Get a Life, Chloe Brown: A Novel (The Brown Sisters, 1)
"Absolutely charming... a flawless balance of humor, heat, sweetness, and depth, and I loved every page." - Helen Hoang, USA Today bestselling author of The Bride Test
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A witty, hilarious romantic comedy about a woman who's tired of being "boring" and recruits her mysterious, sexy neighbor to help her experience new things--perfect for fans of Sally Thorne, Jasmine Guillory, and Helen Hoang!
Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almost--but not quite--dying, she's come up with seven directives to help her "Get a Life", and she's already completed the first: finally moving out of her glamorous family's mansion. The next items?
- Enjoy a drunken night out.
- Ride a motorcycle.
- Go camping.
- Have meaningless but thoroughly enjoyable sex.
- Travel the world with nothing but hand luggage.
- And... do something bad.
But it's not easy being bad, even when you've written step-by-step guidelines on how to do it correctly. What Chloe needs is a teacher, and she knows just the man for the job.
Redford 'Red' Morgan is a handyman with tattoos, a motorcycle, and more sex appeal than ten-thousand Hollywood heartthrobs. He's also an artist who paints at night and hides his work in the light of day, which Chloe knows because she spies on him occasionally. Just the teeniest, tiniest bit.
But when she enlists Red in her mission to rebel, she learns things about him that no spy session could teach her. Like why he clearly resents Chloe's wealthy background. And why he never shows his art to anyone. And what really lies beneath his rough exterior...
"This is an extraordinary book, full of love, generosity, kindness and sharp humor." -- The New York Times Book Review
*Featured on the TODAY Show! Named a Best Romance of 2019 by Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Apple, and Amazon, and Best of November from Essence, Woman's Day, Marie Claire, Buzzfeed, Popsugar, Bustle, Bookish, Bookpage, Entertainment Weekly, and Washington Post*
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iâm not chronically ill so i canât say if it was totally accurate but just based on things my friends have said it felt pretty good
there was a lottttt of sex description which threw me for a loopâ¦. but i mean thatâs just a preference i guess so like i canât say it was bad exactly ?
anywayyy romance was cute, both characters had Issues that were relevant to the plot, and then they help each other start to overcome them etc etc it was cute !
4 stars bc idk how to rate a rom com book
This novel also tackles the challenge of accurately representing issues such as chronic pain and the aftermath of abusive relationships. Hibbert did a good job of approaching these issues with both realness and care by showing how Chloe and Red live with them everyday without romanticizing the issues and using them as tropes for the characters to seek out comfort in each other/get together.
Chloe and Red would get married and live like an old married couple in real life I swear.
I've read two other books by Talia Hibbert, one was a short kobo plus ebook and one was a YA romance. I was impressed by the prose here, it felt elevated. I have gotten a bit used to more simplistic and maybe a little clumsy writing in the romances I've read lately, but this had more finesse in the dialogue and descriptions. I liked both characters and the romance, but there is really no plot outside the romance at all. The drama is just them miscommunicating or jumping to conclusions unnecessarily, which was a bit tiring, especially in the 3rd act. The fibromyalgia representation helps the book stand out, that was the most unique element. I'll definitely read more of this series though and I loved that the audiobook was narrated by the actress who plays Lady Danbury on Bridgerton.
Content Warnings:
Graphic: Chronic illness and Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
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