Review: What not to love about the Rocker and the Country Sweetheart?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 1, 2013
When I saw that Nicole Reed was putting out a book for Rhye from Ruining Series I was so ecstatic!  Those books are some of my all-time favorites and I love it when we get to know the characters better.  So we last left Rhye and his band in LA about to make it big... fast forward a couple of years to the beginning of Wasted Heart.  This is told in an alternating POV with both main characters.Rhye Clark is and the boys have hit it big and just as fast as they rose, they fell hard and fast.  Sex, drugs, and rock and roll turned out to be a deadly combination and again Rhye feels like another death is his fault.  Strung out on herorine the record label forces Rhye to get clean or they will drop him from the label.  He has a heavy sense of duty to support his mom so he agrees.  He's off to Nashville to work on his music and get clean.  Little does he know he meets the one that will challenge him the most...Syn Landry is the current sweetheart of the country music scene.  She is squeaky clean and innocent as they come.  She is the epitome of the good ole country girl.  She's had one serious relationship that ended with a broken heart."Love.  A four letter word. So beautiful in its spelling. So simple in its arrangement. So innocent in its  meaning So fragile in its time. So devastating in its aftermath."When she sees Rhye at the recording studio, she has an instant draw to him.  He is so opposite of her but yet she feels drawn to him.  When he sings, she feels the hurt and pain he buries and hides from the world.  Except she sees it crystal clear."I don't move, frozen within his gaze.  What this boy does to me.  My body naturally reacts to his, but its my emotions that I don't understand.  I want to protect him, shelter him, right every wrong; however, the most confusing aspect is not only do I want to fix him, but I want to fix myself.  I want to be perfect for him, be what he needs."Can the rock and roll bad boy and the country sweetheart fit together? Can Syn help Rhye heal the old wounds that he carries?"Syn doesn't offer me empty words broken promises, or carless caresses.  It's something I've never known: giving without getting back a single damn thing.  I don't understand it, and I'm afraid I never will.""The heart he wanted everyone to believe was wasted captures me wholeheartedly."It's a great additional to the Ruining Series and really enjoyed it.  We get a little glimpse of our old friends Jay and Kane!  I did feel that that I connected more with Ruining Me and Ruining You as those brought me to tears.  I thought this book was a good accompanying book to complete the series but didn't feel that same connection.  I did enjoy it but in a different way than the others.  If you love a rocker story then this is for you.