Slammed - Colleen Hoover

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When choosing this book I was in the mood for a light contemporary type romance. I am honest when I say the first couple of chapters had me rolling my eyes and I was very close to putting the book down. I didn’t want to read a book where the boy and girl fall in love after 2 days, but as soon as she introduced the twist of Will being Layken’s teacher I thought, okay this can work.

Slammed follows Layken and Will, Layken is a senior in high school whose mother moves them to a new town, on their arrival Layken’s little brother Kel and Will’s brother Caulder becomes best friends instantly. When Will and Layken meet the attraction was immediate and they go on their first date to a club that has a slam night. Will and Layken spend every waking moment together, the two fall in love with each other.

Until Layken walks into her poetry class on Monday and find out that Will is her teacher. They realise that as Will is Caulder’s guardian and needs the work he cannot lose his job because of their attraction and they decide that it would be for the best if they don’t see each other socially anymore. Of course through the course of the book they can’t keep away from each other and their love grows more.

The book is full of twists and turns and I wasn’t bored for a second, couldn’t put it down once Hoover hooked me. It was also a relatively quick read. The students’ poetry was written beautifully and there was definitely an abundance of Chuck Norris jokes. The character development was phenomenal and I cried for Eddie when she shared her poem that revealed her story, my heart broke for Layken when she discovered her mother’s secret.