Review: Close to You - Kara Isaac - April 2016 This book was one I had picked up from the Xanadu Book exchange in Papamoa as I had swapped a bag of books I had read. I have had this title on my radar for a while now and was even more excited when I saw that the author Kara Isaac is based in Wellington. Imagine my surprise too when I read the book and discovered the author had also used New Zealand as part of the majority setting as the book did give off US vibes from the cover and one of the main lead male characters is from a small farming town in the USA. Alison who got a PhD from Cambridge University and explored Tolkien, after a rocky start and a marriage she is trying to get out of is now working as a tour guide for an exclusive company and showing them the world of JRR Tolkien in New Zealand which of course includes trips to Weta Workshop and Hobbiton. For Jackson, he has accompanied his Uncle on this trip as he is hoping his Uncle will invest in his new venture but to prove hims...