Let’s make this drive interesting.” He winks at me and relaxes further into his seat. He takes a deep breath and slowly exhales, almost like I’ve asked the wrong thing. I try to think of something to say to break the silence, so I ask him about his family. We both finish our sandwiches, and I put the trash back in the bag and place it in the backseat. They go out on one date-a pretty strange date-that includes homemade sandwiches, little personal information exchanged and a visit to a slam poetry event. Naturally, she meets the 21-year old hottie across the street, Will, immediately after she pulls the moving truck into the driveway. Slammed begins with high school senior Layken (yes, there are weird names in this book, and yes, Layken sometimes goes by “Lake”) moving from Texas to Michigan with her mother and brother, following the sudden death of her father. Once Atria (a Simon & Schuster imprint who’s seemingly buying every popular self-published novel) purchased Slammed and reissued it, my curiosity resurfaced. However, I tend to shy away from self-published books* unless they’re by an author I’m familiar with or it’s a book that’s been recommended by a reader whose taste I trust. I was curious about Colleen Hoover’s Slammed after I saw Tammara Webber (whose book Easy, I very much enjoyed) raving about it and then it subsequently landed on the ebook bestseller list.
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