'Attraction peels back the landscape to reveal deeper truths. The writer is right inside her material - a road trip that delivers a political and sexual coming-of-age narrative. The book is a slow-burning fuse that brims with intensely felt experience. Porter is an exciting new talent.'--Lloyd Jones

'Attraction abounds with sharp imagery, intergenerational relationships and the natural, historic and domestic environments of modern New Zealand. Ruby Porter is a gifted new writer.'--Patricia Grace

'Attraction is an exquisite story...The prose is emotive and artistic...Attraction is impossible to put down...It is a brilliant, beautiful novel.'--Booksellers NZ

'A coming-of-age story that is full of evocative sketches of the North Island's landscapes.'--Traveller magazine

'[T]ackling a complex, fraught topic - the very essence of what it is to be a New Zealander - with courage, style and insight.--Stuff New Zealand

'Not a word is wasted. Imagery is of the sharpest level. There is so much to love about this angry, meditative novel that reading it is almost an act of catharsis.'--The AU Review

'Porter's style is spare, immediate and pared back...[A]n intriguing new voice.'--Overland Literary Journal