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Slammed Paperback – 25 April 2013
Colleen Hoover (Author) See search results for this author |
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Following the unexpected death of her father, eighteen-year-old Layken becomes the rock for both her mother and younger brother. She appears resilient and tenacious, but inside, she's losing hope. Then she meets her new neighbour Will, a handsome twenty-one-year-old whose mere presence leaves her flustered and whose passion for poetry slams thrills her.
Not long after a heart-stopping first date during which each recognizes something profound and familiar in the other, they are slammed to the core when a shocking discovery brings their new relationship to a sudden halt. Daily interactions become impossibly painful as they struggle to find a balance between the feelings that pull them together and the forces that tear them apart. Only through the poetry they share are they able to speak the truth that is in their hearts and imagine a future where love is cause for celebration, not regret.
- Print length384 pages
- Print length384 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
- Publication date25 April 2013
- Dimensions19.8 x 3.1 x 13 cm
- ISBN-10147112567X
- ISBN-13978-1471125676
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- Publisher : Simon & Schuster UK (25 April 2013)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 384 pages
- ISBN-10 : 147112567X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1471125676
- Dimensions : 19.8 x 3.1 x 13 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 469 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 1 in Love Poetry (Books)
- 235 in Literary Fiction (Books)
- 351 in Contemporary Romance (Books)
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About the author

Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times and International bestselling author of multiple novels and novellas. She lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. She is the founder of The Bookworm Box, a non-profit book subscription service and bookstore in Sulphur Springs, Texas.
For more information and for a schedule of events, please visit colleenhoover.com.
To contact Colleen and her team (Her team's name is Stephanie), please email hooverink@outlook.com
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 June 2022
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The story is about Lake (Layken) who moves from Texas to Michigan with her mother and little brother. As she backs up to their new home, she does not realise what is in store for her in her new hometown. For when she gets out of that truck she meets her new neighbour, the 21-year-old guy even her mother immediately approves of. It just happens that their suddenly formed deep emotions to each other has to be pushed aside..
This book made me love it pretty much immediately when I started reading it. It was quite an emotional read, making me sigh out loud, snicker and laugh, tear up and I came pretty damn close to actually crying too. It was a beautiful story. It was so good that it is making me think that the basic 1-5 stars rating scale just doesn't cover it. So that is why it is 5+.
In young adult books with romance in them the characters have a habit of falling for each other really easily and fast. Do you know what I mean? Well this book is romance and ya. But I have to say that the story in this, I really can buy it. There is something magical happening there. I really like the little brothers of the story, and I really like the main characters self-irony. I know I must often say that a book is an easy and a quick read, so I guess I have upgrade on that as well now, this was super easy and super fast. Infact, it felt pretty effortless.
Lake and Will. I think theirs is the most intoxicating, complicated and breathtakingly beautiful story in have had the pleasure of reading. They are like magnets pulling towards each other and nothing being able to stop that pull. It seems the harder they try to ignore it, the stronger that pull becomes. It almost feels that everything around them is trying to push them together. Even though the chemistry between the pair is undeniable and it literally jumps off the page at you, there is an innocence about their love that feels, well, just epic.
Have no doubt that your heart will be completely taken over. From Lake and Will to their little brothers becoming best friends to the stories surrounding them, from their last and in the present. Colleen has such a unique and compelling way of telling a story, the way she brings everything to life makes you feel like you are living her words and the characters are living around you. I am completely in awe of the way this story made me feel.
Now for book 2...
I've discovered books that have altered my perspective, but I've never before felt as though a book was talking to me. Like every paragraph was a message
Throughout Slammed, I found myself consumed by a journey of emotions.
I fell in love with Will Cooper,
I was left longing to hug Kel and Caulder, the two nine year old boys who found friendship that made them a family,
I wanted a best friend like Eddie, who had a birthday that made me cry.
But most of all my heart went out to Layken and everything she had to face. The strength she showed, was awe-inspiring.
I love everything about this book, it was in-tune with my emotions, the poetry was beautiful and something I found myself reading over and over.
The truth is, it feels like this book delivered me a lesson, because sometimes you read a book that doesn't just speak to you but it comes into your life at a time when you need it the most.
I needed Slammed, I needed to see that my life is my 'real'
I cannot thank Colleen Hoover enough, for her words, this story, the characters, I needed them all!
It SLAMMED into my heart and that's where it will stay!
I read a book called Slammed
It spoke to the heart and made me see, books can speak so much truth to me.
It was breaking and honest, desperately sad but I can honestly say I love this book bad.
Its story was beautiful, its words so deep.
The characters, the poetry, they all made me weep.
Tears, hurt, love and loss.
Death, anger, frustrations and fears.
Slammed my feelings into the wall, wiped my eyes, closed the book.
Emotions!

By Mrs Fields on 3 June 2022

RATING 4 Stars