I too, grew up in Minnesota like the author and later moved to California. And having literally just returned from a vacation in Kauai (Princeville and Hanalei), I was really excited to read this book! And it is hilarious for sure! Ingrid moves from frosty North Dakota to Kauai when she is 23 and gets a job as a tour guide. That is short-lived however, as her cohort is a raging... (well, I won't put that language in a review)! Kauai is paradise of course, but Ingrid absolutely hates the chickens that run rampant over the island and plans to kill them in any way she can--and believe me--these schemes are outrageous and hysterical. But beneath the humor we see politics at work as there are protests and controversies surrounding the impending development of peaceful Hanalei Bay with bigger and better resorts. So if you need a humorous beach read this summer--better yet, read it on a beach in Hawaii to capture the full flavor of the islands and Ingrid!

I am always leery of comic novels because humour is pretty subjective and this one wasn't for me. I love Carl Hiaasen and the blurb sort of sounded like his sort of capers, but I disliked the main character so much that while I found some of her schtick witty, I just couldn't find the warmth I need in order to find it funny. She seemed spiteful in her wit and sometimes the jokes were flagged in unsubtle ways like (I paraphrase) 'we all laughed at the way I said this' and I felt I was being poked into finding it amusing. The setting and background to the character were unusual and interesting though!

I'm not entirely sure how to describe this book!  It's mildly funny, the storyline is reasonably unusual and certainly unusual and the characters are...well, they're not really anything to be honest.  Even our heroine is a dropout waster with few redeeming features.  Yes, i get that she's only 23, but how on the one hand is she so utterly lazy and careless and yet on the other capable of rowing herself 70 miles across open water in pursuit of her dream, which is just plain daft.

The premise is ridiculous, but when did that ever stop a book being readable or successful.  I enuinely don't care if things simply couldn't happen, that's how fiction works, on the whole, but I do want to actually like the characters and be invested in what they're doing. I think the problem lies in the utter shallowness of the whole thing.  There's nothing to take from it, nothing to gain from it and it's only a mildly entertaining read.  Okay for the beach I suppose, if you're constantly bothered by kids and need something where losing your place doesn't really matter.

This book was really funny and made laugh out loud.
The plot is quite weird and hilarious at the same time, the cast of characters is interesting and the style of writing is unsual and creative.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to John Hunt Publishing Ltd and Netgalley for this ARC

Ingrid ditches her freezing hometown in Minnesota for the paradise of Kauai after she comes into a sizable inheritance.  She knows her money won't last forever so she has two part time jobs: working as a tour guide and drinking with her independently wealthy (read: jobless) boyfriend Ethan and his buddy Charlie.  When she isn't working or drinking, she spends a lot of time plotting how to get rid of the chicken population taking over paradise with their loud crowing and general stupidity.
In her quest to rid the island of feral chickens we meet a cast of interesting characters including:  Koa, the wise Hawaiian with a permanent seat at the bar; Biggie Smalls, the obese Yorkie; and an "assassination of mongooses" (yeah, that is the plural) under anesthesia.
Shark attacks, shady investment deals, and illegal animal smuggling are what you're in for when you pick up this Hawaiian comedy.   Dramatically over the top and absolutely hilarious, the crude humor and ridiculous situations Ingrid puts herself in are laugh out loud entertaining even when I found myself rolling my eyes a couple times.
Thanks to Roundfire Books and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Fabulous, fun read.  A balance of light humor and real cultural difference.  Would highly recommend as a read for most.

DNF at 50%. I just can't go on. The main character is such a boring, "I'm not like other girls" stereotype. I also can't believe that a 23-year-old would think that a video with a thousand views is "viral". That might be a petty complaint, but it really broke my suspension of disbelief.

I received an ARC of this novel from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Laugh out loud funny novel.  I would love to see it made into a film.

So let me tell a little about the book’s plot. It has as the main character a young woman, named Ingrid, who after winning a considerable sum of money, decides to leave North Dakota and move to Hawaii. To be honest, I cannot blame her. Have you seen the series “Fargo”? I mean, damn…how can a small town like that can have stories live those?
Anyway, Ingrid, who has a drinking issue, discovers soon after moving to Kauai that the island is full of feral chickens and that she and the local “rat-birds” cannot co-exist.
From this point, the book starts to be funny. With all Ingrid’s evil plans to get rid of all the chickens from the island, to the drinking talk and the description of the obese Yorkie, named “Biggie Smalls”.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story, although when I began reading I could not imagine how a story about feral chickens could entertain me!.  Told by a young woman,  Ingrid,  who inherited a piece of land worth that an oil company,offered her $2,000,000 for.    She sold it to them right away.   With the resources to move from a boring job in North Dakota, she decided on Kauai.   Once there the adventures begin.  She started counting the feral chicken that over ran  the Island. (A true fact by the way.).  A very heavy drinker, she often went to the bar where she met Ethan and Charlie, like wise  boozers!   They become inseparable and partied wherever and whenever they could.  She worked for a while, but quit as she hated the boss........becoming obsessed with the chickens she started to plan a way to get rid of them.   She didn't tell Ethan, who by this time was her lover, or Charlie of her plans.   The schemes she concocted give the story its essence..   A well written, original idea for a story.

What a cool book. I realised halfway through that I was actually reading a story about a slightly eccentric character and her mission to kill chickens. I've never had that before. 
I loved it, the writing, the language, the characters, the story. It is one of those books that is totally unique and purely entertaining and pleasurable. It reminded me of the Scandinavian stories that aren't in a hurry but take you on a glorious journey, you just have to sit back and enjoy it. 
I can't not comment the insults, hilarious, I now have a great range of names to hurl that will bring great  a smile and diffuse my anger