Regretting You

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Samson and Beyah have nothing in common on the surface. She comes from a life of poverty and neglect; he comes from a family of wealth and privilege. Other than that major pain in the butt, I liked Clara and Miller’s relationship the most. Even if Clara’s actions were absolutely agitating most of the time, her character and Miller’s had the most depth in my opinion. For her fan base, Hoover has also made available a novella for free called Finding Cinderella. How unusual for an author to provide a “thank you “ to their fans for continued support. This is the beauty of internet marketing and social media. Even tough Finding Cinderella is a sequel of sorts, it can stand alone too as its own work. Hopeless Eighteen-year-old Layken has moved to a new town after she lost her father. She’s just trying to keep it all together for herself and her family.

Good CH story. One of the character voices (Morgan) sounds very computer generated - becomes very annoying to listen to her part of the story Read moreThe only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris—Morgan’s husband, Clara’s father, and the family anchor. The day I found out I was pregnant, I stopped living life for myself. I think it's time I figure out who I was meant to become before I started living my life for everyone else." Reading Regretting You gave me the highest appreciation for the author’s skill. The way she put all the pieces together, was incredibly well done. I was completely unprepared for the turns this book took. And was totally floored by all the emotions and touching moments throughout the story. Beyah’s plan is to keep her head down and let the summer slip by seamlessly, but her new neighbor Samson throws a wrench in that plan.

The title, Slammed, is a reference to poetry readings which are called “Slammings” at coffee houses and cafes where they are featured. In this story we meet Layken, an 18 year old forced into the new setting of small town Michigan after being raised in Texas.Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn't want to follow in her mother's footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn't have a spontaneous bone in her body.

Over time and amidst the various relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, they continue to meet on the same date every year. UPDATE: my re-read was as good as the first time. If you haven't read this book yet, I can only recommend it!! So many feelings!!! Wow, this story is incredible. I will admit, after discovering this book is YA (or at least has a POV from a sixteen year old character) I was trying to lower my expectations, because I haven’t been a huge fan of Colleen’s past YA books. But this book is exceptional. if anything, focusing on two different romances is what bothered me (if i can even consider it bothersome - which i probably cant). i really appreciate both them. i actually wish she had written two separate books and given each pairing their own story, just so i could have that much extra time with them. but i understand how each character connects and i think the story does benefit from it. Clara manipulates Miller (the guy she's in love with) to sleep with him (cringy dialogues and sex scenes alert!) when she comes to know of her mother's affair with Jonah. And that too around the time of funeral of both her dad and aunt.So there is a lot going on BUT instead of reading something adult I thought it read more like an intense immature teenage storyline. The only reason I hesitate to give this a full five stars is because I wasn’t super obsessed with the YA romance in this book, I never really am when it comes to YA romance for some reason so that’s probably just a me thing, but I was 100% here for the adult romance happening in this book. This book also really hit me emotionally and I cried a few times. This book described grief in such a raw and honest real way it hurt my heart to read at times. I think Miller’s grandpa is my favorite character in the book, he’s just so awesome. I love Jonah so much, he was so freaking swoon worthy and kind and selfless. I adored all the scenes with him and Elija, and I love the way he stepped up and patented him considering the circumstances. I wasn’t a huge fan of the romance between Clara and Miller, they were cute but forgettable. I do like though that she wants to be an actress and he wants to be a director, that’s cute! I kind of wish we found out more about Chris and Jenny and when it all began and how it happened - but I guess I can appreciate the real ness of never finding out about it like Morgan is never able to find out about it... but the curious part of me is dying to know!!! When their hour is up and the girl rushes off like Cinderella, Daniel tries to convince himself that what happened between them only seemed perfect because they werepretendingit was perfect.