True (True Believers, #1) in Some Like It Hot!

Apr 24, 2013 Tee loves Kyle Jacobson rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2013-new-book-release, 2013-must-read, may-2013

I have to say that this book really took me by surprise. I have read a lot of NA books and I love them. I love the feel of almost adulthood but still laced by indecision. This is a weird age to be in when you are alone at college and your needs and wants collide and you find yourself making decisions you never thought you would.

In True we meet Rory and Tyler. Rory comes from a middle class family and goes to college. She has never had a boyfriend and is still a virgin. She and her two best frien I have to say that this book really took me by surprise. I have read a lot of NA books and I love them. I love the feel of almost adulthood but still laced by indecision. This is a weird age to be in when you are alone at college and your needs and wants collide and you find yourself making decisions you never thought you would.

In True we meet Rory and Tyler. Rory comes from a middle class family and goes to college. She has never had a boyfriend and is still a virgin. She and her two best friends hang out all the time and go over to their other friends house to drink and Rory is always left out in the living room watching TV while her friends hook up with guys. Then one night she is sitting in the living room hanging out with this guy wishing he would kiss her but when he does kiss her he gets a little carried away and Tyler comes out and saves her.

If that is not mortifying enough her friends out her about her virginity to Tyler right before he takes her home. At first she is mortified but then Tyler and Rory get to talking and find out they have a lot in common. Rory and Tyler are both book smart, Rory in science which is where Tyler needs help and Tyler in English where Rory needs help. But as things start to look good Rory finds out that her two supposed best friends have paid Tyler 100.00 to take her virginity away. For some God forsaken reason Rory does not think bad about this because she sees a side of Tyler no one else has seen and as the two of them get closer Rory and Tyler get to know the real person inside not the person on the outside.

Tyler comes from a not so nice upbringing but he has decided he will do right by his family and he will take care of his brothers because his mother has checked out. So Tyler goes to school to be an EMT and with Rory's help he will graduate and be able to provide for his brothers. At first Tyler agrees to take the money but he can't because there is something about Rory that has drawn him in but he knows being from the wrong side of the tracks is what is going to come in the way of him being with Rory because he has real feelings for her and wants to be with her and no one else.

As things get heated up they also start to fall apart because Rory has some things in her life that complicate things and Tyler has some things that complicate his life. Will the two of them be able to come together and be a couple or will life snatch that away from them. I loved this story and the characters and I need book two like ASAP! Team TRUER and Tyler and Rory all the way! Thank you Netgalley for allowing me to read an ARC copy of this book. ...more

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Apr 29, 2013 Shelley rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary, new-adult

Rory Macintosh is smart and an excellent student, but a little inept when it comes to socializing. She’s also a virgin, and her two roommates Jessica and Kylie decide to help her out by paying one of their guy friends to take care of the problem.

Tyler Mann comes from a broken family. His mother is a druggie, and he’s struggling to make a family for his two younger brothers while studying to become an EMT.

The two hit it off, despite Rory learning of the arrangement to help her get rid of her virg ...more

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May 12, 2013 Karen rated it liked it

Shelves: fav-author, part-of-a-series, own-kindle, read-in-2013, ya-new-adult, may-2013

Review originally posted at http://teddyree-theeclecticreader.blo...

I’ll start my review by pointing out that I loved Erin McCarthy’s Fast Track series and I've had some of her other books on my wish-list for quite some time. I was really excited to get the opportunity to review her latest release True. The new New Adult genre is something I've enjoyed and want to explore more.

I generally enjoyed the story but there were a few things that just didn't sit well with me. With most romance novels I Review originally posted at http://teddyree-theeclecticreader.blo...

I’ll start my review by pointing out that I loved Erin McCarthy’s Fast Track series and I've had some of her other books on my wish-list for quite some time. I was really excited to get the opportunity to review her latest release True. The new New Adult genre is something I've enjoyed and want to explore more.

I generally enjoyed the story but there were a few things that just didn't sit well with me. With most romance novels I usually end up with another ‘book boyfriend’ to add to the long list I have going. In True, Tyler being a smoker was a turn off for me. I've read the occasional book where a character has lit up a time or two, but Tyler's a chain smoker at only 22.

Here’s a snippet of something that made me cringe - Rory has offered to cook a meal for Tyler and his two younger brothers so Tyler and Rory are grocery shopping.

When I turned back around, plastic bag of cheese slices in my hand, I saw he had added a case of beer and three packs of cigarettes to the cart.
“I’m done shopping,” he said with a grin.

Sorry to say this sort of thing made me feel like the mother I am, I wanted to lecture Tyler about the health implications of smoking so much at such a young age. I am well aware that the new NA genre is targeted at a younger reading audience so it's probably natural for me to have this reaction.

There were teenage girls bed hopping, mild use of drugs, a near rape scene (very near and not graphic) … maybe it was the combination of too much 'eww' factor ... by the end of the book instead of feeling lovey dovey, all I felt was a touch of sadness.

Something I did enjoy in True, was the relationship between Tyler and his brothers, how they look out for and care for each other, particularly with having such a difficult home life. Tyler really looks out for his younger siblings, one of whom has Downs Syndrome.

True ended very abruptly but there are more books planned for the series so I’m going to reserve judgment until after the next book before I decide if I will continue with this series. ...more

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Dec 09, 2013 Stormy rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary-romance, new-adult

I have an interesting relationship with Erin McCarthy. I like her Fast Track series, but that's pretty much where things end with her. I've tried some of her other stuff and just...didn't like it. Then there was an excerpt of True at the end of the latest Fast Track book and I have to admit...I was intrigued (which is more than I can say for the beginning of any of the other Erin McCarthy books that I've tried where I can't get more than about 30 pages in before I decide life is too short). So I ...more

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Jan 18, 2014 Christa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ebook-arc

True was a great start to a new series! McCarthy's books always resonate with me, and this was no exception. I thought her characters were wonderful, the main ones, and secondary ones also. The storyline kept my interest and melted my heart.

Rory is an innocent, studious, virgin who is headed toward a great future. Tyler is the hard living, tattooed, bad boy struggling to eke out an existence and train to be able to land a decent job. The two fall hard for one another, but have difficulties to ov ...more

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Dec 10, 2013 Lynn rated it liked it

I really enjoyed this book all the way until the end. It ended abruptly without an Epilogue which was a let down for me.

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Mar 15, 2013 Margie rated it really liked it

Shelves: arc-via-netgalley, college-romance, new-adult

3.5 stars. I liked the first half of this book a lot. The second half lost me a bit, but it was a sweet story. I am a sucker for a college romance story so I had to give this one a shot.

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