What Happens in Paradise
Book Review - What Happens in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
Book Review - What Happens in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
Last December, I read and reviewed Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand and then chose it as my Virtual Book Club selection for the month. After our book club discussion, we agreed that we wanted to read the next book in the trilogy as a book club, but life happens and I had to put the book club on hiatus until I get through this move to Chicago. I do hope my loyal book clubbers will pick this one up and read it on their own. I’m missing the opportunity to discuss it with you guys this year! Maybe the book club will be back up and running with the third book in the trilogy and we can pick up our discussion then!
Book Review - What Happens in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
What Happens in Paradise picks up where Winter in Paradise left off. A year after Irene Steele finds out her husband was killed in a helicopter crash and was living a second life with another woman and their child, Irene and her sons return to St. John to pursue a new life and follow their hearts. Irene has her eye on Huck, the father of her late husband’s lover (yeah, she knows it looks bad.) Her sons, Baker and Cash, both have their eyes on Ayres, their father’s lover’s best friend. They are all also wanting answers surrounding the mysterious death of their husband and father.
Book Review - What Happens in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand
Is it just me, or does it seem like the middle book of a trilogy often just sets up the last book? It was a fine book, entertaining and perfectly likable, but it didn’t have as strong of a plot as the first book. I’m taking a class that discusses the elements of a novel’s plot, so I’ve been thinking a lot about these elements as I read books. I think that the middle book in trilogies don’t have as strong of a Major Dramatic Question or a compelling Major Turning Point. What second books DO have is a great cliff hanger at the end. And this book lives up to that 100%. So, of course, I’m dying to read the last book.
