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Hopeless (Hopeless, #1)
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bookshelves: contemporary-romance, abuse-mental-disorder-neglect, favorites, youngadult-newadult, hiding-big-secret, stand-alone
Jan 07, 2013
bookshelves: contemporary-romance, abuse-mental-disorder-neglect, favorites, youngadult-newadult, hiding-big-secret, stand-alone
** spoiler alert **
This was so, so good. So well written. So full of amazing characters. So heartbreaking. So emocional. So INTENSE.
I loved it. Well no, actually, I LIVED it. :) But really lived it, as if I really was part of this incredible story. Loved it and lived it in my bones with every single word and thought that crossed Sky's mind and felt them as they were actually mine, cause I totally felt that connection with her that you should always feel with the heroine of the story. That's probably because of the writing I already was familiar with thanks to "Slammed" and that captivated me, completely, so I knew this was going to be good, so good in that area. But the way the story was ordered, merged with flashbacks and memories, THAT was what made it absolutely perfect.
And then I met the characters, when I thought it couldn't get any better, I met Sky and Holder, and I fell in love, hard. I fell in love with each one of them indiviadually, their lives, their stories, their past, their present, their personalities... But above all, I fell in love with them, as a whole, together, their strength, their love, their passion, their selfeshness, their future... and especially, their FOREVERS.
I'm not going to lie, the story was really hard to read, as my heart was aching so much for both Sky and Holder through all the story, all the suffering and injustices made all my most intense emotions surface. And it wasn't pretty, but it was so real... And that's exactly what a story should make you feel. Cause together with the bad things, there were the really good ones. Not even a small detail of their love story is forgotten, and that is such a beautiful gift to the reader.
I loved it. Well no, actually, I LIVED it. :) But really lived it, as if I really was part of this incredible story. Loved it and lived it in my bones with every single word and thought that crossed Sky's mind and felt them as they were actually mine, cause I totally felt that connection with her that you should always feel with the heroine of the story. That's probably because of the writing I already was familiar with thanks to "Slammed" and that captivated me, completely, so I knew this was going to be good, so good in that area. But the way the story was ordered, merged with flashbacks and memories, THAT was what made it absolutely perfect.
And then I met the characters, when I thought it couldn't get any better, I met Sky and Holder, and I fell in love, hard. I fell in love with each one of them indiviadually, their lives, their stories, their past, their present, their personalities... But above all, I fell in love with them, as a whole, together, their strength, their love, their passion, their selfeshness, their future... and especially, their FOREVERS.
I'm not going to lie, the story was really hard to read, as my heart was aching so much for both Sky and Holder through all the story, all the suffering and injustices made all my most intense emotions surface. And it wasn't pretty, but it was so real... And that's exactly what a story should make you feel. Cause together with the bad things, there were the really good ones. Not even a small detail of their love story is forgotten, and that is such a beautiful gift to the reader.
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“I want you to keep them open...because I need you to watch me give you the very last piece of my heart.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“The sky is always beautiful.Even when it's dark or rainy or cloudy,it's still beautiful to look at....it'll be there no matter what...and I know it'll always be beautiful.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“The moment my lips touch yours, it will be your first kiss. Because if you've never felt anything when someone's kissed you, then no one's ever really kissed you. Not the way I plan on kissing you.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“Sky, I'm not kissing you tonight but believe me when I tell you, I've never wanted to kiss a girl more. So stop thinking I'm not attracted to you because you have no idea just how much I am. You can hold my hand, you can run your fingers through my hair, you can straddle me while I feed you spaghetti, but you are not getting kissed tonight. And probably not tomorrow, either. I need this. I need to know for sure that you're feeling every single thing that I'm feeling the moment my lips touch yours. Because I want your first kiss to be the best first kiss in the history of first kisses.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“You wanted to lick my face the first time you saw me? Is that usually what you do when you’re attracted to guys?â€�
I shake my head. “Not your face, your dimple. And no. You’re the only guy I’ve ever had the urge to lick.�
He smiles at me confidently. “Good. Because you’re the only girl I’ve ever had the urge to love.”
― Hopeless
I shake my head. “Not your face, your dimple. And no. You’re the only guy I’ve ever had the urge to lick.�
He smiles at me confidently. “Good. Because you’re the only girl I’ve ever had the urge to love.”
― Hopeless
“Sky, if you’re wondering if I have commitment issues, the answer is no. Someday in the far, far, far away future…like post-college future…when I propose to you…which I will be doing one day because you aren’t getting rid of me…I won’t be marrying you with the hope that our marriage will work out. When you become mine, it’ll be a forever thing. I’ve told you before that the only thing that matters to me with you are the forevers, and I mean that.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“Holder: "I thought Mormon's weren't allowed to have caffeine?"
Breckin: "I decided to break that rule the morning I woke up gay.”
― Hopeless
Breckin: "I decided to break that rule the morning I woke up gay.”
― Hopeless
“And while I could sit here and feel sorry for myself, wondering why all of this happened to me..I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to wish for a perfect life. The things that knock you down in life are tests, forcing you to make a choice between giving in and remaining on the ground or wiping the dirt off and standing up even taller than you did before you were knocked down. I'm choosing to stand taller. I'll probably get kicked down a few more times before this life is through with me, but I can guarantee you I'll never stay on the ground.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“When I touch you, I’m touching you because I want to make you happy. When I kiss you, I’m kissing you because you have the most incredible mouth I’ve ever seen and you know I can’t not kiss it. And when I make love to you—I’m doing exactly that. I’m making love to you because I’m in love with you.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“You probably faked passing out the other day, just so you could be carried in my hot, sweaty, manly arms.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“Just because you blocked the memory of me out of your mind doesn't mean you blocked the memory of me out of your heart”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“I laugh and rush to him, throwing my arms around his neck. “You’re the best, most understanding boyfriend in the whole wide world.â€�
He sighs and returns my hug. “No, I’m not,â€� he says, pressing his lips to the side of my head. “I’m the most whipped boyfriend in the whole wide world.”
― Hopeless
He sighs and returns my hug. “No, I’m not,â€� he says, pressing his lips to the side of my head. “I’m the most whipped boyfriend in the whole wide world.”
― Hopeless
“My eyes trail from his hand to the tattoo written in small script across his forearm. Hopeless”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“I love how you aren't weird and awkward, despite the fact that you've been severely cut off from socialization to the point where you make the Amish look trendy.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“It’s what happens when two people become one: they no longer only share love. They also share all of the pain, heartache, sorrow, and grief.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“I pull his mouth to mine and I kiss him. I kiss him for always having the perfect thing to say. I kiss him for always being there for me. I kiss him for supporting whatever decision I think I might need to make. I kiss him for being so patient with me while I figure everything out. I kiss him because I can’t think of anything better than climbing back inside that car with him and talking about everything we’ll do when we get to Hawaii. - Sky”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“We won’t go any further than this, I promise. But please don’t ask me to stop where we already are. I need to watch you and I need to hear you because the fact that I know you’re actually feeling this right now is so fucking amazing. You feel incredible and this feels incredible and please. Justâ€� please.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“One of the things I love about books is being able to define and condense certain portions of a character's life into chapters. It's intriguing, because you can't do this with real life. You can't just end a chapter, then skip the things you don't want to live through, only to open it up to a chapter that better suits your mood. Life can't be divided into chapters... only minutes. The events of your life are all crammed together one minute right after the other without any time lapses or blank pages or chapter breaks because no matter what happens life just keeps going and moving forward and words keep flowing and truths keep spewing whether you like it or not and life never lets you pause and just catch your fucking breath.
I need one of those chapter breaks. I just want to catch my breath, but I have no idea how.”
― Hopeless
I need one of those chapter breaks. I just want to catch my breath, but I have no idea how.”
― Hopeless
“Your heart is so beautiful and someday someone is going to love that heart like it deserves to be loved.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“I live you," I whisper to him.
He kisses my head again and signs into my hair. "I don't think I live you back anymore. I'm pretty sure I've moved beyond that. Actually, I'm positive I've moved beyond that, but I'm still not ready to say it to you. When I say it, I want it to be separate from this day. I don't want you to remember it like this.”
― Hopeless
He kisses my head again and signs into my hair. "I don't think I live you back anymore. I'm pretty sure I've moved beyond that. Actually, I'm positive I've moved beyond that, but I'm still not ready to say it to you. When I say it, I want it to be separate from this day. I don't want you to remember it like this.”
― Hopeless
“Jack: "Isn't your real name like Seven or Thirteen or something like that? I don't get why you picked Six. it's possibly the worst number you could pick."
Six: "I'm going to accept your insults for that they are. Just your way of burying your devastation over my impending absence."
Jack: Bury my insults wherever you want. There'll be more to come when you get back in six months.”
― Hopeless
Six: "I'm going to accept your insults for that they are. Just your way of burying your devastation over my impending absence."
Jack: Bury my insults wherever you want. There'll be more to come when you get back in six months.”
― Hopeless
“I want you to remember who you are, despite the bad things that are happening to you. Because those bad things aren't you. They are just things that happen to you. You need to accept that who you are and the things that happen you, are not one and the same.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“I want you to know something. And I'm not saying this as your boyfriend or even as your friend. I'm saying this because it needs to be said by someone... I'm so proud of you.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“I want to tell you exactly how I feel but there isn't a single goddamned word in the entire dictionary that can describe this point between liking you and loving you, but I need that word. I need it because I need you to hear me say it.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“I tilt my head and ask “What firsts have we
already passed?�
“The easy ones,� he says. “First hug, first date, first fight, first time we slept together,
although I wasn’t the one sleeping. Now we barely have any left. First kiss. First time to
sleep together when we’re both actually awake. First marriage. First kid. We’re done
after that. Our lives will become mundane and boring and I’ll have to divorce you and
marry a wife who’s twenty years younger than me so I can have a lot more firsts and
you’ll be stuck raising the kids.� He bring his hand to my cheek and smile at me. “So you
see, babe? I’m only doing this for your benefit. The longer I wait to kiss you, the longer
it’ll be before I’m forced to leave you high and dry.”
― Hopeless
already passed?�
“The easy ones,� he says. “First hug, first date, first fight, first time we slept together,
although I wasn’t the one sleeping. Now we barely have any left. First kiss. First time to
sleep together when we’re both actually awake. First marriage. First kid. We’re done
after that. Our lives will become mundane and boring and I’ll have to divorce you and
marry a wife who’s twenty years younger than me so I can have a lot more firsts and
you’ll be stuck raising the kids.� He bring his hand to my cheek and smile at me. “So you
see, babe? I’m only doing this for your benefit. The longer I wait to kiss you, the longer
it’ll be before I’m forced to leave you high and dry.”
― Hopeless
“I need to kiss you," he says again, this time a desperate plea. "Please, Sky. I'm scared that after I tell you what I'm about to tell you...I'll never get to kiss you again.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“He’s quiet for a minute, then grins again. “I can’t believe you think I’m hot.â€�
“Shut up.�
“You probably faked passing out the other day, just so you could be carried in my hot, sweaty, manly arms.�
“Shut up.�
“I’ll bet you fantasize about me at night, right here in this bed.�
“Shut up, Holder.�
“You probably even…�
I reach over and clamp my hand over his mouth. “You’re way hotter when you aren’t speaking.”
― Hopeless
“Shut up.�
“You probably faked passing out the other day, just so you could be carried in my hot, sweaty, manly arms.�
“Shut up.�
“I’ll bet you fantasize about me at night, right here in this bed.�
“Shut up, Holder.�
“You probably even…�
I reach over and clamp my hand over his mouth. “You’re way hotter when you aren’t speaking.”
― Hopeless
“And it's not what you just said that i am thanking you for, Holder. I need to thank you for everything. Thank you for giving me the courage to always ask the questions, even when I didn't want the answers. Thank you for loving me like you love me. Thank you for showing me that we don't always have to be strong to be there for each other-- that it's okay to be weak, so long as we're there. And thank you for finally finding me after all these years.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“We wrap our arms around each other and we cry. We cry mother to daughter. We cry aunt to niece. We cry victim to victim. We cry survivor to survivor.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“I love you so much, baby. I don't deserve to touch you until you know for a fact that I'm touching you because I love you and for no other reason.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“You’re attracted to me?â€� “Oh, God,â€� I groan. “That’s the last thing you need for your ego.â€� “That’s probably true,â€� he laughs. “Better hurry up and insult me before my ego gets as big as yours.â€� “You need a hair cut,â€� I blurt out. “Really bad. It gets in your eyes and you squint and you’re constantly moving it out of the way like you’re Justin Bieber and it’s really distracting.”
― Hopeless
― Hopeless
“Aren't you in my Science class?" Shayna/Shayla asks.
"English," I correct her.
She shoots me a condescending look. "I did speak English," she says defensively. "I said, 'aren't you in my Science class?'"
Oh, holy hell. Maybe I don't want to be that blonde.
"No," I say. "I meant English as in 'I'm not in your Science class, I'm in your English class'.”
― Hopeless
"English," I correct her.
She shoots me a condescending look. "I did speak English," she says defensively. "I said, 'aren't you in my Science class?'"
Oh, holy hell. Maybe I don't want to be that blonde.
"No," I say. "I meant English as in 'I'm not in your Science class, I'm in your English class'.”
― Hopeless
“Sky, if you’re asking me to stop, I will. But I’m hoping you’re not, because I really don’t want to stop, so please.â€� He pulls back and looks down into my eyes, still barely moving his body against mine. His eyes are full of ache and worry and he’s breathless when he speaks. “We won’t go any further than this, I promise. But please don’t ask me to stop where we already are. I need to watch you and I need to hear you because the fact that I know you’re actually feeling this right now is so fucking amazing. You feel incredible and this feels incredible and please. Justâ€� please.”
― Hopeless
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Reading Progress
January 7, 2013
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January 20, 2013
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Started Reading
January 20, 2013
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"Aren't you in my Science class?"Shayna/Shayla asks.
"English" I correct her.
She shoots me a condescending look. "I did speak English" she says defensively. "I said, 'aren't you in my Science class?'"
Oh, holy hell. Maybe I don't want to be that blonde."
"Aren't you in my Science class?"Shayna/Shayla asks.
"English" I correct her.
She shoots me a condescending look. "I did speak English" she says defensively. "I said, 'aren't you in my Science class?'"
Oh, holy hell. Maybe I don't want to be that blonde."
January 22, 2013
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Finished Reading
March 18, 2013
– Shelved as:
contemporary-romance
March 18, 2013
– Shelved as:
abuse-mental-disorder-neglect
March 18, 2013
– Shelved as:
favorites
March 18, 2013
– Shelved as:
youngadult-newadult
June 16, 2013
– Shelved as:
hiding-big-secret
July 14, 2013
– Shelved as:
stand-alone
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Jun 23, 2013 02:03AM
Wow, you really LOVED this one, lol! Lovely review, I'm sold! Please tell me we get a happy ending?? I just saw there's a second book coming out soon!
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I did :) This is a stand alone, the second book is the same story from Holder's POV, the hero :) And wow... he is SO awesome. You really NEED to meet him. Well, every single character Colleen creates is awesome, but Holder will always own a little piece of my heart *.*
