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spellbindingtomes's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต.
Get a Life, Chloe Brown is the first of The Brown Sisters series and it's an incredibly charming, yet steamy love story.
The chronic illness rep was eye opening to me. Chloe suffers from Fibromyalgia, a chronic disability that heavily impacts her day to day life. So much so she needs to take tons of medication. Some days are better than others, but she's become an expert in hiding her pain. Before she was even diagnosed, Chloe had shared that she was dismissed for YEARS by doctors not knowing what was wrong with her body and that broke my heart.
๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ.
Red is so sweet and considerate. Whenever Chloe is around, he's attuned to everything about her - her feelings, the slightest change in her mannerisms, and her needs especially with her chronic pain. He truly sees her. On top of everything, Red is in complete awe of Chloe.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฐ๐ง๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ณ๐ฆ-๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง.
Talia expertly weaves humor into this romance that touches on heavy topics. The narrative was hilarious. The banter between Chloe and Red was very entertaining and their chemistry was off the charts.
If you're looking for a diverse and steamy read with positive representation on plus-size FMCs and chronic disabilities, then definitely check this out!
Thank you @bookish_den for introducing Talia Hibbert to me for the 12x12 challenge! ๐ซถ๐ผ
Get a Life, Chloe Brown is the first of The Brown Sisters series and it's an incredibly charming, yet steamy love story.
The chronic illness rep was eye opening to me. Chloe suffers from Fibromyalgia, a chronic disability that heavily impacts her day to day life. So much so she needs to take tons of medication. Some days are better than others, but she's become an expert in hiding her pain. Before she was even diagnosed, Chloe had shared that she was dismissed for YEARS by doctors not knowing what was wrong with her body and that broke my heart.
๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ.
Red is so sweet and considerate. Whenever Chloe is around, he's attuned to everything about her - her feelings, the slightest change in her mannerisms, and her needs especially with her chronic pain. He truly sees her. On top of everything, Red is in complete awe of Chloe.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฐ๐ง๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ณ๐ฆ-๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง.
Talia expertly weaves humor into this romance that touches on heavy topics. The narrative was hilarious. The banter between Chloe and Red was very entertaining and their chemistry was off the charts.
If you're looking for a diverse and steamy read with positive representation on plus-size FMCs and chronic disabilities, then definitely check this out!
Thank you @bookish_den for introducing Talia Hibbert to me for the 12x12 challenge! ๐ซถ๐ผ
Content Warnings
Minor: Abandonment and Emotional abuse
mighty_lizard_queen's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Would have been 4 stars but I never quite recovered from the 3rd act breakup. Iโm not convinced she really should have forgiven him; he said some really hurtful things & the gifts felt like lovebombing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual content, Ableism, and Car accident
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Grief, Racism, and Death
zias's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
I enjoyed the humor in this book and the representation - BIPOC main character, chronic illness, therapy! It was easy to discern the cause of the third act breakup early in the story, but I otherwise enjoyed this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness and Sexual content
Minor: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship
bubblybuttercup's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
fun and sexy, this book has loveable characters, great representation and romance, and handles its charactersโ flaws and struggles with care. i must warn there is quite a bit of sex. besides that i highly recommend for cheeky romance lovers!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Physical abuse
mymyweb's review against another edition
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Amazing read for those into romance that is spicy but raw with emotion
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
aubreysage's review against another edition
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved this book! I found myself rooting for both of these characters and wanting things to work out for them. Of course hijinks ensue. The character development is thoughtful and wise. Very fun read!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Physical abuse, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse
sophiesometimesreads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I really really enjoyed this book! I was kicking and giggling and blushing through a large portion of this book.
I loved how fleshed out both the characters were, and both had backstories and valid reasons for their reactions, which made the conflict far more believable despite the fact that I don't particularly enjoy miscommunication and a third-act break up.
I thought the representation was great and really added depth to the story, though I haven't experienced the things represented in this book so take my review of this with a grain of salt - those who are being represented may have a more valid take on how good the representation actually is.
Talia Hibbert's writing style was fun and quirky and the banter was amazing. I really enjoyed her writing style, but I can see that it may not be for everyone.
The only very slight negative I had was that the MMC gave me a little bit of the ick at the start when he was (in my opinion) oversexualising the FMC when he barely knew her, but I think that's more of a me/personal preference thing.
I am definitely reading the rest of this series!
I loved how fleshed out both the characters were, and both had backstories and valid reasons for their reactions, which made the conflict far more believable despite the fact that I don't particularly enjoy miscommunication and a third-act break up.
I thought the representation was great and really added depth to the story, though I haven't experienced the things represented in this book so take my review of this with a grain of salt - those who are being represented may have a more valid take on how good the representation actually is.
Talia Hibbert's writing style was fun and quirky and the banter was amazing. I really enjoyed her writing style, but I can see that it may not be for everyone.
The only very slight negative I had was that the MMC gave me a little bit of the ick at the start when he was (in my opinion) oversexualising the FMC when he barely knew her, but I think that's more of a me/personal preference thing.
I am definitely reading the rest of this series!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Physical abuse, Medical content, and Toxic relationship
rachrreads's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
โThis was where and who and how he should be: with Chloe.โ
I received this from a friend a few years back for my birthday and finally got around to it. This was such a sweet romance full of understanding and mutual adoration.
Chloe deals with chronic pain that can be so debilitating she spends days in bed. Due to this, Chloe has had friends abandon her. While I donโt currently have chronic pain, I was in chronic pain for most of high school. I related so much to Chloe and had people tell me they didnโt believe I was in pain.
Redford โRedโ was in an abusive relationship that left him feeling absolutely worthless. He is an artist and struggled after that relationship to feel as if his art mattered.
The two end up supporting each other as they heal and become friends. Red helps Chloe cross things off her โget a life listโ, while Chloe helps Red with a new website for his art.
The only issue I had with this book was it was so long!
I received this from a friend a few years back for my birthday and finally got around to it. This was such a sweet romance full of understanding and mutual adoration.
Chloe deals with chronic pain that can be so debilitating she spends days in bed. Due to this, Chloe has had friends abandon her. While I donโt currently have chronic pain, I was in chronic pain for most of high school. I related so much to Chloe and had people tell me they didnโt believe I was in pain.
Redford โRedโ was in an abusive relationship that left him feeling absolutely worthless. He is an artist and struggled after that relationship to feel as if his art mattered.
The two end up supporting each other as they heal and become friends. Red helps Chloe cross things off her โget a life listโ, while Chloe helps Red with a new website for his art.
The only issue I had with this book was it was so long!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Sexual content, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse
criticalmiss's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Chloe is an adorable main chanacter. And also relatable with her chronic pain for people who live with Fibromyalgia. Hilbert does a great job at creating healthy male main characters. Her books are joyful to read. Many moments that made me chuckle out loud
CW: abuse
enemies to lovers
CW: abuse
enemies to lovers
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse
sjvh's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment and Emotional abuse