Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover

Losing Hope (Hopeless, #2)

by Colleen Hoover

#1 Sunday Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us held readers spellbound with her novel Hopeless, the story of what happened when a troubled girl named Sky encountered a long-lost childhood friend, Dean. Now, in Losing Hope, we finally learn the truth about Dean Holder.

Haunted by the little girl he couldn’t save from imminent danger, Holder’s life has been overshadowed by feelings of guilt and remorse. He has never stopped searching for her, believing that finding her would bring him the peace he needs to move on. However, Holder could not have anticipated that he would be faced with even greater pain the moment they reconnected.

In Losing Hope, Holder reveals the way in which the events of Sky’s youth affected him and his family, leading him to seek his own redemption in the act of saving her. But it is only in loving Sky that he can finally begin to heal himself.

Reviewed by boghunden on

4 of 5 stars

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Oh. My. God.

Yet another fantastic book from CoHo. I don't understand how she manages to pull this off?!
I mean. It's essentially just the same story from another POV. Except it's not! It's so much more than that.

It's about Holder, how he came to, in fact, be Holder. It's about Daniel, his best friend (and may I just add WHAT AN AMAZING CHARACTER HE IS!). Les, his sister. *sigh*

Okay, so the pacing is a bit slow, mainly because we already know what's going to happen for the most part. The writing is still good though, and I kept on reading, reading, reading, because I needed to find out what was in that letter!

I don't understand how it could break my heart all over again, when I already knew the story, yet it did. HOW?! I guess that's just what CoHo does to you.

One thing I will say though, is that I missed one particular scene; Breckin and Holder planning Sky's birthday.

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