Book Review May 16
This Girl (Slammed #3)
by: Colleen Hoover
★ ★ ★ ★ 4 Stars
In This Girl, Will tells the story of their complicated relationship from his point of view. Their future rests on how well they deal with the past in this final installment of the beloved Slammed series.
*ARC received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*
This Girl
isn’t your average retelling. Oh no, Colleen Hoover is far too magical for
that. Instead it reminded me of those reality TV reunion shows where the entire
cast gets together and watches snippets from the past season. This
Girl features Lake and Will on their honeymoon while she asks him to
relive their time together since meeting. The mixture of the past and present
was amazing and I became a junkie needing more and more, especially of them in
the present... on said honeymoon, need I say more!! You can only imagine what
Will was really thinking in Slammed and Point of Retreat. Now that we get to
relive it through his eyes, nothing compares.
“I’ve already got your future, now I
want to get to know your past.”-Lake
I swear I spent most
time swooning over Will all over again and making myself put down the book
after each chapter because I never wanted it to end. He leaves nothing out. All their moments from
good to bad are hashed out through Will’s eyes and you will love him more…
Words alone are not
enough to convey the beauty and awesomeness that is This
Girl. You think you know what to expect going in but there is nothing
to compare to Will Cooper and being inside his brain.
One of the best
things about the book was the return of so many great characters like Lakes mom
Julia who still manages to leave some star advice years into their marriage. No
surprise their, that woman is like a hovering angel. The kids really helped
make Slammed and POR so special so even the little bit they were in the story
made it more wonderful. When you hear how Kel tried to warn Will from dating
Lake because of her selfish coffee habits and leaving her bras in his car I wanted
to reach out and hug him. Also there was Gavin and Eddie as well as Kiersten’s
ever-famous butterflying influence.
This Girl
is all about Will’s falling in love with ‘This Girl,’
Layken. Nothing can compare to watching Will fall in love with His Girl and see
how hard their entire situation was on him when he often times had to be the
adult, when that was nowhere near what he wanted to do. Even greater was how close he became with
Julia before even beginning a relationship with Lake. She may not have wanted to
confide in him when she did but in the long run it helped Julia understand how
much Will would be able to help Lake when the inevitable happened as well as
give her someone ‘outside’ to talk to.
This Girl
had it’s How I Met Your Mother feel where I could definitely see them sitting
down with their kids and rehashing their tumultuous relationship with Kel and
Caulder making sarcastic comments the whole time.
I’ll admit sometimes
the insta-love stories bother me because nothing seems real, but with the
entire Slammed series nothing feels more right. The
connection Will and Lake share is not something that they can easily rush into,
even though they wish they could. First his job gets in the way then its life
stirring things up. In the end, after dealing with all this drama, the two are
finally able to BE and all the time apart just proves how
perfect and right they are together. The insta-love for these two was a lot
like a spark that rather than dying out, continued to sizzle and flame until
the heat is too much for either to resist.
The main thing that
kept them separated was obviously Will’s job and at times even his behavior
shadows him as a more adult man than his age portrays. Watching Will wish he
had her name to look up her FB relationship status just proved what a genuine
sweet guy he is.
What I really love
about this book is how beautiful their love is. And believable too. Just think,
if most couples sat down and hashed things out the way these two do from the
beginning, there would be a lot less secrets and a lot more happy couples. I
honestly don’t know how Layken doesn’t melt into a puddle as Will lays out his
feelings and memories. It helps that now
since they are married there are a few more Adult moments that occur if you
catch my drift…
What I really hated
about this book was seeing Will’s ex Vaughn through his eyes and how she
literally crushed him. It’s really shocking that he was even with someone like
her at all. But in the long run she did him a favor and he really lucked out. Reading
about her betrayal brought on murderous thoughts because how could anyone be so
cruel to Will Cooper. And seeing what
both Lake and Will have to go through, with losing family and having to grow up
so fast it makes you appreciate the moment and live in the now much more.
One of my favorite parts was the Christening “Our
Driveway” scene. It was almost too cute how Will was all sentimental and Lake was just ready to go inside.
I must give props to Colleen Hoover because her writing is
just magical. It’s like driving on the road to Awesome town all the while
giving my butterflies butterflying butterflies lol…
Best overall thing about This Girl was
the epilogue. I will give nothing away but let’s just say it ends with a bang
and a slam, no pun intended…
This Girl was simply Mmm, mmm Good, a
balm for the senses.
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