The First Time: Finding Myself and Looking for Love on Reality TV

Colton Underwood

Mar 2020 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

From former football player and star of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette comes a fascinating and eye-opening behind-the-scenes look at his drama-filled season on the hit reality show.

Before Colton Underwood captured the hearts of millions on The Bachelor, he was a goofy, socially awkward, overweight adolescent who succeeded on the football field while struggling with personal insecurities off it. An All American gridiron hero, he was also a complex, sometimes confused, soft-hearted romantic wondering how these contradictions fit together. Old-fashioned and out of step with the swipe right dating culture of today, he was saving the most intimate part of life for the love of his life. If only he could find her…

Now, in The First Time, Colton opens up about how he came to find himself and true love at the same time via the Bachelor franchise. Unencumbered by cameras and commercial breaks, he delivers a surprisingly raw, endearing, and seriously juicy account of his journey through The Bachelorette, Bachelor in Paradise, and The Bachelor, along with what has happened with him and Cassie Randolph since his season wrapped. He opens up about being dumped by Becca, his secret dalliance with Tia, what it was like to be the world’s most famous virgin, his behind-the-scenes conflicts with production, and how his on-camera responsibilities as the Bachelor nearly destroyed him after he knew he had already fallen in love with Cassie.

A memoir for Bachelor Nation and anyone who believes in the magic of love, The First Time carries a simple but powerful message: It’s okay to laugh and cry and occasionally jump over a fence, if it means coming one step closer to the right person.

Ratings and reviews

A fun and interesting book to read if you are a fan of "The Bachelor" franchise and a member of "Bachelor Nation". Some fun behind the scenes stories and anecdotes. If you were a fan of Colton Underwood before reading this book, you will like him even more after you read it. You cannot help but root for this young couple to make it to their own happily ever after.

I loved hearing what really happened on all these occasions that I questioned when watching the bachelor on TV. I was a disappointed bachelor nation fan when I found out about Colton being bachelor. I watched his season regardless (because we all love a good train wreck) I was surprised how quickly I turned into a Colton fan after the first few pages of this book, regardless of how I felt about him during his season it was nice to read what went on in his head through all the decisions he made and his real thoughts as he was going through the process. This book was a coll read.

I really enjoyed this book! It was a fast, interesting read. I think that Colton is one unique man and really like how he inspires people to be their best, and in God's word!

About the author

Colton Underwood was a linebacker and a tight end in the NFL from 2014 to 2016. A fan favor­ite on season fourteen of The Bachelorette, he starred in The Bachelor on season twenty-three of the show. Underwood is the founder of the Colton Underwood Legacy Foundation, a charity to support cystic fibrosis, with which his cousin Harper was diagnosed as a baby. Born in Indianapolis and raised in Illinois, he now lives in Denver, CO.