Reviews with content warning for Incest - Hopeless

DO NOT READ OF YOU HAVEN'T READ HOPELESS! MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!

OMG!!! This book was so good, and did not disappoint. Although I will admit the first half of the book felt a little slow then it the middle it started to pick up and we found out what happened to Sky.

Hopeless - Hope and Les (Lesslie)
Wow, I knew the title probably meant something but I loved that those two names were used.
And the fact that Holder had that word tattooed on his arm.

I guessed half the plot twist because I saw some spoilers on Tik Tok but I was shocked at how much I didn't guess. I knew that Sky's dad raped her when she was little but I couldn't believe that he also raped his sister (Karen), and Lesslie. And he gave the excuse that he couldn't control himself when he was drunk, which is a very dumb excuse.

The other part was that Karen "kidnapped" Sky because she knew what her dad was doing to her. BECAUSE the same thing happened to her, and he was the one who did it because he is her brother :(
I was mad at Karen at first when Sky found out what she did. But I was so relieved and happy and sad when I found out why she did what she did. She saved Sky, even though she hurt Lesslie and Dean, she saved Sky from the abuse she was enduring. And I could not be mad at all for what she did, because that was really brave.

I loved Dean so much, he was so selfless when it came to Sky because he just loved her so much. And it made me so sad that he blamed himself for Sky being kidnapped, even though he was only 6 years old. Oh, and his love language is physical touch :) Can't wait to read his book and find out what he was thinking the whole time. Also I think I'll find out a lot more about Lesslie in his book.

Also I wonder what Six will think of all of this, because Sky didn't tell her anything. Maybe I'll find out in her novella.

And I don't even know how All Your Perfects could connect to his book. If I had to guess it would have something to do with Karen. Like she's friends with Quinn or something.

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dunnpamela's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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charlie29's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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absolutely adored it, couldn’t put it down!!! definitely, one of the most messed up CoHo books but liked the subplot. this book had me screaming, crying, loving, everything. at one point the plot twists just didn't stop coming, like literally every other page there would be a pot twist

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hiraeth_'s review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

i don't even know where to start with this book. one thing is sure and that is that i need a break from colleen hoover books, i can't do it anymore.

i honestly don't even want to go into it because it's mostly the usual stuff wrong with her books - problematic display of relationships and mental illnesses, toxic masculinity, token non-straight characters, her trying to be funny but failing, the mc being not like other girls etc. i know it's one of her earlier works but it's honestly scary how she hasn't changed/learned from some things. and can you imagine this being marketed as a young adult novel?? with very triggering sexual content, abuse, suicide etc.?? reading this was a roller coaster of being weirded out, cringing, rolling my eyes and just getting angry. especially the last quarter is just pure trauma porn and i almost dnf'ed it. wtf colleen.

do not recommend. 🙃

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