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- Content warnings: Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse (referenced), Childhood trauma, Death, Depression, Grief, Suicidal ideation, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Trauma, Kidnapping, Sexual content
Losing Hope
Book 2 in Hopeless
You'll experience a cathartic emotional release through characters who find hope and connection after devastating trauma.
Goodreads 4.1/5 274,711 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length321 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- He falls first
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- High
- Closed door / fade to black
- Cathartic release
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Hurt/comfort
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- The angst delivered
- Secretly soft
- Mutual pining
- Tension / anticipation
- Book hangover incoming
- Possessive alpha
- Push and pull
- Tension
- Beautiful grief
- Only one who understands them
- Earned hope
Fantasy promise
- New adult
- Hidden identity
- Small town / village
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Second chance
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- Hidden past revealed
- First love
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Heartbreaking
- Emotional
- Devastating
- Survivor
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- Angsty
- Conversational
- Innocent / sheltered
- Earnest
- Intense
- Raw
- Hopeful
- Dramatic
- Dark
- Introspective
- Cathartic
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 321 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book