This is the story of Sydney Green, an LA publicist who travels to Alaska to help make a documentary because her client (and sometimes boyfriend), is a movie star who decided he needed a cause. The cause is saving the walrus --- since he wanted to be different, so Sydney is sent to Alaska as a volunteer for the "Save the Walrus" foundation in exchange for their sponsorship of the short documentary.This was a fun chick-lit book --- sometimes you just want a quick mindless, but not mind-numbing read and this fit the bill. Sydney is a like-able, but spoiled heroine who is transformed by her Alaskan adventure. Much is predictable but fun --- especially if you have ever roughed it! I enjoyed some of the supporting characters. The environmental message was clear, but well done in terms of how I would imagine that the scientist would react. Watch out --- you may want to join (or at least donate to) Green Peace after this one :-D Tell me if you've heard this one before:Big city girl traipses off to some remote location where she breaks a heel, learns a lesson and falls in love... Yeah, okay, it's been done before. It will be done again. Repeatedly. It's a formula that works well, but we all know where it's going to end.What set this one apart is that it has a cause behind it, a cause that the author has researched well. Yes, okay, that has been done too, but I didn't feel like the author was shoving the walruses down my throat. Her characters had depth beyond just their cause. The cause was part of who they were on a larger scale. The author didn't make these characters one-dimensional at all and different layers of their personalities.I thought the editing was excellent, I didn't see any time line or silly spelling/grammar errors. Either I was too wrapped up in what was going on or they didn't exist. Either way, thank goodness for that! There's a great mix of dialogue and narrative. This is an easy breezy read that doesn't pretend to me anything more than it is. From reading the description, you know exactly what you are going to get. Without giving too much away the ending was satisfying, if not a little too satisfying. While I like to know a real true ending to a book, I think the author ended it well... but then went and ended it again. And then again. So, while I was happy to not be left hanging, I could have done without all the extra endings (heh, innings, endings, get it?!?!)This is a great book for those that like chicklit. It's a little heavier than your standard toss away book. I will forever remember the scene with the baby walrus and the heartbreak that went with it. Well done.
