Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

22 reviews

kirtreads's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

What a delightful read! I really enjoyed this book. The characters were amazing and felt like real people. The banter was great, the premise was great, and the enemy to lovers felt natural and not forced. It also had me laughing out loud as several different points. 

With the disability/queer/BIPOC rep you won’t want to miss this one! 

Tropes: enemies to lovers, grumpy sunshine, forced proximity 

Does contain a third act break up but it’s quickly resolved and gives a very cute HEA. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Abandonment, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Bullying

Moderate: Medical content

onefineelephant's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

10/10. This is the autistic love story of my dreams. I can't tell who I relate to more. Between Jacob's abandonment issues and Eve's fear of being a disappointment/failure and their combined autism, this book is perfect for me. I love that they were both scared to be in a real relationship because of their fears but still persevered and were able to be happy. This book made me laugh, cry, and be horny. I can't figure out if I like this book more or Chloe's book so I'll have to read them both again to figure it out. This is now one of my favorite romances of all time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Abandonment, Car accident, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Ableism

The book mentions and partially describes parental emotional neglect and the emotional effects of parental emotional neglect.

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

daniellesharp's review against another edition

5.0

🌶️🌶️🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Ableism

Moderate: Ableism, Car accident, and Abandonment

Minor: Emotional abuse

cluckieduck's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

 Well, this was an absolutely delightful trilogy and ended with my favourite read (and couple!) of the bunch.

Eve & Jacob are two absolutely tender-hearted souls hiding deliciously dirty sides. Their sexy times are absolutely 🔥🌶🔥, I wish there were more than the 2 scenes because they were smokin' hot! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

Minor: Classism, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Fatphobia

midnightbelles's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

5.0

I loved this book. I loved Eve. I loved Jacob. I loved how it ended. I love this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Classism, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

wilybooklover's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

Now that I've completed this series, I can state unequivocally that Talia Hibbert is one of the best romcom authors currently writing. She writes books that are actually funny and completely focused on the romance, both things that are sorely lacking in most of the newer romcoms being released. The balance of humour, steam, and mushy romantic moments is just right. I'm not sure if this one or Dani's book is my favourite (edit: upon further reflection, Dani's book is my favourite), but I enjoyed the hell out of this entire trilogy. 

I loved how Eve's chaotic brand of charm balanced out Jacob's calm and orderly ways. Yet deep down, they had a lot in common and forge a deep connection. Their banter was top notch, especially in the first half. They don't like each other but they never go too far in saying something truly hurtful. It was wonderful seeing Eve understand why she might be different (undiagnosed autism) and connecting with Jacob, who has diagnosed autism, on that level too. It was just utterly delightful and I smiled the whole way through. The only thing I didn't like was that I could see the third-act breakup coming from a mile away and it filled me with dread, though I appreciate that it wasn't dragged out for ages. The way it unfolded felt a bit unnatural though, from the way Eve's family acted to the miscommunication. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Classism, Racism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

tinkithesquirelll's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Sexual content

rosegoes3's review against another edition

funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I didn't like this one as much as the first two Brown Sisters books, but I really love Talia Hibbert's writing. It fell a little flat in terms of development and predicability 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Toxic friendship and Car accident

kfmcf's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, and Emotional abuse