I got a big picture overview of where they ended up and some of the biggest impact events that got them to that point but having not read the first two books I was missing the day to day occurrences that propel a story from start to finish. Coming into the series at this point means that none of the information was repetitive to me which was a good thing but it also means I didn’t quite have the full picture which I didn’t have a problem with until the random appearance of a brand new character in the last chapter whom I have no idea how fits into the story or who she is. The present gives us a look at the point they have come to in their lives with Will’s recollections giving us an added depth to the events of the past. This Girl alternates between present and past with Layken questioning him in the present about things they went through in the past, which then gives us the opportunity to see those events through Will’s eyes.

That isn’t really the way it played out though.

Part of me was expecting that this would be like a retelling of the first two books from the other side of the story. I enjoyed this book and found it to be quite a quick and easy read but because This Girl is the first I have read in the series I did find it a little hard to get my head around.įrom what I can gather both Slammed and Point of Retreat are told from Layken’s point of view and This Girl is from Will’s. It completes the story of Will and Layken which began in Slammed and continued in Point of Retreat. This Girl is the third and final installment of the Slammed Series by Colleen Hoover.

Point of retreat review