Without Merit

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It also at times felt like I was reading a play in terms of how the scenes and dialogue were delivered between the characters. And we are the audience watching this play unfold. This book at its heart is a family trying to work out its issues, and come out the other side hopefully in a good way. This Colleen Hoover series revolves around the lives of Sky Davis and Dean Holder. It explores themes of love, trauma, and uncovering dark family secrets. Hopeless and Losing Hope tell the story from both Sky and Holder’s perspectives, offering a deeply emotional and interconnected narrative that delves into their pasts and their journey towards healing and love. Hopeless (2012) With an almost immediate connection too intense for them to continue denying, Beyah and Samson agree to stay in the shallow end of a summer fling. What Beyah doesn’t realize is that a rip current is coming, and it’s about to drag her heart out to sea. Layla (2020) If BookTok is doing its job right, you’ve heard of Colleen Hoover many, many times over. The bestselling author is the reigning queen of the young adult romance genre, with hits like Verity and It Ends With Us. The latter is currently being adapted into a feature film starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni—but production is currently on hold due to the writer’s strike. Solidarity, hooray! Normally when I read a CoHo book my Kindle is filled with highlights and notes, but for Without Merit, I only have two. It may not be two because one of them is a popular one that was made to standout so I don’t know if that even counts.

I love that every character had a purpose, and every character had a hand in helping Merit to start her journey in treating her depression. I love that these secrets she keeps, and watching her confront them, isn't glossed over. That each one is hard, and painful, and we see her work through them anyways. I love that she isn't miraculously "cured" in the end... but truly starting her journey with the help of a professional. First, I want everyone to know that this is not a romance novel, just in case you thought it would be. There’s a touch of romance, but nothing swoon worthy. That wasn’t a problem for me – I just had to adjust my mindset, but that only took me ten minutes, max. It’s more of a story about acceptance and understanding – finding yourself, so to speak. Just like many other Colleen Hoover books, there is an important message written in the words. This book would have served Colleen Hoover to write several. It is the first time I see that in the same book be treaten so many problems and psychological and psychiatric diseases. It's too much. Or as a friend of mine says "a lot with too much". For her fan base, Hoover has also made available a novella for free called Finding Cinderella. How unusual for an author to provide a “thank you “ to their fans for continued support. This is the beauty of internet marketing and social media. Even tough Finding Cinderella is a sequel of sorts, it can stand alone too as its own work. HopelessMerit is a very unique and refreshing character. She is struggling with sadness and trying to fill a "void" that she can't quite figure out. Merit is a character that is very relatable to many of us. We all struggle with hard times, we have crazy and dysfunctional family members that we want to punch in the face at times, and live with the general ups/downs of life. I buddy read this book with my girl Quinn and overall we have fairly similar thoughts. Granted we generally like the same things, I just felt like this tidbit should be mentioned. Lastly, Wolfgang surprisingly was female and left behind two beautiful puppies after her death for the Voss family to raise. Merit dice que vive en una casa y no en un hogar. Y esto es correcto. Viven juntos en esa casa de locos, pero nadie, y en especial los adultos, están pendientes de los menores. Solo se ven en la cena y no es una reunión amena. Todo lo contrario, es el momento ideal para reclamarse unos a los otros.

And while people are saying Without Merit is not really a romance, I'd actually disagree. It may have a plot outside of the romance, unlike some of Hoover's earlier books, but it is still very romantic. A lot of the story feels centred around the romantic tensions between Merit and Sagan. I didn't like either of them. Sagan mansplains everything to Merit, coddles her against her wishes by saying he won't make out with her for her own good (ugh), and then even says this which I think is supposed to be sweet: One day, a hot dude called Sagan kisses Merit unexpectedly. She reciprocates, but soon realises she has been mistaken for her twin and that she has just kissed Honor's boyfriend. To make matters worse, she can't stop thinking about him. And worse than that-- shortly after, Honor moves Sagan into the Voss household. Merit admits that Honor has a propensity for dating boys who are terminally ill and assumes she is dating Sagan for that reason. The two part ways.Colleen Hoover predominantly writes contemporary romance aimed at both adults and young adults. However, Verity is a much darker read and would be classified as a thriller.