Review: Cute and Different
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 8, 2012
I received a copy of Too Much Trouble in Paradise in exchange for an honest review.Summary:Molly Parker is a DWAG - a darts wife and girlfriend. Or rather, she's an ex-DWAG after divorcing Paul "Bad Lad" Parker, a professional darts player and the self-pronounced Geordie pantomime villain of the sport, after catching him aiming more than his arrows in the direction of more than a few very willing glamour models.So, leaving her life - and her ex-husband - behind in their native North East of England, she moves to the Canarian island of Tenerife with her best friend Fran, putting the past behind her, determined to start a whole new life abroad.Within months of arriving on the island she finds herself engaged to her Spanish boyfriend Antonio - a handsome Canarian bar owner - and with their whirlwind wedding just weeks away she's the happiest she's been in a long time with a great job at a Timeshare complex, fantastic friends, and a lovely little home in a country she's fallen completely in love with.But what Molly didn't bank on was her ex-husband turning up out of the blue declaring his undying love for her and begging her to come back to him - and not just because his darts were suffering! His unannounced arrival turns Molly's new and seemingly perfect life upside down as she suddenly has to face up to feelings she'd thought were long gone, and make decisions she never thought she'd have to make as her whole world is thrown into total confusion. Does she stay in Tenerife and marry her wonderful, romantic, drop-dead-gorgeous Spanish fiancé? Or does she give the man she'd once loved but who'd treated her so badly another chance? Days in the sun or darts - it's the choice she has to make. Throw in a Bolton-born lounge singer and a Take That tribute act, a famous TV actor with a reputation as a shameless flirt, and a major darts tournament that throws up more than its fair share of surprises, and all of a sudden Molly Parker's life really is `Too Much Trouble in Paradise' - a romantic comedy; a story of new beginnings, second chances, sun, sea - and darts!My Review:I thought this was super cute and breezy read. I'm not sure if it was the dart-playing ex-husband or the island of Tenerife thing that was going on, but I thought this was a different read than a typical romance, and in an enjoyable way. Fun characters, some hilarious situations, but still a lot of heart mixed in with the storyline. Molly is a fun heroine with a struggle, and I have to admit that I was rooting for her ex a lot, even though Antonio sounded delicious! If you enjoy chick lit with romance, I would recommend this book for you!