Review: Great writing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2014
First of all, this book was very well written.  The author definately took her time in developing the story, and the minimal grammatical and spelling errors was a nice change in the indie publishing world.  The story dragged on for me in the beginning, and I didn't really feel like I was into it for probably the first 25%.  There was alot of explanation of bull riding and barrell racing and the like that I didn't necessarily feel added to the story. In fact, I was pretty bored for the first 25%.However, I forged ahead, and the story really took off.  While I didn't understand why the main character, Denver (a girl), felt that she was a slut, and I didn't feel like her backstory would lead one to draw the conclusion that she did, I went along for the ride.The story is about Denver, whose mother was the town slut and had been married seven times, and Greer (a boy), grew up together.  They were best friends until they realized that their feelings for one another were more than friends.  While Greer wanted Denver to be his girlfriend, Denver felt that she was just like her mother and was incapable of giving Greer all of herself and would only be his friend with benefits.This relationship between the two continued until they went to college.  There, Denver meets Ransom, and instant attraction ensues.  However, unbeknownst to Denver, Greer has followed her to college and wants to try and make a go of having a real relationship.  Despite Denver's obvious attraction to Ransom, she agrees to make a go of it with Greer, only to find out that he has been keeping secrets from her.I was rather dissappointed in Denver on many occassions, specifically that she was always blaming herself for things.  Despite the fact that I did not particularly like her, the story was really good, the build up to the end was really good, and the descriptions were really good.  WARNING, however, this is not a stand alone and book 2 does not come out until the beginning of April.  I will definately read the second installment, and hope that Denver can redeem herself to herself more than anyone else.  Interested to see where this will go.A really good read for sure.