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Night and Day One Night in South Beach Book 4 eBook Andie J Christopher Reviews

This is the 5th book in this series, and each one has been enjoyable in it's own way. Here we have a broody artist hero, and a smart, bubbly, curvy heroine. I enjoyed it, and I wanted to love it, but something just didn't quite click for me. 3.5 Stars.

Letty Gonzalez is a romantic, but she grew up as the "fat sister" in her family, so she never really held out much hope of a great romance happening to her. But, I have to assume everyone would feel like the fat sister if their only sister turned out to be a well-known swimsuit model. Her mother was constantly harping on her weight from the time she was a kid, and her father was so consumed with his business and making money that he never paid much attention either way. So, she's always carried around some damage, and insecurities. Probably more than most. But, that was made worse when she found out her last boyfriend, also her ex-boss, was only with her for her parents' money and connections, and wasn't really attracted to her. She not only lost the relationship she thought she had, she lost her job too. So, she's hustling to start her own personal assistant business from scratch, in the hopes of not having to go to her parents for money. Or anything else.

Max Delgado is a sculptor, and a great one. He's more well known in NYC, but he's just starting to make his mark in Miami. He's a brooding, angry mess, and has been most of his life. His family life was a disaster, with his angry, abusive dad, and downtrodden, pill-head mother. He loves his brother and sister dearly, but he's pretty much over everyone else. When his grandmother, Lola, hires Letty to get his studio organized, and make a website for him, he hates the idea. But, he loves looking at Letty, so he figures out a way to deal with it. He knows he'll never be good for any woman, but especially not for Letty. He's too much like his father, with the same temper, and he refuses to inflict that on a wife and family the way his father did. But, there's something about Letty he just can't ignore.

I really liked both Max, and Letty, but they both had some seriously real and damaging issues to overcome before they had any hope of a successful relationship. They had both been so beaten down in their lives by their messed up parents, and they had no realistic self-image. Each of them had a totally distorted picture of themselves, and didn't even realize it. They really helped each other think differently about their own histories, and their inner and outer selves. I really enjoyed watching them help each other, while figuring out their own issues.

I enjoyed seeing all of Max's extended family from the prior books, especially when all the ladies got together! Lola is an absolute riot, and I loved her and all her wily, matchmaking antics. Letty's sister was also great, and I wouldn't mind knowing more about her as well. Each of the characters helped out Max, or Letty in some way, and I loved how they stuck together.

My only real issues here were with Max and Letty's extensive internal monologues, and just how down they were on themselves, meanwhile thinking the other person was perfect in every way, and too good for them. They allowed their distorted self-images to keep them from everything they wanted, and allowed it to dictate their reactions to situations, and how much it affected their lives. Pretty much until it was too late to fix it. I get that this is a very realistic scenario for some people, as sad as that is. I also get that emotional injuries, especially those delivered in childhood, are the hardest to overcome. But I just felt like it dragged on a little long, and I felt if either of them truly opened up, with real honesty to the other person, things could have been solved much more satisfyingly, for me. Even when they finally figured their stuff out, I really wanted more in the realm of groveling, to be honest, from both of them. Problems stemming almost solely from lack of communication just frustrate me, and that's my own issue.

I really enjoy this author's writing style, and her voice, and the way she evokes images with her words. I also love that her characters are diverse, and that there's someone for everyone to identify with in some way. But, sometimes the characters themselves just don't quite do it for me, and I'm not really sure what it is. Again, I think it's just my issue. I have really enjoyed this series as a whole (Book 3 was by far my favorite), and I'm hoping there will be more books yet in the series.
Although this is #5 in a series, it’s the third book of Andie J. Christopher’s that I’ve read. While I loved Break of Day, I was kind of ambivalent about Before Daylight. Unfortunately, I was also kind of indifferent about Night and Day.

It’s not a bad book, that’s for sure. Max and Letty seem to complement each other very well. While they have an instant attraction, it’s not instalove, which I appreciated. And even aside from that, they were able to build each other up and help each other overcome some unfortunate past experiences.

But why didn’t I love it? I think that there were two main reasons.

First, I was a little put off by how frequently Letty referred to herself as fat and undesirable. I get it, she feels out of place among the models and ballerinas in her life, but it was constant. I was rooting for her to find some self-esteem, but I was also frustrated by the fact that it seemed to come from the fact that Max wanted her and not from anything bigger than that.

Second, it felt kind of flat to me. There was no real conflict in the book, nothing that made me wonder whether everything would work out in the end. Max and Letty were attracted to each other from their first meeting, so there wasn’t really any build-up either. I mean, things happen, but nothing that had me on the edge of my seat and nothing that made it hard to put the book down.

I ended up reading this book in one night, although I frequently put it down to do other things. I don’t know that I would necessarily recommend it, but it was a quick read and a perfectly fine way to spend a couple hours.

**I READ AND REVIEWED A FREE ADVANCE COPY PROVIDED BY THE PUBLISHER**
This book surprised me in more ways than one, both positive and negative. I have mixed feelings about it and putting together this review has helped a lot.

Starting with the easy part, “Night and Day” is the fifth book in the series but can easily be read as a stand-alone. As far as I’ve understood, there are glimpses of stories from previous novels, and one very sweet grandmother that ties everything together. Letty meets Max when she needed to stay away from men the most. After an unsuccessful relationship and a career failure, she accepts a job as an assistant to a sculptor. Little did she expect him to be so gorgeous! The attraction they feel is visible from the beginning and while his creativity sparks, her doubts begin as well.

On the good side, we can see here a very nice romance story that combines passion for one another with passion for art. Max and Letty have many things in common and they discover them step by step, all the while uncovering their deepest fears. I loved the communication between them and the family dynamics. Max’s grandmother is the “author” of their encounter, as she has been trying to set him up for a long time. Well, she did a very good job this time.

What I did not appreciate was the amount of self-doubt and the disappointment Letty has when it comes to her appearance. There is someone out there for any of us. We are all beautiful in someone’s eyes, we are all special for someone. We are who we are and we can only be better. The way she talked about herself and her body made me uncomfortable a little and made me reduce my rating.

Other than that, no other negative aspect comes to mind. We have a beautiful couple, we have amazing interaction and a very beautiful writing. This book was easy to read and discusses many more important themes, that you can discover only by reading it ) 3.5 Stars – Enjoy )
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