Hoover writes with description that captivates her readers and doesn’t let go. They struggle to find balance between the feelings that pull them together.Īdd to this an important secret that threatens to keep them apart. More drama ensues and their relationship is slammed to a sudden halt. The neighbor is also her poetry teacher and he attends slam poetry readings. In her new home she makes new friends and meets an attractive neighbor. Her father has died tragically and she is losing hope. In this story we meet Layken, an 18 year old forced into the new setting of small town Michigan after being raised in Texas. The title, Slammed, is a reference to poetry readings which are called “Slammings” at coffee houses and cafes where they are featured. She takes the perspective that falling in love can be a lot like falling into poetry.

In her debut novel, Colleen Hoover jumps in with an emotion-packed romantic story that captures all the confusion and titillation of first love, from a teen girl’s perspective. Her plots and characters have immense appeal among young women readers, and she sets her characters in modern day situations of friendship, new relationships, first love, and heartbreak. Like most modern working women, she balances her work, her marriage, her two young sons and still finds joy in writing and promoting her own creations.Īs all good writers realize, she writes what she knows – family, friendship, change, and especially love. BackgroundĪs an independent American author from Texas, Colleen Hoover came to writing as a hobby, but still something she felt compelled to do. She was one of the first to be picked up by a large publishing house for her first book entitled Slammed. One of the most successful self- published authors is Colleen Hoover. The success of some self-published authors has turned some heads in the industry.

These are indicators of trends and have led to a new category for publishers to consider, that of young adult romance fiction. The agents of large publishing houses are starting to take a closer look at self-publishing sales.

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