
When he returns, he is no longer the boy she once knew. Tate and Jared were best friends for years - inseparable until the summer before they began high school when Jared spent those months at his dad’s house. What I discovered was a beautiful story that gave Hoover a run for her money. I was intrigued when I realized the vote was close, so I knew I’d have to give this book a try. Privately, I’ve dubbed Hoover “The Queen of New Adult Fiction.”Ī couple of weeks ago, I was surfing around Facebook and came upon a fan voting site which pitted Hoover’s Hopeless against a title I’d never encountered: Bully by Penelope Douglas. Since then, I’ve read scores of “New Adult” novels but Hoover’s Hopeless has remained at the top of my list of favorites. I fell in love with the characters and the story, and it opened up a whole new world of writing style for me that I didn’t know existed.


It was the first title I’d ever read in the new category dubbed as “New Adult.” It was a cross between Young Adult Fiction, with characters in their late teens, and Adult Fiction because it included themes that were a bit too intense for the under-18 crowd. A couple of years ago I read a book by Colleen Hoover entitled Hopeless.
