French Fancy by Lily Morton (The Model Agency #2)

TITLE: ⟫ French Fancy (The Model Agency #2)

AUTHOR: ⟫ Lily Morton

RATING: ⟫ /5

BLURB: ⟫ Pip Simmonds is the twinkiest twink in London. He’s loud, proud, and packed to the brim with sass. But when he’s laid low by illness, even his hotpants lose their sparkle and his worried boss sends him to the South of France to recuperate in his holiday home.

Cap Ferrat is beautiful, and the periwinkle-blue villa is luxurious, but the real draw for Pip is the villa’s other resident—his boss’s younger brother, Olivier Durand.

Olivier owns a perfume empire and has spent his whole life running from any other form of commitment. He’s worldly, carefree, wild, and the perfect choice for a holiday fling.

Drawn together by proximity, the two men become lovers and friends and then something more. Something special. But will their special bond hold true after summer’s end, when they both must return to their real lives?

This is the second book in the bestselling Model Agency series, but it can be read as a standalone.

REVIEW: ⟫ Currently reading – review to follow.

The Sunny Side by Lily Morton (The Model Agency #1)

Title: ⟫ The Sunny Side (The Model Agency #1)
Author: ⟫ Lily Morton
Rating: ⟫ 5/5
Blurb: ⟫ Jonas Durand is successful, rich, and controlled. He owns a prestigious modelling agency and has the world at his fingertips, but a turbulent childhood has taught him to be focused and never deviate from a plan.

Dean Jacobs threatens that stance. He’s one of the world’s most sought-after supermodels, but he’s also laidback and lighthearted and free in a way that Jonas has never quite managed.

Dean has always been interested in Jonas and has never made any secret of his admiration, but from the beginning, Jonas put him in a neat little box labelled, “Don’t touch,” turned the key, and never looked back.

However, the universe seems determined to thwart Jonas’s plans. Over the course of one hot summer, the two men come together, and Jonas’s well-ordered life becomes something a whole lot wilder.

Moving from the glamorous worlds of London and Paris Fashion Weeks to the sleepy South of France, Jonas finds himself liberating partridges, chasing his supermodel, and falling in love.

From bestselling author Lily Morton, comes a romantic comedy set in the fast-paced and snarky world of modelling. This is the first book in the Model Agency series.

Review: ⟫ I had a bad day and then this turned up and the sun came out. This book was delightful! I don’t always enjoy Lily Morton – sometimes I’m just not in the right mood – but I really loved this book. Dean was an absolute delight, especially with how literally he took everything! And his charm shone through, from Pen at the police station to the way in which he treats absolutely everyone with respect.

But my main love for this book was for Jonas – poor Jonas, with his sharp tongue, incredible wit and complete inability to stop the train that is Dean from dragging him along the tracks to happiness. The cast of characters were entertaining, with throw away lines that made me giggle, whilst seeing people from Lily’s other books was great – enough for fans to think ‘oh yes, I read about him’ but not enough to make it feel like you’d read it all.

I loved how strong Jonas was, how protective he was of everyone, but I especially loved it when he let loose and allowed himself to be out of control with Dean. That scene in the car was so steamy, and later in the book when he’s jealous of a party Dean attended, he was the ultimate alpha male whilst still remaining as caring as loving as he had been throughout the book. I thought Ruby was very well written – she was a five year old and sounded like a five year old, which was a nice change as I often find children written in books often sound like scaled down adults.

I needed this book today and am truly glad I stayed up late finishing it. I look forward to reading more from the Model Agency series, especially if the characters are as engaging and entertaining as Dean and Jonas.