ARC Review: This Much is True (The Truth About Lies #1) by Katherine Owen

 

Both on the verge of fame. A ballerina who lies. A baseball player who believes her. Well, the truth changes everything.

Tally Landon just wants to escape her tragic story if just for one night. She doesn't count on meeting Lincoln Presley, Stanford's baseball wonder, but plans to add him to her long list of one-night stands. That's the plan. Lying to him about her age and her name is just a part of her don't-get-emotionally-attached style. She doesn't count on being found out, nor on ever seeing Linc again or falling in love.

Lincoln Presley's life is all mapped out. There is only baseball. With the major leagues circling their favorite prospect with a lucrative offer, he cannot afford to mess up. And, he doesn't; until he meets up with the girl he saved from the burning wreckage on the 101 on Valentine's Day months before. By the time he learns her real name and of all the lies she's told, he's in far too deep to ever really let her go.

When fame and lies tear them apart, one truth remains; and fate, most definitely, has a different set of plans. This much is true.

Author's Note: A coming of age story? Could be. A powerful love story? Most definitely. An unforgettable read? Most likely. Intended for mature audiences, ages 17+? Absolutely.

This best selling new adult contemporary romance novel will take you on an emotional roller coaster ride and is the first book (which should really be two books) in the Truth In Lies series, but it can be read as a standalone. It is 432 pages long in 12-point type so carve out some time.

Title: This Much is True (The Truth About Lies 1.1)

Author: Katherine Owen
Publication Date: 8/11/2013

Review:

Thank you for providing me with an egalley of this book to read and give an honest review.
I love a good love story. And I love a good love story that involves sports. I'm not a baseball fan, but that's not a problem because it's just the theme of sports that I love. This one was not an easy ride, though. Lots of bumps, ruts, emotional roller coaster events. But this is what made it enjoyable to read.
You want damage and angsty romance, this is it.
The pacing is good, though not as gripping and intense as I would have liked. Definitely kept me interested in continuing to read. I wanted things to come faster, but I know the slow burn of a story is often a better way to keep people emotionally invested. Own did this!
Tally is a great character. She grows so much. Like a phoenix, out of the ashes. Her determination is what helps her grow. It brings her strength and helps her persevere. Lincoln did not grow as much, in my opinion. And their age difference when the book started bothered me. Not sure I'd be ok with that in reality, but who knows.
Overall this one was just ok for me. I wanted to love it but overall it wasn't such a different story from what I've seen in angsty romance.

Author of the bestselling Truth In Lies series including This Much Is True, The Truth About Air & Water and Tell Me Something True.

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When asked to describe...

Dark. Edgy. Contemporary. Romantic.

Were we describing me? Or my fiction? Sorry. I drink too much...coffee, not enough water.

I swear too much for God and my mother, and I slip these into my fiction. Sorry.

I'm impatient, a perfectionist, a wordsmith, a dreamer, which ends up being good and bad. I'm always writing, just ask my family.

I've written six novels in as many years: Seeing Julia, Not To Us, When I See You, as well as the Truth In Lies series (new adult fiction) including This Much Is True, The Truth About Air & Water and Tell Me Something True (latest release).

If you love angsty, unpredictable love stories, I'm yours. ♥

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