Review: Cue the Pina Colada Song...Escape is just right!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 10, 2012
I'm not sure if it is coincidence or not that the title of this book and the title of the song also called "The Pina Colada Song" are the same, but when I finished the last of this novella, I couldn't help but have the echo of that song in my head. Just right as an ending.Natalie is one lucky woman.Not because of her loser, but once hot, lazy husband.Not because of her rewarding, but soul sucking and soon ending, job.Not because of her nice, but soon to be lost, house.No, none of these are what make Natalie lucky. Natalie is lucky because she has a Delta Force dad who takes care of his little girl by breaking some rules and seeing that she has what she needs when the bad things happen. Natalie is also very lucky because she meets...completely at random in the wilds...ANOTHER Delta Force man who is also, and heres the real luck, totally hot and single.Okay. Now, that is just a tad too much coincidence for me so I shucked the "serious" frame of mind off and just enjoyed the book as a sort of escapist fiction. A Post-Apocalyptic Bodice Ripper that thankfully didn't go into too much description on the actual ripping of bodices.I actually really enjoyed the novella. Partially due to the shedding of expectations. It's a light read despite the weighty topic. It's more about sometimes needing an emergency that rips all that you have away to help you find out who you really are and free you than about the actual circumstances of the book. And for that, I liked it a great deal.Reader's of general fiction, non-explicit romance, cerebral romance and light woman's adventure books are good audiences for this novella rather than the more serious PAW fiction readers.Oh, and I really loved the cover once I finished the book. Just right!