Ten Things Sloane Hates About Tru is the first book in the young adult, Creative HeArts series by Tera Lynn Childs. The Creative HeArts series in unique in the fact that each of the books is written by a different author. Ten Things Sloane Hates about Tru, which is the first book in a Sloane and Tru trilogy. However, book two- How Willa Got Her Groove Back is about completely different characters and it is by Emily McKay. The feature that ties all of the books together is that they are all high school contemporary romances, and they all center around couples in the arts in some way, shape or fashion. It is an interesting concept.

Ok, in case you are totally confused about the structure of the overall series, let's talk about this book. Ten Things Sloane Hates About Tru is about our main characters Sloane and Tru, who are students at a creative arts high school. Sloane is the new kid in school, and she is very mysterious. We know that she left her old town because of something bad that she did, but we don't really learn too much about it. Instead we are focused on Sloane's present, which I actually really liked. It allowed me to get to know her today. As much as I like Sloane, I loved Tru! I thought he was adorable.

Bottom line: If you are looking for a contemporary romance book that is witty, well written and doesn't take any of the obvious moves, this is the book for you. It takes a well loved trope and goes the unexpected route, in my opinion. This book was really cute.

Unfortunately this book has gone in my DNF pile. It just wasn't engaging me like it would have years ago when I first requested it. My reading tastes have changed a lot over the years as I've gotten older and unfortunately some of the books requested years ago have been affected by my reading tastes and the fact that a lot of books for younger audiences haven't been grasping my attention as of late. I thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book.