As an avid reader, I have become used to the highs and lows of emotion in my books. With that said it is very difficult to spark an emotion dark enough to make me cry, but Perfectly Hopeless reaches deep enough to touch that nerve. As I was blubbering I was shocked to realize this story have affected me so deeply. This was a terrible story about young love and loss. I was so caught up in the romance between Maven and Henri that I was blindsided we he began showing symptoms of being sick. Maven nor Henri really acknowledge the future they were desperate to live for today, and enjoy every minute. It is tragic that a young couple could find what many will search for for a lifetime; only to have it yanked back so quickly. Life can be so unfair, and this is an example of that reality when a simple dance and a scuffle with an ex-boyfriend would be the weight between life and death. This story will leave readers speechless, and overcome by the grief felt from within these pages.

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