Slammed (Slammed, #1) in The Indie Bookshelf

Mar 31, 2012 Anne OK rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2013-reads

Why or why did I wait so long to begin the “Slammed” trilogy? Colleen Hoover’s “Hopeless” stole my heart and I was on pins and needles awaiting the second installment. So why didn’t I fill in the time with more Hoover spectaculars? I’ve been told time and again that I’m missing something wonderful by not pushing these to the top of the TBR stack. The only flimsy excuse I can honestly come up with is that sometimes my stubbornness and need for variety gets in the way of some of the best times to ...more

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Apr 13, 2012 Megan • Reading Books Like a Boss (book blog) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Oh my freaking Lordy!! This book had be sobbing like a baby and smiling at the same time. When a book puts you on a rollercoaster of emotion, you know it's a good book. Lake's first "Slam" experience made me cry, and I was only 20 or so pages in. I WAS HOOKED, or should I say SLAMMED? The big reveal in the beginning had me floored. I sure didn't see that one coming. I LOVE the romantic tension throughout the WHOLE book.

The poems...oh the poems...all of the poems were amazing. I could almost hea ...more

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Apr 02, 2012 Maureen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, blog-recommendations, read-2012, series-favs

I could not put this book down. I started it yesterday and stayed up half the night to finish it. I did scratch my head early on when the two main characters didn’t discuss certain pertinent details about their lives. Well that little oversight sets the stage for the conflict of the story that swept me away. Don’t you just love when a book completely sucks you in? I can’t remember the last time a book made me laugh and cry but this one had the tears streaming. Talk about cathartic! The character ...more

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Jun 26, 2012 Tina Peacock (Formerly -Bookcrack) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

The original review is posted at http://www.bookcrack.com

The highest praise I can bestow upon Slammed and #2 in the series Point of Retreat (paperback/Kindle) is that they left me with the same kind of jaw dropping awe, passion and sense of complete reader satisfaction that I've only felt with two other contemporary books so far in 2012: John Green's The Fault in Our Stars (which had me choking back tears and hugging myself on an airplane) and Rachel Cohn & David Levithan's Dash & Lily's Book of ...more

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May 05, 2012 Melissa Brown rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites-shelf

This is one of the best books I have read in a very long time. I was touched by the characters....I felt their tension, their grief, their infatuation....it was a wonderful read. Also, the poetry in this book was truly incredible. Ms. Hoover is so talented..both as a novelist and as a poet....all of the poems in the book moved me....I was so impressed!! Will read this again and again....and am also starting book 2 immediately!

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May 05, 2012 Darcie rated it it was amazing

Yup...I did it, I gave it five stars!! I loved this book!! I really enjoyed the writing and I love that Colleen Hoover really incorporated the Slam poetry into it. It was very emotional and you could really connect with the characters.

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Jul 28, 2012 Laura rated it it was amazing

Another roller-coaster. I swear all these ladies are trying to prove that my heart is
not really an icicle frozen in my chest. Well, here it is-- warm and beating and...

Yeah, I still feel all the feelings.

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Sep 06, 2012 PJ rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, 2012-books-i-ve-read, romance-young-adult

3.5 stars

Sweet romance, full of heartache, and some choice laughs.

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May 16, 2012 Amy Morrison rated it it was amazing

WOW!! I had this book on my TBR shelf for a long time, but kept dragging my feet to read it. I am so mad that I waited so long. This was an AMAZING book! Layken and Will were perfection. I will definitely read the other books in this series.

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