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A review by dembury
Slammed by Colleen Hoover
4.0
This is the first book I've read by Colleen Hoover, mostly due to the fact that I hardly ever read romance/heavily romantice books. But I'm attempting to branch out and read new things, and in regards to romance, I think "Slammed" was a great place for me to begin.
Hoover has a writing style here that is both familar but fresh- she combines tropes (and yes, a few cliches) with well-crafted phrases and imagery. Even though Lake says things such as, "I'm not like other girls" (ugh), I really enjoyed other aspects of the characters voices, like when Lake declares she's not ready to "stop carving pumpkins" (she wants to stay in the happy times and not think of the sadness ahead - this will make sense when you read the book!)
Also, I loved seeing slam poetry in a novel. I can't think of any other novel that has incorporated it, so the poetry just made "Slammed" all the more enjoyable. There probably could have been even more poetry included, but what was there was definitley good!
The main reasons I'm not giving it a full five stars are because of the aforementioned cliches, and the lack of solid character development. As much as I loved the relationship between Lake and Will, I don't think enough growth happened between them, as with Will individually. Lake showed quite a bit of growth, and I really enjoyed the family relationships she had. The mother/daughter growth was excellent, but with this being primarily a romance novel, I think there should have been more character development on Will's behalf.
It's a solid 4/5 stars for me - now I just need to decide which Colleen Hoover novel to read next!
Hoover has a writing style here that is both familar but fresh- she combines tropes (and yes, a few cliches) with well-crafted phrases and imagery. Even though Lake says things such as, "I'm not like other girls" (ugh), I really enjoyed other aspects of the characters voices, like when Lake declares she's not ready to "stop carving pumpkins" (she wants to stay in the happy times and not think of the sadness ahead - this will make sense when you read the book!)
Also, I loved seeing slam poetry in a novel. I can't think of any other novel that has incorporated it, so the poetry just made "Slammed" all the more enjoyable. There probably could have been even more poetry included, but what was there was definitley good!
The main reasons I'm not giving it a full five stars are because of the aforementioned cliches, and the lack of solid character development. As much as I loved the relationship between Lake and Will, I don't think enough growth happened between them, as with Will individually. Lake showed quite a bit of growth, and I really enjoyed the family relationships she had. The mother/daughter growth was excellent, but with this being primarily a romance novel, I think there should have been more character development on Will's behalf.
It's a solid 4/5 stars for me - now I just need to decide which Colleen Hoover novel to read next!