Act Your Age, Eve Brown
By Talia Hibbert
- Genre
- Romance & Contemporary Relationships
- Publisher
- Avon (HarperCollins)
- Publication year
- 2021
- ISBN
- 9780062941275
The impulsive, directionless youngest Brown sister, Eve, flees a family ultimatum and takes a job as chef at a struggling B&B, promptly running over its rigid, controlling owner, Jacob, with her car. Forced together, the mismatched pair fall for each other. Talia Hibbert's romantic comedy, both...
Eve Brown is the chaotic, big-hearted baby of her wealthy family, and when her parents demand she finally 'act her age,' she flees - landing, improbably, as the new chef at a floundering Lake District B&B whose exacting owner, Jacob Wayne, she manages to injure with her car within hours of arriving. Talia Hibbert's warm, funny conclusion to the Brown Sisters trilogy throws these opposites - impulsive Eve, rigid Jacob - into forced proximity and lets the sparks fly. What distinguishes the book is its tender, matter-of-fact portrayal of two autistic protagonists whose neurodivergence is neither tragedy nor plot twist but simply part of who they are and how they love. Hibbert writes banter, heat and emotional generosity in equal measure, and the representation feels lived-in and joyful. It is comfort romance with real inclusivity at its heart. For readers who want a steamy, hilarious opposites-attract love story that centres neurodivergent joy, this bestselling finale is a delight.