True by Erin McCarthy

True
Erin McCarthy

True by Erin McCarthy
Rating: ★★★★☆
Editore
PENGUIN GROUP
InterMix
ISBN 9781101623152
Prezzo $ 3.99 ebook
Pagine 240
Uscita 7 may 2013
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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…

review
Finished this morning at 4 a.m.
I don’t know what was the reason which forced me to read the book non-stop til the end. I have to admit the plot is a little bit obvious… but the main characters catched my mind completely.
Tyler, hard but so fragile…and also soo hot!

Firm. That’s what I imagined he would look like. For a guy, that was an awesome word, with several positive implications. But for a girl, unless he was talking about your ass, not so much of a compliment

Rory, who knows her incapacity to relate with other people (she’s a complete nerd and, during the text, she is related to Vulcan people from Star Trek because she’s incapable to think as others usually do XD) but she learns how to see inside herself, how to accept her flaws and grow much stronger and confident with herself and her relations, whatever they were of friendship or love.

I sobbed, for the little girl I had been, who had never understood why I didn’t just fit in, and for the realization that I never would. That my life was meant to be walked alone, with a thin plastic barrier pulled taut between me and everyone else, my thoughts never capable of runnin parallel with the majority of human beings.
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Because I was standing there, and for the first time, really, I felt like I was of worth, of value, to someone. I was comforting him and that made me feel important.

I also loved the tenderness that Tyler showed so openly for his family. It is refreshing and so hopeful.
I think that obvious sometimes, when you are in the right mood, is not so wrong after all ;).

Being a loner was ultimately selfish, and if you never gave of yourself, you never got in return. The risk of being hurt was higher when you put yourself out there, but it was worth it.

In short, I’m really glad to have read this novel and I have to thank netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity.

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Finito questa mattina alle 4.
Non so veramente cosa mi abbia incollato alle pagine a quel modo, non sono riuscita a staccarmene finchè non sono arrivata all’ultima riga.
Devo ammettere che la trama non è particolarmente originale, ma comunque i protagonisti hanno saputo catturarmi fin da subito e non sono più riuscita e seguire altri che loro. Dovevo assolutamente sapere cosa sarebbe successo di lì a poco…e ogni riga mi ha trascinato sempre più avanti.
Tyler è forte, tatuato e ben provvisto di muscoli. Ma è anche estremamente fragile.
Rory, che sa bene di essere incapace di relazionarsi con le altre persone su un piano paritario (è una nerd fatta e finita, con una mentalità analitica che le impedisce di apprezzare anche la più grossolana sfumatura di un qualsiasi testo letteraio -viene perfino accomunata ad un Vulcaniano di Star Trek per far capire quanto sia incapace di pensare come altri della sua età normalmente fanno-), durante il romanzo la vediamo scrutare dentro di sè, capirsi sempre più e accettarsi…difetti e pregi. Crescere sempre più forte e fiduciosa, di sè e delle relazioni che instaura, che siano di amicizia oppure amore.
E’ stato anche veramente tenero seguire Tyler e scoprire del suo rapporto con i fratelli, la sua unica e Vera famiglia. Sentimenti di una freschezza e speranza infiniti.
Penso quindi che l’ovvio -e non così tanto originale- alle volte, quando si è nel giusto stato d’animo, non sia poi così male tutto sommato.

Sono molto contenta di aver avuto la possibilità di leggere questo romanzo, è stato un dolcissimo intramezzo. 😉

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