Not only was she taken by his handsome face, crooked smile, and sensual dimples but she quickly found that merely talking to the mysterious fellow did things to her body that she did not think possible.ĭean made her feel things, actual emotions. Add the tattoo to the equation and the rumors, and there was no question in Sky’s mind that she was better off giving Dean a wide berth.īut staying away from Dean was the one feat Sky found impossible to accomplish. Sky could tell from the moment she laid eyes on him that Dean was no good. And so long as she never slept with her male suitors, she was also happy to keep frolicking with a boy or two from time to time.īut then she met Dean Holder and everything changed. Either that or she was never meant to feel emotion on that spectrum.įor a while, Sky was content to simply pursue the routine of her life. And whenever she finds herself in the arms of her crushes, the boys whose looks are appealing enough that she takes no issue with kisisng them, Sky only ever feels numb.Īs a result, she has since come to the realization that love is little more than a fairytale. She has never felt her stomach dance with butterflies and she doesn’t what it means to swoon at the sight of a guy. However, none of them has ever made her feel the all-consuming emotion of love and desire that so many fairy tales and romance novels narrate.

Sky is also attractive enough that she has no trouble drawing boys to her bedroom. She has great friends and she gets along with her classmates. A girl of seventeen, Sky doesn’t believe in true love or romance, at least not when readers first meet her. Sky initially takes the reins of the story. Hoover juggles a number of storylines within the confines of her Hopeless novels.īut Sky and Dean’s romance takes center stage. The books primarily tell the story of Sky and her relationship with Dean Holder. You will either love the series or loathe it. So it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that there is no real middle ground with the Hopeless stories. But their disregard for the novels is quite strong. Only a select few readers have anything negative to say about the Hopeless series. The majority of reader seem to enjoy them very enthusiastically and they would give life and limb to defend the quality of what they consider to be Hoover’s most impressive series. The novels tend to attract very strong reactions.

The Hopeless series is quite short, constituting two books and a novella. Hopeless is a series of young adult novels written by Colleen Hoover which follow the exploits of a disillusioned girl in her late teens who falls for a troubled young man.

Hopeless and losing hope