The story is about a self proclaimed nerd Rory, who is attending college at The University of Cincinnati. Rory has had a rough life. Her mother passed away when she was 8 and her father is the typical very educated socially awkward professor. Rory has never really fit in until she got to college and met her two roommates.
You are also introduced to Tyler. The bad boy, from the wrong side of the tracks. Also his has the title friends with benefits with Rory's roommate Jessica.
Through the course of the book Rory and Tyler become close and start to realize that people are not always what they seem.
I liked the story very much, it pulled at your heart strings and there were sweet moments of new love. However it was hard to like Rory as a whole. Rory tends to think things over way to much, and because she is already socially stunted for a 20 year old it felt as if I was reading a YA. There is also a thin line between lacking self-confidence and full out self deprecation which I felt at times swung from one side of the line to the other.
I did like Tyler. His struggles in life were very dramatic but he didn't base his life on the tragedy's that are all around him.
Overall it was a good story and my personal opinions of Rory aside I did like them together and I'm excited to see where they end up in the following book which follows Jessica and Tyler's brother Ryley.
3.5 Stars for True by Erin McCarthy
Finished 5/22/13
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