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About the Author
Colleen Hoover is the author of five New York Times bestselling novels. Her first series was published in 2012 and includes SLAMMED, POINT OF RETREAT and the companion novel THIS GIRL. Her second series, published in 2013, includes the #1 NYT's bestseller HOPELESS and the companion novel, LOSING HOPE. She has released a free novella, FINDING CINDERELLA, as a thank you to her readers for their continued support. The novella is a companion to her Hopeless series, but can be read as a standalone.
You can follow Colleen on Instagram @colleenhoover if you want to watch her pointless, random videos. You can also follow her on TWITTER, but she rarely tweets anything worth following. You can also find her on her blog at colleenhoover.com or on her very active Facebook page at facebook.com/authorcolleenhoover where she loves to give away free stuff when her husband isn't looking.
You can follow Colleen on Instagram @colleenhoover if you want to watch her pointless, random videos. You can also follow her on TWITTER, but she rarely tweets anything worth following. You can also find her on her blog at colleenhoover.com or on her very active Facebook page at facebook.com/authorcolleenhoover where she loves to give away free stuff when her husband isn't looking.
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Colleen Hoover's love for writing began in 1985 when she was five years old. Her first story was titled "Mystery Bob" and was a huge hit with her mother, who was really good at faking interest.
Colleen continued to write short stories for friends and family until December of 2011, when she decided to write a long story she titled, "Slammed." She self-published SLAMMED to Amazon in January, 2012 and it hit the NYT's bestsellers list in May, 2012. She has since signed with Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, and now has six NYT's bestsellers. Colleen prefers to be called a writer, as the term "author" still terrifies her and makes this feel like a job with expectations. She doesn't work well under pressure and hopes writing will always remain fun and exciting.
Colleen's newest novel, UGLY LOVE, releases August 5th, 2014. She is currently working on a new novel, CONFESS, which she is writing as fast as she can before she wakes up from this crazy dream.
You can follow Colleen on Instagram and Twitter @colleenhoover. You can also find her on her blog at www.colleenhoover.com where she holds a daily book-a-day giveaway, or on her very active Facebook page at www.facebook.com/authorcolleenhoover where she loves to give away more free stuff when her husband isn't looking.
Colleen also wants the world to know that writing short biographies in third person is incredibly awkward.
Colleen continued to write short stories for friends and family until December of 2011, when she decided to write a long story she titled, "Slammed." She self-published SLAMMED to Amazon in January, 2012 and it hit the NYT's bestsellers list in May, 2012. She has since signed with Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, and now has six NYT's bestsellers. Colleen prefers to be called a writer, as the term "author" still terrifies her and makes this feel like a job with expectations. She doesn't work well under pressure and hopes writing will always remain fun and exciting.
Colleen's newest novel, UGLY LOVE, releases August 5th, 2014. She is currently working on a new novel, CONFESS, which she is writing as fast as she can before she wakes up from this crazy dream.
You can follow Colleen on Instagram and Twitter @colleenhoover. You can also find her on her blog at www.colleenhoover.com where she holds a daily book-a-day giveaway, or on her very active Facebook page at www.facebook.com/authorcolleenhoover where she loves to give away more free stuff when her husband isn't looking.
Colleen also wants the world to know that writing short biographies in third person is incredibly awkward.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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on April 30, 2013
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I ADORED This Girl! It was so much more than I had anticipated it being!
After reading Slammed and Point of Retreat I was happy with the HEA Will and Lake were given, finding out about This Girl was just icing on the cake to this amazing series. After reading This Girl, I realized that it was a perfect HEA and ending to a perfect series. Colleen Hoover has written another exceptional book that flowed flawlessly between the past and the present and back. Even though the past was somewhat retelling Slammed and how they fell in love it felt like an entirely new story through Will's eyes. There were so many things and feelings Will went through that we weren't privy to in Slammed and there were several things that shocked me! Then when in the present, Will and Lake were adorable. I love them as a couple and knowing they have a HEA after everything they have been through makes me so happy!
Colleen Hoover knows how to write a good, no, a phenomenal book. I loved everything about This Girl and the emotions I went through. Now, I'm just sad it's over. I'm going to miss Will, Lake and the gang and the amazing slams.
After reading Slammed and Point of Retreat I was happy with the HEA Will and Lake were given, finding out about This Girl was just icing on the cake to this amazing series. After reading This Girl, I realized that it was a perfect HEA and ending to a perfect series. Colleen Hoover has written another exceptional book that flowed flawlessly between the past and the present and back. Even though the past was somewhat retelling Slammed and how they fell in love it felt like an entirely new story through Will's eyes. There were so many things and feelings Will went through that we weren't privy to in Slammed and there were several things that shocked me! Then when in the present, Will and Lake were adorable. I love them as a couple and knowing they have a HEA after everything they have been through makes me so happy!
Colleen Hoover knows how to write a good, no, a phenomenal book. I loved everything about This Girl and the emotions I went through. Now, I'm just sad it's over. I'm going to miss Will, Lake and the gang and the amazing slams.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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"This Girl," is the latest installment of the bestselling Shammed series YA set of stories. They offer the readers a story of love and heartache combined with some excellent poetry.
Will Cooper is a high school student teacher caring for his younger brother since their parents untimely deaths. With the added responsibility of caring for his younger brother, Will has doubled up on his courses to get his teaching certificate sooner. He's also fighting off depression due to his parents deaths and that his girlfriend moved out because she didn't want partial care of Will's brother.
The novel is played out at a liesurly pace as a new neighbor moves across the street. This family is a mother, a son the age of Will's brother and a young woman who Will is immediately attracted to.
Will asks the young lady out on a date and brings her to a poetry slam where he recites one of his poems.
Everything is going well until he sees the girl at his school and signing up for his class. He knows of the inappropriateness of a teacher and student relationship so he must choose a course of action.
This is a very enjoyable novel, told from Will's point of view. The characters are well presented and the plotting well done.
Will Cooper is a high school student teacher caring for his younger brother since their parents untimely deaths. With the added responsibility of caring for his younger brother, Will has doubled up on his courses to get his teaching certificate sooner. He's also fighting off depression due to his parents deaths and that his girlfriend moved out because she didn't want partial care of Will's brother.
The novel is played out at a liesurly pace as a new neighbor moves across the street. This family is a mother, a son the age of Will's brother and a young woman who Will is immediately attracted to.
Will asks the young lady out on a date and brings her to a poetry slam where he recites one of his poems.
Everything is going well until he sees the girl at his school and signing up for his class. He knows of the inappropriateness of a teacher and student relationship so he must choose a course of action.
This is a very enjoyable novel, told from Will's point of view. The characters are well presented and the plotting well done.
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28 of 35 people found the following review helpful
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THIS IS ME SHOUTING FROM THE ROOFTOPS!!!!!!
THIS. BOOK. IS. PHENOMENAL.
I'm laughing. I'm crying. I'm shaking.
It was perfect. Every single line was perfect.
Beautiful. Heartbreak. Breathtaking.
Unputdownable.
Pure. butterflying. gold.
6 HUGE STARS!!!
Books like this are the reason why I love reading.
Colleen Hoover has outdone herself. She managed to take a story that we love and retell it from the hero's POV while still making every single word of it feel new, fresh and powerful.
Yes, technically it's a retelling of Slammed from Will's POV but there is SO much more. There are new scenes, added story lines, and even a epilogue that is guaranteed to make your heart squeeze. Not one word of it felt repetitive.
Reading this book was like taking a beautiful walk down memory lane. It's been over a year since I read Slammed and Point of Retreat. Those two books are one of the reasons I started blogging. Slammed was actually the first book ever that inspired me to write anything about it. At the time, it was only a small review paragraph where I tried to convey my love for the story but it was something. The depth to which those books hit me was unlike any other book I'd read at that point. I "felt" the story with every single part of my heart and soul.
But before starting This Girl, I didn't have time to reread either of them and I wondered if I'd be able to connect to it as strongly as I did to the first two. But can I just say that barely 10 lines into the book, every, single emotion that the original books had instilled in me came flooding back. My heart clenched. My throat closed up. I was right back there. Right. There.Read more ›
THIS. BOOK. IS. PHENOMENAL.
I'm laughing. I'm crying. I'm shaking.
It was perfect. Every single line was perfect.
Beautiful. Heartbreak. Breathtaking.
Unputdownable.
Pure. butterflying. gold.
6 HUGE STARS!!!
Books like this are the reason why I love reading.
Colleen Hoover has outdone herself. She managed to take a story that we love and retell it from the hero's POV while still making every single word of it feel new, fresh and powerful.
Yes, technically it's a retelling of Slammed from Will's POV but there is SO much more. There are new scenes, added story lines, and even a epilogue that is guaranteed to make your heart squeeze. Not one word of it felt repetitive.
Reading this book was like taking a beautiful walk down memory lane. It's been over a year since I read Slammed and Point of Retreat. Those two books are one of the reasons I started blogging. Slammed was actually the first book ever that inspired me to write anything about it. At the time, it was only a small review paragraph where I tried to convey my love for the story but it was something. The depth to which those books hit me was unlike any other book I'd read at that point. I "felt" the story with every single part of my heart and soul.
But before starting This Girl, I didn't have time to reread either of them and I wondered if I'd be able to connect to it as strongly as I did to the first two. But can I just say that barely 10 lines into the book, every, single emotion that the original books had instilled in me came flooding back. My heart clenched. My throat closed up. I was right back there. Right. There.Read more ›
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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When I discovered we were to be treated to Will's side of 'Slammed', I was delighted yet at the back of my mind there was a tiny pocket of hesitancy at the thought of a repeated story. Yes it is a retelling of 'Slammed' and I purposefully chose not re-read it beforehand as I wanted that feeling of remembering the little things you tend to forget. Whilst we know how Will and Lake's journey ended, I devoured this as if I was clueless to the story. It is quite simply its own book and Colleen Hoover has done an outstanding job in keeping the story fresh and full of every possible emotion.
I love getting into the head of a male character and discovering their thoughts, feelings, hopes and fears as well a greater insight into them as a character. As much as I thought I knew Will, there is so much we were never privy to; his confiding moments with Julia, his friendship with Gavin and just how deep his inner turmoil ran. 'This Girl' reinforces what an exceptional man he is and I fell in love with him all over again.
Will and Lake's situation over all 3 books has been heartwarming, heartbreaking, filled with happiness, sadness, frustration and humour. I felt their joy and their pain and I laughed and I fought the tears. Their brothers deserve a special mention as those little boys brought many of the uplifting moments, from laughing at their innocent comments through to the touching nature of their unconditional love for each other, Will and Lake and not forgetting their resilience against the loss of their parents.
Whilst I am sad to have finished this wonderful series, the final chapters and the epilogue did it a serious justice and finished the story beautifully. I have no doubt that Colleen Hoover will treat us to more gems in the future and irrespective of your age (I'm mid 30's) 'Slammed', 'Point of Retreat' and 'This Girl' are unmissable reads.
Two words to sum up...Butterflying Superb.
I love getting into the head of a male character and discovering their thoughts, feelings, hopes and fears as well a greater insight into them as a character. As much as I thought I knew Will, there is so much we were never privy to; his confiding moments with Julia, his friendship with Gavin and just how deep his inner turmoil ran. 'This Girl' reinforces what an exceptional man he is and I fell in love with him all over again.
Will and Lake's situation over all 3 books has been heartwarming, heartbreaking, filled with happiness, sadness, frustration and humour. I felt their joy and their pain and I laughed and I fought the tears. Their brothers deserve a special mention as those little boys brought many of the uplifting moments, from laughing at their innocent comments through to the touching nature of their unconditional love for each other, Will and Lake and not forgetting their resilience against the loss of their parents.
Whilst I am sad to have finished this wonderful series, the final chapters and the epilogue did it a serious justice and finished the story beautifully. I have no doubt that Colleen Hoover will treat us to more gems in the future and irrespective of your age (I'm mid 30's) 'Slammed', 'Point of Retreat' and 'This Girl' are unmissable reads.
Two words to sum up...Butterflying Superb.
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