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The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
๐ The Paradise Problem
โ๐ผ Christina Lauren
โ๏ธ Contemporary Romance
Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Spice: ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ
โ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ, ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐, ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค. ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐โ๐ข ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ, ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง, ๐ค๐ง ๐ข๐๐ง๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ฃโ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ก.โ
Okay, I really enjoyed this. It was such a fun read!!!
Overview:
โขBillionaire Romance
โขMarriage of Convenience
โขOnly One Bed
โขTropical Island Setting
โขDual POV
โขThemes of Money, Privilege, and Family
๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต. ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐: ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ, ๐๐ป๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ (๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ) ๐ณ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ.
This is truly a perfect summer read! There is a levity and sense of humor throughout the whole story that made this so fun.
โ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐ค๐จ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ?โ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ข ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ. โ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ฎ-๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง.โ ๐๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ ๐๐๐, โ๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐โ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐. ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ.โ
I absolutely love a good marriage of convenience story, and Anna and Liam were wonderful characters to carry this out. The combination of Annaโs joie de vivre and Liamโs integrity was so endearing.
โ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐โ๐ข ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช, ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐โ๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข. ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ก๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ก๐ฎ, ๐ข๐๐๐ก๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐. ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ.โ
The lavish, posh world of Liamโs family was immersive and ridiculous (in a fun way). I absolutely loved how CLo included dialogue about financial disparity and everything to do with it.
โ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐, ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข. ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฎโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐, ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐จ, ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐งโ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข. ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐.โ
I wanted a little more depth of relationship development in those initial weeks, as it felt a little too close to InstaLust at times, but the final chapters did provide relationship maturity and growth!
Favorite Moment: When Anna calls out Ray for everything.
Special shout out to Annaโs dad David Green for being the bookโs MVP!!
โ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ฃ๐, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐ฉ. ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ. ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ.โ
Overall, I recommend this book for anyone who wants a funny, swoony, and spicy romance!
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