What an absolutely phenomenal book by this incredible writing duo. Christina Lauren’s writing style continues to grow and evolve, constantly outdoing themselves. This one has similar vibes to The Unhoneymooners (fake marriage, Island setting), but where The Unhoneymooners is a rom-com, this one is more romance with depth and family drama.

Liam and Anna are two incredibly well-written leads. Liam has a heart of gold, but comes from a wealthy family full of cold hearts. Anna comes from a single parent home where money was always in short supply. Both are strong characters that bring out the best in each other. I loved the slow build of their marriage/relationship. The way their feelings build was perfection.

I loved the rotating dual POVs, which readers have come to love in a Christina Lauren novel. This always keeps a story line moving, and this was no exception.

While this was a love story, it was so much more. There were so many raw emotions poured out on these pages & you felt like you were right there with them as they navigated through them. I was cheering them on as a couple and individually. These two quickly worked their way into my heart & I’ll have a hard time letting them go.

Thank you to NetGalley and Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This book is an absolute must read when it releases in May! I can only imagine how incredible the audio will be.

This rom com had me laughing out loud! I loved Anna and West’s relationship and overall maturity. Another great, fun Christina Lauren story. The pop culture references were fun (Indiana Jones! White Lotus!) but likely won’t age well in the long run. Regardless, so fun and I loved it!

Only one real complaint - Why is Goddamn the sexual innuendo go-to? I thought it was a typo! Noooo thank you.


Thank you Gallery Books and NetGalley for this ARC.

I love Christina Lauren’s books! I can always count on them to be fun, flirty, mood lifters. The Paradise Problem is so exception! It has it all- brooding male main character, creative/quirky female lead, family troubles, tropical paradise, fake dating (marriage), etc!

While I enjoyed the storyline, I struggled a bit with the romance. There was definitely chemistry, but it mostly revolves around sex. Towards the end I caught myself skimming the sex scenes to find out what happened with the family conflicts. I also found her nickname for her husband’s genitalia a bit silly. All in all, I did enjoy this book and it’ll be a perfect easy summer read!

Loved this one by the dynamic duo Christina Lauren. It was steamy and the main characters were so easy to love. I got some major Crazy Rich Asian vibes from the over the top wedding chapters. Such a fun and easy read.

the paradise problem is about a couple who pretends to be married for various reasons. they end up going on a tropical island with Liam’s family who are awful and have to pretend to be married

I really liked this book. Anna was funny. and Liam was likable as well though admittedly didn’t have much of a personality.

Some of the parts about the fathers business were confusing to me . and I am not sure if the epilogue had an error but they kept saying “Liam and his Goddamn” but not following up with anything

What is not to love with a Christina Lauren book? I can see Paradise Problem becoming a popular choice for pool and beach bags this summer. All of the favorite parts of a beach read - fake relationship. meddling family members, steamy love scenes, exotic locale, and true love! Christina Lauren seamlessly blends two author's voices into escapist fun. I will be recommending to fans of women's fiction and rom-coms (but readers will flock to this one for the beautiful cover, title, and author's name). I look forward to the next one from Christina Lauren.

4.5 Stars

I really enjoyed The Paradise Problem! This book has a little bit of everything, billionaire romance, marriage of convince, fake dating, forced proximity, the one bed trope, etc. I loved this cast of characters! I thought they were all written so well. I especially loved the banter between the two main characters, Anna & Liam. I loved the setting in this book and how vividly it was described. I felt like I was on the private island with these characters.

For the most part I thought the book was very well paced. I liked the fact that there were no loose ends, but in the epilogue, it felt as if the authors were going down the list of every storyline they needed to wrap up. It just felt rushed. I finished the book wanting more from the ending.

Overall, The Paradise Problem was a great read. I have posted a review on my TikTok account.

Thank you so much for the ARC.

Christina Lauren have done it again! I couldn’t put down this book down! It had great tropes: marriage of convenience/fake dating, dual POV. I really liked West and Anna’s characters, their banter, and the family drama that went on in this book. Christian Lauren are an autobuy/request author for me and I already can't wait for the next release!

Fun and entertaining reading from Christina Lauren! I am never disappointed with any of their books and this is no exception. Anna and Liam are in a college marriage of convenience (which she thought was over at graduation) for cheap housing. Fast forward a few years later and the marriage was legally over! Surprise! I loved the drama and sweetness that ensued as Liam asks Anna to take their fake marriage to his sister's wedding. I loved this book and will re-read this summer in my Paradise!!

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!

Christina Lauren is one of my favorite authors, so I was beyond thrilled to get approved for an ARC of THE PARADISE PROBLEM! Every time I pick up one of their books, I know it's going to be compulsively readable. This one was no exception. It regularly kept me up until 1 a.m. saying, "Just one more chapter..."

A few years ago, Anna and Liam got married so they could both qualify for family subsidized housing while at UCLA. They had a marriage in name only, and were roommates but never got to know each other. (This was one thing that nagged at me — if you're sharing space with someone, wouldn't you get to know them a *little* bit?) Anna was under the impression she signed divorce papers right after graduation... but she was wrong.

Liam shows up on her doorstep to tell her they're not divorced, and she needs to come with him to his sister's destination wedding on a private island in Indonesia. Oh, and they have to stay married for five years due to a clause in his grandfather's will that won't allow him to inherit hundreds of millions of dollars unless he's married. There's a lot going on here, and all of it is bonkers! I ate it up with a spoon.

This book is like Succession meets The White Lotus, but without the darkness of both those shows. Liam has a terrible family, but they're just regular terrible, not sadistically terrible. They run a huge grocery store chain, which was a fun detail. Despite his family's massive amounts of money and lavish spending, the book isn't a celebration of wealth — quite the opposite. I appreciated that.

Anna and Liam were great characters with tons of chemistry. And if you've been missing spicy CLo, you'[l be VERY pleased by the heat level of this book. I wouldn't say THE PARADISE PROBLEM is my favorite CLo book (for me, THE TRUE LOVE EXPERIMENT will be hard to top), but I had a great time reading it.

The reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is that the pacing started to drag about halfway through. It felt like they'd been on the island forever with not a whole lot happening. Things picked back up again around the 65% mark, but I had to push through a few chapters to get there.

Thank you to Gallery for the ARC, which was provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Christina Lauren does not disappoint. I love the comedy and banter created between the characters, the slow burn, and the "Crazy, Rich, Asian" vibe going on in the story. Such an fun, easy read.

Well that was the cutest freakin thing I’ve ever read!!!
I stayed up til 1 am to finish and annoyed the hell out of my husband the entire time because I couldn’t quit giggling like a little girl at all the cute banter.
Also, you *know* a book is good when I stay up late to read, because absolutely nothing is more important to me than my beauty sleep 😴

Anna and Liam meet in college when they both are in financial stress and needing an inexpensive place to live. The solution is to get married, so they can live in affordable family housing on campus. In the two years they were roommates, they hardly ever saw each other and were barely more than strangers. In fact, Anna thinks Liam’s name is West Weston the entire time, never realizing how silly that would be.

Fast-forward a few years and Liam seeks Anna out to continue their fake marriage arrangement. Liam is attending his sister's wedding and his wife is expected to be there by his side. He needs her to play along, so he can inherit millions of dollars from his family.
Anna thinks this is an easy task, until she actually meets Liam’s family, and realizes just how dysfunctional and chaotic they are.

Full of adorable flirting and hysterical family dynamics, The Paradise Problem had me grinning from ear to ear! Below the surface level there are thought-provoking sections on the importance of money, what is actually valuable in life, and biological versus found family.

Hopefully Christina Lauren goes on a book tour and I can snag a signed copy of this one, because The Paradise Problem is without a doubt one of my new favorites!


Read if you love:
🏝Fake dating (marriage)
🛏Only one bed
❤️Chosen family
💕Friends to lovers

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

4.5 ⭐️

This is in my top CL reads! Liam and Anna got married to live in family housing at university. He has an inheritance contingent on a marriage lasting 5 years. It’s been 3 years since they’ve been roommates but Anna is down on her luck. Liam needs his wife to come to his sister’s wedding to prove he hasn’t been lying. They go to Indonesia and chaos ensues. Liam’s terrible family is obsessed with their wealth. I loved the fake relationship between Liam and Anna. It was funny and swoon worthy!

This might be one of the best this summer!

A marriage of convenience between Liam (West) and Anna, turns into a dramatic family wedding island vacation gone way wrong. I couldn’t put this book down - I needed to go to bed an hour and a half ago, but stayed up because Christina Lauren know how to right a story that draws you in. I loved Anna’s quirks that balanced West’s more calm vibe; adored how open and vulnerable they were with each other (all the feels here), and the romance and spice were perfect. The family dynamics and drama were so entertaining, but I loved the growth in certain individuals. I binged this in a day and a half (I had to work today - only reason why it took so long).

I read two Christina Lauren books back to back and never got bored. I could read 5 in a row and still feel the same! Each one of their books is original and so much fun. The Paradise Problem has written an unputdownable fake dating romance that had me laughing and swooning at the same time. I loved this one!

Contemporary romances run a little hot and cold for me but this one I really, really liked. Truthfully, based on the synopsis, I’m not sure I would’ve been interested, other than knowing Christina Lauren usually delivers for me and this one - did.
The Paradise Problem follows the unlikely relationship between the posh heir of a grocery chain and his free-spirited artist ex as they fake their relationship to gain access to his massive inheritance. The Pretty Woman vibes were there a bit but the characters were so well developed and family drama so tense - it was all believable without being over the top.
The dual POV worked great and I really fell in love with West and how he didn’t stifle Anna’s free thinking. It kept me interested the whole time and I read it very quickly. Plus, the island paradise setting was so luxurious and romantic; it was fun seeing how the 1% live and I want to go tomorrow.

The Paradise Problem has a May release date and this is going to be a great summer beach read.


Read if you like:
♡ 𝖥𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗀𝖾
❀ 𝖥𝗈𝗋𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗑𝗂𝗆𝗂𝗍𝗒
♡ 𝖫𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗁 & 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗌
❀ 𝖬𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝗂𝖼𝖾
♡ 𝖮𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍
❀ 𝖥𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝗋𝖺𝗆𝖺
♡ 𝖶𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗒 𝖻𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋
❀ 𝖰𝗎𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽

Thank you to net galley and Simon and Schuster for the ARC. I’m feel so lucky to have been able to get my hands on this one early.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and the storyline that evolved after each chapter. There wasn’t a point of the story where I was bored or predicted what would happen next too early. I enjoyed the different family dynamics that were described in this book and it made the story relatable on so many levels. The only part that I didn’t enjoy as much was the epilogue since it seemed to rush through so many events over a long time span. I wonder if it would fit better as additional chapters than an epilogue with multiple updates with the main characters.

Well this was adorable! I really liked it -- felt more like an old school C.Lo book. The debates around money and the use of it were really interesting, and Anna kept making me lol.

Another great book by Christina Lauren! Anna married West in name only while in school so that they could live in family housing. She thought the divorce was almost final when he contacted her to go to a family wedding with him as his wife. Will the family believe that they are really married? Will they fall in love for real? Read to find out. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC,

Many thanks to Gallery Books and Netgalley for my gifted copy.

Anna had no idea she was still legally "fake" married to Liam, until he shows up on her doorstep.

I literally dropped my current read the second I was approved for this book, and I read it in one day. I absolutely loved this book! I loved the characters, I loved the whole set-up of the book, I loved the wedding stuff, and I loved the gorgeous island, and I wish I was there right now! I definitely recommend this one!