But the absolute end did put a smile on my face.I'm sad to be saying this, but I do wish I hadn't read Point of Retreat. The last quarter of the book still had its fair share of drama and ridiculous 'unfortunate events' (I say ridiculous just because there were so many).

I do have to admit that the end of Point of Retreat made me smile. and over what? Nothing! Some stupid idea that he might not love her in some alternate hypothetical universe. I actually feel really sorry for Will because of all the crap Layken made him go through.

I could have gotten over it if that was one minor concern in the book, but that was the entire central conflict.

I told him that and we both agreed it would be absurd to even think/worry about that.The whole thing was so immature and so childish. It's like me crying and yelling at my boyfriend because I'm afraid he wouldn't have loved me if we first met in person instead of online. Well my opinion is: who cares? Why spend so much time worrying about what would have been, if that's not the case? Will obviously loves Layken right now, and that should be all that matters. She's afraid that if neither of their parents had died, Will wouldn't love her. If their circumstances were completely different, would they have still fallen in love? Layken is concerned that Will only loves her because they both experienced similar traumas. So how do I know that you would really be here if our circumstances were different? If our parents were alive and we didn't have Kel and Caulder, how do you know you would even love me?'-Layken in Point of Retreat The whole conflict is really just one big 'what if' game. Your heart is too good for that, you would never do that to me. 'How do you know? How do you really know? You couldn't leave me now if you wanted to. The whole story basically came down to this: This happened again in Point of Retreat, and caused me to really dislike the main conflict in the story. And then there was Layken.In my review of Slammed, I talked about how Layken was an immature, annoying teenager when she got mad. In fact, there were so many bad things that it felt a little unrealistic. I feel like every possible bad thing that could have happened, did happen. Throughout the entire book I felt like I was constantly rolling my eyes or thinking 'Really?' Point of Retreat is so over dramatic. But I really wish I had just stopped there and savoured my good memories. Booknook - Young Adult book reviewsIf you read my review of Slammed, you'll know that I quite enjoyed the book.

Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover