Review: Action, Explosions & SEALs Saving The Day - What's Not To Like?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 15, 2012
Somewhere between 3.5 and 4 stars.I enjoyed reading this book quite a bit. In fact, this has been the first book in some time that could catch, and what's even more important, hold my attention through the whole read.All the right ingredients for a great novel are there: suspense, some action, well-drawn and likable MCs with chemistry, interesting secondary characters and, of course, an engaging romance part.Yeah, some of the plot seems to be rather far-fetched. A civilian being trusted with highly classified information regarding national security, being asked to actually take part in a mission to catch one of the most wanted terrorists... Yes, you certainly can argue about the believability of that story. But then again, when has action ever been truly believable? IMO, the action part was well done and engaging. Gripping. I liked the badass, brave and fearless SEALs, I liked how Matt got sucked into the whole mess and actually didn't do half bad despite his fears and him not being hero material.And it could have been even better if it weren't for the countless "Brian is the best thing that ever happened to me, I need to be the good boyfriend he deserves. I'm lucky to even have him, because he's so gorgeous and without him I'm miserable, I'm nothing." Seriously, I actually got that the first 100 times I (had to) read it. It really got exasperating to read those statements--or similar ones--over and over again.Matt is such a nice and sweet guy with a big heart who only wants to see the best in, and believe the best of people--yep, got that message, check. Seriously, it's so damn exasperating how naive Matt seems to be regarding Brian and how how little he thinks of himself. I so often wanted to grab him by the shoulders to shake him out of his stupidity and naivety. Or clonk him over the head. Or something.And later, we get the exact same talk from Travis, who wants to be deserving of Matt. All this talk about deserving or not-deserving gets boring really fast and it took the reading experience down a notch.The fact that there was no on-page sex didn't bother me at all, because there was enough "display of affection" and making-out. And even the dirty-talking is there--Colorado (or Petey) did take care of that part--even though not in the way most readers probably would have wished for. ;)Other than that, and overall, Latakia was a gripping and entertaining read. And for just 0.99 cents you'll make a bargain on top of that. I recommend it.