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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
When I first started reading Slammed, I had intended on reading a chapter or two before going to bed… I ended up reading 60%. Oops.
At first, Slammed made me cringe. Layken and Will have a very strong attraction to each other. They moved way too fast for me after their first date. Too much instalove. The family dynamics in this book are amazing though.
At first, Slammed made me cringe. Layken and Will have a very strong attraction to each other. They moved way too fast for me after their first date. Too much instalove. The family dynamics in this book are amazing though.
This book was so amazing. It was such a beautiful story about love and loss and finding yourself. Yup. I cried. a couple of times. Gotta love a good healthy cry.And anyone else shocked to find out that Will= Mr. Cooper. yikes!
So this is an easy read. A love story, a story about life. Not necessarily the best novel I’ve read, but fine enough to keep going and finishing it
Minus two stars because it wasn't what I was expecting. Plus one star because I finished it. And plus two stars because it's nice to see some love for the avett brothers.
This author was recommended to me by a friend and fellow book-club attender, so this particular book was just the first one I grabbed off the shelf.
I liked the book overall,
I thought that the main character Lake was actually portrayed pretty realistically. She thought of herself (just turned 18) as pretty grown up, and declares that she can act as such to both Will and to her mother. But then she also is constantly jumping to conclusions and stomping around in a hissy fit and is slamming doors in a teenager fashion left and right. So she wasn't particularly mature, and I felt didn't deserve to have the relationship with Will.
Will, at 21, is very mature after having to suddenly take over the responsibility of raising his younger brother after his parents have died. I didn't see why these two were so attracted to each other. Will was a bit goofy during their first date, but there was a familiarity between the characters that I thought was too convenient, I wanted there to be more hesitancy and delicious tingles, not 'felt comfy, like we'd been doing this for years'. However, most of Will's personality disappears after this first date. He is obviously concerned about losing his job and how their relationship may affect his parenting his brother, but at every moment he is this generically perfect guy. He always seems to do the responsible thing and say just the right line. I guess he has these "lapses in judgement" and makes out with Lake (still don't understand why he would like her) and does punch that guy Javi supposedly from jealousy, but overall I was more rolling my eyes at Will's too-perfect-ness and the fact that he was a big tease.
I didn't feel that Lake's dad needed to be dead, other than to set up that they would be orphaned by the end, and that I guess that was a "reason" for Lake to be close to her own brother, and to have something in common with Will.
Also, this was in the general adult fiction section and was in no way marked New Adult or YA, so I was expecting more than kisses. It wasn't weird that there wasn't more physical stuff considering how new the relationship was and then the constraints, but it did feel a tiny bit like punches were being pulled.
For me, the relationship on Pretty Little Liars between Ezra and Aria was much better, though actually illegal and had higher stakes because Ezra was an actual teacher not just a student teacher. Anyway, I get why Ezra and Aria connect and their chemistry seemed better, and they seemed to work together and talk to try to make things work, unlike Lake and Will who just were like "No" "why not? (whiny)" "because job and brother".
The poetry was interesting to read, and I enjoyed it but didn't love it. It felt like the most real and probably best written bits.
I had a nice time reading this book, thought it was entertaining despite some of the flaws. I think I will try some more of Colleen Hoover.
I liked the book overall,
Spoiler
I thought that the main character Lake was actually portrayed pretty realistically. She thought of herself (just turned 18) as pretty grown up, and declares that she can act as such to both Will and to her mother. But then she also is constantly jumping to conclusions and stomping around in a hissy fit and is slamming doors in a teenager fashion left and right. So she wasn't particularly mature, and I felt didn't deserve to have the relationship with Will.
Will, at 21, is very mature after having to suddenly take over the responsibility of raising his younger brother after his parents have died. I didn't see why these two were so attracted to each other. Will was a bit goofy during their first date, but there was a familiarity between the characters that I thought was too convenient, I wanted there to be more hesitancy and delicious tingles, not 'felt comfy, like we'd been doing this for years'. However, most of Will's personality disappears after this first date. He is obviously concerned about losing his job and how their relationship may affect his parenting his brother, but at every moment he is this generically perfect guy. He always seems to do the responsible thing and say just the right line. I guess he has these "lapses in judgement" and makes out with Lake (still don't understand why he would like her) and does punch that guy Javi supposedly from jealousy, but overall I was more rolling my eyes at Will's too-perfect-ness and the fact that he was a big tease.
I didn't feel that Lake's dad needed to be dead, other than to set up that they would be orphaned by the end, and that I guess that was a "reason" for Lake to be close to her own brother, and to have something in common with Will.
Also, this was in the general adult fiction section and was in no way marked New Adult or YA, so I was expecting more than kisses. It wasn't weird that there wasn't more physical stuff considering how new the relationship was and then the constraints, but it did feel a tiny bit like punches were being pulled.
For me, the relationship on Pretty Little Liars between Ezra and Aria was much better, though actually illegal and had higher stakes because Ezra was an actual teacher not just a student teacher. Anyway, I get why Ezra and Aria connect and their chemistry seemed better, and they seemed to work together and talk to try to make things work, unlike Lake and Will who just were like "No" "why not? (whiny)" "because job and brother".
The poetry was interesting to read, and I enjoyed it but didn't love it. It felt like the most real and probably best written bits.
I had a nice time reading this book, thought it was entertaining despite some of the flaws. I think I will try some more of Colleen Hoover.
Ahh like all CoHo books this wasn’t a deep read but it was easy and entertaining. I knew that after reading ACOTAR I would need to read something quick and easy because it was so hard to let go of all the characters after ACOSF and this book was just right. A bit of a forbidden romance, lots of tension, likable characters some sadness and an entertaining read w a happy ending. I believe this was CoHo’s debut novel and it’s less spicy than some of her later novels but I enjoyed it.
fast-paced