I loved loved loved You'd Be Mine. The crazy messed up love story of Clay (Jefferson) and Annie will have you hooked from the first chapter. I am a fan of country music and knew I was just going to enjoy this book. I can't wait to read Erin Hahn's next book.

I would list this one more as a adult fiction then YA but it was still a good read. I would recommend it for fans of romance.

very cute story with 19-20 year old country music main characters. lots of singing, band bonding, romance, and then some drug addiction, deep childhood traumas, and then aiming to overcome all that.

here are some things I disapproved of:
1. BAPTISM SCENE. because I'm not really religious and it felt mostly ridiculous and then like a super lazy writing device to lead into number 2.
2. overcoming 2 solid years of addiction in 1 day. seriously? no. baptism aside, this does not seem possible in any reality.
3. that they could just cancel a week of a national tour with ZERO repercussions. no one got yelled at? just a phone call and it was cut for a week? implausible.

dismissing these reality check moments, I did like the main characters and how they had some actual tough things to overcome and work out in their music and with each other. i liked the supporting characters. I loved the ending. I turned the page expecting an epilogue or another chapter, but nope, it just ends right there but really it's the perfect ending. I really like the cover.

I think this will do quite well with 15-18 year olds, especially in the south or wherever country music is enjoyed. not that you need to like country music to enjoy this but I think that and being a little religious might help.

Sweet and poignant musical romance that hit all the right buttons for me.
Characters you wanted to love and who you wanted to love one another. With enough tragedy to bring the tears and make the road less than smooth. (I feel a Veronica Mars - well Logan - quote coming on. "No one ever writes songs about the ones that come easy." No one writes those books either.)

Highly recommended as a lyrical romance.

I received an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review.

The story was cute and the idea is really clever, but the love story itself is kind of a slow burn. For Johnny and June fans only