Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16584 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-21
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 544 pages

Synopsis
Love, passion and the road trip of a lifetime in this breathtaking new novel, perfect for all fans of Jodi Picoult Two girls, an open road and a shiny yellow Mustang; it could have been the trip of a lifetime. But when Shelby and Gina pick up hitchhiker Candy Cane, their troubles have only just started. Inked with flowers and covered in piercings, they soon find out pink-haired Candy is on the run - for reasons so appalling they're almost unspeakable. They should have stuck to their no hitchhiker rule, but it's too late - and Gina and Shelby are drawn into a terrifying game of cat and mouse with no way out. As everything familiar is stripped away and morals are turned upside down, the question is this: how far will they go for a stranger?

Customer Reviews

Not her best book
I love Paullina Simons; Tully, the Girl in Times Square, The Bronze Horseman etc. are amazing reads. Whilst the Road to Paradise is enjoyable and well written it doesn't have the same ability to pull you in like most of her other books.

Even so well worth a read, just don't expect the same 'magic' that you usually find in Paullina's books.

bit dissapointing
Having read The Glrl in Times Square and LOVED it, i had high expectations about this book as i find her style of writing interesting and i was totally hooked into the characters in The Girl in Times Square.
i found the characters really annoying in The Road to Paradise and felt constantly irratated by Shelby and how she was such a PUSHOVER! Gina was a spoilt, selfish little girl and it didnt let up much throughout the book. the concept of the story was quite interesting and i did like Candy as a character but it didnt capture me enough to turn my opinion around.
I did hope that perhaps the characters might develop and evolve and become much more likeable but unfortunatly that didnt happen.
so all in all a dissapointing read.

Recommended
I've read a few of Paullina's books now and undoubtedly she knows how to tell a tale. This book was enjoyable and, as with all of her books I've read, I raced through it. She paints the picture well of the 3 young women's experiences, thoughts and feelings on their journey cross country, with a real element of suspense. The plot is easy to follow, harrowing in parts but ultimately hopeful.
My one gripe is the dialogue between the characters on religion - these conversations (which took up page after page) were, in my opinion, a poorly disguised way of persuading the reader of Paullina's own beliefs.