This story is inspired by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. The main characters Clay and Annie are both country singers and you follow them on their tour with Annie being the opening act for Clay.

Annie's parents were country singers and led a hard and tragic path that ended with them losing their lives abruptly. This has haunted Annie and leaves her fearing that she will inevitably follow the same path. Annie is determined to make a name for herself that is separate from her parents. Her passion for music doesn't stop her from following her dreams. The tour with Clay is her way to get her noticed and have a music career of her own. Annie has the drive and talent when it comes to singing as well as song writing. I enjoyed seeing Annie fight for her dream and I enjoyed the friendship with her bandmates Kasey and Jason. I also liked seeing the friendships she forms with Clay and Fitz while on tour.

Clay has a successful singing career, but has his struggles as well. Clay is still grieving the loss of those he loved and he tends to bury his sorrow in drinking and keeping people at a distance. Never wanting to let others in. When Clay and Annie start touring together Clay starts falling for Annie, but fears that he is not good enough for her and thus starts having a self sabotaging behavior. Both characters have their struggles and want to overcome all their misfortunes. The performance scenes were fun to read with both Annie and Clay bantering with one another. I enjoyed seeing the building of friendship between the two and each realizing their feelings for one another beyond friendship.

This was a fast, cute read that has a love story that is influenced by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. A fun read for country music fans.

4.5 stars

New author has a number one hit.

A poignant and meaningful story about getting everything you want too fast and how to deal with the blows life gives you.

Highly recommend to all YA fans looking for a wonderful written, unique, and heartwarming story with likeable characters and sweet romance.

**ARC provided for honest review. **

I'd been wanting to read this book since first hearing about it months ago -- you had me at "a retelling of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash" -- and was so excited to receive my ARC.

Annie and Clay stole my heart with their realness. I loved reading about the role each of them felt like they needed to play, contrasted to who they really were. Country music's bad boy, Clay, is so multi-layered despite his one-dimensional mega-star status. He was wrestling with his own demons, and Annie wouldn't let him walk away from them. Good girl Annie, heir to country music legends with a tragic end, is torn between wanting to do what she loves most -- sing -- and wanting to avoid repeating her parents' volatile relationship.

But when Annie and Clay are together, their fans, friends, and family can all see that despite their relationship being a bad idea, it's bound to happen. The chemistry between the two was great, and the obstacles to their successful relationship kept the tension high throughout. The swoon worthy relationship will have fans routing for Annie and Clay throughout!

It's a little bit country... A little bit, well let's just say some of the issues raised by this book are big ones. Clay is a perfect country star - talented, gorgeous and with his own personal demons. Rejection, heartbreak and addictions abound for this young man. And Annie, well she's the only reason Clay still has a contract. Her acquiescence to support him on tour means that she has to confront her tragic history in front of the entire country world. Including those who she feels contributed to her heartbreak.

Whilst this book deals with such heavy issues, it is also a really fun read. The characters work well together and they are easy to root for. Alternating chapter perspectives help the reader understand character decisions that feel uncertain without this insight.

I'd give this a 4/5 star rating and would recommend to fans of YA and country music!

An advance reading copy (egalley) was provided through the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

**This review is set to auto-publish on 19th March 2019**

This book made me want to jump in my car, put the windows down, and belt out the lyrics to my favorite country songs while driving on a country road—and so I did.
I was only a few chapters in when I texted Kyleigh and Lauren: This is the most Amanda book I’ve ever read. Romance? Country music? A Beauty and the Beast reference? IT’S ME, YOU GUYS! THIS BOOK WAS MADE FOR ME!
I loved every single moment of this book. It was such a fun read. I laughed, I teared up, and I had the most ridiculous grin on my face for the entire book. But most importantly, this book did the one thing I didn’t expect and didn’t even know I needed until I read it: You’d Be Mine made me remember why I love YA contemporaries.
I feel a lot of young adult contemporaries get a bad reputation because they’re about a girl who’s in high school who’s entire life revolves around a boy and it’s made out to be a life-or-death, end-of-the-world situation. Throw in the stereotypical mean girl and there it is: the stereotypical YA book that comes to mind when you even read the words “YA Contemporary.” And let’s be real, we’ve all read one of those.
But YA contemporaries are supposed to be fun. I would be willing to bet we’ve all had those moments of mean girls and crushes at some time. But as an older YA reader, it’s sometimes hard to remember those feelings of “How can I go on now?” when we are now faced with the problems that are more “adult.”
You’d Be Mine reminds me of the fun. It’s about a girl and a boy. It’s about charm and crushes. But it turns the YA contemporary stereotype on its head, because it’s not about a girl chasing a boy. It’s not about a girl begging a boy to notice her. It’s not about the end of the world as they know it. It’s about a girl who is a rising country music star. It’s about a boy who is a country music star. It’s about love of all kinds: love of friends and of family, romantic love, love of the work you do, and love of one’s faith.
Erin Hahn does an absolute fantastic job of presenting all of this in a story that is impossible to put down. I loved that characters, from Annie and Clay to all of the supporting characters. I loved the setting of concerts and the road-trip vibe. It was the ultimate summer read for me, and it made me long for Tennessee summers, cowboy boots, and country concerts.
I just have one request: I need a soundtrack from this book because I need to hear this songs.
I look forward to reading more from Erin Hahn in the future, and I have a strong feeling she will become one of the rare contemporary YA auto-buy authors for me.

It was a bit of a slow start for me in the beginning and I didn’t like Clay much but it turned out to be an okay story.

In one word: PERFECTION

Hahn's cast of characters is irresistible.

Annie IS America's sweetheart: a wonderful balance of silly & mature, with a fresh personality that just defies all the pressure that builds up around her. She's so strong and pure-hearted, digging into the best of those around her even when they don't deserve it. Jason and Kacey, Annie's friends/family and bandmates, bring some lighthearted antics and balance to Annie's heavy baggage. As a group, they're a beautiful blend of personalities that have a palpable chemistry, and it's easy to feel the love between them.

Clay Coolidge aka America's county bad boy is charming and a bit broken. He can be a real jerk, but there's something so soft and vulnerable about him at the same time. He's grieving, and lost, and thinks so little of himself. Like many others, I just can't resist the broken ones.

Fitz, Clay's bandmate and surrogate big brother, is easygoing, full of energy, and shares the same suave charisma that Clay's been endowed with. What more could you want?

One of the things I liked most about You'd Be Mine is the way Hahn creates and handles the parallel between Annie/Clay and Annie's mother and father. You'd Be Mine is a story about an earnest and passionate singer's star shining bright, but it's also a story about a girl who falls into ill-advised love.

Addiction and toxic love are some hefty issues, and Hahn masterfully approaches them both in way that shares her characters' story without glorifying either. Annie's parents succumbed to the most vicious parts of their desires, putting their selfishness before their daughter, and we see the ripple effect that their snap decisions made through Annie's life.

When it comes to Annie & Clay, we get those elements of a whirlwind romance, the ones that make readers squeal and sigh with envy, but Hahn also takes care of her characters. Whirlwind might work in the average young adult romance, but it's not a perfect fit for these damaged teens. The way she resolves their romance and concludes the novel is so very well-done. I love that she kept all of the appealing romantic elements, but in a healthy way that doesn't let the romance take over reality.

Overall, I truly loved this book, and I wish it was coming out sooner, so the world could read it too.

Annie and Clay are both burgeoning country music stars, both young and beautiful, and both full of some heavy baggage from their pasts. When they get together for a summer tour, both are forced to face their demons and decide if love can save or derail them once and for all.

While this had its cute moments, I felt, overall, that the story was overwrought. The present tense plot is hard to get absorbed in (maybe a personal preference). The characters fell in love with very little interactions, and they were kept apart by many invisible barriers that were hard to remember.

I do think some teens would enjoy the fantasy of country music stars on the rise falling in love, but there are better YA romances out there.

2 stars.

I think I'm getting to a point where I'm too old for these types of books. Or I've read too many of them and now they bleed into one huge pile of the same stuff I've been reading for a decade.

Teenagers who happen to be country music stars, guy who is a bit of an asshole and a too-good-for-him heroine that should never be dating, go through drama (a bit too much religious stuff for my liking) and angst. I skipped some parts, kind of enjoyed others.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book (from NetGalley). All thoughts and opinions are my own. : )
I really loved this book! (I am also not a huge country music fan, so that should not deter anyone from reading this.) Clay and Annie are two of the most lovable and endearing characters that I have encountered in a long time!!! The plights of both teens are very real and the accounts of their behaviors and emotions are so vividly accurate for their situations. This was a novel worth losing myself in--it was so good that it was over before I wanted it to be... I will DEFINITELY read more from Erin Hahn when it becomes available. A big thank you to her and to NetGalley!

I absolutely loved this book. It's perfect for anyone who loved the TV show Nashville. It's a behind-the-scenes of the country music industry story, but also a swoony romance, with flawed characters and well-drawn characters arcs. I flew through it, and my only complaint is that I wish I could have listened to the original songs.

I loved this story! It sucked me in and wouldn't let go. Hahn expertly handles tough topics while penning a deep feeling love story. One of my favorite books of the year!

Battling their own heartache, demons, and ghosts of the past, Clay Coolidge and Annie Mathers are thrown together on the summer's hottest tour. As the temperatures and concert numbers rise from city to city, so does the angst and tension between Clay and Annie. And let me tell you it is thicker than a Mississippi mud pie!

Mixed with golden country classics, we also get this amazing soundtrack of original music/lyrics that I would LEGIT pay for and listen to on repeat until my ears fell off. Seriously, take my money!

A story that instantly jumps out at you with a thought out plot, fleshed out characters, and the sheer realness of being on tour complete with the chaos and immediateness of it all. Clay and Annie's "on stage" chemistry is straight out of the Cash's playbook. SWOON.

Inspired by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, 'You'd Be Mine' strikes all the right cords and it is not to be missed!

After a bit of a confusing start, this book was easy to read. At points, the storyline seemed a bit unrealistic, but still almost in the realm of plausibility.

At first, I didn't quite like Clay, but after a bit into the book, the author developed him a bit more, making him a more likable person. I always liked the character of Annie, but felt as though she could have been developed past the girl with messed up parents.

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.

I was fortunate enough to receive a copy of Erin Hahn's You'd Be Mine early to review. This book is set in the country music's capital of Nashville, TN. I am a southern girl myself who has a devote love of country music. I found myself engrossed in the plot.
In this book, you meet two very different characters. Annie is the sweet good girl who has the voice of an angel. Clay is the bad boy who takes to the party scene. They are quickly paired together and being called the next Johnny and June. This is a precious duo that you quickly fall in love with and hang on their every move. Will Annie be able to save Clay or will his career end as quickly as it began?

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