You'd Be Mine will give you two music-loving souls who never imagined they would love each other, friendship goals, and lyrics to songs that will win your heart!

Oh, how I wish I liked it more. And no, this book isn't bad. In fact, it's one of the cutest and adorable, emotional young love stories. But that makes it largely character-driven and that's where I start crying for the plot because I prefer the latter over the former. If you love to read character oriented books and are looking for a romantic contemporary to pick up, this can be your choice.

Annie and Clay are great singers and they're paired up together for a tour. And that's it. Everything just keeps going on at a mild pace and they sing, fight, cry, laugh, and do every other thing that anyone does. The sentimental bits and pieces affected me, no doubt, but other than that, the book failed to impress me immensely.

You'd Be Mine by Erin Hahn is a debut novel unlike any other. I've always loved YA genre growing up, and this one really takes me back to those days. Star-crossed lovers, flirty banters, passionate music, and engaging characters' dynamic. This story is refreshing and emotionally charged from start to finish.

bad boy of country music clay coolidge needs annie mathers on his side in you'd be mine. partly because the label wants her on their payroll. she's the daughter of country music royalty. but that's a legacy she's not interested in harnessing. finding your parents dead of a drug overdose and suicide is something that will stay with you. in a bad way.

and clay whose grief is eating away at him, just like the never-ending schedule of tours and music he doesn't feel and groupies who just want a piece of him without actually wanting him is heading down a similar road. annie shouldn't like clay. clay should definitely not like annie.

but they spark something in each other. and maybe, if that spark catches flame there will be redemption for the both of them. or maybe they'll burn each other out. and reading this swoony romance is just an enjoyable journey. there's the right amount of angst and romance in this.

**you'd be mine will publish on april 2, 2019. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/st. martin's press (wednesday books) in exchange for my honest review.

Note: I received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely loved You’d Be Mine! This is Erin Hahn’s debut novel, and I’m now forever a fan!

Clay Coolidge is country music’s current swoony bad boy with a lot of baggage. Clay is a complete jerk at times, but also so charming you just want all the good things to happen for him. He is a grieving hot mess, and is totally relying on his bandmate and big brother’s best friend Fitz to keep him on the straight and narrow.

Annie Mathers is America’s sweetheart-the perfect blend of witty and unassuming. She’s faced her share of heartache, but hasn’t allowed it to turn her completely bitter and cynical. She truly sees the best in everyone she meets whether they actually deserve it or not. Her bandmates, cousin Kacey and best friend Jason, offer a little bit of happy-go-lucky attitude in a story that can get a bit heavy at times.

This story tackles heavy topics like addiction and toxic relationships in a real and non-preachy way that doesn’t villainize or sing the praises of either one. Annie’s parents allowed their toxic relationship to run the show in their lives, and in the process totally destroy them and in turn, Annie.

I love the way that Hahn parallels Annie and Clay’s impulsive romance with both Annie’s parents as well as Johnny and June Cash. All brilliant stars in their own right that have fallen headstrong into love with someone who maybe wasn’t the best for them. I applaud Hahn for the way that she so masterfully handled the swoon-worthy aspects of teen romance without being unrealistic.

The country classics mixed with sweet, original songs scattered throughout the book have me wishing for a soundtrack to accompany You’d Be Mine! I’d totally stand in line and buy tickets for that!

Overall, I loved this book, and would recommend it to everyone I know. I just wish it were coming out sooner.

This book sounds like an adorable romance but it's heavier than I thought it would be. Both Annie and Clay have to deal with painful pasts and find comfort in each other. The romance starts off as a toxic relationship but with both of their character development, they become people that can grow together in a healthy way. I liked the references to Country music stars. Reading this book felt very much like watching a TV show.

Erin Hahn's You'd Be Mine follows Annie Mathers, heir to the tragic country legacies of Cora Rosewood and Robbie Mathers, and Clay Coolidge, the bad boy heartthrob of country music, on summer tour. Annie deliberately put her career on hold to live as normal a life as possible. Clay hit the road as soon as he could to erase the pain back home. You'd Be Mine more than earns its comparisons to A Star is Born and Country Strong. *

Annie Mathers is all sugar and spice, no doubt Hahn thought about those ingredients real hard while writing the dynamic character. Annie faces the world with the determination born of loss and trauma, being too old for her age while still having lots to grow. In equal balance, Clay Coolidge runs from his demons at every turn. Having grown up too soon and needing time to slow down and find out what it really means to be grown. Together they are fire and oxygen, no repellant in that bonfire.

Equally fun are the ensemble cast, who Hahn has built out to be strong independent characters of their own. Their loss and pain and happiness and successes are all tangible and real throughout the story. While the focus is primarily on Annie and Clay, the background characters aren't just set dressing.

Overall, You'd Be Mine is a well written, well packaged, story from beginning to end. The plot line grows on you naturally and feels comfortable, even without the additional theatrics of Country Strong's Gwyneth Paltrow. Flashbacks to our dear Annie and Clay's pasts fill in those gaps well enough and let them find their footing in a realistic way without having to completely bottom out. To be honest, I'm a huge fan of that. Hitting that "come to Jesus" moment in real life doesn't always mean completely bottoming out.

My biggest bummer was reaching the end, I felt like there was so much story to continue. However, if she had to end the story, likely Erin Hahn found just the right spot. I look forward to seeing what else Erin Hahn comes up with. I've already clicked "follow" on GoodReads so that they can tell me asap when the next book is coming out.

*Please note, I received an e-copy from St. Martin's Press via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This was a wonderful romance! I went into this book without a whole lot of expectations. I picked this book up largely because it sounded somewhat original. I don't remember ever seeing another book about a pair of young adult country music stars so I decided to give it a chance. That risk worked out pretty well. This was one of those books that sucked you in and didn't let go. I just had a great time with this book.

Annie is the daughter of country music superstars. Her parents are gone so her grandparents are her closest family. She is leary of walking in her famous parent's footsteps but she has a gift. When Clay knocks on her door to recruit her for the opening act on his tour, she decides to go along with the rest of the trio, which includes her cousin and close friend.

Clay is headlining the tour and has been on the music scene just a little longer. Even though he is underage, he has spent a lot of time on the road drinking or hanging out with girls. He has some things in his past that he is also trying to deal with and he isn't always dealing with them all that well.

I loved Annie and Clay together. From the very start, I thought that the scenes between them were the times when they were completely real. Clay wasn't always such a nice guy when other people were around but Annie seemed to bring out the best in him. I loved their chemistry both on the stage and off. I really thought that these two were good for each other and it was a ton of fun watching them find their way.

I would recommend this book to others. It was a very well done story about two people working to get over their pasts while they fell for each other. I look forward to reading more from this new author.

I received a digital review copy of this book from St. Martin's Press - Wednesday Books via NetGalley.

I just read a beautiful story. It's a lot country, a little star, and a lot of down home too.

You'd Be Mine is not only a wonderful story but it's a haunting love song. I finished this book with happy tears welling up in my eyes.

Annie and Clay aren't your typical "rocker romance". Country music fan or not, these two will have you standing on your feet at the final curtain call.

It's a choice really and [they'd] be mine! Heartfelt and full of treacherous traps, You'd Be Mine is a young adult story that shouldn't be limited by that title. It's about personal growth, loss, and being survivor. There's love, loss, and fear. It's the happy, or the light in your smile.

"Clay is country’s leading bad boy, and your sweet face is his redemption.”

Clay Coolidge is a rollicking good-time successful country music star at 18 years old but he's letting his bad boy image get out of control. He's already set for his summer tour but after one drunken episode too many, his record label gives him an ultimatum - sign 17 year-old Annie Mathers and her band on as his opening act for the tour or he's being dropped.

Annie comes from country music royalty and has been hesitant to jump into the glitzy world of big-time country music. After the death of her parents, she's been secluded on her grandparent's farm in Michigan, making YouTube videos and playing local venues.

When Clay shows up at Annie's door, there are two things she realizes - she wants to play her music and perform AND even she can't deny the instant attraction between her and Clay.

This was a great story about loss, about music, and also a searing romance. Told in alternating chapters by Annie and by Clay, it was a book I didn't want to put down. It hooked me from page one until the very end. The side characters, which are the members of both Annie and Clay's bands, were fun too.

I highly recommend to romance and country music enthusiasts.

I received this book from St. Martin's Press through Net Galley in the hopes that I would read it and leave an unbiased review.

Thank you so much to St. Martins Press and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Me being a huge fan of country music I knew I would enjoy this book. Add in the fact that I love contemporary YA I was immediately sold on this book.

After Annie's country super star parents die she's at a loss until Clay Coolidge shows up at her door. He needs her and her bandmates to be his opener for his summer tour or his label is going to drop him. Annie gets swayed into it and as they start their tour together fans start speculating if there's more going on between them than just playing shows together. They both start to wonder if the fans and their friends are right but if there's one thing Annie doesn't want is a high-profile relationship like her parents had and Clay has his own demons he needs to figure out.

I heard great things about this book and the author before I read it and I feel like this book definitely lives up to its hype. The author had such a great writing style and I loved the plot behind the story. I loved both characters Annie and Clay individually and I loved the fact that they both had to deal with their own personal issues before they could come together.

I also loved all of the emotions in this book and how it wasn't just a sappy happily ever after story. There was plenty of drama and hurt thrown in to make it a more grounded and relatable book. Me personally I'm not a huge fan of romance books but this was so much more than just a regular love story.

I loved Erin Hahn and her debut novel and I can't wait to read more by her.

3.5 “Country love” Stars

ARC via NetGalley

Thank you, Wednesday Books

Trigger warning: drugs, suicide, alcohol abuse

You’d be Mine isn’t only a story for country music lovers, but for people that enjoy their YA romances with a little bit of drama and a lot of music.

Told from the POV of two teen country stars (even though Annie is just starting, it’s clear she’s always been one) and how they deal with life on tour while grieving their loved ones. Annie and Clay connect through their love for music (the author couldn’t be more right to say they speak the same language—music) and their pain for the people they’ve lost.

While Annie deals with the loss of her parents in a much healthier way, teen country superstar Clay drowns his pain in alcohol, women and even drugs. And though he’s clearly in a messed up phase of his life, I still ended up liking Clay’s chapters more than Annie’s. It was also true what Annie said about him—Clay just had that something extra, that magical quality that attracted my attention.

Not to say that Annie wasn’t a good character. She was a bit too good and a little bland at times, but she ended up growing on me toward the end. It also helped that I loved her relationship with her cousin, her male best friends and her grandparents. I appreciated the fact that was no drama between Annie and her cousin and no girl shaming in this novel!

The romance was cute, but I wished it had been bigger somehow. Clay and Annie’s individual paths and pain ended up taking more space then the romance, and while that’s not necessarily a problem, I felt like the book had been marketed in a way that made me believe the romance would be the main plotline and it didn’t exactly feel that way while reading.

Overall, I was happy with how the major and important themes were handled and with how I got a glimpse as the country music world. And while it took me a while to get into this book, once things got flowing, You’d Be Mine turned out to be a really fun read.

You'd Be Mine by Erin Hahn is an enjoyable young adult romance, which I enjoyed. Superstar singer Clay Coolidge is going downhill fast, with his destructive behavior. The only way to save his career is to convince Annie Mathers, a beautiful singer with famous parents, to join his summer tour. I love the quirky people and situations in this book, and watching the characters grow. I found this book to be a quick read, and recommend it to all YA romance readers, young and old.

I reviewed an arc from Netgalley and St. Martin's Press. Thank you.

I really enjoyed reading You'd Be Mine. Both Clay and Annie are great characters. Annie is sweetheart. She had great talent but has stayed out of the music industry because she has seen it destroy her parents. Clay is a country music star. He's got talent but he's kind of a mess. He's on verge of being dropped by his record label and the only way to save his career is to convince Annie to join his summer tour. She agrees to be his opening act. She sweet and has a big heart while Clay on the other hand is a moody guy. On tour together they share some sweet moments. They both have things is their past that they are battling and it was nice to see the tender moments where they let their walls down. There are song lyrics written into the story, I usually skip over these in stories but in this story I read them and really think that they added to the story.

As a book reviewer that runs a book review blog, my TBR is pretty hefty. I mean, if it was made up of actual printed books, the stack would tower over me. And while my list of favorite authors is somewhat a short one, that doesn’t stop me from giving new, and new-to-me, authors a chance. Especially when I’m in a book funk. And I’m not usually a fan of YA books, but something about this blurb (and the cover––I’m a bit of a cover whore!) made me take a chance on this new author. Sometimes that’s a hit or miss. But this time? A definite hit! And hit it out of the park, she did!

I think at some point in most of our young lives, we dreamt of meeting our celebrity crush. Or even performing with them on whatever stage they were a celebrity on. So I was intrigued by the blurb. Clay is a star. Annie is a rising YouTube star. She’s had a crush on him for quite some time but she’s not sure about working with him. He’s led a privileged life. She’s down to earth. The road is rocky….

This debut book by this author is one that, especially if you love YA books, you should NOT miss. The characters are wonderful, the world building is fantastic, and the story had me devouring it in about two days. And only because I had to put it down to cook for my kids one of those days! Erin Hahn did a great job depicting my teen fantasy, and I absolutely look forward to more books from her!

NICUnurse’s Rating: Definitely a 4.5-star rating from this bookworm! And I very rarely give 4.5 stars to YA books, so you’d better believe this is worth your money and more than worth your time!

As a fan of country music and YA, this book sounded like a perfect pick for me. Although they are young rising stars, Annie and Clay both have their own demons to face. Will they face them together and heal each other's broken hearts or shut each other out?

I loved that this book was a mix of a fun teenage love story and the more serious topics of loss and death. It wasn't all fun and games but when it was fun, it was really fun. Annie and Clay were the perfect hate to love match and their banter had me giggling at times. I mean, what's better than getting back at someone through song?

Oh, that's another thing, the songs! If only they were real songs. That's an album I would definitely listen to.

Aside from Annie and Clay, the side characters couldn't have been written better. They were true friends and the perfect sidekicks.

If you love country music, fun banter, and young love, don't miss this one!

Could this book be any more adorable?! It’s been awhile since I read a YA novel much less a romance one but I’m back on the train because I absolutely loved this one. It was sweet, cute and full of heart. And while I have your attention if you have any recs in this genre please let me know!

If you’re a country music fan you’ll appreciate this one, I am and I loved the insight into the industry through the eyes of an already established star and also an up and coming new artist. Besides the glitzy and not so glitzy side of the entertainment industry being showcased this had all the teen angst and drama and I am here for that! There was a lot of will they or won’t they going on, great chemistry and a whole lot of country charm.

This surprised me with the amount of depth and growth the characters experienced, both Clay and Annie have some pretty dark and heavy issues in their pasts which made it all the more realistic for me. If realistic means two teenagers as country stars, but you get what I mean. Overall a wildly enjoyable read for me and the perfect addition to your spring reading lists!

You’d Be Mine in three words: Adorable, Angsty and Enjoyable

Clay is the typical badboy superstar, a boy of humble origin and raised by his father, brings a great pain in the chest that leads him to always get involved in trouble and confusion. The problem is that his record company is tired of putting out his fire and drowning his fights and now demands that he bring famous daughter'of Cora and Robbie, Annie Mathers, to his tour.

Annie Mathers was raised by her grandmother after her parents passed away and despite loving a lot music and having a beautiful voice, she does not want to a life on stage. But Clay convinces her and this approach will bring many memories to Annie's mind about her parents' background. Annie with her golden voice and her sweetness conquers in each city of the tour a legion of fans and her presence and her posture on stage begin to mess a little more, as if this is possible, the famous superstar's mind.

Clay makes a point of treating the girl with indifference and distance even realizing that he is enchanted by her every song sung because his demons are stronger than him and the reader is left to hope that both Annie and Clay do not succumb with them.

I really enjoyed Annie, her band and Fitz, since Clay did not appeal to me very much and his rudeness annoyed me most of the book, but I found it interesting how the writer led the story.

The cover does not attract to the book and does not pass the right message of it either, which for me is more a strong drama than for a story as lightly as this model seems.

I was floored by this debut. I was immediately sucked into Annie's story and I couldn't put it down. I loved the complexity of Annie's struggles and desperate need not to follow in her parents' footsteps. Grief was a big part of this book and we got to see one person thriving while grieving, while another was drowning in their grief. We saw struggles with substance abuse as well.

I'm not much of a country music lover, but I sure would listen to either of the stars in this book. Watching their careers unfold and the choices they made were really comforting to me, especially as a college student trying to decide on her future.

Annie is a strong character and an even stronger woman. I loved watching her blossom into the star that she was meant to be, gaining confidence in herself and her abilities. We had great friendships and strong relationships throughout, whether romantic or family. The love that blossoms between her and Clay is swoon-worthy and I don't think I've rooted harder for two characters in a while.

Overall, it's a strong contemporary and debut. It tackles complex, real-world issues without losing the magic of a summer contemporary.

*I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.*

I loved this story and discovering that this is the author's debut novel made me love it even more. There are a couple of areas throughout the book that I thought the writing could have been a bit tighter but overall I felt it was very well done with a nice pace and well developed characters. I thought Annie and Clay were amazing characters and adorable together. They are flawed, real, and honest. Clay is on a downward spiral and Annie going on tour with him is his last chance to keep his career afloat. Will the love they find on the road be enough to pull him back from the edge? Lovers of country music will really enjoy this book. It's one I highly recommend.

This was a really good read. It had all the elements needed to make a story that sticks with you after you have finished it. Full of himself bad boy? Check. Young girl overcoming tragedy? Check. Coming together and finding love…well, in the end, check. The beginning, the middle and the end are all believable, which to me makes for a good recipe for a great story. Do I recommend this book? Absolutely.
Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for an arc of this book for an honest opinion.