This book was sugary sweet. It was all the best parts of Nashville (the TV show I mean) and every CW show set in the real world. The characters, both protags and sidekicks, were developed enough that I cared about them. The ending felt earned and both of the protags had actual growth.

This is a sweet book about love and music by Erin Hahn, which is sure to please fans of Nashville and A Star Is Born. As a Nashville native myself, I’ve been around country music my whole life (whether I wanted to be or not), so I enjoyed the industry references. To me, Annie is the star of this book.

This review will probably be updated to a longer review at another time, just wanted to get some thoughts out before I forget. It will be posted on my blog soon.

You'd be Mine is about Annie and Clay touring for a country music tour. Annie is a legacy, her parents were in the country music business and she spent most of her life trying to ignore that because she didn't want the country music life to be her downfall like it was for them. Clay showed up at her doorstep in Michigan asking her to come on tour with him and she reluctantly caved in. This book was a retelling of Johnny and June.

I liked the plot for the most part. It was hard to get into it at about 35-50 percent but it picked back up again in the end. I really liked the song Annie wrote called You'd be mine. This book has some trigger warnings for alcoholism, and suicide mentions. That type of thing isn't for me, but I still thought the writing was well done. I liked the ending of the book too.

Annie reminded me of Reese Witherspoon from Walk the Line as she should, and also Selena Gomez in A Cinderella Story when her character was battling on stage with Joey. She had the same amount of sass and spunk as she did, and I liked that she was a genuine character. I felt more of a pull for her instead of Clay in this one.

Overall, this was a well written book. The cover was cute, and I think it covered the country music lifestyle well. Thank you Netgalley for the chance to read and review this!

Rating: 4/5

I have had this book on my wish list for a few months and when I saw that NetGalley approved my request I was super excited! Honestly I loved this book! It wasn't the typical YA contemporary books that I've read.

You'd Be Mine focuses on Annie Mather, country music's sweatheart and Clay Cooliage, country music's bad boy. Clay is one strike away from his label dropping him unless he recruits Annie and her bandmates, Jason and Kacey to come on tour with him. Annie and her friends agrees to go on tour and name their band Under the Willows. I really enjoyed how the story followed them going on tour. Summer concerts are the best and I felt like I was there watching Under the Willows and Clay Cooliage perform.

So both main characters have their own issues that they are dealing with. Annie is trying desperately not to be the country music tragedy that is her parent story. While Clay is still not over the death of his brother and turns to drinking and getting into massive amounts of trouble to deal with it. Clay is a huge jerk for a good portion of the book and I really didn't like his character at all until the last 1/4 of the book. I did like Annie's character and her personality is really fun! The main character have great chemistry and I really liked how they interacted together.

Overall this books is really a great read. It focuses on facing you own personal demons and not running away from your past. And of course I enjoyed the cute summer romance.

*I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

4.5 Stars!!!

Arc generously provided by Net Galley for an honest review.

Adorable-Charming and Unputdownable! This is Hahn's debut novel and I admit, I am impressed! This was such a fun read. The characters were funny, likable and just genuine. This book made me want to wear a cowgirl hat and pull my boots out the closet.The author turned me not only into a fan of her work but of country music while reading. The whole time they were on tour and would do a show I felt like I was right there in the mix! Highly recommend to those looking for a good book that gives you all the feels!

You'd Be Mine by Erin Hahn is a contemporary young adult novel with romance and country music. A remarkable read that is realistic and relatable that is sure to tug at your heart. A lovely romantic read

If you're looking for a YA version of the television show "Nashville", You'd be Mine is for you. That's a compliment. Annie Mather's is the heiress of country music royalty and a whole lot of childhood trauma. Clay Coolidge is the hot new thing in Nashville who invites her to open for his summer tour. They're terrible for one another, but terrible at staying apart also. It has all the angst you'd want from a summer romance YA book.

This novel,is great for HS ages kids. With the popularity of a Star is Born, and fans of Johnny Cash, this book will be a favorite. Annie is the daughter and darling of Nashville with legendary musical parents. Clay is a talented party boy singer whose good looks cater to the college party crowd. When these two are forced to tour together, pain and hurt begin to emerge for both characters as they struggle to separate stage life from who they really are. It is very easy to step into one life and forget about the rest. This story has an underlying theme of grief and trauma. I wish the author had put a little more into the seriousness of coping. The struggle is there, as is the decent into alcohol and drug addiction to ease the pain. I think many teens who end up reading this book need to know how to get help. I thoroughly enjoyed this read and witnessing the development of the characters.

This book is a tough one for me to rate. I think it has an audience and will be well received even though there were some things that made it not the best fit for my tastes. Do I rate it for my enjoyment of for the audience it seeks? I'll leave it unstarred and write a descriptive review to help you decide if this book is for you.

This book follows the rising star of Annie during her tour as an opener for megastar Clay Coolidge. Annie is the child of a beloved country duo who ultimately led tumultuous and dysfunctional lives and ended in a very public crash. She's tried to avoid the siren's call of the country music scene but finally decides she can't resist it. The chaos of her parents demise have taught her to be cautious with the music scene and less naive than she seems in regards to other aspects.

The other lead is Clay Coolidge who is known as the hot, bad boy of Country music. His label is using Annie's clean cut image to try and help him. Based on this alone you can probably guess what most of this story revolves around. Bad boy Clay and good girl Annie are inexplicably drawn together despite their seemingly being polar opposites.

First, let me say that broody "bad" boys are not for me. They are overly represented in YA books. This book hinges on Clay being a mess because a lot of the story revolves around whether he'll find redemption. It doesn't sugar coat him when he's being a jerk (which is frequent). The thing is, I could get behind Clay's part of the story if this wasn't a romance. I could also get behind it if the romance happened only at the end of the story. I just couldn't buy why Annie felt some weird, magic, cosmic pull she couldn't help all while he's being a jerk.

Mostly what I could see was a spoiled, bitter, cynical mess of a boy for a good part of the story who treated her poorly and made bad decisions. Other than his looks and his voice there was nothing on page that made be buy this pull between them, especially with Annie's background. Sure, he's human so we see that he has the potential to be better than he is. Little snippets show us who he used to be contrasted for where he is now. I just don't enjoy books with a romantic arc in which the boy is a jerk unless I'm given something more than looks and a voice as a draw.

I also found that while we're teased a lot with what happened in the past for Annie (with her parents) and Clay (with is family situation) it was given to us so disjointed that I never felt like I really got it and was left wanting more. It wasn't fleshed out enough, especially in regards to Clay. I'm still not clear on his background.

I also must mention the continuity errors with the age of his brother and his brother's best friend who tours with Clay as his fiddle player. The guy ends up at one point with a 17 year old girl and it's made out like he's only a few years older. However, Clay is 18 and his brother is supposed to be more like 4 or 5 years older. There is talk of this brother and his friend (the fiddle player) going out and partying in the past like they are the same age but then they talk about the guy dating the 17 year old like it's just a couple of years difference. Was something missed in edits? I'm not sure.

A further issue I had with editing is when the tour stopped in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I grew up in Baton Rouge so I know it well. There is talk of Annie going for an interview in the morning, going to the beach with the whole crew for the day and then making a show that night. I call BS. There is no beach in Louisiana (unless you are talking about something like Grand Isle with its mostly mud beach overlooking oil rigs 3 hours away). The closest sand beach is a pretty good drive into Mississippi and trust me, it's not that spectacular of a beach still too close to the Mississippi River. It's a good drive to any real beach and certainly not something you could pop over a do in the middle of such a full day with an interview and then a concert (and all the prep that requires). This won't bother most people but it went with some other issues like I mentioned with continuity errors and small mistakes that were not caught.

I do appreciate that love alone in this story is not enough to solve everything. People have to get to the place where they make big changes when they are as messed up as Clay is. I do believe in redemption and it seems like the author made the point it would take time. The time aspect is skipped over however via flashing forward and you aren't given any details on how he goes about turning his life around except for the barest sketching in. AA and rehab isn't even mentioned nor is deep counseling all of which I felt like Clay needed.

For the reasons mentioned I wasn't connected to the romance. I did enjoy seeing behind the scenes on the tour and watching Annie find her place in the scene. That was the premise that drew me into requesting this book on Netgalley and that part worked for me. I also found this book kept me engaged and I was never bored. The pacing is good. Decide for yourself if you're okay with the other parts.

I wanted to like this book very much but unfortunately I couldn't get into it enough to say it's worth reading. The writing style was not my favorite, the pacing and timing felt off. I kept having to walk away from the story and come back to it later hoping I could get more interested in Annie and Clay and the connection between them. This was a DNF for me.

I soooooo wanted to like this book. However, I thought the characters were a bit inconsistent, and the pacing/timing was a bit all over the place. With a better edit, a slightly less hectic pace, and more development of the characters (especially the hero), I think this would be a much better read. I ended up skimming to the end, and still not finishing.

Clay is on the road in Nashville ,Tennessee with his manager Trina. The record label is mad after clay gets into a fight.Clay is a hot act on the country tour and he is responsible for convincing Annie Mathers to tour together. I didn't feel a connection to clay or annie.

The plot was stereotypical but I still loved the book. I’m not a country music fan but I enjoyed the insight into the music world. I really liked the romance between Annie and Clay. The characters felt so real that it was like I was on tour with them. The author should write a book about Fitz and Kacey. I would definitely read it.

Triggers: Alcoholism, drug addiction, suicide, death of loved ones, murder

I’m struggling to put into words how much I enjoyed reading this book. It was a journey and while at times heart breaking, it was so well written and lovely. I completely adore Annie and oh, Jefferson broke my heart many times over. I was a little worried when I got this ARC because the main characters are a lot younger than my typical reads, but it was just sweet and slow and completely believable. I could not put this down and loved every minute I got to spend with Clay, Fitz, Kacey, Jason and Annie. Thank you so much for giving me the chance to read and review this. It lifted my spirit and entertained me to the very end.

This was so immensely disappointing. So disappointing. The copy sold me. I started to get excited. But I didn't want to be disappointed (and I have too many books right now to be reading more SMP...) so I looked at the reviews, and the reviews were good, too, and I let myself be excited. But alas! This took me so long to get through because Reddit was almost always more interesting than this book.

Most importantly, the way it treated suicide and alcoholism was really just not okay. If you're going to use either as a plot point, great, but please do your research. Please realise that alcoholism is more than "oh I am always holding beer" and turn it into an opportuntiy for character growth. Please realise that it's not just about "oh I'm sad so I'm going to take some pills" and please, for goodness's sake, do not cure depression with a romance. Ugh. Ugh ugh ugh this infuriates me so much. The whole entire dialogue around each and how quickly it was dismissed really infuriated me.

Now that's off my chest... this had a cute premise and all the elements present to be great. Annie felt like she could have had some soul (no pun intended.) But the voices were exactly the same--I never really got a sense of how cocky Clay was supposed to me. (I'm sorry, should I say Jefferson? Uh... Yeah, that didn't work for me.) But there wasn't really any plot. I knew what was going to happen, and I wasn't interested in reading the nuances of how it was going to happen.

I do not know the author or her experience in the music industry, but there were also just some terminology and treatments of tours that made me question it. I have zero experience in the music industry, but I go to a lot of shows and pay attention on occasion, and the way that the record labels and the managers they sent were talked about felt...off.

**3.75 stars**
This was an enjoyable book, with some great moments showing the darker side of fame and personal pain. The country music was also fun with all the references and concert moments. And while the two characters had good moments, I don't think they'll stick with me. The pacing was a bit of a mixed bag as well, with times feeling like it was too long or some meaningful moments were too short. But if you love country music, you'll really enjoy this book. I will check out the author's next book in the future!

You'd Be Mine is a throwback to when New Adult was new and really targeted to those late teen/early twenty somethings who were trying to figure out the world and their place in it. It's youthful without being too young and it's mature without it being super sexualized, like NA novels seemed to become in the heyday of the NA world. You'd Be Mine feels like the older sister to YA and it works. It novel features two young up and coming country music stars, Annie and Clay, going on tour together and trying to navigate some of the pressures and expectations of what people expect of their 'stars'.

More so, it's about both of them finding out how to begin coping with the baggage that they each carried onto the tour. They were both so deeply wounded by things in their past that it was really rewarding to see how they found their HEA at the end. I appreciated the way Erin Hahn designed the path of love and acceptance that Annie and Clay had to journey on. Their dreams, heartaches, struggles, and confrontations were pitch perfect for who they were and what they wanted to be--nothing ever felt too much or not enough.



I have no idea what Erin Hahn has planned next but I do know that I'll be looking forward to reading whatever it is.

Wow this was such a refreshing read! Just what I needed to get out of my slump! I loved Annie as a character, she was so witty and funny. The relationship between our two main characters was also very cute. The character development was also very good and I could see the chemistry building between Annie and Clay throughout the book.

Is this book A Star Is Born for teens? Yes. Is that a bad thing? Not in my book. 18-year-old country music superstar Clay Coolidge recruits Annie Mathers, the daughter of 2 tragically deceased country music legends, to be his opening act on his summer tour. Despite her very best efforts to not (you know, on account of his blossoming drug and alcohol problem), they fall for each other.

Even though I don't like country music, I was thoroughly entertained and read the book in one evening. It was a delightful plot and an interesting backdrop for a story. Perfect easy weekend read!

I am totally awed by this book. It is such a beautiful book from start to the end. It mesmerized me from the first page till the end! Erin Hanh had done such a beautiful work! She is so inspirational! I am so happy to receive this ARC from NetGalley! I loved all the characters and specially Annie Mathers and Clay Coolidge. They are adorable! All the characters around them also support the story beautifully! I am so happy! I love you Erin! Waiting for more books! 💫💫