Review of 'Hopeless (Hopeless, #1)' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Enjoyable enough, although I kept getting the feeling that there should have been a flashing neon light now and then flashing "MESSAGE"... But, hey... fiction.
Basically, the first half is kinda cute as the relationship develops. Then it's all: "This horrible thing happened and this is a good way to deal with it" x lots.
Gosh... um... but I did like it. I did. I didn't like Sky much to start with - she's pretty blunt, and I'm not - but she grew on me. But Holder was cute in the "sexy book boyfriend" way that is so popular these days.
I wonder if this tendency for stalkerish book boyfriends says something about girls wanting guys to actually take an interest in them as people, rather than playing their computer games and fixing their cars and only coming in when they want someone to cook them some eggs or warm them at night... In real life, all this interest in the girl might be freaky, but I suspect it's a cry for, not so much help but, something more...
Oh. And the title is on the cover several times... I didn't need it drummed into me quite so obviously within the book. But, hey, that's just me.