The Tourist Attraction - Sarah Morgenthaler

Title: The Tourist Attraction
Author: Sarah Morgenthaler
Genre: Chick-lit
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: Audiobook ~11hrs
Date read: April 2021

When Graham Barnett named his diner The Tourist Trap, he meant it as a joke. Now he's stuck slinging reindeer dogs to an endless parade of resort visitors who couldn't interest him less. Not even the sweet, enthusiastic tourist in the corner who blushes every time he looks her way...

Two weeks in Alaska isn't just the top item on Zoey Caldwell's bucket list. It's the whole bucket. One look at the mountain town of Moose Springs and she's smitten. But when an act of kindness brings Zoey into Graham's world, she may just find there's more to the grumpy local than meets the eye...and more to love in Moose Springs than just the Alaskan wilderness.


Rounded up on goodreads, because it made me even more keen to go to Alaska someday.

I liked it well enough - however, I had expected to love it, so "liking well enough" was slightly disappointing. Still, it was good, and I enjoyed reading about Alaska and Moose Springs.

My main problem with the book was that it didn't ring quite true. The romance was sweet, but too sudden. The friendship between Lana and Zoey was told rather than shown. Zoey's adventures were fascinating, but seemed over the top when I stopped to think about it. In general, I was left with a feeling of "it's good, but...."

I did love the descriptions of the Alaskan wilderness and wildlife though!