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Review of Act Your Age, Eve Brown: Lust and Banter

03.09.2021 by Jen Ryland // 7 Comments

I love the Brown sisters and was SO excited to read the story based on the baby of the family, Eve. Check out my review of Act Your Age, Eve Brown!

Act Your Age Eve Brown

Act Your Age, Eve Brown (Brown Sisters #3) by Talia Hibbert. To be published by Avon Books on March 9, 2021. Thanks to the publisher for providing an advance review copy.

What’s Act Your Age, Eve Brown About?

Synopsis: Eve Brown is a certified hot mess. No matter how hard she strives to do right, her life always goes horribly wrong—so she’s given up trying. But when her personal brand of chaos ruins an expensive wedding, her parents draw the line. It’s time for Eve to grow up and prove herself. Jacob Wayne is in control. Always. The bed and breakfast owner’s on a mission to dominate the hospitality industry—and he expects nothing less than perfection. So when a purple-haired tornado of a woman turns up out of the blue to interview for his open chef position, he tells her the brutal truth: not a chance in hell. Then she hits him with her car—supposedly by accident. Yeah, right.Now his arm is broken, his B&B is understaffed, and the dangerously unpredictable Eve is fluttering around, trying to help. Sunny, chaotic Eve is his natural-born nemesis, but the longer these two enemies spend in close quarters, the more their animosity turns into something else. Like Eve, the heat between them is impossible to ignore—and it’s melting Jacob’s frosty exterior.

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Review of Act Your Age, Eve Brown

Eve is the baby of the Brown family and (not to be judgey as I am an oldest child which is probably why I’m judgey) everyone knows about those youngest kids. They are always so beloved and charming, but the rest of us sometimes forget to treat them like adults.

Finally, Eve’s parents have had enough of her job-hopping and tell her they’re cutting her off financially. She ends up at a charming B & B where she applies for a chef job and then accidentally hits the owner, breaking his arm.

Jacob is on the autism spectrum and struggles to find acceptance and connection with others. Eve’s laid back ways and stunning looks are a huge distraction to him. He struggles with his attraction and his doubts about whether he can trust her with his heart.

My favorite aspects of Talia Hibbert’s writing are 1) her ability to really get inside her characters and explore their hopes and dreams, their fears and insecurities and 2) her humor. Her books are both steamy and funny, which is a great combination.

Will You Like Act Your Age, Eve Brown?

If you love witty banter, Act Your Age, Eve Brown is the book for you. So much banter, both witty and also dirty talk.

The steam level in Act Your Age, Eve Brown is higher than in the other two books. From the outset, these characters have a strong sexual attraction that they are trying to deny.

While Take a Hint, Dani Brown will always be my favorite of the books (as I can’t resist the combination of a tough girl and a soft guy), I really enjoyed Act Your Age Eve Brown and recommend you get to know the Brown sisters ASAP!


What About the Rest of the Brown sisters?

Book one is Get a Life, Chloe Brown and features Chloe, a woman with a chronic illness and a bucket list and Red, a handyman by day and artist by night.

Book two is Take a Hint, Dani Brown, featuring Dani, an up-and-coming academic and Zafir, the building security guard, who agree to a fauxmance after a video of him rescuing her during an evacuation goes viral.

Read my review of Take a Hint, Dani Brown here!

Talk to me in comments: what is YOUR place in the birth order (or let me guess) and who is your favorite Brown sister and why?

Categories // Reviews Tags // adult fiction, romance

About Jen Ryland

Over 12 years of book blogging and reviewing, I have read over 1500 books. A fair and honest reviewer who loves book discussions, I'm here to help you find a book you'll love to read AND give you a place to talk about it and ask questions.
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7 Comments
Joyousreads
5 years ago

I absolutely love this series, and yes, looking forward to reading it. I adored Dani’s romance better, I think. But that will probably change once I read Eve’s. Who knows?

Lovely review, Jen!

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Jen Ryland
5 years ago
Reply to  Joyousreads

Hope you like it as much as I did!

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Sam@wlabb
5 years ago

I agree. Hibbert has a great sense of humor. I loved this pair. Jacob’s backstory broke my heart, but seeing how he grew and succeeded made me happy. I thought he was so good for Eve too, and really helped her recognize how capable she was.

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Amber Elise @ Du Livre
5 years ago

I absolutely loved the humor and the intro of the Montse siblings!

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Jen Ryland
5 years ago
Reply to  Amber Elise @ Du Livre

I love a romance with humor. It’s just the best!

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Karen
5 years ago

I didn’t love Chloe’s book, Dani’s was a lot of fun but Eve’s is my favorite so far (still reading). It’s much more of a throw back to her earlier self pub books that I loved so much. More bawdy and sexy while still emotional.

<a href=”www.fwiwreviews.net”> Karen @ For What It’s Worth</a>

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Jen Ryland
5 years ago
Reply to  Karen

Ooh, really. I rank them Dani, Eve, Chloe. I need to read her earlier books!

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