Why You'll Love This
CoHo gives Will's side of the story — and it reframes everything you thought you knew about Slammed.
- Great if you want: to revisit a love story from the other perspective
- The experience: nostalgic and emotionally tender — best read right after book one
- The writing: Hoover's dual-timeline structure rewards readers already invested in these characters
- Skip if: you haven't read Slammed — this book assumes you have
About This Book
Layken and Will's love story has already played out — but in This Girl, it gets told again, this time from Will's perspective, and that shift changes everything. What looked like certainty from Layken's side turns out to be something far more complicated: a man quietly carrying impossible choices, buried fears, and feelings he had no right to act on. Revisiting those same pivotal moments through his eyes reframes the entire relationship, and the emotional weight lands completely differently the second time around.
What makes this book work is how Hoover structures the retelling — not as a simple gender-swap replay, but as a genuine excavation of interiority. Will's voice reveals texture and conflict that the first two books could only hint at, and Hoover's signature style of tight, emotionally direct prose keeps the pages moving even when readers already know where the story ends. For anyone who finished Slammed and Point of Retreat wanting more access to Will's inner world, this is exactly that — a close, unhurried look at a character who earned it.
