diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/StyleSerializer.java b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/StyleSerializer.java
index 4f74b0161..5f692cb69 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/StyleSerializer.java
+++ b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/StyleSerializer.java
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ public Style read(final JsonReader in) throws IOException {
             if (hoverEventObject.has(HOVER_EVENT_CONTENTS)) {
               final @Nullable JsonElement rawValue = hoverEventObject.get(HOVER_EVENT_CONTENTS);
               final Class<?> actionType = action.type();
-              if (SerializerFactory.COMPONENT_TYPE.isAssignableFrom(actionType)) {
+              if (isNullOrEmpty(rawValue)) {
+                value = null;
+              } else if (SerializerFactory.COMPONENT_TYPE.isAssignableFrom(actionType)) {
                 value = this.gson.fromJson(rawValue, SerializerFactory.COMPONENT_TYPE);
               } else if (SerializerFactory.SHOW_ITEM_TYPE.isAssignableFrom(actionType)) {
                 value = this.gson.fromJson(rawValue, SerializerFactory.SHOW_ITEM_TYPE);
@@ -157,8 +159,13 @@ public Style read(final JsonReader in) throws IOException {
                 value = null;
               }
             } else if (hoverEventObject.has(HOVER_EVENT_VALUE)) {
-              final Component rawValue = this.gson.fromJson(hoverEventObject.get(HOVER_EVENT_VALUE), SerializerFactory.COMPONENT_TYPE);
-              value = this.legacyHoverEventContents(action, rawValue);
+              final JsonElement element = hoverEventObject.get(HOVER_EVENT_VALUE);
+              if (isNullOrEmpty(element)) {
+                value = null;
+              } else {
+                final Component rawValue = this.gson.fromJson(element, SerializerFactory.COMPONENT_TYPE);
+                value = this.legacyHoverEventContents(action, rawValue);
+              }
             } else {
               value = null;
             }
@@ -177,6 +184,10 @@ public Style read(final JsonReader in) throws IOException {
     return style.build();
   }
 
+  private static boolean isNullOrEmpty(final @Nullable JsonElement element) {
+    return element == null || element.isJsonNull() || (element.isJsonArray() && element.getAsJsonArray().size() == 0) || (element.isJsonObject() && element.getAsJsonObject().size() == 0);
+  }
+
   private boolean readBoolean(final JsonReader in) throws IOException {
     final JsonToken peek = in.peek();
     if (peek == JsonToken.BOOLEAN) {
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonComponentSerializerTest.java b/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonComponentSerializerTest.java
index 7cad7c7c4..db6f1416c 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonComponentSerializerTest.java
+++ b/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonComponentSerializerTest.java
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ void testDeserializeJsonNull() {
     assertEquals("Don't know how to turn null into a Component", ex.getMessage());
   }
 
+  // https://github.com/KyoriPowered/adventure/issues/414
+  @Test
+  void testSkipInvalidHoverEvent() {
+    final String input = "{\"text\": \"hello\", \"hoverEvent\":{\"action\":\"show_text\",\"value\":[]}}";
+    final Component expected = Component.text("hello");
+    assertEquals(expected, GsonComponentSerializer.gson().deserialize(input));
+  }
+
   private static String name(final NamedTextColor color) {
     return NamedTextColor.NAMES.key(color);
   }