Scheduled to release: July 9, 2013 by Atria Books
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Blurb
Sometimes in life, in order to move forward you must face the past…
#1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover 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 Holder. With Holder’s help, Sky uncovered shocking family secrets and came to terms with memories and emotions that had left deep scars.
Hopeless was Sky’s story. 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 reconnect.
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.
My thought
Thank-you to Atria Books/Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review Losing Hope.
The story is heart breaking and filled with some gut wrenching revelations as well as a difficult subject matter and despite knowing what to expect from reading the first book I was still saddened to know the pain these characters had to endure. Dean Holder is one of the most complex characters I've read. He feels with a high level of intensity and he is really a very passionate person. Holder was, in every sense of the word, Sky's true partner. They compliment each other so well. But they also healed each other.
I am in awe of Colleen Hoover’s talent. I love her stories, characters and have the utmost respect for this author’s work and seriously, if she doesn’t write a crappy book soon I’m going to run out of superlatives to describe her books in my reviews.
Losing Hope with its smexy cover, amazing characterisations and beautiful, engrossing writing is a must read, it is an emotional roller-coaster that shows that there can be love and happiness after heartache.
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