Slick's review posted on Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 
 5 STARS 
 Review copy provided for an honest review 
 I've always found enjoyment in Ruthie Knox's work but in Truly I feel she's gone above and beyond anything else she's written. Truly isn't a happy go lucky story but it is real, a little gritty, and most of all inspiring. It is about reaching down deep inside and discovering the person you are or the one you want to be not the one you think you have to be or that you were predestined to be. It is my hope that someone will see him/herself in these characters and understand that only they are in charge of their life and if that message gets through to just one person then this book's work is done. 
 May and Ben don't meet under the best of circumstances and to be honest their initial exchange was strained and uncomfortable. May is in a bind and she needs help and somehow Ben decides he wants to help her which leads them to one of the most interesting relationships I've read in a long time. 
 These two seem so very mismatched but somehow when they aren't sniping at one another they begin to understand each other and what makes them tick. May is one of those characters that you can't help but like even though at times you want to smack her upside the head for her low self esteem. She's just bubbly and fun and even when things look their darkest she tries to find the good in it. I love that she sees more in Ben than most people do; that she doesn't let his prickliness deter her and that she really and truly wants him to find something that makes him happy. Ben at times can be an ass, sorry but it's true, but you get the feeling that he hasn't always been that way and that he really is working on changing that about himself. The way he encourages May, the fact that he sees the "real" her and he likes her just the way she is made me fall in love with him. 
 Early on there is chemistry between these two in spades. Because of May's situation and because Ben really is trying to change his ways they don't act on it immediately. That's not to say they don't want to and that's not to say they don't end up in some hot and heavy make-out sessions but they do manage to hold off for a couple of days until things are a little more settled. That being said...wow oh wow do I love how Ben demands that May tells him what she wants from him in bed; her likes, dislikes and what turns her on. Hot as freakin' hell that he makes her own her sexuality (yep, fell even a little more in love with him at that point). 
 Unfortunately they can't remain in the May and Ben bubble that they created and when they leave it things get pretty damn messy. They both make some big mistakes and the backlash is not pretty, but when push comes to shove they both realize they need each other like bees need flowers and they know together life will be pretty sweet. 
 Well written and my favorite Ruthie Knox book to date, Truly is a powerful story and an amazing journey of self discovery with a sexy love story thrown in for good measure!