The blurb as seen on Goodreads:
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Publisher: InterMix
238 Pages
When Rory Macintosh’s roommates find out that their studious and shy friend has never been with a guy, they decide that, as an act of kindness they’ll help her lose her virginity by hiring confident, tattooed bad boy Tyler Mann to do the job…unbeknownst to Rory.
Tyler knows he’s not good enough for Rory. She’s smart, doctor smart, while he’s barely scraping by at his EMT program, hoping to pull his younger brothers out of the hell their druggy mother has left them in. But he can’t resist taking up her roommates on an opportunity to get to know her better. There’s something about her honesty that keeps him coming back when he knows he shouldn’t…
Torn between common sense and desire, the two find themselves caught up in a passionate relationship. But when Tyler’s broken family threatens to destroy his future, and hers, Rory will need to decide whether to cut her ties to his risky world or follow her heart, no matter what the cost…
Release Date: May 7, 2013Publisher: InterMix
238 Pages
When Rory Macintosh’s roommates find out that their studious and shy friend has never been with a guy, they decide that, as an act of kindness they’ll help her lose her virginity by hiring confident, tattooed bad boy Tyler Mann to do the job…unbeknownst to Rory.
Tyler knows he’s not good enough for Rory. She’s smart, doctor smart, while he’s barely scraping by at his EMT program, hoping to pull his younger brothers out of the hell their druggy mother has left them in. But he can’t resist taking up her roommates on an opportunity to get to know her better. There’s something about her honesty that keeps him coming back when he knows he shouldn’t…
Torn between common sense and desire, the two find themselves caught up in a passionate relationship. But when Tyler’s broken family threatens to destroy his future, and hers, Rory will need to decide whether to cut her ties to his risky world or follow her heart, no matter what the cost…
This was an all right book for me. There were parts that I really liked and parts that I didn't care so much for. True follows the story of Rory, nerdy college girl virgin who gets set up by her roommates with "bad boy" Tyler. By set up, I mean her roommates pay Tyler to take her virginity. In their delusional minds, they think this will boost Rory's confidence and give her the courage she needs to put herself out there. Since this is a contemporary romance, of course Rory and Tyler fall in love.
What I liked about this book: Tyler.
He's degignated the bad boy because he has tattoos, smokes and drinks in excess, and has casual sex. Sorry, that just sounds like a college student to me. *shrugs* Anyway...what people don't know about Tyler is that he's actually really smart. He's studying to be an EMT, he reads literature and takes care of his two younger brothers while his mother is passed out on the couch from pain meds. He hides a lot of his home life and I don't blame him. It's nobody's business, but when we do find out just how bad it really is, my respect for him grew.
The fact that he still found reasons to grin and laugh were testament to his true nature, that his desire to take care of his brothers spoke volumes about his character.
I also adored his little brothers. Jayden and Easton stole
any scene they were written into.
What I didn’t like:
Let’s start with Rory.
In the beginning, I was okay with her. She was a little neurotic for my taste,
but nothing overly obnoxious or annoying. When we are introduced to her, she’s
crushing on a guy named Grant and one of her first thoughts is of him getting a
tattoo of her name on his bicep. Umm…slow down girlfriend. Then she starts
hanging out with Tyler and I really liked the friendly banter between them.
It’s when her and Tyler start becoming more than friends that the issues
started. While I liked her interactions with his family, everything else fell
apart. Suddenly she was the most insecure person in the world. She questioned everything:
why Tyler was with her, why anyone would like her. She listened to everyone
else except the one person she should have.
Her Friends: I get that her friends wanted to help her come out of her shell, but really? Paying a guy $100 to take someone's virginity is low. Also, the fact that Rory just forgave them without any real discussion about it was a little ridiculous.
Grant: He kisses
her, tells her to pass that onto her friend, then tries to rape her. When he
comes back later in the book and tells Rory that Tyler is only with her because
she’s someone he can take car off and feel manly, she believes him. WHY WOULD
YOU LISTEN TO THIS DOUCHE?
The clichés: I
really enjoyed the beginning of the book, and then after the Thanksgiving scene
it seemed like the author went, I need more drama. And BAM! Suddenly there are
arrests, parents forbidding the relationship, the whole “I’m no good for you”
speech. Also, why must a majority of new adult books feature attempted rape?
When did this become a standard?
Overall, it was a good read despite the faults I had with it. Tyler and his family definitely kept the intrigue up there and saved this book for me.
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