I really really liked Slammed. 
 Point of Retreat didn't do it for me unfortunately. There were a couple of places where I was just ...huh? Will particularly seems to have lost his voice a little bit and there were several scenes that just didn't feel like him at all(calling a 12yo pathetic etc, laughing at the abusive note, punching someone in the face...) I also thought the accident was contrived and didnt add anything to the storyline except to follow the same formula of angst-upon-angst that was used in Slammed. It was Ok but I much preferred the first book which just felt more original and unique - the poetry I loved so much in Slammed didn't feature as much, or as well. It was Ok but IMO Slammed is much better.