valeriew's review against another edition
4.0
This was a pretty good book. I liked Gabby. I liked clay. I do wish there had been more to him. Spoiler.....he never talks! But I did like that she felt like she got to know him without him talking. I would like to know what he was thinking though.
booksnunicorns's review
4.0
C'est un peu par hasard que je suis tombée dessus, je n'en avais jamais entendu parlé. Jusqu'à ce weekend où la booktubeuse Spectisempra (anciennement Malorie Duns) en a fait mention. J'ai lu l'extrait, puis je ne me suis plus arrêtée.
J'ai retrouvé cette petite touche de douceur et de simplicité que j'avais aimée avec le premier tome de Meg Corbyn, et un monde plus complexe qu'il n'y parait comme dans Temps de Lune. Vous l'aurez compris, ce livre est pour les amoureux des Loups Garous, pour les histoires d'A sans superficialité. Pourtant, je ne fais vraiment pas partie de la team guimauve et fleur bleue, mais qu'est-ce que ça fait du bien parfois.
On s'attache dans un premier temps à Gabby, une jeune femme en devenir, on l'a rencontre lorsqu'elle a tout juste 16 ans et déjà, elle fait tout pour éviter les hommes. Elle utilise son don pour les esquiver et ne pas attirer l'attention. Sans qu'elle sache d'où cela provient, elle peut voir les couleurs qui déterminent chaque être humains. Pratique. Jusqu'au jour où, une nouvelle couleur apparait dans son radar personnel. C'est là que les événements vont définitivement changer pour elle.
Je n'ai pas envie de parler du potentiel amoureux parce qu'il faut laisser l'histoire nous le raconter. On est frustré dés la moitié du livre, l'auteur n'aurait jamais dû pousser aussi loin cette absence de dialogue. Je n'étais plus frustrée mais limite fâchée ! Sans cela, le livre aurait évité cette zone de lenteur et cette impression de tourner en rond. Même si, aussi étrange que cela puisse paraître, cela ne m'a pas dérangée, j'ai aimé la monotonie du quotidien, le rythme lent et cyclique des saisons pour arriver à un final qui nous met l'eau à la bouche pour la suite.
J'ai fermé ce livre il y a quelques jours, et j'ai encore imprimé en moi la trace de cette histoire, l'addiction à ses personnages tendres et attachants. Très très hâte de connaître la suite avec Michelle et Luke !
J'ai retrouvé cette petite touche de douceur et de simplicité que j'avais aimée avec le premier tome de Meg Corbyn, et un monde plus complexe qu'il n'y parait comme dans Temps de Lune. Vous l'aurez compris, ce livre est pour les amoureux des Loups Garous, pour les histoires d'A sans superficialité. Pourtant, je ne fais vraiment pas partie de la team guimauve et fleur bleue, mais qu'est-ce que ça fait du bien parfois.
On s'attache dans un premier temps à Gabby, une jeune femme en devenir, on l'a rencontre lorsqu'elle a tout juste 16 ans et déjà, elle fait tout pour éviter les hommes. Elle utilise son don pour les esquiver et ne pas attirer l'attention. Sans qu'elle sache d'où cela provient, elle peut voir les couleurs qui déterminent chaque être humains. Pratique. Jusqu'au jour où, une nouvelle couleur apparait dans son radar personnel. C'est là que les événements vont définitivement changer pour elle.
Je n'ai pas envie de parler du potentiel amoureux parce qu'il faut laisser l'histoire nous le raconter. On est frustré dés la moitié du livre, l'auteur n'aurait jamais dû pousser aussi loin cette absence de dialogue. Je n'étais plus frustrée mais limite fâchée ! Sans cela, le livre aurait évité cette zone de lenteur et cette impression de tourner en rond. Même si, aussi étrange que cela puisse paraître, cela ne m'a pas dérangée, j'ai aimé la monotonie du quotidien, le rythme lent et cyclique des saisons pour arriver à un final qui nous met l'eau à la bouche pour la suite.
J'ai fermé ce livre il y a quelques jours, et j'ai encore imprimé en moi la trace de cette histoire, l'addiction à ses personnages tendres et attachants. Très très hâte de connaître la suite avec Michelle et Luke !
gibbousmoon's review against another edition
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
keeperofthesheets's review against another edition
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
anerdybookbirdy's review against another edition
5.0
Okay WOW!
I have literally just finished this book 1 minute ago and HAD to write something about it.
All throughout this story I have wanted to jump into the book and snatch Clay away from Gabby and keep him forever! I have fallen in love.
Gabby is - a bitch at times- but nevertheless the most hilarious character ever and has stolen my heart. They both have. When I got to the last chapter I cried, not gonna lie.
Every character in this book is written so beautifully and they're all so different compared to other werewolf books. The werewolf world created is so amazingly unique and I need to order every book left in the series.
I need to go read the others and I suggest EVERYBODY should read this book and then the series... Because I know that they're all going to be perfect!!! So GO, GO READ!!!
I have literally just finished this book 1 minute ago and HAD to write something about it.
All throughout this story I have wanted to jump into the book and snatch Clay away from Gabby and keep him forever! I have fallen in love.
Gabby is - a bitch at times- but nevertheless the most hilarious character ever and has stolen my heart. They both have. When I got to the last chapter I cried, not gonna lie.
Every character in this book is written so beautifully and they're all so different compared to other werewolf books. The werewolf world created is so amazingly unique and I need to order every book left in the series.
I need to go read the others and I suggest EVERYBODY should read this book and then the series... Because I know that they're all going to be perfect!!! So GO, GO READ!!!
nicolelynnreads's review against another edition
4.0
Review to come!
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UPDATED Finally posting the review from my blog
This review previously appeared on my blog, PopCrunchBoom Books
My Review
Hope(less) tells of Gabby’s journey with the supernatural. All her life Gabby was able to see tiny glowing sparks of people in her mind. Almost like a people radar system programmed into her brain. All she has to do is close her eyes and concentrate and she’ll be able to see where people are in a certain mile radius. This comes in handy before walking through the park at night, but isn’t the first thing Gabby tells people about herself. Then she meets a warewolf and is exposed to a larger supernatural world. The kicker? Gabby’s one of only a few humans that can be mated to a warewolf. Go figure no one clued her into that fact until she was already up at their compound. Now on top of trying to figure out what she is and what her abilities mean, she also has to worry about possibly loosing the independence she craves by being mated to a warewolf.
Enter in Clay. Clay is quiet and unkempt and not at all someone Gabby wants to be associated with let alone feel something for. Then at the last visit to the compound before college, Gabby meets him and knows instantly that she shares a bond with Clay. But Gabby will do anything to deny the bond and keep her newly found independence. However, Clay isn’t about to give up on finding his mate. He decides to follow Gabby into her new life. As feeling start to grow between the two, a new threat emerges. Gabby sees lights that she can’t label as human or warewolf and they’re stalking her.
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This novel had a great premise when I first read it. I was excited to see how Gabby and Clay’s relationship would play out and what role Gabby would play in this supernatural world Haag created. Gabby’s supernatural ability was unique and definitely had me intrigued as to how Haag was going to describe and work-in this ability.
However, when I first began reading the book I was a bit disappointed. The beginning was a bit hard to plow through. There was a lot of unnecessary background scenes that would have been better worked-in later on in the story as well as some weird time transitions. I felt the beginning would have been a lot better if the story began with Gabby’s last visit to the fcompound as that’s where the story really seemed to pick up and “begin” in my mind.
I was also a bit unsure of Gabby’s ability. It seemed like a very unique ability for a character and one I have not seen in any other story as of yet. I was super excited to see how Haag would use it in the novel. However, it seemed a bit hard for me to picture the ability in the novel whenever Gabby described it. I was a little turned off from it and it took me a while for it to grow on me. Luckily later on in the novel, the ability was more clearly described and as the action picked up so did Gabby’s use and, later, understanding of her gift.
With all that said, I have to be honest and say that even though I had problems with the novel in the beginning I actually couldn’t stop reading it once I bypassed the rocky beginning. I was hooked on Gabby and Clay and wanted to see how their relationship would evolve and turn out. Would Gabby accept Clay as her mate? Would she let him in? I couldn’t put the book down.
This is where Haag truly excelled. Her ability to bring Gabby and Clay together and the way she wrote their relationship was perfect. I fell in love with this love story. I have to say that Clay might in fact be my new favorite book boyfriend, which is something highly hard to obtain from me ;). I absolutely loved the way he wooed Gabby; the way he sneaked into her heart without her really realizing it. It was a slow love story, but more realistic than the insta-love seen in most books. It was by far one of my favorite love storylines to read. And if you’re a sucker for those types of storylines than I highly recommend this book. :)
As a beginning of a series, Hope(less) was an alright starter. The overall storyline of “judgement has begun” and the mystery sparks of light were not done horribly, but didn’t keep my interest as much as Gabby and Clay’s relationship storyline did. However, towards the end the action really picked up and I think it was enough to easily relay into a second book. I will most likely be picking up the next installment to continue on in the series. However if you’re looking for a very well done paranormal series you might find some disappointment with this opener novel. Personally, I’m going to wait until the second novel before making any decisions on the overall series, but I can see how some might be turned off because of the first installment.
Overall, this story was a keeper for me based solely on Gabby and Clay’s relationship. Their love story was an epic one for me because it seemed so real and Clay was absolutely wonderful. As a paranormal series, this was an okay start, but I’m hoping the next installment will be better in this regard. In the end, I’d recommend this to “romance” lovers and just warn paranormal lovers that it might be a slow start to get through before being able to enjoy the paranormal storyline of this novel.
*I was given a free ebook of this novel by Mark My Words Book Publicity in exchange for an honest review. This has not influenced my thoughts or opinions of the novel that are written above.*
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UPDATED Finally posting the review from my blog
This review previously appeared on my blog, PopCrunchBoom Books
My Review
Hope(less) tells of Gabby’s journey with the supernatural. All her life Gabby was able to see tiny glowing sparks of people in her mind. Almost like a people radar system programmed into her brain. All she has to do is close her eyes and concentrate and she’ll be able to see where people are in a certain mile radius. This comes in handy before walking through the park at night, but isn’t the first thing Gabby tells people about herself. Then she meets a warewolf and is exposed to a larger supernatural world. The kicker? Gabby’s one of only a few humans that can be mated to a warewolf. Go figure no one clued her into that fact until she was already up at their compound. Now on top of trying to figure out what she is and what her abilities mean, she also has to worry about possibly loosing the independence she craves by being mated to a warewolf.
Enter in Clay. Clay is quiet and unkempt and not at all someone Gabby wants to be associated with let alone feel something for. Then at the last visit to the compound before college, Gabby meets him and knows instantly that she shares a bond with Clay. But Gabby will do anything to deny the bond and keep her newly found independence. However, Clay isn’t about to give up on finding his mate. He decides to follow Gabby into her new life. As feeling start to grow between the two, a new threat emerges. Gabby sees lights that she can’t label as human or warewolf and they’re stalking her.
—
This novel had a great premise when I first read it. I was excited to see how Gabby and Clay’s relationship would play out and what role Gabby would play in this supernatural world Haag created. Gabby’s supernatural ability was unique and definitely had me intrigued as to how Haag was going to describe and work-in this ability.
However, when I first began reading the book I was a bit disappointed. The beginning was a bit hard to plow through. There was a lot of unnecessary background scenes that would have been better worked-in later on in the story as well as some weird time transitions. I felt the beginning would have been a lot better if the story began with Gabby’s last visit to the fcompound as that’s where the story really seemed to pick up and “begin” in my mind.
I was also a bit unsure of Gabby’s ability. It seemed like a very unique ability for a character and one I have not seen in any other story as of yet. I was super excited to see how Haag would use it in the novel. However, it seemed a bit hard for me to picture the ability in the novel whenever Gabby described it. I was a little turned off from it and it took me a while for it to grow on me. Luckily later on in the novel, the ability was more clearly described and as the action picked up so did Gabby’s use and, later, understanding of her gift.
With all that said, I have to be honest and say that even though I had problems with the novel in the beginning I actually couldn’t stop reading it once I bypassed the rocky beginning. I was hooked on Gabby and Clay and wanted to see how their relationship would evolve and turn out. Would Gabby accept Clay as her mate? Would she let him in? I couldn’t put the book down.
This is where Haag truly excelled. Her ability to bring Gabby and Clay together and the way she wrote their relationship was perfect. I fell in love with this love story. I have to say that Clay might in fact be my new favorite book boyfriend, which is something highly hard to obtain from me ;). I absolutely loved the way he wooed Gabby; the way he sneaked into her heart without her really realizing it. It was a slow love story, but more realistic than the insta-love seen in most books. It was by far one of my favorite love storylines to read. And if you’re a sucker for those types of storylines than I highly recommend this book. :)
As a beginning of a series, Hope(less) was an alright starter. The overall storyline of “judgement has begun” and the mystery sparks of light were not done horribly, but didn’t keep my interest as much as Gabby and Clay’s relationship storyline did. However, towards the end the action really picked up and I think it was enough to easily relay into a second book. I will most likely be picking up the next installment to continue on in the series. However if you’re looking for a very well done paranormal series you might find some disappointment with this opener novel. Personally, I’m going to wait until the second novel before making any decisions on the overall series, but I can see how some might be turned off because of the first installment.
Overall, this story was a keeper for me based solely on Gabby and Clay’s relationship. Their love story was an epic one for me because it seemed so real and Clay was absolutely wonderful. As a paranormal series, this was an okay start, but I’m hoping the next installment will be better in this regard. In the end, I’d recommend this to “romance” lovers and just warn paranormal lovers that it might be a slow start to get through before being able to enjoy the paranormal storyline of this novel.
*I was given a free ebook of this novel by Mark My Words Book Publicity in exchange for an honest review. This has not influenced my thoughts or opinions of the novel that are written above.*
bookishlifeofgem's review against another edition
5.0
I absolutely adore this book! This is my third read of it and it still has me hooked every time. I just love Gabby and her sass and opinions and her thoughts and I love Clay and his muteness too!! This is a such amazing first book in this series and if you haven’t read it you’re missing out!!
auburnedge's review against another edition
5.0
The good, the bad, the epilogue
The good: It isn't often you find a shifter romance that makes you want to reread. This is one of them. I could reread this a hundred times and still love it. The slow build of the relationship and the love is just amazing.
The bad: You want to get to the end to find out if they will be together and what will happen to her power.
The epilogue: This is a shifter romance for all. The best part is when you are done you can read from Clays point of view. It makes the story so much biggest and more enjoyable.
The good: It isn't often you find a shifter romance that makes you want to reread. This is one of them. I could reread this a hundred times and still love it. The slow build of the relationship and the love is just amazing.
The bad: You want to get to the end to find out if they will be together and what will happen to her power.
The epilogue: This is a shifter romance for all. The best part is when you are done you can read from Clays point of view. It makes the story so much biggest and more enjoyable.