I hate reviewing CoHo books cause they are amazing and they always have a twist you don't want someone who hasn't read it yet to find out about! The surprise is always the best part! 
 So like all others, Colleen's debut novel, Slammed is just as mysterious in it's approach. Layken meets Will, there's an instant connection there, and alas something gets in the way, things become, complicated and painful. Feelings get hurt, secrets come out and in the end everything becomes unravelled at the seams. 
 I LOVE this book so much and it affected me DEEPLY. Because of this deep connection, the book destroyed me. I cried for hours (no joke, HOURS) What a bittersweet ending to endure!! If I would have known at the time of reading this, the actual theme of this book, I would have avoided it for a little bit longer so my emotions could handle the fallout. It was too fresh, too personal, too close to my own heartache. 
 BUT alas, I didn't wait, cause I didn't know and I read it and it was beautiful and it hurt so much but it was also therapeutic. I'm glad I read it when I did. It was a reminder of what I'd gone through and what I lost. It was a reminder to "PUT THE EMPHASIS ON LIFE" and that's what I've been doing every day since I've read those words... 
 And Now that I know what a Slam is... I want to SLAM!