What should I read after Hopeless?

If you liked Hopeless, try Binding 13 (Chloe Walsh), The Selection (Kiera Cass) and The Host (Stephenie Meyer).

Hopeless by Colleen Hoover: what it’s like, who it’s for

Name: Hopeless
Author: Colleen Hoover
ISBN: 9781301949823

Romance Young adult Contemporary fiction

A girl who has never been kissed meets a boy who insists her first one should mean something.

Feels like longing and hope. About love, identity and family.

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He wants her first kiss to be a decision, not an accident.

Sky, I’m not kissing you tonight but believe me when I tell you, I’ve never wanted to kiss a girl more. So stop thinking I’m not attracted to you because you have no idea just how much I am. You can hold my hand, you can run your fingers through my hair, you can straddle me while I feed you spaghetti, but you are not getting kissed tonight. And probably not tomorrow, either. I need this. I need to know for sure that you’re feeling every single thing that I’m feeling the moment my lips touch yours. Because I want your first kiss to be the best first kiss in the history of first kisses.

Excerpt from Hopeless, Colleen Hoover 2012. Quoted for discovery. Source Rights & removals

Colleen Hoover.Before she wrote bestsellers, Hoover worked as a social worker; she self-published her first novels and built a following through online reader communities.

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All the Bright Places

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A music student who hides her own songwriting listens every night to the guitarist across the courtyard — until he catches her watching.

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Questions readers ask

What is Hopeless like?: Feels like longing and hope. About love, identity and family.
What should I read after Hopeless?: If you liked Hopeless, try Binding 13 (Chloe Walsh), The Selection (Kiera Cass) and The Host (Stephenie Meyer).

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The last thing a person says before sleep takes them.
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Binding 13 · Chloe Walsh
A blessing for love that doubles as a warning.
I hope you find someone you can’t live without.I really do. And I hope you never have to know what it’s like to have to try and live without them.
The Selection · Kiera Cass
A body built for one heart, learning to carry two.
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The Host · Stephenie Meyer
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