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What hurt her was that I was so willing to take that from Lake after only two weeks of dating. Julia was fairly reasonable and knew it would happen at some point. She wasn’t upset about the fact that her eighteen-year-old daughter almost had sex. She made Lake get on the pill and made me look her in the eyes and give her my word. Julia sat us down together and made us swear we would wait at least a year. I apologized probably a million times in those two weeks. She grounded Lake and wouldn’t let me see her for two weeks. We weren’t having sex, but we would have eventually if Julia hadn’t walked in when she did.

We started making out on the couch, and one thing led to another, neither of us willing to stop it. Lake and I came back to my place after a movie. It was just two weeks after we started officially dating, and Caulder was spending the night at Kel’s house. You see, before Layken’s mother died, they made her a promise.īefore Julia passed away, we made the mistake of taking things too far, too soon-a crucial mistake on my part. The first-no sex for a year-is absolutely absurd.

Will Will’s evil ex-girlfriend destroy their happiness? *eye roll*.

Will they ever actually have sex? *eye roll*.

In Point of Retreat, Will and Layken find themselves embroiled in even more drama, but the core of the story is two-fold: Despite my reservations about Slammed, I was intrigued about where Hoover would take these characters as they tackled their new independence, responsibilities and burgeoning relationship. Frankly, I was surprised to learn that there was a sequel, since the original novel ties up most of the loose ends and put the characters on a path toward happiness, despite the challenges they faced in the first novel. Point of Retreat picks up where Slammed left off. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same for its wholly unnecessary sequel, Point of Retreat.

Despite that Colleen Hoover’s Slammed was a frustrating read, there was a part of me that found it strangely readable and enjoyable.