Reviews with content warning for Abandonment - Act Your Age, Eve Brown

This book was such a fun romp! I enjoyed the plot, characters, their arcs, and even the third-act conflict/resolution. Sometimes the third-act conflict can feel too much to overcome and resolve, but this was perfect. I sincerely did not enjoy Jacob in the first third of the book and felt he was being overly rude verging on cruel. This is the reason I knocked half a star off. I'm also unsure about how I feel about the self-diagnosis that happens here. I think if Jacob was the only autistic person in the book, the rating would've been lower, as it would've felt like generalizing autistic people are difficult, rude, and abrupt.

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adventurous funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

Oh darling Eve!!! It took a second for this one to connect, but man I was hooked when it did. Eve is the youngest of the Brown sisters and the wayward soul of the family. After an ultimatum from her family, Even finds herself in a job interview gone wrong. One awkward fender-bender later she finds herself working at an in with a very handsome and surly innkeeper who can’t seem to help but fall for Eve’s whimsy. This story took the age old family screw up narrative and really turned it on it’s head. I loved Eve’s journey of self discovery from falling love with a new career to opening up to the possibility of being on the autism spectrum. The disability and autism rep was great. The spice was masterful. A beautiful way to wrap up the story of the Brown sisters!

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emotional 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

3.0

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emotional 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? Yes

4.25

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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gabyhat's review

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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

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laurataylor's review against another edition

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adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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thereadinghammock's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

The Brown sisters trilogy is just a delight to read. At first I was skeptical of Eve, much like her parents, with her flitting from one job to the next at the first sign of "trouble," simply because she was able to support herself with her trust fund. And don't get me wrong, I totally understand and relate to the fear of failure--I, too, detest being bad at things--but her case seemed so extreme! And then Jacob, I didn't expect to fall in love with him as much as I did. I think his concussed internal monologue becoming an external monologue is what sealed the deal on him for me. It was so adorable, I couldn't not love him from then on.

I loved watching them figure each other out as they found their groove at the B&B together. Jacob noticing more of the neurodiverse impulses and habits Eve had that were similar and yet so opposite to his own. Eve learning more about herself and gaining the confidence she never thought she'd find simply because she had people around her who got it and let her thrive because of those routines and habits she used to cope.

Still not a fan of the third act break ups, but Talia has a way of throwing them at readers at the 11th hour and then letting her protagonists realize the error of their ways within a chapter and come rushing back together with perfectly crafted apologies for each other and bringing them to their HEA just in time.

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