Sunday, September 23, 2012

BOOK REVIEW - Slammed

Slammed (Slammed, #1)Slammed 
by Colleen Hoover
(series: Slammed #1)
Originally published: January 2012
Published by Simon & Schuster
Romance, YA

5+ stars

If you like the genre combination of YA and Romance, this is a book you need to get. Now.

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.

Thank you so much for Simon&Schuster and Netgalley!

3 comments:

  1. This was a good book but i think point of retreat was way better. can't wait for book 3!
    Great review!

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  2. Ooh that makes me want to start reading it immediately, I have it on my Kindle! :) But other books has to come first I´m afraid.

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  3. Great review! I have this and the second one both on my Kindle. Looking forward to reading them !

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