Review: Yummy Navy SEAL!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 5, 2013
My 4.0 star review from Guilty Pleasures book reviews:Ahhh, you have to love the Navy Seals and what they do day in and day out.  In the second book of Melissa Schroeder's The Santinis, we meet Marco, a Seal living in Hawaii.  He loves the island, his house, and his job but he can't seem to get over his infatuation with his landlady the beautifully intriguing, Alana Kailikea.  When his brothers come for a visit, he forced by their flirting to admit he wants to pursue something with her, now he just has to convince her it's a good idea.This is one of those books that I love the story but I'm still not sure about the characters.  I think part of that comes from both Marco and Alana being very private and quiet people.  Marco because of his job can't share a lot of his life with anyone so I think this prevents him from sharing in general.  Alana has been hurt in the past so she keeps herself closed off to prevent it from happening again.  While we do find out some about both of them, I still wonder about them both.  Despite this or maybe because of it, they work well together.  I like that once Marco decided to pursue Alana, he wouldn't let her deny she felt something for him.  He staked his claim and went in full throttle just like I would expect a man like him to do.  Alana was a little harder to read but through her best friend, Colin, we gain some insight into her character. Everyone needs a Colin in their lives; that one person to tell you how stupid you are being even when you don't want to hear it.I flat out loved having all the Santini men together even for a short time.  It was fun to see their different personalities come in to play and how alike they can be.  I also have to say that Mama Santini cracks me up and I love the way she keeps her boys in line and immediately wins over the women in their lives.  You have to admire her for raising kind and decent men and the fact that they still fear her wrath!Although I had a hard time connecting to the two main characters, I still really enjoyed Marco.  The fact that the plot was engaging and that the other characters in the book were intriguing made this a fun story to read.  So the Army and Navy men have fallen...Gianni, the airman is up next and I can't wait to see what love does to him!