Review: Roped at pg 1
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2014
Innocence is an alluring quality. The perverse want to claim it, it attracts other innocents, and can make those without it full of loathing. Trust can help you to soar through the clouds or break you down, leaving you lying in the pits of despair.  It can make us blind to what we should clearly see. Love does much of the same, but without love we are truly hopeless.These are all things that Denver has a problem with. Her mother goes from marriage to marriage and is known as the town whore. Her father is a broken shell of a man. The only person she has ever had is Greer. Born just hours apart, they have had each other ever since. As they get older and go through puberty, suddenly there is an attraction. The hormones rage and pull, friends who love each other become more.Denver has always been a fighter, but sometimes what we fight overtakes our sense of self. When she is confronted with the knowledge that she'll never have a moments peace from the perversions that her mother surrounds herself with, she makes a plan. Greer is either all in or she'll find someone else who is. It's time she takes control. In youth, sometimes we're hasty. Sometimes we're wrong.Two wrongs never make a right.A friendship is forever altered. Things will never be the same. Will Denver end up what she was always fight not to be? When she goes to college she meets Ransom. He's the ultimate in bull fighting at the collegiate level, but he doesn't fit the mold. From his buzz cut to his tattoos, he does what he wants and doesn't try to fit in becoming something that he's not. For Denver, the attraction is instantaneous, just what she needs to make the break from Greer. This is why she's at MSU, to find a fresh start. Ransom has followed her career. He's attracted to her and wonders what it is about her that makes her different.Two men, one girldark secretsself-hateThis book is unlike any other that I've read. It broaches the subject that most won't. Young attractive girls having to fight off the opposite sex and how it molds them. If you've ever had to fight someone from taking liberties this book will resonate with you. It's a hard subject to broach but Lynetta Halat does it flawlessly. The feelings that Denver battles are spot on and so emotional that you want to cry for her. She's mixed up and it's easy to see why.When the triangle starts to form I expected it to be the typical swoony girl doesn't know who to love. This is anything but! Denver is such a strong female, she truly does want to shed her reputation. The event toward the left me flabbergasted. I was SO not expecting that. Of course, the end is priceless. However, cliff-hanger alert! Just when I thought we were going to get somewhere. Fade to black.The good news, the next book in the series is out in just a couple of months. Titled Freed, it promises to answer the questions that Used has left us with.This book is more than 5 stars.It will have you roped from the start.8 seconds flat and ready to embrace the rodeo lifestyle.I received a copy of this book for my honest review.