation, offered a different level, and combining that with his own heartache was just beyond powerful. Those letters were just perfect. They were a mixture of light and dark, and at points, (sorry, Holder) devastating. I'm a self-declared book-slut with many book boyfriends, but Holder climbed his way to the very top. No, actually he didn't climb, he flew, because he's fucking Superman.

A good friend of mine said it perfectly, "I lived Holder after Hopeless, but I loved him after Losing Hope." Pretty perfect, huh?

As an incredibly newby writer, this book makes me want to do two things; throw away anything I have ever written because it will NEVER compare to this greatness, and also to TRY HARDER. I'm too lazy to start afresh so option two it is. But that it even makes me consciously worry about my own writing is a big deal.

The only thing left for me to do now is to become a recluse and mourn another book gone until I can rush to buy Colleen's next, and also to beg Colleen to find a us a little more Holder and Sky, because I will never have enough.

Repetitive

Hopeless and losing hope are everything..
Your past doesn't define you, it makes you what you are.
All that Sky and Holder go through makes them that sweet couple they end up being.
Go skype you love birds

"In order to miss someone, that means you were privileged enough to have them in your life to begin with."

I could not love this book anymore than I do. It is so emotionally tough and still rewarding to follow Holden's path of sorrow and forgiveness... And love.

Holden cannot forgive himself for letting Hope get into a car as a young child - a decision that changes his life, his family's life, and Hope's life for many years. He is haunted by this, and his sister is the only one who truly understands. When he loses her, too, he is so lost and hurt - and I felt his sorrow to my core.

When Sky comes into his life, he falls quickly, and must face his past, and navigate some pretty tricky waters.

The ending is so beyond satisfying.

I love this book pretty hard, and recommend it to all.

I'm emotionally wreaked right now. Will write a review later.

4.5

I loved reading from Holder’s POV after reading Hopless. It gave a new perspective and added great detail.

Oh my. I forgot how many amazing parts and pieces went into Hopeless. I forgot how many heart melting things come out of Dean Holder's pretty mouth, I forgot how much of an impact every page of Hopeless had on me, until I read it from Holder's POV....it all came flooding back, but exponentially this time. Not many authors can take the extra ordinary to a new level, but that's what Hoover does, every time!