The Paradise Problem – Book Review

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.

Anna Green is broke and struggling artist. She got fired from her job at the convenience store, Anna also needed money to pay for her father’s medical bills. But then Liam Weston comes back into her life–Anna has been “fake” married to Liam when they were in college. Liam wants Anna to pretend to be his wife again to attend for his sister’s wedding which will be held in an island in Indonesia. Anna willingly accepts the offer as she needs money. As Anna is getting ready to be Liam’s wife, Anna gets into the world of luxury but at the same time couldn’t help but falling in love in real with her fake husband.

This kind of reminded me of Crazy Rich Asians little bit but then the storyline is different. The similarities between the two books is an extravagant wedding is being held in a luxurious island in southeast Asian. Here, Anna and Weston are fake couple, pretending to be married, Anna pretending to be a doctor although she is a struggling artist.

There were some funny moments in the book, the whole descriptions of the island itself made you the reader feel like you are also in the island. Anna is such a funny loving and at the same time caring and loyal character, perfect for Liam who had a strained relationship with his own father. I like how Anna is trying to help Liam get is portion of the inheritance as the will stipulated that in order to get the inheritance, the children had to be married. Either way, it was an enjoyable read in my opinion.

Worth four stars.