Samantha Chase: #Resort Crush

 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250085911-resort-crush

Book Blurb:

He lives by schedules, spreadsheet and always knowing what’s next.
She lives for trails, takeoffs, and the thrill of what comes next.

Nora Wilder is always looking for her next thrill, so when she lands a job as an adventure guide at the Lakeview Harbor Resort, it finally feels like she’s found a place where she belongs. Except what seemed like a dream job quickly goes south after a series of run-ins with one of the resort’s owners threatens the future she’s building.

Investing in the resort where he met his closest friends made perfect sense to Milo Keene. But for someone who lives for spreadsheets, participating in any of the resort’s outdoor activities is more than a little outside his comfort zone. And that’s not even counting the resort’s newest adventure guide who seems determined to terrorize him.

Tropes:  

*Netgalley ALC  *Enemies --> more  *small town vibes  *wealthy MMC x not so wealthy FMC

*Opposites attract  *Tech MMC x out doors enthusiast FMC  *Resort/Camp 

*she saves him/he saves her *Insta Love *mentions of spice but not open door

*State Challenge (Washington & NY Both repeats)

Thoughts:

Nora Wilder (FMC) is an independent woman she has been a thrill seeking adventure guide for awhile and even has a pilots license allowing her to fly a small plane or helicoptor, recently she has been feeling that she would like to set some roots and feels that there is a great opportunity to do that at the Lakeview Harbor Resort it's a tranquil place where she can do what she loves and get paid for it... but one of the resort's owners isn't getting that memo...

Milo Keene (MMC) is a wealthy tech guru he has recently invested in a resort where he met his closest friends from childhood and has come to the resort to help set up the security system, things would be going well but he keeps running into this infuriating woman... Nora... what is her problem anyways?  She's like the popular mean girl at school... he is one of the owners maybe he can do something about this situation.

Nora has been told to play nice to Milo by her direct supervisor (one of the other owners) if she wants to keep her job... while he can stick up for her in a lot of ways to keep her there he can't do it for long if she has frequent open hostility towards Milo.

This was a situation where opposites clash (and frequently) until they don't.  The beginning is a bunch of miscommunication or no communication since they don't know each other well and the interactions they have had haven't been pleasant, after an incident happens where Nora has to come to Milo's rescue things take a different turn and they realize that maybe they have both been looking at things from the wrong angle.

A big focus from the middle on was on what would happen when their resort life bubble ended since Milo lived and worked in Washington and the Resort where Nora works is in New York and quite honestly this back and forth with these inner thoughts about long distance relationship and what would happen after Milo went home kind of took up too much of the book (in my opinion) yes it's an issue but they just met... just see what happens (?)  This made it all seem more on the insta love side to me.

Overall it was a cute, cozy quick read/listen, I never fully felt connected with either character as we only get to know them on a more surface level but they were both likeable and I did want them to have a happy ending (preferably together).  This was the 4th book in the series and several other couples from the previous books make appearances throughout but I didn't feel lost and it could be read as a stand alone.  If you are looking for something light this might be for you, 

I got this ALC from Netgalley.  The Narrator did a good job with the story but feel that it could have benefitted by having a 2nd narrator to help with different voices.  

Have you read this one?  What did you think?