Review: She Went All The Way by Meg Cabot

From the back cover:

There are a few places screenwriter Lou Calabrese would rather be than crammed into a helicopter with Jack Townsend, star of her claim to fame, Copkiller, and whose ex just ran off with Lou's ex. Talk about uncomfortable. But when, halfway out to the isolated arctic location where Copkiller IV is currently shooting, their pilot turns murderous and their helicopter crashes, Lou realizes her day has just gotten a lot worse.

Now, while family and friends back home fret over her disappearance, Lou is on the run in the arctic wilderness with America's sweetheart Jack Townsend and only the contents of her purse, his pockets, and their mutual knowledge of survival movie trivia to keep them alive. Can these two children of Hollywood put aside their differences and make it back home without killing each other? Or much, much worse, actually start to like one another?

My thoughts:

Meg Cabot cracks me up. This book was no exception, and I giggled through the whole thing.The entire "plot" if you can call it that, is ridiculous. It's a cross between your favorite action movie: cheesy lines, lots of gunshots and explosions, and your favorite romance novel: plenty of heated gazes and trite introspection. All wrapped up in the shiny packaging of gently sarcastic presentation.

I know this review may not be convincing any of you to read the book, but I really did enjoy it. It is a highly entertaining mockery and ideal escapist reading. Just plain fun. However, if you are a die-hard "serious book" person, insisting on fancy frills like depth or character development, you might want to give this one a miss.

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