Monday, July 15, 2024

REVIEW: The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

 


OUR REVIEW:

It's been a while since I've read a Christina Lauren novel and this one just struck me as a little different than what I've read from them in the past so I decided to give it a try. I'm so glad I did. Anna and West (aka Liam) were interesting characters to read. They were the epitome of opposites attract: she was a starving artist, he came from money. She was had a loving relationship with her father, he was avoiding his family at all costs. Despite all of that, when he needed her to fulfill an obligation as his "wife"...an agreement they entered into years ago as college students who needed to be married in order to get into cheaper housing...she agreed, for a price. He'd pay her for playing his wife and he'd get his family off of his back. 

From the moment they boarded the plane, I knew they'd be fun. He was so anxious and she was so free-spirited that the mixture of two was fun to read. As they got to know each other on the plane, and then on the days following, you could see that there was no way they weren't going to end up together because while she may have needed his monetary donation, he needed her far more than either of them could know. I loved that she supported him and took his back, and suffered the uncomfortable situations that she was thrown in so that he could get through a tough ten days. I loved that he was not an elitist jerk, that he recognized his role in the drama of his family, and that he also had her back. And when all hell broke loose and the truth of everything was revealed, I loved the resolution of it all, especially the very end. 

Easy, cute read that will leave you feeling good. A definite great summer read. 



SYNOPSIS:
Anna Green thought she was marrying Liam “West” Weston for access to subsidized family housing while at UCLA. She also thought she’d signed divorce papers when the graduation caps were tossed, and they both went on their merry ways.

Three years later, Anna is a starving artist living paycheck to paycheck while West is a Stanford professor. He may be one of four heirs to the Weston Foods conglomerate, but he has little interest in working for the heartless corporation his family built from the ground up. He is interested, however, in his one-hundred-million-dollar inheritance. There’s just one catch.

Due to an antiquated clause in his grandfather’s will, Liam won’t see a penny until he’s been happily married for five years. Just when Liam thinks he’s in the home stretch, pressure mounts from his family to see this mysterious spouse, and he has no choice but to turn to the one person he’s afraid to introduce to his one-percenter parents—his unpolished, not-so-ex-wife.

But in the presence of his family, Liam’s fears quickly shift from whether the feisty, foul-mouthed, paint-splattered Anna can play the part to whether the toxic world of wealth will corrupt someone as pure of heart as his surprisingly grounded and loyal wife. Liam will have to ask himself if the price tag on his flimsy cover story is worth losing true love that sprouted from a lie.

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