Review: Great Angsty Love Triangle!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2014
*I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review*This is why I LOVE—Love triangles! Honestly you can’t get much better than Used if you want a true to its meaning good old-fashioned tear your heart out triangle! Throw in a girl who’s all kinds of messed up, with two hot Cowboy’s, and a rodeo/country theme and I’m hooked.Denver Dempsey is one complex girl, full of self doubt and issues that have obviously plagued her judgment in life.  Her Mother made her go through some crap that honestly would make anyone a little crazy.  This is where her “Golden Boy” Greer comes in.  Greer is the one that is so easy to love in this story.  He and Denver have basically been connected at the hip since they were in the womb.  The sweet story between these two is what initially grabbed my attention.  They have the kind of friendship/relationship that every girl dreams of growing up.  Greer is always there for his “Chicken” which is his affectionate term for her, even the way he describes chickens in relation to Denver is just the sweetest thing! He’s so quirky and sweet and loveable, which made me even more excited to read on, since I knew there would soon be another Dude coming in the picture to throw a wrench right through the sweetness that is Greer & Denver.  I know…I’m sick!Enter Ransom… He’s HOT, He’s a bull rider, He’s edgy, and He’s basically everything Greer is not.  And Of course the troubled bad girl side of Denver is instantly attracted to him.  Not that she is unaware of who he is.  He’s been pretty well known throughout the Rodeo Circle’s over the years, and has chalked up quite the bad boy reputation himself.  Sounds like a match made in heaven right?  Or maybe a gasoline soaked rag just waiting for a torch is more like it.  That’s exactly what these two have together, and the fiery chemistry between these two is off the charts hot!So whose team did I choose, Greer or Ransom?  Let me start off by saying this…  I thought when I started reading this book that I would love Greer, which I did, which I still do!  But there is no denying Ransom’s pull to his character, he’s flawed and dirty and sexy and gritty! Which are all of the things that would normally pull me to the bad boy side of the fence right?  That is the way I normally would go, but Lynetta has a way with her writing that definitely pulls you back and forth between your emotions so much that you, yourself don’t even know what you want, and in true Love Triangle fashion!  I honestly loved every part of it.  Even the part where Greer pissed me off! I obviously have issues myself, but I can’t help it!This is the very first time I’ve ever read a Lynetta Halat book, and I can firmly say that it will most definitely not be the last!  One of the things I loved the most was that the character development was so strong that I actually really felt deeply for all of them.  Especially Denver, normally when a female character is so flawed and seems to have a tortured soul she ends up looking whiney or complacent.  This was not the case with Denver.  I really felt like she was constantly searching for something more during the whole book.  And even though she has these two strong male characters in her life, that something was still missing.  And in the end, I believe she’s still searching for answers.I would definitely consider this book a mild cliffhanger, but nothing I can’t handle since I obviously love those too! I am REALLY looking forward to reading FREED, which is the second book in the series.