Geek girl meets geek star. It's a match made in geek heaven.

While not as strong as Tiffany Snow's 'Corrupted Hearts' novels, this book is fulll of charming haracters and excellent writing. I am hoping to see more of these same characters in future books. There are unfinished backstories that I want to read. Cressida needs that yummy bodyguard perhaps, and what happened with Rachel? Inquiring minds want to know.

A cute, light read with the potential for many follow-up books. Overall, I enjoyed this story, although I must admit that I didn't connect with the characters, particularly Hailey, as much as I would have liked. I would have liked to know more of what Hailey and Jake were thinking and feeling along the way, and I felt like maybe I was missing something with their backstories. I know there was a first book in this series, so maybe it covered the sisters' backstory, but since it wasn't about the three of them, I'm not sure. Maybe I've gotten spoiled by reading too many first-person POV books; this one is in third person, and I felt a disconnect, I think, as a result. The story itself is very interesting and well developed, however. Also, this book has a lot of secondary characters that I found really interesting, so much so that I'll be eager to read their stories. I'm hoping for follow-up books for Simon, Miles, Rachel, and Cressida.

This cute romance between two well developed main characters kept the reader entertained as they managed to find a bit of themselves with each other, while figure out their own priorities too.

<i>His gut was telling him to trust her. Of course, that might be his dick. They were in adjacent neighbourhoods, after all, and sometimes his dick was louder.</i>

As a fan of Yardley's earlier installments in the <i>Fandom Hearts</i> series I was <b>super</b> excited to finally see more books in this world being released. Especially when I saw the synopsis. I love that there are more and more contemporaries being set not only around nerds, geeks and fandom but <i>in</i> the fandom, at conventions, experiencing all the good, the bad, the crazy, the weird, all of it. From the obsessions to the cosplay to the slash to the cancellations.

"<i>Those crazy videos of you dancing so horribly? They went viral!</i>"
"<b>Of course they did.</b>"

ONE TRUE PAIRING goes a step further and adds in a 'famous dude and non-celebrity' <b>and</b> the fake dating trope. It's basically a hodge podge of all the things I love. And watching the earnest and genuine star and the defensive, hardworking, ballbusting waitress slash blackjack dealer slash ex-grifter who happens to look like a goth-rockabilly-pin up collide? Well, I mean, hello. I'm so here for it.

<i>She worked two jobs. She looked like Rosie the Riveter in a street gang. Who was this Hailey woman?</i>

And it really was great. Funny, sweet, sexy, and with quite an emotional backbone to the backstory.. not just Hailey's but Jake's, too, which was unexpected. I actually felt his own truth-telling reveals to be completely out of left field. In a good way; it explained a lot about his attitude. As for Hailey and her sisters, I so felt for them, the struggle to stay in the black, keep their business afloat, all while dodging their myriad of angst and emotional hangups. It was so endearing yet also frustrating to watch Hailey use them as a bit of a crutch but the lightbulb moment was well earned.

"<i>You're not a bad actress, you know that?</i>"
"<b>I'm a terrible actress. But I'm a hell of a liar.</b>"

I did kind of feel the big climax of the story was a little.. overblown.. but at the same time I understand that it's supposed to be. I won't spoil it, of course, and there were so other things I didn't see coming, but I definitely loved the beginning to middle of ONE TRUE PAIRING more than the wrap-up.

<i>Because of course getting this on YouTube is more important than calling the cops. It'd be funny if she wasn't right in the middle of it.</i>

That said I'll definitely be reading on. Yardley has set this world up with many more opportunities for more stories (Simon for sure, will Miles be getting one, too? and the sisters!) and with a variety of interesting and fun characters I'm looking forward to them all.

3.5 "I don't believe in instalove in books, movies, and certainly not in my own damned personal life" stars