Verite by Rachel Blaufeld Review

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Synopsis

That’s me—Tingly Simmons—athlete, foreign-language major, professor lover, obsessed idiot girl. Definitely not a frat rat or sorority slut. I’ve never even played beer pong.

I ditched the vapid, soulless high-society life of Los Angeles for the promise of something more meaningful in rural Ohio. Accepting a track scholarship for college, I tried running my way to happiness, but instead I ended up sleeping with my French professor and falling head over heels for him.

When that relationship fell apart, so did I.

Barely hanging on by a thread and using the most absurd coping skills, I was determined to hide behind my past indiscretions. That was, until I met Tiberius Jones. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d learn the truth about love from a six-foot-five basketball player.

Review

“You’re only looking for an easy way out because I make you feel something, T. I can’t believe I got to spell this out, but I like you. You got this spunk that you bury deep inside you, but when you think no one is looking, it shines.”

Verite by Rachel Blaufeld is a New Adult novel told in first person. A twist on the time old tale of the a college relationship between a promiscuous person and a much less experienced person, in Verite we meet Tingly, she is a runner for her college track team and last year got caught having an affair with her much older and engaged French professor. Being benched for a year and having become a school joke, Tingly’s tough outer shell becomes Rock Solid.

“Want you, all of you. Not once or twice, or just for fun. Want all of you, Rex. The naughty and the nice, especially the nice, because I’m scared to death I’m gonna screw up and not be the man you need when it comes to the naughty,”

Enter sexy tall and impossibly sweet Tiberius. Tiberius is the perfect balance to Tingly. Where she gets scared easily and runs he stands firm and unaffraid. He knows he can be the man she needs and will do anything to prove that to her. He is possibly the most patient man written and just alpha enough when he needs to be. He calls her on her bullshit and never backs down. Determined to be more than a quick fuck he shows her how much better everything is when it means something to you.

“Sex wasn’t a placeholder for emotion for Tiberius, and he refused to allow it to be for me.”

The best part of Verite (besides Tiberius) was the extended cast of characters. Her roommates and his teammates provided both support and at times a hint of humor to break up some serious situations. His boys are loyal to a fault and the girls grew on me more and more as the book went on. Tingly has little self worth going into this story but between Tiberius and the people around her she finds that she is more than the daughter of self entitled upper class parents who care more about getting their hands on the inheritance she got from her grandparents than her. Verite is a story of personal growth and learning to accept our past and always believe in hope for our future

“Everything was better when it meant something.”

This was the second book of Rachel’s I have read and I enjoy her writing style and the unique characters she develops. I really hope to see more from the side characters in this story in the future as well as I look forward to reading some of her other books now too. If you like New Adult books with drama, growth and a sports theme than give this one a try. Plus, the ending! Made the whole book for me!

~miranda

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