Where do you
consider your own personal Paradise that you love or want to visit?
Troubles in
Paradise is the conclusion of the Paradise Trilogy. I read the first book as part of the Page-turners’
Book Club at the Kewaunee Public Library.
The Steele family
has moved to St. Johns, and they are still looking for the answers in the
helicopter accident that killed Russell Steele and his lover Rosie. The survivors
all find their lives intwined. Russell’s widow Irene works on a fishing boat
with Rosie’s stepfather Huck. Russell’s
sons Baker and Cash have moved to the Island and are having complicated love
stories with friends of Rosie’s. Maia, the
daughter of Rosie and Russell, tries to figure out how to move on without her parents. As a hurricane nears the island, will they
all survive?
I have enjoyed
this entire trilogy. I loved the mystery
and that it is resolved in this final novel.
The plot moved quickly, and it was very readable. I especially enjoyed getting to know all of
the characters over the three novels. I
was sad as the novel concluded as I realized I wanted to stay with the
characters and their story, even though the conclusion of the novel was a good
one.
Favorite Quote:
“This Is the kind
of conversation he likes the least – murky ambiguous. They’re middle-aged. Why can’t they just say what they mean?”
“Her mother was
right, Maia thinks. Love is messy and
complicated. And, most of all, unfair.”
“It doesn’t have
to be perfect; it just has to be true.”
“You can lose the
people you love the most; you can lose homes, cars, antiques, hand-knitted silk
rugs that cost five figures; you can discover that the very life you’re living
is a terrific lie. And despite this,
despite all this, the sun will continue to rise.”
Overall, Troubles
in Paradise was a great conclusion to the trilogy.
Book Source: Kewaunee Public Library. Thank-you!
I like all the quotes especially the last one.
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