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A review by belle13
Hopeless by Elsie Silver
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Amount of spice: š„š„š„
Explicitness: š¶ļøš¶ļøš¶ļø
Tropes/Themes:
ā¤ Fake Engagement
ā¤ Small Town Romance
ā¤ Fun Family Dynamics
ā¤ Age Gap
ā¤ No Third Act Break Up (In my opinion)
I stand by what I said all of these books need to be at LEAST 100 pages shorter. I really enjoyed this one but like every other Elsie Silver book Iāve read, it just didnāt quite hit the spot, potentially with the exception of Summer and Rhett who are still my faves. The family dynamics as usual, were great, it was a super easy read and the fake engagement trope always hooks me in. It does have a slightly different vibe to the previous books and was probably most similar to Powerless in my opinion.
I thought it started really well and I liked their dynamic and back and forth but as I read on Bailey began to feel a little juvenile and it made the age gap feel a little icky. It was also so clear that Elsie has clearly done very minimal research on PTSD before writing this because I donāt think Iāve ever seen a psychiatrist prescribe good sex as a treatment for PTSD. I did enjoy the spice more in this book than the previous books. It feels like Elsie got more and more tame with the spice in each book and I kind of liked that (Iām a vanilla gal).
Also, the whole bar thing at the end was so unnecessary. There was absolutely no reason he had to be the one owning the bar and it was too obvious this was thrown in at the end for some conflict
I would recommend this if you love a small town, cutesy, heartwarming romance and a fake engagement trope.
Explicitness: š¶ļøš¶ļøš¶ļø
Tropes/Themes:
ā¤ Fake Engagement
ā¤ Small Town Romance
ā¤ Fun Family Dynamics
ā¤ Age Gap
ā¤ No Third Act Break Up (In my opinion)
I stand by what I said all of these books need to be at LEAST 100 pages shorter. I really enjoyed this one but like every other Elsie Silver book Iāve read, it just didnāt quite hit the spot, potentially with the exception of Summer and Rhett who are still my faves. The family dynamics as usual, were great, it was a super easy read and the fake engagement trope always hooks me in. It does have a slightly different vibe to the previous books and was probably most similar to Powerless in my opinion.
I thought it started really well and I liked their dynamic and back and forth but as I read on Bailey began to feel a little juvenile and it made the age gap feel a little icky. It was also so clear that Elsie has clearly done very minimal research on PTSD before writing this because I donāt think Iāve ever seen a psychiatrist prescribe good sex as a treatment for PTSD. I did enjoy the spice more in this book than the previous books. It feels like Elsie got more and more tame with the spice in each book and I kind of liked that (Iām a vanilla gal).
I would recommend this if you love a small town, cutesy, heartwarming romance and a fake engagement trope.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: War