Book Review: Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia HIbbert

 

Title: Act Your Age, Eve Brown

Author: Talia Hibbert

Series/Standalone: The Brown Sisters Trilogy (Book #3)

Genre: Romance, Adult

Pages: 400

Publisher: Avon

Year Published: 2021

Format: Audiobook

"In Act Your Age, Eve Brown the flightiest Brown sister crashes into the life of an uptight B&B owner and has him falling hard- literally.

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 (someone had to liberate those poor doves), her parents draw the line. It's time for Eve to grow up and prove herself- even though she's not entirely sure how...

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. Before long, she's infiltrated his work, his kitchen- and his spare bedroom. Jacob hates everything about it, or rather he should, 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."

My Rating: 5/5

This was the romance I didn't know I was looking for. At first, I expected to feel that Eve was spoiled, but the more we got to know her the more I realized she was having trouble committing to a life path due to comparing what she enjoyed to those around her. And not suddenly mastering a skill. I can relate to some of those things. As for Jacob, I loved his gruff exterior and getting to learn about who he genuinely was as a character. The other thing that this book had going for it was the yearning. I felt like the lusting after each other was so well done. It helped make the romance believable. A fair warning that there are quite a few steamy scenes that are explicit, so if that's not something you're into I wouldn't recommend it. 

Can't wait to read more from the author.

Thanks for reading,

Sidny