She Went All the Way

by Meg Cabot

Book Overview

Success hasn't spoiled screenwriter Lou Calabrese -- it's just given her a taste for luxury. And it's put her in some bizarre situations -- like in a helicopter en route to the wilds of Alaska,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061340243
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Fun

It’s hard to gauge, until you read them, which of Meg Cabots books are for teens and which not. This is in the not category. Thank you, Ms Cabot! Her trademark humor, witty narration and likable characters, despite a less than enthralling backdrop, make this a most entertaining and enjoyable contemporary romance.

Different than her more recent work but a fun read

Romance, action and adventure. If you like those things then you will like this book. Unlike her other adult geared books this one is a bit more graphic about sex. So, consider that if buying for a younger Cabot fan. It isn't that detailed but it is more so than any of her other books, where she gives the start and finish of the act but leaves out the middle. I enjoyed that the story sometimes got told from different perspectives. Mostly it was just Lou and Jack but you got glimpes of just about all the other characters. Definetly a good vacation or bubble bath book.

There Might be Something to this

It's been a long time since I read a romance novel. It's been even longer since I've read a GOOD romance novel. Vampires and highlanders and viscounts, oh my! Give me a break! Same (...), Different Author. How am I supposed to believe that two people who just met two days ago have already fallen madly and passionately in love? Well, Cabot starts off on the right foot, by establishing that her characters have known each other for years--they just haven't liked each other. At all. There's a foundation there already, rather than having one slapped together in a week or less. The characters themselves are great, too. Lou (short for Louise, good lord) is a fairly typical staple of Cabot's adult contemporary books: creative, independent, intelligent. This isn't really a bad thing, though, for two reason. One is that even though these female characters have the same basic personality traits, they all have different habits and histories to explain them. The second is that they're a hell of a lot more likable than some of the characters from Cabot's recent young adult work. I liked Lou. I'd like to slap Mia. Being a writer myself, one who is rather familiar with Lou's feeling of observing life, writing life, but never living life, I found someone I could relate to in a romance novel--for once. She's fun and spunky, a little naive, with a lot of defense mechanisms, including a sharp-edged sense of humor. Romance novel heroines have this habit of falling under one trait: independent or innocent or intelligent, etc. Not Lou, who is a refreshing mishmash of all those things. And thank god for Jack. Finally! Jack is a womanizer who doesn't want to commit. Note here I say "doesn't want to" rather than "is afraid", because for most of the book, he isn't afraid of commitment. And the reason for all this? HE'S A MAN! Cabot doesn't make any excuses for Jack. He wasn't beaten as a child, he didn't have his heart broken, he's just a guy. A somewhat misguided but over all nice guy. Jack develops a fear to commit when he realizes that, if it's with Lou, he'd like to. Why, you ask? Again, it's simple: he's a guy. An American male, which we all know is not a species generally encouraged to express or even understand their emotions. This is not the horrible thing romance novelists and their audiences seem to think it is. There doesn't need to be an excuse for a guy to be promiscuous or cold or insenstive. Give it a rest already, would ya? And while a number of current romance authors like to pussyfoot around the sex matter, Cabot just goes for it. The over all lack of stupid metaphors that imply something, rather than describe it, was nice. Some people think the plot was improbable. So, what...vampires aren't improbable? There's very little on the romance shelves that is probable. At least this was enjoyable. Oh, and the Hindenburg thing? Hilarious! I hated that damn song, too, Meg!

Rollicking, humorous, & sexy romp in the Alaskan wilderness!

There are not many humorous books that I give a five star rating. On top of that, there are few books that carry such a ridiculous name as "She Went All the Way" that I would actually attempt to carry around with me to read. After all, I would get some strange looks from many friends if they saw the cover. How could I convince them that underneath that very misleading name, sat a very well done, sophisticated, contemporary romance comedy with characters that actually have depth and a mystery that keeps you guessing until the end!This book was just plain fun. My first impression was only okay because I was distracted by the setting up of so many secondary characters. But that investment in those characters is well worth it. Just because they get a lot of attention in the beginning of the book does not mean that is the way of the book. The relationship between Jack and Lou, the hero and heroine, is definitely the thrust of this story. Most of the pages are dedicated to this relationship with the secondary characters only adding some zest here and there. And if you have read any of my reviews, you know that the time allowed for the leads to develop their relationship is an important criteria for a favorable rating.Lou Calebrese is a academy award winning screen writer. She has written her successful screenplays for six years and is well entrenched in the ways of Hollywood. Her boyfriend of ten years (since high school) has just left her after she had written a screenplay, Hindenburg, for him as lead actor. Hindenburg was a huge hit and made him a super star. Now he has eloped with his Hindenburg co-star. Lou has developed a rather cynical attitude towards the male species since this break up. One thing she vows to never do again is date another actor. And she means it! Really, really, really!Jack Townsend is a yummy and highly popular actor. Lou has written the screenplay for four of Jack's movies - all which have been giant hits. Jack is known for dating and leaving woman after woman and has, in fact, left a large number behind. He had proclaimed in a rare interview once that he did not believe in monogamy and did not intend to marry. However, Jack is a fairly reclusive man. He has a ranch away from LA and spends every day he can there. He dislikes Hollywood and all its games. He is actually a pretty nice guy and not near as arrogant as he seems once we start to hear things from his side. He has always admired a beautiful screen writer, Lou Calebrese, but realizes she does not like him at all. He is actually annoyed at her dislike of him because he has never had a lady dislike him before. After all, he does realize he is charming and he does love a lady's company and - oh yeah - he isn't conceited about it either. It's just fact and that is how he sees it. When his former girlfriend, the costar of the smash hit, Hindenburg, elopes with Lou's ex-boyfriend, it is a huge media frenzy. No one knows that Jack doesn't really

AMAZING!

After a read like The Boy Next Door I wondered if Meggin could top herself. She's proven she can with She Went All The Way. Meet Lou Calabrese, screenwriter of the famous Copkiller movies and Hindenberg, the film that catapulted the career of her boyfriend of 10 years, Bruno de Blaise aka Barry Kimmel. When Barry runs off and gets married to his co-star in Hindenburg Lou is devastated and believes her life could get no worse. That is of course until she ends up getting trapped with her worst enemy, Jack Townsand, in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness after an attempt on Jack's life goes wrong.This of course is the most horrid thing that could ever happen to Lou. She isn't prepared for the fact that there are people on snowmobiles trying to kill her. But what she's even less prepared for is the passion that ignites between her and Jack.This book was hilarious, sexy, and fun. I loved it! I thoroughly enjoyed all the charecters and I can't wait for Meggin's next novel.

Excellent Contemporary Romance

When screenwriter, Lou Calabrese's, boyfriend of 10-years takes off with an actress he worked with in Lou Calabrese's hit screenplay, and gets married, she is absolutely stunned. Ten years together, and he was never able to commit, but suddenly he's married. If that weren't bad enough, she's forced to sit on a plane with Jack Townsend, the absolute hottest guy in Hollywood, who's ex-girlfriend just happens to be the woman who took off with Lou's man. But, could there be a romance for these two written in the stars?This is an absolutely fantastic book. Meggin Cabot has done it yet again, only this time it's with her very first contemporary romance. Lou is a very enjoyable character, and her best friend, Vicky, is absolutely hilarious (even if she is a little materialistic). Fans of Meggin's previous work, "The Boy Next Door" will relish in this fantastic romance.Erika Sorocco