Book Review: Finding Cinderella (Hopeless #2.5) by Colleen Hoover

Dear Colleen Hoover: you are frickin amazing! I have not yet read one of your books that I did not love.

In Hopeless and Losing Hope, we get a few glimpses at Holden's best friend Daniel and Sky's best friend Six. While I honestly never gave much thought to Six, I loved Daniel and his sense of humor. So I was really looking forward to their story. Finding Cinderella is a novella about the journey of Daniel and Six from an anonymous school closet encounter to friendship and love. When they officially meet one year after their rendezvous, they don't understand how they can feel such an intense connection so quickly. They are so good together and I loved their back and forth banter. Daniel is absolutely hilarious, as is his family that we meet. When they finally figure out who the other is, there are some heartbreaking moments and painful truths revealed. I wanted nothing more for them to work it out and get the happily ever after they deserve.

Book Review: Losing Hope (Hopeless #2) by Colleen Hoover

Wow. Just. Wow. This has to be one of the best sequels I have ever read. Colleen Hoover writes some very intense, emotion filled books and Hopeless (book 1) was amazing. So I honestly did not think it could get any better. Boy, was I wrong. Although I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised since her entire Slammed series was awesome.

So Losing Hope is pretty much the retelling of Hopeless but from Dean Holder's point of view. It starts off about a year before Dean and Sky met and we learn about what happened to his sister Leslie plus the events leading up to him being sent away for a year. Although we already know the plot and what happens with these teenagers, that doesn't make it any less emotional. If possible, I think it is even more so. Reading the events through Dean's eyes makes you realize just how lost and hurt he is after losing the two most important people in his life. The letters he continues to write to his deceased sister broke my heart. And his love for Sky/Hope is just... I don't know how to describe it. It's just special.