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Taste of Port Andrea #4
Night & Day
Parker Ferris needed a roommate, but for the crabby ball of snark she is, maybe upbeat Instagram lifestyle influencer Cassie Peterson wasn’t the best choice.
Not like she had a choice: with her business rival Gary Founders crushing her coffee supply business, and her family still needing money, she’s eager to save rent. But it’s only delaying the inevitable.
When a contentious roommate agreement becomes an alliance to keep Parker’s business alive, the attraction between them is nothing but a spark to Parker, a bit of fun to pass the nights with. Cassie, on the other hand, doesn’t know how to feel anything in half measures when it comes to the girl she’s crushed on for months—which is even more of a problem when her fans don’t know she’s gay.
Stopping Gary Founders’ company seems like an impossible task. But confronting feelings both of them have spent a lifetime hiding from might be even more of a challenge.
Night & Day is a 100,000-word opposites-attract roommate romance in the Taste of Port Andrea collection, an unordered collection of culinary romances set in the fictional city of Port Andrea. Features a minor celebrity who’s afraid of her followers finding out she’s actually a raging lesbian, a thoroughly hateable antagonist who gets what’s coming to him, a business owner who only really started a business to avoid getting out of bed, and a lot of coffee. Content warnings for open-door sex scenes, crushing debt and ugly family dynamics, threats of outing, Gary’s whole existence as a horrible human being but especially his ugly ties, and poor Parker getting dragged out of bed in the mornings to do warrior pose for half a million fans, when she generally doesn’t want to do anything but eat ice cream in bed alone.
Not like she had a choice: with her business rival Gary Founders crushing her coffee supply business, and her family still needing money, she’s eager to save rent. But it’s only delaying the inevitable.
When a contentious roommate agreement becomes an alliance to keep Parker’s business alive, the attraction between them is nothing but a spark to Parker, a bit of fun to pass the nights with. Cassie, on the other hand, doesn’t know how to feel anything in half measures when it comes to the girl she’s crushed on for months—which is even more of a problem when her fans don’t know she’s gay.
Stopping Gary Founders’ company seems like an impossible task. But confronting feelings both of them have spent a lifetime hiding from might be even more of a challenge.
Night & Day is a 100,000-word opposites-attract roommate romance in the Taste of Port Andrea collection, an unordered collection of culinary romances set in the fictional city of Port Andrea. Features a minor celebrity who’s afraid of her followers finding out she’s actually a raging lesbian, a thoroughly hateable antagonist who gets what’s coming to him, a business owner who only really started a business to avoid getting out of bed, and a lot of coffee. Content warnings for open-door sex scenes, crushing debt and ugly family dynamics, threats of outing, Gary’s whole existence as a horrible human being but especially his ugly ties, and poor Parker getting dragged out of bed in the mornings to do warrior pose for half a million fans, when she generally doesn’t want to do anything but eat ice cream in bed alone.
371 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 9, 2022
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Lily Seabrooke
37 books336 followersLily Seabrooke is a lesbian, trans woman, and author of sapphic romance that stars food, because odds are, at any given time, she's hungry.
Her interests include eating food, thinking about food, writing novels about food, and drinking coffee.
Her interests include eating food, thinking about food, writing novels about food, and drinking coffee.
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August 4, 2022
Thank you to Lily Seabrooke for providing this ARC of Night & Day via Booksprout in exchange for an honest review.
When looking for celebrity romances in February I found the first in the unordered ‘A Taste of Port Andrea’ series, Fake It, a fauxmance set in the fictional town of Port Andrea. It’s a culinary hotspot, and while that book focused on restaurants and celebrity chefs, Night & Day centred more on coffee shops and cafés. The world building is brilliant here and the details of what roads lead where, for example, make it all the more real and easy to visualise. As much as I enjoyed the high end restaurants of Fake It, reading this made me want to visit Port Andrea even more for the cafés, ice cream parlour and the lesbian bar, especially. While we get to travel to different areas throughout the book, the setting remains cosy and idyllic throughout. Especially with it opening in the holiday season. Just the thought of winter walks and hot chocolate there is a dream!
This opposites attract romance has a grumpy/sunshine dynamic that I love so much. It follows Cassie, a bubbly Instagram influencer, who becomes the roommate of espresso machine distributor/maintainer, Parker. While Cassie has a longtime crush on her new roommate, maintaining her glossy online persona requires her to stay closeted. And besides, Parker’s past has made her much too wary of emotional connection for a relationship.
A cuddling scene with candles and fairy lights was a real highlight for me (SO sweet, honestly) and seeing the softest centre inside this tiny little hard shell was so heartwarming. You wanted to shake them both by the shoulders at points, but it was a romance you could really root for and their growth throughout - both individually and as a couple - was well paced, revealed and just lovely to see. Especially Parker learning to view relationships as far less transactional than she’d sadly been made to believe. Their pet names for each other (Sparkles, Scruffy etc.) were sweet and funny but sometimes I felt like the repetition of ‘Unicorn’ could take me out of the moment somewhat.
The dialogue is funny and believable, with the POVs having very distinct voices. I also really enjoyed that, when including Instagram comments or texts, they were written how people actually speak (as opposed to the “C U L8R” that I always dread).
This book, like Fake It, has a really foul antagonist and the satisfaction of seeing him get knocked down is just too delicious. Seabrooke handles these plots so well and the pay off is fantastic! I like that there’s this business competition/vendetta aspect to the story in addition to the romance, and that the rivalries are fleshed out.
Night and Day is an opposites attract, grumpy/sunshine lesbian romance with minor celebrities, coming out stories, shady business dealings and so much coffee I get thirsty just thinking about it. It’s incredibly sweet - like every pink drink Cassie has throughout - and I can’t wait to read more in this series! It hasn’t, however, convinced me to get up for 5am yoga every day. But I would definitely recommend it! The book. Not the yoga. Maybe the yoga?
When looking for celebrity romances in February I found the first in the unordered ‘A Taste of Port Andrea’ series, Fake It, a fauxmance set in the fictional town of Port Andrea. It’s a culinary hotspot, and while that book focused on restaurants and celebrity chefs, Night & Day centred more on coffee shops and cafés. The world building is brilliant here and the details of what roads lead where, for example, make it all the more real and easy to visualise. As much as I enjoyed the high end restaurants of Fake It, reading this made me want to visit Port Andrea even more for the cafés, ice cream parlour and the lesbian bar, especially. While we get to travel to different areas throughout the book, the setting remains cosy and idyllic throughout. Especially with it opening in the holiday season. Just the thought of winter walks and hot chocolate there is a dream!
This opposites attract romance has a grumpy/sunshine dynamic that I love so much. It follows Cassie, a bubbly Instagram influencer, who becomes the roommate of espresso machine distributor/maintainer, Parker. While Cassie has a longtime crush on her new roommate, maintaining her glossy online persona requires her to stay closeted. And besides, Parker’s past has made her much too wary of emotional connection for a relationship.
A cuddling scene with candles and fairy lights was a real highlight for me (SO sweet, honestly) and seeing the softest centre inside this tiny little hard shell was so heartwarming. You wanted to shake them both by the shoulders at points, but it was a romance you could really root for and their growth throughout - both individually and as a couple - was well paced, revealed and just lovely to see. Especially Parker learning to view relationships as far less transactional than she’d sadly been made to believe. Their pet names for each other (Sparkles, Scruffy etc.) were sweet and funny but sometimes I felt like the repetition of ‘Unicorn’ could take me out of the moment somewhat.
The dialogue is funny and believable, with the POVs having very distinct voices. I also really enjoyed that, when including Instagram comments or texts, they were written how people actually speak (as opposed to the “C U L8R” that I always dread).
This book, like Fake It, has a really foul antagonist and the satisfaction of seeing him get knocked down is just too delicious. Seabrooke handles these plots so well and the pay off is fantastic! I like that there’s this business competition/vendetta aspect to the story in addition to the romance, and that the rivalries are fleshed out.
Night and Day is an opposites attract, grumpy/sunshine lesbian romance with minor celebrities, coming out stories, shady business dealings and so much coffee I get thirsty just thinking about it. It’s incredibly sweet - like every pink drink Cassie has throughout - and I can’t wait to read more in this series! It hasn’t, however, convinced me to get up for 5am yoga every day. But I would definitely recommend it! The book. Not the yoga. Maybe the yoga?
April 16, 2022
I received on ARC in exchange for an honest review.
It was so nice dropping back into Port Andrea! We follow Parker this time as she manages her business and new roommate, Cassie.
Cassie is a bubbly Instagram Influencer, and I ended up really liking her. I thought I'd enjoy Parker and her snark more, but I Cassie ended up being my favourite.
Their romance was believable and it progressed at a good pace IMO, not too fast and not too slow.
Gary was a despicable person who got everything he deserved. I kept expecting him to stray into cartoonish villain territory but, while he toed the line, it was perfectly believable. Some people are just horrible like that.
Parker's mum was also vile. I'm happy with the way Parker handled that eventually.
I really enjoyed the ending too! And we got to see some returning characters from other books in the Port Andrea series, which was nice!
I recommend this if you want a nice romance were the bad guys get their comeuppance!
Side note: Amy is totally a gay name ;)
It was so nice dropping back into Port Andrea! We follow Parker this time as she manages her business and new roommate, Cassie.
Cassie is a bubbly Instagram Influencer, and I ended up really liking her. I thought I'd enjoy Parker and her snark more, but I Cassie ended up being my favourite.
Their romance was believable and it progressed at a good pace IMO, not too fast and not too slow.
Gary was a despicable person who got everything he deserved. I kept expecting him to stray into cartoonish villain territory but, while he toed the line, it was perfectly believable. Some people are just horrible like that.
Parker's mum was also vile. I'm happy with the way Parker handled that eventually.
I really enjoyed the ending too! And we got to see some returning characters from other books in the Port Andrea series, which was nice!
I recommend this if you want a nice romance were the bad guys get their comeuppance!
Side note: Amy is totally a gay name ;)
April 7, 2022
I fell in love with Parker in Last Chance (the first book of this series) and was so happy that we finally got to read her story.
And what can I say? Lily gifted us with another incredibly sweet, funny but also hot story. Right from the start I was reminded why I loved Parker so much. Just everything about her is unique, her humour, her grumpiness/seriousness (that isn’t as serious as she would like others to see her), her height ☺️ and just her whole persona. A persona that is so huge and has so many layers.
Even the place she is looking for a new roommate is unique because it’s a lesbian bar. When she finally finds someone in Cass, she doesn’t know that Cass main job is being an influencer and not just working in a coffee shop. Parker doesn’t have the best opinion of this job and definitely wouldn’t have agreed on Cass being her new roomie. ☺️
Cass on the other hand always thought she is straight until Parker walked in the café she works in. She finally comes to terms that she isn’t as straight as she thought when the opportunity comes up to live with Parker. That her new roommate is her huge crush, makes it almost too good to be true.
Both couldn’t be more different but as we all know opposites attract and that’s definitely how it is for them. For example having a morning person on one side and a not at all morning person on the other is just hilarious. Parker really tries to stay serious around Cass and keep her on a distance, but it’s much harder than she thought. Because Cass is just the biggest sunshine & very sweet. She is probably also a bit naïve at first and very insecure about many things. But that’s exactly what makes her to the endearing person she is and I fell in love with. Not to forget there is this attraction between them. An attraction both don’t wanna acknowledge to each other. Parker mostly because she doesn’t do relationships and Cass because she doesn’t wanna get hurt.
Of course there are obstacles on their journey like the side character Gary you will hate. Well I definitely did. lol He is up for no good when it comes to harm Parker’s business and also when it comes to other people. And as much as Cass would like to be open about her sexuality, being a well-known influencer and having a reputation doesn’t help. When an unexpected business collaboration opens up for them, things start to become serious in many ways. Well not in every way because there are so many hilarious moments. Personally I don’t think Parker ever dreamed of becoming an Instagram star and doing all the things she has to do for it, like getting up early. ☺️ I had so much fun and laughed tears many times. Their back and forth is just incredible. And wow their chemistry is just amazing and leads to some very hot scenes.
I‘m sure like me you will fall in love with these two. My heart went out a bit more to Parker. Her way dealing with her feelings or how she reacts to gifts reminded me so much of myself. Shutting down and not letting someone else in to avoid being hurt, felt so familiar. Her fear of being loved touched me so much. Parker has her reasons for her whole behaviour and when we got to know about it I just wanted to take her in my arms. I also had to cry a few times. Everything just made so much sense. Cass literally is the perfect person for her, to help her leaving her shell. 😍
I honestly struggle to express how much I loved this book. It feels like I tried but it didn’t come close to give it the praise it deserves. It‘s literally my new favourite book by Lily. 😍 I can’t recommend it enough and hope everyone else is going to have as much fun as I had.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
And what can I say? Lily gifted us with another incredibly sweet, funny but also hot story. Right from the start I was reminded why I loved Parker so much. Just everything about her is unique, her humour, her grumpiness/seriousness (that isn’t as serious as she would like others to see her), her height ☺️ and just her whole persona. A persona that is so huge and has so many layers.
Even the place she is looking for a new roommate is unique because it’s a lesbian bar. When she finally finds someone in Cass, she doesn’t know that Cass main job is being an influencer and not just working in a coffee shop. Parker doesn’t have the best opinion of this job and definitely wouldn’t have agreed on Cass being her new roomie. ☺️
Cass on the other hand always thought she is straight until Parker walked in the café she works in. She finally comes to terms that she isn’t as straight as she thought when the opportunity comes up to live with Parker. That her new roommate is her huge crush, makes it almost too good to be true.
Both couldn’t be more different but as we all know opposites attract and that’s definitely how it is for them. For example having a morning person on one side and a not at all morning person on the other is just hilarious. Parker really tries to stay serious around Cass and keep her on a distance, but it’s much harder than she thought. Because Cass is just the biggest sunshine & very sweet. She is probably also a bit naïve at first and very insecure about many things. But that’s exactly what makes her to the endearing person she is and I fell in love with. Not to forget there is this attraction between them. An attraction both don’t wanna acknowledge to each other. Parker mostly because she doesn’t do relationships and Cass because she doesn’t wanna get hurt.
Of course there are obstacles on their journey like the side character Gary you will hate. Well I definitely did. lol He is up for no good when it comes to harm Parker’s business and also when it comes to other people. And as much as Cass would like to be open about her sexuality, being a well-known influencer and having a reputation doesn’t help. When an unexpected business collaboration opens up for them, things start to become serious in many ways. Well not in every way because there are so many hilarious moments. Personally I don’t think Parker ever dreamed of becoming an Instagram star and doing all the things she has to do for it, like getting up early. ☺️ I had so much fun and laughed tears many times. Their back and forth is just incredible. And wow their chemistry is just amazing and leads to some very hot scenes.
I‘m sure like me you will fall in love with these two. My heart went out a bit more to Parker. Her way dealing with her feelings or how she reacts to gifts reminded me so much of myself. Shutting down and not letting someone else in to avoid being hurt, felt so familiar. Her fear of being loved touched me so much. Parker has her reasons for her whole behaviour and when we got to know about it I just wanted to take her in my arms. I also had to cry a few times. Everything just made so much sense. Cass literally is the perfect person for her, to help her leaving her shell. 😍
I honestly struggle to express how much I loved this book. It feels like I tried but it didn’t come close to give it the praise it deserves. It‘s literally my new favourite book by Lily. 😍 I can’t recommend it enough and hope everyone else is going to have as much fun as I had.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 20, 2022
I really wish Port Andrea were a real place I could visit. This is the fourth book Lily Seabrooke has set in the fictional city and while Fake It will always be my favorite, this is a close second. The story centers around Parker Ferris, a supporting character in Last Chance, the second book in the series. Parker finds herself in need of a roommate. Enter one very annoyingly cheerful Instagram influencer, Cassie Peterson. They battle Parker's business rival together, while trying to avoid falling in love.
Parker owns a coffee supply business. One of her customers is the coffee shop where Cassie works. It's not until after Cassie becomes Parker's roommate does she learn that Cassie is an Instagram influencer. Parker is the grumpiest of the grumps and Cassie is sunshine personified. Cassie is also harboring a giant crush on Parker that she has had since they first met. She's so far in the closet while Parker is out and proud. These two are polar opposites in every way.
Parker is adorable and knowing she would hate me calling her that makes me want to do it more. She's one of those people who guards her heart by pretending not to care about anyone but it's all an act. And it takes someone like Cassie, with her 5am yoga and sunny disposition to allow Parker to let a little of the snark go. Cassie is the kind of woman we all need in our lives. You can't help but be drawn into her orbit.
As always from Lily Seabrooke, we are gifted with a fun, sexy and incredibly sweet read. Along with wonderfully charming characters, excluding Gary, who is literally the worst person ever, this book is sexy. Parker and Cassie have sizzling chemistry while but also make each other better people. It's always a good day to visit Port Andrea.
An ARC was received from the author via Booksprout for an honest review.
Parker owns a coffee supply business. One of her customers is the coffee shop where Cassie works. It's not until after Cassie becomes Parker's roommate does she learn that Cassie is an Instagram influencer. Parker is the grumpiest of the grumps and Cassie is sunshine personified. Cassie is also harboring a giant crush on Parker that she has had since they first met. She's so far in the closet while Parker is out and proud. These two are polar opposites in every way.
Parker is adorable and knowing she would hate me calling her that makes me want to do it more. She's one of those people who guards her heart by pretending not to care about anyone but it's all an act. And it takes someone like Cassie, with her 5am yoga and sunny disposition to allow Parker to let a little of the snark go. Cassie is the kind of woman we all need in our lives. You can't help but be drawn into her orbit.
As always from Lily Seabrooke, we are gifted with a fun, sexy and incredibly sweet read. Along with wonderfully charming characters, excluding Gary, who is literally the worst person ever, this book is sexy. Parker and Cassie have sizzling chemistry while but also make each other better people. It's always a good day to visit Port Andrea.
An ARC was received from the author via Booksprout for an honest review.
July 20, 2022
Not quite sure which was most important - thriller (Baddy Vs Goodies) Vs Romance. Both sat side by side but both diluted.
April 9, 2022
I always look forward to new releases from Lily Seabrooke, especially from the Port Andrea series. This one takes us back to Parker, one of the side characters from an earlier book which I’d recommend reading before you read this, but it isn’t strictly necessary. Parker continues with her mysterious quirks in this one but we get to see the wizard behind the curtain come out as she interacts more and more with her new roommate, Cassie. Cassie is an adorable instagram influencer who is trying to move on from an ex that won’t leave her alone while navigating coming to terms with her sexuality. Their interactions are witty and dialogue is fun to read like most of Lily Seabrooke’s other works but I love Parker in both books she appears in. Their romance is adorable to follow and the evil ex was a great side story. Only thing that didn’t make sense is how a coffee supply company could realistically be as deeply involved in the coffee shops they service and that they would develop such a community following both in Port Andrea and on Instagram. Overall great book though and this series is a great one to read through if you’re looking for a fun, light read.
April 10, 2022
so good!
Yet another great book from Lily. Definitely one of my favorites of hers. You get to fully see and understand Parker and I love it. Can’t wait for more!
Yet another great book from Lily. Definitely one of my favorites of hers. You get to fully see and understand Parker and I love it. Can’t wait for more!
March 27, 2023
~ Reading Only Lily Seabrooke Novels Until I Remember How To Enjoy Things, #5 ~
I guess what I'd say about Port Andrea as a series is that Lily Seabrooke has a great talent for writing fun, likeable characters with romantic depth and complexity, but that the plot construction usually fails to fully serve her characters and is still in need of catch-up work. Plus, by book number four, the formula for these books has become pretty clear to me, and I think series fatigue might be settling in.
Welcome back to Port Andrea, some spoilers for this book;
~I. "You want to do some kind of lesbian apprenticeship?"~
Parker "My type is women" Ferris returns from Last Chance, and in that one she was already pretty cool. Detached, sarcastic, a little bit absurdist in her deadpan comedic way, but also a genuinely caring person who loves hearing people out and talking through their problems with them. She gets down with how the flaws and problems of people make them more 'real' than glossy perfect people, but she also won't stand for being called "nice". Like Liv before her, she's now the leading force in a Port Andrea novel, but this time it's a Badass Bitch story. She's looking for a flatmate, because shit's expensive, but only for a queer one, no hets. She owns a "STRAIGHTS GO TO HELL" mug. Based? Based.
Like Athena, the previous holder of the "best bitch in 'drea" title, Parker is all no-holds-barred, dry and snarky as hell, but with a short height(5'2") and deadpan delivery to match. Parker also has even less chill, demonstrated when she meets with Gary Founders early on. Gary is the latest in a series of Bad Dudes in Port Andrea; he runs competition against Parker's espresso machine company(Express) with his own(Morning Magic), and is trying to drive her out, basically. This kinda guy would be allowed to swagger around like a dick were he Mike Wallace, or even the evil boss lady Genevieve from Last Chance, but Parker takes literally none of his shit: she marches up in a pissed off fury, Gary does his little intro thing, offers a handshake, and Parker does NOT let go. She keeps squeezing hard, dude's hand is red. Says she's all pissed off at him nicking her cafe partners. Accuses him of sexual impropriety, says his company sounds like a morning wood euphemism. Says he looks like a baby rat. A gross, naked mole rat of a man.
Naturally, I can't help but really like Parker. She's short, totally mean and nasty, disheveled and a goblin, and I love her. The zero makeup, loose oversized sweater, striped socks FLAMING HOMOSEXUAL Parker. She is Literally Me! I adore her, I'm not sorry. I really felt it in my soul every time she compared her unvarnished, plain self to her flatmate's fuckin' designer clothes and fancy makeup. I LIKE this, I find it relatable.
That future flatmate, staring at her lovingly from within the Hummingbird café is Cass, Cassie, Cassidy. Cassandra is a heterosexual name! Cass moonlights as a fucking instagrrrl, and as a result is publicly allegedly heterosexual, because heterosexuality is marketable, *I guess.* Part of her brand. That's gonna have to get fixed before the epilogue, for sure. Cass isn't as choke-slamming, throw-coffee-over-Gary awesome as Parker, and that's part of her arc; talking about "learning to live out as your true self" sounds really incredibly trite in the context of a queer book, but Seabrooke makes it work, mostly because it's charming to watch Cass slowly crawl more and more out of her shell as Parker says 'Dude, kissing girls is fucking awesome, come out here and let's make out, you're hot'.
As lesbians do, these two agree to be roommates and generally refuse to acknowledge the sexual-romantic tension which they must wade through every morning. Parker was looking for a flatmate anyway, so it's handy, but they get tied up in THE PLOT when Cass tells Parker that Gary is her horrible abusive ex, and he pretty much wants her back because he's slime. Using his business muscle to force young women into his orbit. Parker is like, dude's trying to steal my café deals and my girl, now it's personal. They agree to an alliance; Parker will happily put up with all of Cass "Unicorn" Peterson's influencer instagrrrl shenanigans, Cass will happily put up with Parker's late nights, pervasive grouchiness and constant deadpan, and they'll work together to take down Gary and his Morning Magic, because he's a jackass. Cass will sponsor and be a brand-icon for Express. They totally won't fall for each other in the process.
~II. "Mostly because you've infected me with feelings, and I don't appreciate that."~
I was really worried that Night & Day was gonna be one of those insufferable fucking "you just need to open up more haha!" things that forces Parker to become a social person, instead of an enigmatic dyke with a deadpan mode of speaking and a disdain for people. Thankfully, that's not the case; between the motivational posters, the mani-pedis, the fairy lights and whatever else, Parker is sceptical of Cass, who is pretty much a standard "basic white girl" on that front, y'know. It's a healthy scepticism, and Cass actually really enjoys Parker's grumpy quipping about her over-enthused morning exercise routines and stuff. They'll meet in the middle, essentially; Parker will get a bit more optimism, learn to enjoy things; Cass a little more down to earth with herself.
Parker's arc generally is sort of about learning to enjoy things unironically. Yes, it is also about learning to be okay with being attached and in love, true, but Parker's slow move from "ugh I fucking hate this" to "ugh I totally hate this I don't enjoy it at all haha" to "now I'm just saying I hate it because Cass likes that" resonates with me, I find. She doesn't have to give up on being the "unlovable little drowned rat in the corner who hisses every time you come close", but she does finish out the story as a happier person in a better place. Cass is fine too, but her arc is somewhat typical even if it's very well done, and truly this is a dedicated Parker adventure.
And yet, one area in which Night & Day goofs pretty considerably is her backstory. So get this; early on we're told that Parker has a weird and obscure personal fund toward which most of the profits from Express go. It's caused problems with her former business partner Tatiana (who leaves when she hears about Parker and Cass' plans) since she keeps it secret, but we discover early in that it's for her family, particularly her high-school-aged sister. Sounds legit, right? Might even be a silly setup for an 80% conflict? Yes and no.
Turns out, Parker's parents are some weird sub-breed of money-leeching WE'VE WORKED SO HARD FOR YOU fuckers, and they tracked their expenses of raising her(!) from birth(!!) so that she could pay all $160,000 of it back, starting at age 16(!!!!). Now, this is fuckin' nuts. I am forced to believe that this is unrealistic, because considering that it could happen to people is a little too horrible a thought to bear, but what's left unspoken makes enough sense; Parker would usually take a crass, abrasive "no fuck off" approach to it, but she knows her parents don't work and she wants to support her baby sister. Made sense to me, I wasn't sure how it would wrap up.
Weirdly, it turns out her sister wasn't the reason she was still paying them, because in the final stretch, she really DOES just tell them to fuck off, regardless of her sister. It leaves the question, why the fuck didn't she just tell them to get bent and keep her money years earlier? It's kind of insane, a weird sort of plot hole in a story that is otherwise reasonably sturdy.
~III. "I am no stranger to topping, but I would not top a man and definitely not Gary Founders."~
Sturdy, but well-tread; at this point Gary Founders is yet another evil bad dude/manipulative slime loaded with money who's hell-bent on bringing down a queer protagonist's restaurant/bakery/coffee shop business. I said in one of my earlier takes that Seabrooke might be *too good* at writing slimy and hateful villains, and that's mostly because they're all self-important manipulators. Gary might actually be the worst; he's a rich, entitled manchild in his mid or late 30s with awful taste in suits, whose favourite hobby is infantilising women in their 20s and destroying their sense of self worth, ignoring any protests they may have, you know the way. He's pretty gross! His job is mostly to make Cass feel really uncomfortable and like she can't do anything and he's gonna be steering her life again, until Parker and later Cass herself finally stand up to him, and do cool shit like splash iced cappucinos all over him. I found the scenes involving him and Cass to be pretty tough to read though, and I can't really say for sure why. I don't have direct personal experience that would make it affect me more, so I guess I'm just lacking in emotional regulation and REALLY FEELING IT. I have literally never felt such disdain for a fictional bad dude as I do for Seabrooke's, though.
Well-tread, all this, because Port Andrea villains have all been subtle variations on a theme. They all come from big money, they're all personally vindictive shits, and they're all out to destroy some wonderful sapphic's honest, lovely entry into the food business. Mike Wallace, Genevieve Whatserface, Remington Bennett's mum, and now Gary Founders. I do think it's neat that Port Andrea has *villains* to start with, because there aren't many wlw romances with genuine Bad Guys knocking around. (That I know of!) Usually there's some scorned ex(The Last Lavender Sister) or shitty parent(Astrid Parker Doesn't Care), and Seabrooke covers both in the series. The difference is, most romances make attempts to redeem their antagonistic characters, REGARDLESS of if they actually deserve it. In Port Andrea though, the Bad Guy is ALWAYS bad and gets fucking owned and thoroughly destroyed, left destitute and forgotten about.
So like, it's all cool that Gary gets the tables turned on him, left with voided supply contracts and his very own #MeToo controversy and eventually landed in jail, but I kept thinking about the way Mike Wallace got embarrassed on live TV, or how Genevieve got rekt in the confines of her own office by her entire staff, or Remington's mother being *galled* at her daughter's denial in the subway, y'know. It feels like the gas is running out; not only does Gary get his business and livelihood summarily destroyed, not only does it happen in a public coffee shop, but it's also being secretly live streamed, and it turns out that every patron present in the coffee shop is an ally of Parker's or Cass's, AND one of his own staff tells him off to his face. I mentally added my own "and then everybody clapped" to it; I feel it was trying to upstage the previous books' Final Battles, but it's kind of spectacle creep.
Yes, Port Andrea might have an interesting and solid formula and all that good shit, but by book #4.5, the seams are showing and it's well-worn. Frankly it now feels weird that every time some gay opens a food business in this rainy-food-city, it draws in some evil greasy fuck who needs to be destroyed by the power of women-loving-women. In the name of the dykes, I'll punish you! Reading these all in sequence might be part of the problem, but... it's a *series!* I want to read them all back to back, they're connected! Plus, their release schedule only places them a few months apart anyhow. It would be good to see something shake up the formula again before the series is out. Y'know, like What Makes A Moment but with food, or like One Step At A Time but not trash!
~IV. "Hi, I'm Parker, I'm gay."~
I guess that all looks pretty harsh, but really I just hold Lily Seabrooke to very high standards(she is an excellent author), and I'm scrutinising the Port Andrea series more as it goes on. Knuckling down, drawing similarities and stuff. It's uncommon and maybe even a social faux pas to do VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS analysis of romances like this, but I enjoy doing it, so fuck you! Mostly, the stuff that's enjoyable about Night & Day can be tough to analyse or even describe at length, you know? I could have just spammed this text box with Parker quotes, such as the bit about wanting to reach down her throat and rip her skeleton out, or the bit where she educates Cass as to the existence of *a flag, for lesbians!*, or the one where she says she'd pay forty-five dollars to watch Gary trip down some stairs covered in mouse traps, but I try to be at least a little eloquent and avoid basically fangirling.
What I AM a fangirl for, though, is how Night & Day calls back to What Makes A Moment in that it has a strong sense of relaxed domesticity; you'll spend a lot of time in the four walls of the Cass-and-Parker-Gayness-Flat, and while it doesn't have as solid a sense of place as say, Cherrywood Grove(The Weight of Living, M.A. Hinkle)'s homes do, it becomes familiar and relaxing generally. Parker has to restrain her gay thoughts about Cass strutting around post-shower in a towel(until she doesn't), Cass wonders if lesbians just *do* things like flirt openly and not acknowledge it, and she gets Parker involved(grumpily, but good-naturedly) in her social media shenanigans, since they're in the biz together. I think the book would improve considerably if more was spent on their home, actually. I LIKE domesticity, I have a fucking KINK for cohabiting and I fucking build my LIFE around it, so I like to see it reflected in my fiction.
This book does reflect it, and I appreciate that a lot. Lesbians, u-haul, life; only the essentials we love. Night & Day, thanks for reading.
I guess what I'd say about Port Andrea as a series is that Lily Seabrooke has a great talent for writing fun, likeable characters with romantic depth and complexity, but that the plot construction usually fails to fully serve her characters and is still in need of catch-up work. Plus, by book number four, the formula for these books has become pretty clear to me, and I think series fatigue might be settling in.
Welcome back to Port Andrea, some spoilers for this book;
~I. "You want to do some kind of lesbian apprenticeship?"~
Parker "My type is women" Ferris returns from Last Chance, and in that one she was already pretty cool. Detached, sarcastic, a little bit absurdist in her deadpan comedic way, but also a genuinely caring person who loves hearing people out and talking through their problems with them. She gets down with how the flaws and problems of people make them more 'real' than glossy perfect people, but she also won't stand for being called "nice". Like Liv before her, she's now the leading force in a Port Andrea novel, but this time it's a Badass Bitch story. She's looking for a flatmate, because shit's expensive, but only for a queer one, no hets. She owns a "STRAIGHTS GO TO HELL" mug. Based? Based.
Like Athena, the previous holder of the "best bitch in 'drea" title, Parker is all no-holds-barred, dry and snarky as hell, but with a short height(5'2") and deadpan delivery to match. Parker also has even less chill, demonstrated when she meets with Gary Founders early on. Gary is the latest in a series of Bad Dudes in Port Andrea; he runs competition against Parker's espresso machine company(Express) with his own(Morning Magic), and is trying to drive her out, basically. This kinda guy would be allowed to swagger around like a dick were he Mike Wallace, or even the evil boss lady Genevieve from Last Chance, but Parker takes literally none of his shit: she marches up in a pissed off fury, Gary does his little intro thing, offers a handshake, and Parker does NOT let go. She keeps squeezing hard, dude's hand is red. Says she's all pissed off at him nicking her cafe partners. Accuses him of sexual impropriety, says his company sounds like a morning wood euphemism. Says he looks like a baby rat. A gross, naked mole rat of a man.
Naturally, I can't help but really like Parker. She's short, totally mean and nasty, disheveled and a goblin, and I love her. The zero makeup, loose oversized sweater, striped socks FLAMING HOMOSEXUAL Parker. She is Literally Me! I adore her, I'm not sorry. I really felt it in my soul every time she compared her unvarnished, plain self to her flatmate's fuckin' designer clothes and fancy makeup. I LIKE this, I find it relatable.
That future flatmate, staring at her lovingly from within the Hummingbird café is Cass, Cassie, Cassidy. Cassandra is a heterosexual name! Cass moonlights as a fucking instagrrrl, and as a result is publicly allegedly heterosexual, because heterosexuality is marketable, *I guess.* Part of her brand. That's gonna have to get fixed before the epilogue, for sure. Cass isn't as choke-slamming, throw-coffee-over-Gary awesome as Parker, and that's part of her arc; talking about "learning to live out as your true self" sounds really incredibly trite in the context of a queer book, but Seabrooke makes it work, mostly because it's charming to watch Cass slowly crawl more and more out of her shell as Parker says 'Dude, kissing girls is fucking awesome, come out here and let's make out, you're hot'.
As lesbians do, these two agree to be roommates and generally refuse to acknowledge the sexual-romantic tension which they must wade through every morning. Parker was looking for a flatmate anyway, so it's handy, but they get tied up in THE PLOT when Cass tells Parker that Gary is her horrible abusive ex, and he pretty much wants her back because he's slime. Using his business muscle to force young women into his orbit. Parker is like, dude's trying to steal my café deals and my girl, now it's personal. They agree to an alliance; Parker will happily put up with all of Cass "Unicorn" Peterson's influencer instagrrrl shenanigans, Cass will happily put up with Parker's late nights, pervasive grouchiness and constant deadpan, and they'll work together to take down Gary and his Morning Magic, because he's a jackass. Cass will sponsor and be a brand-icon for Express. They totally won't fall for each other in the process.
~II. "Mostly because you've infected me with feelings, and I don't appreciate that."~
I was really worried that Night & Day was gonna be one of those insufferable fucking "you just need to open up more haha!" things that forces Parker to become a social person, instead of an enigmatic dyke with a deadpan mode of speaking and a disdain for people. Thankfully, that's not the case; between the motivational posters, the mani-pedis, the fairy lights and whatever else, Parker is sceptical of Cass, who is pretty much a standard "basic white girl" on that front, y'know. It's a healthy scepticism, and Cass actually really enjoys Parker's grumpy quipping about her over-enthused morning exercise routines and stuff. They'll meet in the middle, essentially; Parker will get a bit more optimism, learn to enjoy things; Cass a little more down to earth with herself.
Parker's arc generally is sort of about learning to enjoy things unironically. Yes, it is also about learning to be okay with being attached and in love, true, but Parker's slow move from "ugh I fucking hate this" to "ugh I totally hate this I don't enjoy it at all haha" to "now I'm just saying I hate it because Cass likes that" resonates with me, I find. She doesn't have to give up on being the "unlovable little drowned rat in the corner who hisses every time you come close", but she does finish out the story as a happier person in a better place. Cass is fine too, but her arc is somewhat typical even if it's very well done, and truly this is a dedicated Parker adventure.
And yet, one area in which Night & Day goofs pretty considerably is her backstory. So get this; early on we're told that Parker has a weird and obscure personal fund toward which most of the profits from Express go. It's caused problems with her former business partner Tatiana (who leaves when she hears about Parker and Cass' plans) since she keeps it secret, but we discover early in that it's for her family, particularly her high-school-aged sister. Sounds legit, right? Might even be a silly setup for an 80% conflict? Yes and no.
Turns out, Parker's parents are some weird sub-breed of money-leeching WE'VE WORKED SO HARD FOR YOU fuckers, and they tracked their expenses of raising her(!) from birth(!!) so that she could pay all $160,000 of it back, starting at age 16(!!!!). Now, this is fuckin' nuts. I am forced to believe that this is unrealistic, because considering that it could happen to people is a little too horrible a thought to bear, but what's left unspoken makes enough sense; Parker would usually take a crass, abrasive "no fuck off" approach to it, but she knows her parents don't work and she wants to support her baby sister. Made sense to me, I wasn't sure how it would wrap up.
Weirdly, it turns out her sister wasn't the reason she was still paying them, because in the final stretch, she really DOES just tell them to fuck off, regardless of her sister. It leaves the question, why the fuck didn't she just tell them to get bent and keep her money years earlier? It's kind of insane, a weird sort of plot hole in a story that is otherwise reasonably sturdy.
~III. "I am no stranger to topping, but I would not top a man and definitely not Gary Founders."~
Sturdy, but well-tread; at this point Gary Founders is yet another evil bad dude/manipulative slime loaded with money who's hell-bent on bringing down a queer protagonist's restaurant/bakery/coffee shop business. I said in one of my earlier takes that Seabrooke might be *too good* at writing slimy and hateful villains, and that's mostly because they're all self-important manipulators. Gary might actually be the worst; he's a rich, entitled manchild in his mid or late 30s with awful taste in suits, whose favourite hobby is infantilising women in their 20s and destroying their sense of self worth, ignoring any protests they may have, you know the way. He's pretty gross! His job is mostly to make Cass feel really uncomfortable and like she can't do anything and he's gonna be steering her life again, until Parker and later Cass herself finally stand up to him, and do cool shit like splash iced cappucinos all over him. I found the scenes involving him and Cass to be pretty tough to read though, and I can't really say for sure why. I don't have direct personal experience that would make it affect me more, so I guess I'm just lacking in emotional regulation and REALLY FEELING IT. I have literally never felt such disdain for a fictional bad dude as I do for Seabrooke's, though.
Well-tread, all this, because Port Andrea villains have all been subtle variations on a theme. They all come from big money, they're all personally vindictive shits, and they're all out to destroy some wonderful sapphic's honest, lovely entry into the food business. Mike Wallace, Genevieve Whatserface, Remington Bennett's mum, and now Gary Founders. I do think it's neat that Port Andrea has *villains* to start with, because there aren't many wlw romances with genuine Bad Guys knocking around. (That I know of!) Usually there's some scorned ex(The Last Lavender Sister) or shitty parent(Astrid Parker Doesn't Care), and Seabrooke covers both in the series. The difference is, most romances make attempts to redeem their antagonistic characters, REGARDLESS of if they actually deserve it. In Port Andrea though, the Bad Guy is ALWAYS bad and gets fucking owned and thoroughly destroyed, left destitute and forgotten about.
So like, it's all cool that Gary gets the tables turned on him, left with voided supply contracts and his very own #MeToo controversy and eventually landed in jail, but I kept thinking about the way Mike Wallace got embarrassed on live TV, or how Genevieve got rekt in the confines of her own office by her entire staff, or Remington's mother being *galled* at her daughter's denial in the subway, y'know. It feels like the gas is running out; not only does Gary get his business and livelihood summarily destroyed, not only does it happen in a public coffee shop, but it's also being secretly live streamed, and it turns out that every patron present in the coffee shop is an ally of Parker's or Cass's, AND one of his own staff tells him off to his face. I mentally added my own "and then everybody clapped" to it; I feel it was trying to upstage the previous books' Final Battles, but it's kind of spectacle creep.
Yes, Port Andrea might have an interesting and solid formula and all that good shit, but by book #4.5, the seams are showing and it's well-worn. Frankly it now feels weird that every time some gay opens a food business in this rainy-food-city, it draws in some evil greasy fuck who needs to be destroyed by the power of women-loving-women. In the name of the dykes, I'll punish you! Reading these all in sequence might be part of the problem, but... it's a *series!* I want to read them all back to back, they're connected! Plus, their release schedule only places them a few months apart anyhow. It would be good to see something shake up the formula again before the series is out. Y'know, like What Makes A Moment but with food, or like One Step At A Time but not trash!
~IV. "Hi, I'm Parker, I'm gay."~
I guess that all looks pretty harsh, but really I just hold Lily Seabrooke to very high standards(she is an excellent author), and I'm scrutinising the Port Andrea series more as it goes on. Knuckling down, drawing similarities and stuff. It's uncommon and maybe even a social faux pas to do VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS analysis of romances like this, but I enjoy doing it, so fuck you! Mostly, the stuff that's enjoyable about Night & Day can be tough to analyse or even describe at length, you know? I could have just spammed this text box with Parker quotes, such as the bit about wanting to reach down her throat and rip her skeleton out, or the bit where she educates Cass as to the existence of *a flag, for lesbians!*, or the one where she says she'd pay forty-five dollars to watch Gary trip down some stairs covered in mouse traps, but I try to be at least a little eloquent and avoid basically fangirling.
What I AM a fangirl for, though, is how Night & Day calls back to What Makes A Moment in that it has a strong sense of relaxed domesticity; you'll spend a lot of time in the four walls of the Cass-and-Parker-Gayness-Flat, and while it doesn't have as solid a sense of place as say, Cherrywood Grove(The Weight of Living, M.A. Hinkle)'s homes do, it becomes familiar and relaxing generally. Parker has to restrain her gay thoughts about Cass strutting around post-shower in a towel(until she doesn't), Cass wonders if lesbians just *do* things like flirt openly and not acknowledge it, and she gets Parker involved(grumpily, but good-naturedly) in her social media shenanigans, since they're in the biz together. I think the book would improve considerably if more was spent on their home, actually. I LIKE domesticity, I have a fucking KINK for cohabiting and I fucking build my LIFE around it, so I like to see it reflected in my fiction.
This book does reflect it, and I appreciate that a lot. Lesbians, u-haul, life; only the essentials we love. Night & Day, thanks for reading.
April 19, 2022
3.6 stars ⭐️ A really wholesome sapphic read! (WLW centred)
Firstly I am WEAK for a good roommates and grumpy/sunshine trope. This was a really great read with well balanced, palpable tension throughout.
The writing was really solid, I love how Lily Seabrooke writes and it’s doubly awesome having it written by a lesbian, trans author which had me screaming hell yes because it’s awesome to have stories told about sapphics, written by sapphics.
Also THE SPICE 🌶 FOLKS. There’s a fair bit mixed in and my god it killed me. There’s also some very light bdsm themes thrown in which was awesome, and straps 👌🏻
There was some things I wasn’t keen on though, the length being one. This one was 360 pages long and I felt the story could have easily been reduced to 250-300 pages. There was an awful lot of filler, a bit of repetition. I just felt like had it have been shorter it would have had more impact.
The second issue I had was Gary (what an asshole!) Whilst Seabrooke did an awesome job of making me hate that man more than chocolate flavoured hummus, I felt like he was almost kind of a caricature of a person. He felt off, a bit over the top and unrealistic at times. Kind of like the villain in a loony tunes skit.
Other than that though, I seriously enjoyed this and will be picking up more of Seabrookes work for sure.
TW’s below (please skip if you don’t want any spoilers as may contain vague ones)
One line could definitely be altered: “You scalped them.” Whilst I get this is a widely used phrase in some areas I’d tw it for racist origin terminology, and would be good to see it altered to another phrase.
Tw// themes of outing, manipulation, mentions of an age gap in prior relationship, toxic ex, vague stalking themes, blackmail, graphic sex scenes, bdsm elements, emotionally abusive parent.
Firstly I am WEAK for a good roommates and grumpy/sunshine trope. This was a really great read with well balanced, palpable tension throughout.
The writing was really solid, I love how Lily Seabrooke writes and it’s doubly awesome having it written by a lesbian, trans author which had me screaming hell yes because it’s awesome to have stories told about sapphics, written by sapphics.
Also THE SPICE 🌶 FOLKS. There’s a fair bit mixed in and my god it killed me. There’s also some very light bdsm themes thrown in which was awesome, and straps 👌🏻
There was some things I wasn’t keen on though, the length being one. This one was 360 pages long and I felt the story could have easily been reduced to 250-300 pages. There was an awful lot of filler, a bit of repetition. I just felt like had it have been shorter it would have had more impact.
The second issue I had was Gary (what an asshole!) Whilst Seabrooke did an awesome job of making me hate that man more than chocolate flavoured hummus, I felt like he was almost kind of a caricature of a person. He felt off, a bit over the top and unrealistic at times. Kind of like the villain in a loony tunes skit.
Other than that though, I seriously enjoyed this and will be picking up more of Seabrookes work for sure.
TW’s below (please skip if you don’t want any spoilers as may contain vague ones)
One line could definitely be altered: “You scalped them.” Whilst I get this is a widely used phrase in some areas I’d tw it for racist origin terminology, and would be good to see it altered to another phrase.
Tw// themes of outing, manipulation, mentions of an age gap in prior relationship, toxic ex, vague stalking themes, blackmail, graphic sex scenes, bdsm elements, emotionally abusive parent.
April 3, 2022
AT LAST, PARKER HAS HER DAY!
I was ecstatic to see that Lily Seabrooke had another book coming out. When I saw that it was Parker-centric, I HAD TO HAVE IT. Now I do, and I've read it, and you get to hear about it.
I know, y'all are so lucky.
For those who don't know, Parker was a secondary character from Lily's book Last Chance, released in 2021. When first read it, I instantly fell in love with the mysterious, grouchy side character (I know the story wasn't about Parker, but it instilled in me a deep belief that ALL stories should be about Parker - seriously, I even talked about it in the review). And here we are.
Parker Ferris likes to keep things simple. She has a business, she has a quiet life, and she gets to be cranky and blunt all she wants. What she doesn't have (and needs) is a roommate. So she decides to haunt a local lesbian bar in the hopes of finding one. After all, it worked the first time!
Enter Cassie Peterson, bright, sunshiny Insta influencer, that rises at 5am for a morning miracle routine and drinks pink iced coffee drinks with whipped cream and sparkle sprinkles. Cassie who has just realized that she is, in fact, gay. Cassie, who also needs a roommate.
What ensues is a wonderfully complicated, at times hilarious and at times emotionally intense journey where we see two people fighting not only their own pasts, but their feelings for one another. The steam is plentiful and at just the right temperature, and the romance itself is delightfully awkward and warm, a comforting mix that brings this story the closest to reality out of all of Seabrooke's work, IMHO.
This is one more excellent addition to the "A Taste of Port Andrea Romance" collection. I highly recommend Lily Seabrooke's Night & Day and hope you love it as much as I did.
Note: I received a complementary copy of this book via Booksprout and am leaving a voluntary review.
I was ecstatic to see that Lily Seabrooke had another book coming out. When I saw that it was Parker-centric, I HAD TO HAVE IT. Now I do, and I've read it, and you get to hear about it.
I know, y'all are so lucky.
For those who don't know, Parker was a secondary character from Lily's book Last Chance, released in 2021. When first read it, I instantly fell in love with the mysterious, grouchy side character (I know the story wasn't about Parker, but it instilled in me a deep belief that ALL stories should be about Parker - seriously, I even talked about it in the review). And here we are.
Parker Ferris likes to keep things simple. She has a business, she has a quiet life, and she gets to be cranky and blunt all she wants. What she doesn't have (and needs) is a roommate. So she decides to haunt a local lesbian bar in the hopes of finding one. After all, it worked the first time!
Enter Cassie Peterson, bright, sunshiny Insta influencer, that rises at 5am for a morning miracle routine and drinks pink iced coffee drinks with whipped cream and sparkle sprinkles. Cassie who has just realized that she is, in fact, gay. Cassie, who also needs a roommate.
What ensues is a wonderfully complicated, at times hilarious and at times emotionally intense journey where we see two people fighting not only their own pasts, but their feelings for one another. The steam is plentiful and at just the right temperature, and the romance itself is delightfully awkward and warm, a comforting mix that brings this story the closest to reality out of all of Seabrooke's work, IMHO.
This is one more excellent addition to the "A Taste of Port Andrea Romance" collection. I highly recommend Lily Seabrooke's Night & Day and hope you love it as much as I did.
Note: I received a complementary copy of this book via Booksprout and am leaving a voluntary review.
March 31, 2022
Yay!!! another book in the Port Andrea series :)
First of all, disclaimer, I got this book as ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Second of all, if you liked the series so far, you will love this book! It has all the good things that this series boasts (and Lily Seabrooke does so well): It has light humor, a few sexy scenes (not full-on steam but enough kisses and sexy nude scenes to make it hot), a heart-warming story of opposites attract, grumpy and sunshine if you will, and OFC there's a villain who happens to be homophobic and literally the devil (literally being a keyword here). Fun Fun Fun!
Lily Seabrooke does the grumpy and sunshine very well as we saw in previous books. In this book, she brings it to a whole new level and she provides the proper backstory to justify the grumpy's behavior. it's wonderful to see Parker's evolution and the way she absolutely hates the changes she's going through. She complains every step of the way but as Cassie soon finds out, complaining is just Parker's "love language" and should be regarded as such.
The way these two women understand each other and fiercely support each other brings a lot of warmth and credibility to the relationship arc and to the story as a whole.
Also, I have to say that I felt Seabrooke's writing has improved so much since the first book of the series. It was so easy and fun to read this book, I felt the flow of plot and choice of words were better than in the first books of the series and I love seeing an author improves. It bodes well for the future :)
There was one thing that bothered me from the very beginning and it's the main reason why I gave the book 4 stars and not 5. At the very beginning of the book (I think in the very 1st chapter, so not a spoiler). Parker meets the villain, it's the first time they meet and she's being exceptionally rude to him and that's only because he's her professional competition, he hasn't done anything personal to her yet at this stage. While this rudeness is typical of her character, the extreme measure she takes in this meeting is unjustified and uncalled for and struck me as pure unprofessional to the point that it antagonized me in a big way. Since I know her character from a previous book, I knew she's actually very sweet inside so I gave her another chance. But yeah, I think it was over the top and wasn't sufficiently plot-based.
Having said that, I still highly recommend this book and urge you to read it, get a few LOLs and lots of smiles, let your heart swell and clench with the tides of the plot, and just enjoy it. It's so easy to enjoy this read :)
First of all, disclaimer, I got this book as ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Second of all, if you liked the series so far, you will love this book! It has all the good things that this series boasts (and Lily Seabrooke does so well): It has light humor, a few sexy scenes (not full-on steam but enough kisses and sexy nude scenes to make it hot), a heart-warming story of opposites attract, grumpy and sunshine if you will, and OFC there's a villain who happens to be homophobic and literally the devil (literally being a keyword here). Fun Fun Fun!
Lily Seabrooke does the grumpy and sunshine very well as we saw in previous books. In this book, she brings it to a whole new level and she provides the proper backstory to justify the grumpy's behavior. it's wonderful to see Parker's evolution and the way she absolutely hates the changes she's going through. She complains every step of the way but as Cassie soon finds out, complaining is just Parker's "love language" and should be regarded as such.
The way these two women understand each other and fiercely support each other brings a lot of warmth and credibility to the relationship arc and to the story as a whole.
Also, I have to say that I felt Seabrooke's writing has improved so much since the first book of the series. It was so easy and fun to read this book, I felt the flow of plot and choice of words were better than in the first books of the series and I love seeing an author improves. It bodes well for the future :)
There was one thing that bothered me from the very beginning and it's the main reason why I gave the book 4 stars and not 5. At the very beginning of the book (I think in the very 1st chapter, so not a spoiler). Parker meets the villain, it's the first time they meet and she's being exceptionally rude to him and that's only because he's her professional competition, he hasn't done anything personal to her yet at this stage. While this rudeness is typical of her character, the extreme measure she takes in this meeting is unjustified and uncalled for and struck me as pure unprofessional to the point that it antagonized me in a big way. Since I know her character from a previous book, I knew she's actually very sweet inside so I gave her another chance. But yeah, I think it was over the top and wasn't sufficiently plot-based.
Having said that, I still highly recommend this book and urge you to read it, get a few LOLs and lots of smiles, let your heart swell and clench with the tides of the plot, and just enjoy it. It's so easy to enjoy this read :)
April 3, 2022
This is the 4th of the Port Andrea books and I think maybe the best so far. Loved the grumpy/sunshine dynamic and Parker saying she is mean & refusing to be called nice. I enjoyed the believable way the characters developed and the relationship grew throughout the book.
You don’t need to have read the other books first although some characters and places are familiar if you have. You will probably want to read them anyway after this if you haven’t already. It’s a heart-warming, good and fun read.
If you are doing Jae’s bingo challenge this includes a bet, a coming out and has a chapter that’s from a 3rd characters POV as well as being a romcom and maybe favourite trope.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
You don’t need to have read the other books first although some characters and places are familiar if you have. You will probably want to read them anyway after this if you haven’t already. It’s a heart-warming, good and fun read.
If you are doing Jae’s bingo challenge this includes a bet, a coming out and has a chapter that’s from a 3rd characters POV as well as being a romcom and maybe favourite trope.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
March 30, 2022
Lily is an amazing storyteller, that's a given, and she specialises in soft, loveable stories. The Andrean series started strong and continues in this vein with Night and Day.
We met Parker as the gruff, secretive character in the previous book. However, she comes alive here reflected in the seriously opposite attitude of always upbeat (but somehow not saccharine) Cass. Despite trying her hardest to fight love, somehow it breaks through her scruffy, grim reaper disposition.
The story, of course, has drama, and an evil villain. As seems to be the way in Port Andrea, an evil food empire has a grudge against our hero and is all set to destroy her.
There are times when you want a drama filled book that twists and turns unpredictably. There are times when you want a more soft story with loveably imperfect characters that follows the rules of the genre. For the latter, you need Lily Seabrooke. She may not be high angst or high drama but she IS high on sweetness, unicorns and loveable grumps, which is perfect for those moments you just need an easy going curl-up-warm-and-get-absorbed read.
This review was not influenced by it being an ARC.
We met Parker as the gruff, secretive character in the previous book. However, she comes alive here reflected in the seriously opposite attitude of always upbeat (but somehow not saccharine) Cass. Despite trying her hardest to fight love, somehow it breaks through her scruffy, grim reaper disposition.
The story, of course, has drama, and an evil villain. As seems to be the way in Port Andrea, an evil food empire has a grudge against our hero and is all set to destroy her.
There are times when you want a drama filled book that twists and turns unpredictably. There are times when you want a more soft story with loveably imperfect characters that follows the rules of the genre. For the latter, you need Lily Seabrooke. She may not be high angst or high drama but she IS high on sweetness, unicorns and loveable grumps, which is perfect for those moments you just need an easy going curl-up-warm-and-get-absorbed read.
This review was not influenced by it being an ARC.
April 18, 2022
Lily’s books never disappoint and NIGHT AND DAY is no different. I’ve loved Parker for a while and was happy to learn her story. Highly recommend this book to everyone!
April 10, 2022
I knew I wanted a Parker novel as soon as I read Last Chance. Her perspective was written so well in this book, and I found myself laughing way too many times at how she described her disdain for all things bright and cheerful. I relate more to her, but Cassie was great as her polar opposite, too, creeping up her like the sun rising from the horizon that Parker couldn't run away from.
Gary's the kind of villain you love to hate. He reminded me a lot of Mike from Fake It, except he's a different kind of vile. I honestly can't decide who I hate more as a person.
I enjoy the sinking feeling I get when conflicts consume characters and leave them lost, and I enjoy powering through to see how they resolve them. I loved how completely opposite Parker and Cassie were, too, in that regard.
I feel like this had the most landmarks mentioned so far out of all the Port Andrea books. Reading about various locations helps me get more invested in a story, and I'd love to see a map of the entire place. I also appreciate the different colorful descriptions of what I can only eloquently describe as "dirt water," aka bad coffee.
Chapter
I can't believe this was a 100k-word book. I read a couple of chapters before sleeping and the rest in one go as my breakfast to go along with two large brewed coffees as soon as I woke up at an hour that Parker would consider ungodly.
A handful of sections early on felt a bit rough to read and could've done with a bit more polish, but far from enough to detract from my enjoyment. There were, however, some aspects between this and Fake It that were similar enough to hold me back from giving it that one final star.
Gary's the kind of villain you love to hate. He reminded me a lot of Mike from Fake It, except he's a different kind of vile. I honestly can't decide who I hate more as a person.
I enjoy the sinking feeling I get when conflicts consume characters and leave them lost, and I enjoy powering through to see how they resolve them. I loved how completely opposite Parker and Cassie were, too, in that regard.
I feel like this had the most landmarks mentioned so far out of all the Port Andrea books. Reading about various locations helps me get more invested in a story, and I'd love to see a map of the entire place. I also appreciate the different colorful descriptions of what I can only eloquently describe as "dirt water," aka bad coffee.
Chapter
I can't believe this was a 100k-word book. I read a couple of chapters before sleeping and the rest in one go as my breakfast to go along with two large brewed coffees as soon as I woke up at an hour that Parker would consider ungodly.
A handful of sections early on felt a bit rough to read and could've done with a bit more polish, but far from enough to detract from my enjoyment. There were, however, some aspects between this and Fake It that were similar enough to hold me back from giving it that one final star.
April 24, 2022
5/5
Amazing. I had a lot of fun reading Parker's and Cassie's dialogues. Literally laughed out loud a couple of times. Their banter was just *chef's kiss*. Parker is awesome, such a good character, honestly. I love how she acts all depressed and stuff, it's really cute. But don't say that to her! Parker is not cute or nice—she's mean and nasty. You gotta remember that. I doubt I would ever get enough of Parker. She's just hilarious to read about. Her chemistry with Cassie was off the charts, too. I think I will remember them for the rest of my life. Or well, at least for a few years.
This book has awakened in me a love for the 'short top, tall bottom' trope. It was always something that attracted me, but this was my first time reading something with the trope. And I gotta say, it was good. It was so good. I'm definitely going to look for more of those.
I'd totally read another book about Parker and Cassie. I wished this one was longer, though. I wanted to see more interactions after the coming out. But it was already the end when it happened, which was pretty sad :(. Still an amazing story, nonetheless, and I'm sure I will eventually read everything by Lily Seabrooke.
Speaking of Lily, she's amazing at writing characters—especially cute ones—and great dialogue. Sadly, I had no ideia Parker appeared in one of the previous books. I thought unordered collection meant something along the lines of 'same theme, different characters', but I was wrong. I was so wrong. Now I gotta read the other book knowing how Parker's story has already progressed, so that's kinda of a bummer. I guess that serves as a lesson to always start by the first book in the series. But still, I am happy I started out with this one. I think Parker is one of my favorites characters ever. I could read dozens of books about her and Cassie. Maybe even hundreds. That's how much I liked them.
TLDR; An amazing book. Parker and Cassie are amazing, I will never get tired of reading about them and their hilarious banter. And the way they call each other by nicknames, omfg. Just too fucking cute.
Amazing. I had a lot of fun reading Parker's and Cassie's dialogues. Literally laughed out loud a couple of times. Their banter was just *chef's kiss*. Parker is awesome, such a good character, honestly. I love how she acts all depressed and stuff, it's really cute. But don't say that to her! Parker is not cute or nice—she's mean and nasty. You gotta remember that. I doubt I would ever get enough of Parker. She's just hilarious to read about. Her chemistry with Cassie was off the charts, too. I think I will remember them for the rest of my life. Or well, at least for a few years.
This book has awakened in me a love for the 'short top, tall bottom' trope. It was always something that attracted me, but this was my first time reading something with the trope. And I gotta say, it was good. It was so good. I'm definitely going to look for more of those.
I'd totally read another book about Parker and Cassie. I wished this one was longer, though. I wanted to see more interactions after the coming out. But it was already the end when it happened, which was pretty sad :(. Still an amazing story, nonetheless, and I'm sure I will eventually read everything by Lily Seabrooke.
Speaking of Lily, she's amazing at writing characters—especially cute ones—and great dialogue. Sadly, I had no ideia Parker appeared in one of the previous books. I thought unordered collection meant something along the lines of 'same theme, different characters', but I was wrong. I was so wrong. Now I gotta read the other book knowing how Parker's story has already progressed, so that's kinda of a bummer. I guess that serves as a lesson to always start by the first book in the series. But still, I am happy I started out with this one. I think Parker is one of my favorites characters ever. I could read dozens of books about her and Cassie. Maybe even hundreds. That's how much I liked them.
TLDR; An amazing book. Parker and Cassie are amazing, I will never get tired of reading about them and their hilarious banter. And the way they call each other by nicknames, omfg. Just too fucking cute.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 2, 2022
Night & Day is another sweet, cozy installment in Lily Seabrooke’s Taste of Port Andrea series. It can be read as a stand-alone, although I do recommend the prior books, as they’re all wonderful reads. This book has all the signatures of the series thus far, from the humor (not LOL, but subtle and lighthearted) to the slight sexiness of the romance to the compassionate tackling of homophobia and other social issues.
This is a wonderfully executed take on grumpy/sunshine, following the sometimes abrasive Parker and upbeat (but not overly cartoonish) Cassie. It’s lovely to see Parker begin to open up, especially as she has some intriguing secrets that come to light that she typically keeps tucked away. And Cassie is an Instagram influencer, which fits her personality, but even she has secrets, like the fact that she’s hiding her sexuality. The romance between them, and how their connection is both beneficial and challenging for them, is engaging, and I rooted for them to navigate through it all.
But I did find myself feeling the length of this one. It’s 100k words, according to the description provided, and while Seabrooke has written long-ish books before, this is the longest in the series, and it definitely feels like it. I wasn’t super engaged in much of the external plot with Parker fighting back against Gary Founders, and even the romantic arc had moments with a bit of a lull.
In spite of this, I did mostly enjoy this book. If you like sapphic contemporary romance, and don’t mind a slightly longer read, I’d recommend checking this out.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is a wonderfully executed take on grumpy/sunshine, following the sometimes abrasive Parker and upbeat (but not overly cartoonish) Cassie. It’s lovely to see Parker begin to open up, especially as she has some intriguing secrets that come to light that she typically keeps tucked away. And Cassie is an Instagram influencer, which fits her personality, but even she has secrets, like the fact that she’s hiding her sexuality. The romance between them, and how their connection is both beneficial and challenging for them, is engaging, and I rooted for them to navigate through it all.
But I did find myself feeling the length of this one. It’s 100k words, according to the description provided, and while Seabrooke has written long-ish books before, this is the longest in the series, and it definitely feels like it. I wasn’t super engaged in much of the external plot with Parker fighting back against Gary Founders, and even the romantic arc had moments with a bit of a lull.
In spite of this, I did mostly enjoy this book. If you like sapphic contemporary romance, and don’t mind a slightly longer read, I’d recommend checking this out.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 13, 2022
Night & Day by Lily Seabrooke ARC review
Lily Seabrooke has created one of my favorite places to visit – even if it only exists in her books. If Port Andrea was real, I would totally move there. Night & Day is my fourth visit there and once again I had a wonderful time. While I recommend you read the previous three books, you can start your Port Andrea sojourn here.
We got to know grumpy Parker in Last Chance and I, for one, wanted to get to know her better. I knew she was a softy under her playgirl persona. When she needs a new roommate, she thinks a lesbian bar is the perfect place to find a new one (it turns out she’s right.)
Cassie is a perky media influencer needing a bigger space to continue growing her ‘brand’. She works part-time as a barista to keep her grounded. She has had a crush on the coffee equipment supplier, Parker for a while and when the opportunity to move in with her, she jumps on it.
Their attraction to each other is hard to ignore and soon they decide to explore it while keeping it casual. When Parker’s business is attacked by a truly loathsome man, they join forces to fight together to save it.
I enjoyed every minute I spend in Port Andrea and this trip was no different. The MC’s were so easy to root for and the villain was soooo easy to hate that it was very satisfying to see him get his comeuppance. I very highly recommend reading Night & Day as well as the rest of the series.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Lily Seabrooke has created one of my favorite places to visit – even if it only exists in her books. If Port Andrea was real, I would totally move there. Night & Day is my fourth visit there and once again I had a wonderful time. While I recommend you read the previous three books, you can start your Port Andrea sojourn here.
We got to know grumpy Parker in Last Chance and I, for one, wanted to get to know her better. I knew she was a softy under her playgirl persona. When she needs a new roommate, she thinks a lesbian bar is the perfect place to find a new one (it turns out she’s right.)
Cassie is a perky media influencer needing a bigger space to continue growing her ‘brand’. She works part-time as a barista to keep her grounded. She has had a crush on the coffee equipment supplier, Parker for a while and when the opportunity to move in with her, she jumps on it.
Their attraction to each other is hard to ignore and soon they decide to explore it while keeping it casual. When Parker’s business is attacked by a truly loathsome man, they join forces to fight together to save it.
I enjoyed every minute I spend in Port Andrea and this trip was no different. The MC’s were so easy to root for and the villain was soooo easy to hate that it was very satisfying to see him get his comeuppance. I very highly recommend reading Night & Day as well as the rest of the series.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 10, 2022
Captivatingly endearing characters
I need mooooore! I also need the dead trees version of all Seabrooke's books. They're the kinds of books I'd read annually.
This one in particular is the kind of book I'd stay in bed all morning reading instead of working. I'm sure of it because that is precisely what I just did.
If you've read other books by this author I'm not sure why your bothering with reviews, you already know it's excellent.
If you're new to Lily Seabrooke's work, then yes, you can start here, but characters and relationships from other books are mentioned, so you might want to read the series in order.
Like it's counterparts, this book is funny, cavity inducing in it's sweetness, refreshing in it's lack of cheap plot devises, and really, really, gratifying if you've ever had to deal with super awful people.
The main characters are both extremely endearing and totally engaging.
This is a great novel to read in one or two sittings.
That said, I really hope Lily Seabrooke publishes a longer work someday. She'd do so well with a story that went even deeper on a psychological/emotional level.
I need mooooore! I also need the dead trees version of all Seabrooke's books. They're the kinds of books I'd read annually.
This one in particular is the kind of book I'd stay in bed all morning reading instead of working. I'm sure of it because that is precisely what I just did.
If you've read other books by this author I'm not sure why your bothering with reviews, you already know it's excellent.
If you're new to Lily Seabrooke's work, then yes, you can start here, but characters and relationships from other books are mentioned, so you might want to read the series in order.
Like it's counterparts, this book is funny, cavity inducing in it's sweetness, refreshing in it's lack of cheap plot devises, and really, really, gratifying if you've ever had to deal with super awful people.
The main characters are both extremely endearing and totally engaging.
This is a great novel to read in one or two sittings.
That said, I really hope Lily Seabrooke publishes a longer work someday. She'd do so well with a story that went even deeper on a psychological/emotional level.
April 10, 2022
I cannot lie but I was SOOOOO excited to read Parker's story after we were introduced to her character in an earlier book. She is the little gay gremlin of my heart.
This story has the lovely trope of grumpy/sunshine. Cassie is sweet and figures out her own identity while also being proud of herself even if others look down on her career and persona. She is just wholly herself. Parker is the biggest riddle, pulling information from her is indeed worse than pulling teeth. But when they are together the chemistry is palpable, as they soon discover as well.
If you want to sink into a love story that is sweet and warm like your favorite latte, while also having the high stakes of saving Parker's business this is the book for you. As always visiting Port Andrea is a wonderful time and seeing past characters as well as being introduced to even more leaves the reader excited for the next novel in this city! .
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This story has the lovely trope of grumpy/sunshine. Cassie is sweet and figures out her own identity while also being proud of herself even if others look down on her career and persona. She is just wholly herself. Parker is the biggest riddle, pulling information from her is indeed worse than pulling teeth. But when they are together the chemistry is palpable, as they soon discover as well.
If you want to sink into a love story that is sweet and warm like your favorite latte, while also having the high stakes of saving Parker's business this is the book for you. As always visiting Port Andrea is a wonderful time and seeing past characters as well as being introduced to even more leaves the reader excited for the next novel in this city! .
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 15, 2022
Parker was one of my favorite Port Andrea side characters, so I was really excited to see her getting her own book. The running joke about her mysterious business was really entertaining, but I was surprised by how much emotion was actually bound up in her secrecy--she didn't tell the truth about what she did because she's carrying a lot of baggage about money and trust and friendship and love, and peeling away those layers to get to a more emotionally honest Parker was one of my favorite parts of the story.
Of course, I can't leave out Cassie, the sparkling ray of sunshine to Parker's doom and gloom. Her bubbly attitude and determination that everything will be fine also hides a deep struggle between wanting to be her authentic self and fear of rejection. Her slow steps out of the closet were so satisfying and sweet.
And, of course, it was so, so satisfying to watch Gary get his. I like a lot of running themes in this series--the drool-worthy food, the delightful details of Port Andrea--but watching jerk bosses get theirs is definitely a highlight.
Of course, I can't leave out Cassie, the sparkling ray of sunshine to Parker's doom and gloom. Her bubbly attitude and determination that everything will be fine also hides a deep struggle between wanting to be her authentic self and fear of rejection. Her slow steps out of the closet were so satisfying and sweet.
And, of course, it was so, so satisfying to watch Gary get his. I like a lot of running themes in this series--the drool-worthy food, the delightful details of Port Andrea--but watching jerk bosses get theirs is definitely a highlight.
April 12, 2022
I need to move into this fictional town so bad. With the amount of cafes that exist in this world, I'm pretty sure the townspeople of Port Andrea solely run on coffee. The town itself is a character that I just want to be lost in. This is a feel-good, cosy, caffeine infused story with a side of business. I love a grumpy-sunshine dynamic. They were funny together and all just so very adorable. I rooted for them easily. Despite whatever frustration I felt during the 3rd quarter of this book, the comeuppance I wanted for a certain antagonist that came was so satisfying that I no longer minded Parker and Cassie's self-sacrificial dilemma. Overall, I appreciated that the two characters grew throughout the book as individuals and as a couple. They're a better version of themselves because of each other by the end of the story. While the story has an air of light-heartedness, it does deal with topics like emotional manipulation fairly.
I just really enjoyed this.
I just really enjoyed this.
April 8, 2022
We asked and Lily delivered! Parker from Last Chance has her own story!
Night & Day features one of my fav trope, grumpy and sunshine. And Parker is one of my most favorite grumps. As mentioned, we meet Parker in an earlier book in the series and while these can be read as stand alone, I’d suggest reading in order. Mostly because PA builds overtime and there are reoccurring characters.
Cass is the bubbly, IG influencer, and probably Parker’s worst nightmare but they’re so sweet together.
Port Andrea is one of my favorite fictional towns. Great food, coffee, and lots of queers? What more could you need
Night & Day features one of my fav trope, grumpy and sunshine. And Parker is one of my most favorite grumps. As mentioned, we meet Parker in an earlier book in the series and while these can be read as stand alone, I’d suggest reading in order. Mostly because PA builds overtime and there are reoccurring characters.
Cass is the bubbly, IG influencer, and probably Parker’s worst nightmare but they’re so sweet together.
Port Andrea is one of my favorite fictional towns. Great food, coffee, and lots of queers? What more could you need
April 12, 2022
Good book
This story is so well written. You can feel the characters how they interact and their feelings towards each other. First Cassie is a social media person that puts everything she does on her web page, with half million followers. Parker who just about hates everything needs a roommate. Things change between the two when they move in together. Even thought they are night and day difference between them. How true friend stick together and are willing to accomplish anything. How coming out may not be to bad, you may lose a few people but end up getting better people who supports you. How true love can conquer anything. A good story to read
This story is so well written. You can feel the characters how they interact and their feelings towards each other. First Cassie is a social media person that puts everything she does on her web page, with half million followers. Parker who just about hates everything needs a roommate. Things change between the two when they move in together. Even thought they are night and day difference between them. How true friend stick together and are willing to accomplish anything. How coming out may not be to bad, you may lose a few people but end up getting better people who supports you. How true love can conquer anything. A good story to read
July 3, 2023
I loved this storyline. It was different from any gay romance I've read. The characters, Parker and Cassie had relatable and indepth personalities. From the start to the end, their consistent and growth were an adverture to read. Their romance was both funny and had intense drama, aka my favorite parts of gay romances.
Set in Port Andrea, Seabrooke makes it easy to invision and want to visit there.
Other readers should always expect both a great story and a new plotlines that make it hard to put down. I would definitely recommend this book to other gay romance book lovers!.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Set in Port Andrea, Seabrooke makes it easy to invision and want to visit there.
Other readers should always expect both a great story and a new plotlines that make it hard to put down. I would definitely recommend this book to other gay romance book lovers!.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
May 9, 2022
A Cup of Joe
Parker is looking for a new roommate to share her apartment. Her coffee machine business is doing ok but a new threat comes to Port Andrea. Cassie is an Instagram influencer with half a million followers and needs a new place and she’s crushing on Parker. Parker does do relationships but Cassie’s nature and sparks wake a longing in her soul. Will their efforts save the business and Cassie from the clutches of an evil man? A great addition to the series by a fantastic author.
Parker is looking for a new roommate to share her apartment. Her coffee machine business is doing ok but a new threat comes to Port Andrea. Cassie is an Instagram influencer with half a million followers and needs a new place and she’s crushing on Parker. Parker does do relationships but Cassie’s nature and sparks wake a longing in her soul. Will their efforts save the business and Cassie from the clutches of an evil man? A great addition to the series by a fantastic author.
June 29, 2022
I'm pretty sure Parker is my favorite character in any of Lily's books so when I saw that Night & Day finally gave Parker a whole love story, I was so excited. I absolutely loved watching Cassie's sunshine and rainbows personality clashing with Parker's doom and gloom, the way they danced around each other, and I especially loved the way they finally got together. Their happily ever after was very very much deserved and I'm so glad they got to rub it in that no-good asshole Gary's face. Seriously. Gary is the freaking worst. Screw that guy. ❤️
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 27, 2022
If ever thre was a textbook Grumpy Parker definitely gets the cake. Cassie on the other hand is the bubbly sunshine in her private life just like her reputation is as an influencer. There also is a host of absolutely lovely side characters, that add to the sweetness and funny dialogues.
This is a nice feel-good read with an unlikely room-mates romance, employment trouble, a nasty villain and some coming out, so there is plenty of story around the sugar-sweet romance, just what I needed.
This is a nice feel-good read with an unlikely room-mates romance, employment trouble, a nasty villain and some coming out, so there is plenty of story around the sugar-sweet romance, just what I needed.
June 4, 2022
Sweet coming out and telling a homophobic abuser that he can go take a leap
Hard to realise that falling in love was so difficult, but throw in abusive coercive poor excuse for parents. Add a closeted women coming out an abusive ex boyfriend and you have a lively plot of a novel in this great novel. It takes a lot to come out but it is so worth it to be yourself and not pretend to be something you're not!
PS there is an HEA
Hard to realise that falling in love was so difficult, but throw in abusive coercive poor excuse for parents. Add a closeted women coming out an abusive ex boyfriend and you have a lively plot of a novel in this great novel. It takes a lot to come out but it is so worth it to be yourself and not pretend to be something you're not!
PS there is an HEA
April 16, 2022
Another great ‘Drean story from Lily Seabrooke. I especially loved Parker. Laugh out loud funny. The romance felt natural, not forced. Developed naturally starting from a crush. A great book which will delight all Lesfic fans. Hot sex & cute cuddles. Very bad baddie. Enjoy.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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