I'm a Colleen Hoover fan. A HUGE Colleen Hoover fan. Goodness, I've met the women twice and both times I was ridiculous and I'll flustered over characters that ARE NOT REAL. (I gave her quite a bit of grief over naming Will - of Slammed - Will. That's my brother's name. Way to ruin it!) Losing Hope is yet another book I'll probably reread until the book dies. 
 Losing Hope is Holder's story, explaining everything he went through during Hopeless and significantly more. His erratic behavior was better explained, his disappearances, his feelings, and I feel as though I know his character now. A strong voice is always good and Holder read loud and clear. So during those times in Hopeless when we didn't see him - like after his freak out in the cafeteria - we now know where he went and his reasoning behind everything; why he grew close to Breckin and why Daniel always seemed to have his back. He always had such a mysterious aspect in the first one (which is so true of bad boys in high school), but from his point of view, he's a normal guy - he digs girls, he's moody, and he gets in trouble with his parents. 
 However, what I loved about Hopeless that I didn't care for in Losing Hope was that the sex always seemed to matter. If the point is to explain they had sex, just say they had sex. There was so much of it in Losing Hope that it really felt more like smut. I'll say the first sex scene between him and Amy made sense. This is, at the core, a book about grief and then rebirth. In a moment of vulnerability, they did something borderline stupid. And even some of the scenes between him and Sky were important. Yet, near the end, the multiple sex scenes just were too much. I think it was a bit gratuitous. 
 Despite the flaws, I was affected by this book. I may have cried a bit. I fell in love with Holder all over again. More so than with other point-of-view books, I was glad a lot of the dialogue wasn't recycled. Hoover skipped over spots where we already knew what was said. She gave us a brief summary to tell us where we are at, and proceeded to move on to the next topic with Holder. It made sense and ultimately made me like the book better. 
 As always, I love Colleen Hoover's work and can't wait to read more.