I really enjoyed reading The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren. From the very first chapters, I was excited and happy, like a child getting ice cream. The story grabbed my attention and didn’t let go.
The plot is about Anna and Liam, who marry just to get couples’ student housing. They thought they were done with each other after graduation, but Liam needs to stay married for five years to get his inheritance. So, when Liam shows up at Anna’s door asking her to come to his sister’s wedding as his wife, things get interesting. The story is full of family drama, funny moments, and some sweet and spicy romance.
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read another fake marriage story, but this one surprised me. Anna is fun, chaotic, and wild in the best way, while Liam is more serious but still a great character. Together, they made a great pair.
The family parts added a lot to the story, too. It wasn’t just about the romance, but also about how families can be complicated and sometimes messy.
If you like romance books with marriage-of-convenience themes, a bit of humour, and family drama, this book is for you. It’s an enjoyable, light read that will keep you smiling.
If you liked The Paradise Problem, you might also enjoy Maid for Each Other by Lynn Painter.
The Paradise Problem Blurb
Christina Lauren, the instant New York Times bestselling and “reigning romance queens” (PopSugar) of modern classics such as The Unhoneymooners and Love and Other Words, returns with a swoonworthy novel following the buttoned-up heir of a grocery chain and his free-spirited artist ex as they fake their relationship in order to receive a massive inheritance.
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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