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A review by chloe_liese
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
5.0
Thank you to Avon for the advance #OwnVoices review copy; all opinions are my own!
Eve is the youngest of the Brown sisters & has grown up feeling very much like a failure. Unsure of where or how to succeed, she’s moved from job to job & never quite felt understood by her friends or family, who are all in their own ways confident, accomplished & driven. When Eve applies for the job of cook at Jacob’s bed & breakfast, she finally finds a place where she fits just-right—not just at Jacob’s B&B but in his heart, too. Eve is a singer, a smiler, a glass-half-full embodiment of resilience & optimism & I couldn’t adore her journey to greater self-understanding & self-love any more. It was brilliant & emotional & deeply satisfying.
Jacob is my bespectacled, starchy & exacting, sarcastic AF dream who’s wounded from being rejected for who he is. Upfront about being autistic, Jacob knows he comes across as chilly & blunt, but he uses this conception to reject people before they reject him…until Eve crashes onto the scene. Literally.
Jacob & Eve were the couple I’ve needed to read for some time. As a late-diagnosed autistic woman, autism representation can be bittersweet—it’s wonderful to see myself (which is rare) & yet I’m often reminded of what’s hard & how I’ve been hurt for being who I am. But of course, I knew with Talia, I was in the best hands. Autism was beautifully & compassionately portrayed, & it made my heart sing to see two people like me, finding love & belonging & understanding for exactly who they are.
In short: Eve’s & Jacob’s story was witty & emotional & steamy as hell, a perfect opposites-attract pairing with chemistry & a connection that was everything my heart could want. I’m sad to say goodbye to this series, but thrilled with how it ended. This book, simply put, was perfect for me.
ACT YOUR AGE, EVE BROWN is out TOMORROW, March 9! Pre-order it, request it from your library, & prepare for a heartfelt, sexy, witty & delightful conclusion to the Brown Sisters Series.
Eve is the youngest of the Brown sisters & has grown up feeling very much like a failure. Unsure of where or how to succeed, she’s moved from job to job & never quite felt understood by her friends or family, who are all in their own ways confident, accomplished & driven. When Eve applies for the job of cook at Jacob’s bed & breakfast, she finally finds a place where she fits just-right—not just at Jacob’s B&B but in his heart, too. Eve is a singer, a smiler, a glass-half-full embodiment of resilience & optimism & I couldn’t adore her journey to greater self-understanding & self-love any more. It was brilliant & emotional & deeply satisfying.
Jacob is my bespectacled, starchy & exacting, sarcastic AF dream who’s wounded from being rejected for who he is. Upfront about being autistic, Jacob knows he comes across as chilly & blunt, but he uses this conception to reject people before they reject him…until Eve crashes onto the scene. Literally.
Jacob & Eve were the couple I’ve needed to read for some time. As a late-diagnosed autistic woman, autism representation can be bittersweet—it’s wonderful to see myself (which is rare) & yet I’m often reminded of what’s hard & how I’ve been hurt for being who I am. But of course, I knew with Talia, I was in the best hands. Autism was beautifully & compassionately portrayed, & it made my heart sing to see two people like me, finding love & belonging & understanding for exactly who they are.
In short: Eve’s & Jacob’s story was witty & emotional & steamy as hell, a perfect opposites-attract pairing with chemistry & a connection that was everything my heart could want. I’m sad to say goodbye to this series, but thrilled with how it ended. This book, simply put, was perfect for me.
ACT YOUR AGE, EVE BROWN is out TOMORROW, March 9! Pre-order it, request it from your library, & prepare for a heartfelt, sexy, witty & delightful conclusion to the Brown Sisters Series.