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

I really enjoyed this, despite my least favourite trope of the miscommunication. Loved the story and that the characters from the previous books made appearances! I also loved Montrose and his sisters, Alex and Tessa. I want stories about them???

I am rating this 4 stars for now, but searching for some reviews about the autism rep - since I cannot find any and cannot speak to that rep.

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leighannebfd3b's review

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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

4.75

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jessgj's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.75

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zombiezami's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted

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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xoodlebooks's review against another edition

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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

4.0

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honeybeatslibrary's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

Having read the other two books in the Brown Sisters series the bar was set pretty high for Act Your Age Eve Brown. Talia Hibbert didn't let me down. I loved this book so much. Act Your Age Eve Brown, focuses on the youngest sister Eve, a young lady desperate to step into "adulthood" but experiencing difficulty in the process. When her parents' decide to cut her off, she literally runs into her dream job, and Jacob, a young man with Autism that turns her world on its head.

I loved this book. It was absolutely precious in terms of the romance aspect. I loved again that Talia made disability a part of the narrative without it being the entire narrative. I loved how Eve absolutely outlines the confusion so many young people feel when they experience failure and then don't know what to do from there. I also loved that it was in the UK, in the 2020s and ignored covid-19 (this was in content warning/info) in the beginning of the book. I was the perfect escape that I didn't know I needed.

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caseythereader's review

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emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

📚 Look, you all know I love Talia Hibbert, so do I even need to give you a real review of this book? Just go get it and read it now!
📚 A smart, quirky heroine who is still a real person and not just a collection of weird personality traits, and a grumpy hero who is never so mean as to make his softness unbelievable.
📚 They do truly make each other better, and I love it.
📚 I also love how (minor spoiler?) Eve figuring out she's on the autistic spectrum isn't treated as a Big Twist or as something she now has to Deal With. It's simply one of those "Oh, well, that makes total sense," moments of discovery.
📚 And here is where #ownvoices authors are so important - Jacob and Eve are both autistic, but it looks different for both of them, and neither is a total stereotype. The same is true for Eve's race and size.
And even with those heavy topics, this book is still wildly funny and full of whip smart banter. It's perfect.

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decklededgess's review against another edition

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challenging 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

5.0

trigger warnings: autism related microgressions and ableism, emotionally manipulative and exploitative friends, sexual content, meltdown and anxiety/panic attack, abusive and negligent parents, bullying mention, alcohol mention

Eve's book is the best of the three which is a monumental statement considering the entire series is mind-blowing. I love soft dorks and Eve and Jacob are soft dorks. The embody the smol sunshine and tol angery trope SO WELL. IRFSELRJESLRG TALIA GIVE US MORE WE BEG

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