This series continues to make me so happy. Each sister has a uniquely interesting life story, and there were just enough cameos from Chloe Brown and other characters from Get A Life, Chloe Brown.

Danika and Zafir’s friends-to-lovers fake dating situation is a ton of fun. There are still lots of tropes in this story, but some of them are flipped on their head: Zaf is an anxious, athletic, romance-reading Muslim guy, working as a security guard w a nonprofit side hustle, and Dani is a Black, bisexual, witchy workaholic feminist PhD student with a penchant for one-night stands. Their fake dating situation revolves around social media. I find most “viral tweet” stories to be a little cringeworthy, but once I’d suspended disbelief regarding how long things last on the internet, it ended up being a pretty effective catalyst.

The tension built at a good pace, and the bumps in their relationship mostly felt realistic. I do think the descriptions of each character’s ~core inner struggle~ could improve. Hibbert seems to use a formula where she picks a catchphrase for each character, like Zafir talking about drawing lines between his past and present, and just has them repeat it in their head 20 times before they finally say it out loud and the other person quickly helps them realize that their life philosophy is actually a bad coping mechanism.

Zaf and Dani’s connection was really sweet and there are a lot of great elements involved in the story: grief, overcompensation for past mistakes, close family bonds, supportive friendships, awkward fake date situations, and feminist theory. All of that helps make up for some of the extremely cheesy lines that are said throughout the book (I don’t think I noticed that as much in Chloe Brown...maybe because I had listened to the audiobook and the sillier dialogue just sounded better in a British accent?!)

Can’t wait for Eve’s story!!

This is my third Talia Hibbert novel and I have to say they are all 5 starts. I’m so happy she is working on a third Brown sisters story.

Take a Hint, Dani Brown is a wonderful follow-up to Get a Life, Chloe Brown. Dani and Zaf are very different from the other characters and their story is beautifully put together. It was great getting to know each of them and their respective issues. I enjoyed the fake relationship for media purposes. It was cleverly written and helped put the characters into a situation they weren't used to having. The focus on sex was a little meh for me. I would have preferred more of the characters really getting to know one another. Regardless, it was a great book. I can't wait to read the next one. I think our patrons will enjoy this follow up to Chloe Brown.

Talia Hibbert delivers once again. Equal parts hilarious, charming, and steamy, it’s a delight to see the Brown sisters once again.

Talia Hibbert is the best! I love love loved Get a Life, Chloe Brown and this one was just as amazing. Zaf is the perfect hero and I love how real and honest her heroines are.

Zafir is the epitome of SWEET CINNAMON ROLL. I just enjoyed reading his character so much. Also loved Danika's character as well because, I can relate to not being emotive and coming off as heartless robot. This book just checked all of favorite things to find in a romance. Sweet hero, quirky heroine, and steamy romance to boot. Also this book was unexpectedly hilarious and that was a joy. I really can't wait for Eve's books and just more books from Hibbert in general.

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert is an absolute delight of a romance novel from start to finish. This novel with its humor, heart, sarcasm, and sexiness grabs you immediately and doesn’t let you go. Readers will be charmed by the romance reading hero, Zaf and hilarious heroine, Dani as they stumble their way into love. The brilliance of Take a Hint, Dani Brown confirms that Talia Hibbert novels should be an auto-buy for all romance readers.

This book! It hard going into a second book in a series after the first one was so incredible. But honestly, I shouldn’t have been worried.
Hibbert is an amazing writer and she creates such wonderful characters. I loved Dani so much. It was great to see a character with so much confidence. It was fun to see someone who was unashamed of how much her work meant to her. Zafi is an amazing leading man. He’s sweet and sexy. He’s attuned with his feelings and reads romance novels (*swoon*). I loved the relationship build and develop. I especially loved how Hibbert included Zafi address his mental health and the work it takes to maintain it. I loved seeing the topic of mental health in men being addressed so beautifully, such a poignant story. This book was great and I highly recommend. I cannot wait for the next one.

Dani Brown is the shit and she knows it, except when it comes to relationships. Aside from her sisters and her best friend she knows she's not good at feelings and being a girlfriend. She just wants a friends with benefits situation, but when life throws Zaf in her orbit things change pretty quickly. What starts as a friendship built on mutual snark and grumpiness leads to a fake relationship to help former rugby player with this mental health charity for teens. As Zaf and Dani spend more time together Zaf knows he is falling fast, while Dani is still planning on her FWB lifestyle.

This book is incredibly cute. Dani is such a unique character and Zaf comes with struggles and a past that makes him seem incredibly real and a dream boyfriend come to life. I enjoyed reading about their time together. This is the sequel to Get a Clue, Chloe Brown, but it can definitely be read alone as a standalone novel.

Thanks to netgalley and Avon for the eARC. Dani and Zafir are an opposites attract couple. Zafir is a former rugby player who is romantic, serious and protective. Dani is smart, witty, energetic and a workaholic. It starts when Dani agrees to fake date with Zaf after a video of him “rescuing” her from their office building. Zaf struggles with general anxiety disorder and has an emotional family past. Dani struggles to balance her relationships and work. Dani and Zaf are a beautiful couple. The book was addictive, steamy, and lovable.

Wasn't sure at first, but this book turned out to be good. It was good enough that I want to go back and read the first one before the third one comes out.

The unconventional love story between Zaf and Dani was as unexpected as it was wonderful. I found this story funny and charming. The dialogue between the two characters was absolutely fabulous. Both characters defied gender stereotypes in a way that was so refreshing. Zaf, in particular, was great to see in romance literature. We have a Pakistani man who is not a controlling alpha male, but instead is a nuanced, gentle man who is both a former professional athlete and a reader of romance novels. I have not read Talia Hibbert's first novel, but I plan to now.

The second book in Talia Hibbert's Brown sisters series is a fabulous reminder that contemporary romance can be funny, happy, and a perfect safety net for real life. Zafir is a former rugby star who has found solace for a family tragedy in romance novels. A romantic at heart, Zafir has been intrigued and half in love with Danika Brown for awhile. Their friendship over shared beverages has been a highlight in his life as a security guard at the University that Danika works at. Dani is a workaholic professor trying to complete her doctoral degree that has little interest in love.. After a video goes viral of Zafir carryin Danika, a fake relationship is born that doesn't feel so fake.

This book was everything. I didn't know if I could read a contemporary romance right now. I have stuck mostly with historical fiction lately. But the newest in the Brown sister series is fun romp of a romance that had me crying at the most unlikely places. I loved that Zafir read romance novels and how serious he took them. There is one part in the book he talks about why he loves the happily ever after endings that romance provide. He says the HEA isn't a spoiler, it's a safety net. I started bawling. This is what I have never been able to explain to people. The reason to read romance is to know that everything will be okay. And Talia Brown's newest novel is a safety net for those of us who need hope, love, and humor in our lives.

Take a Hint, Dani Brown is just a pure delight of a book. It's very, very funny and very sweet, and it had me smiling from start to finish. I loved both characters and I adored the banter between them, and the sense of affectionate connection that was there right from the start.

Danika Brown is an overstressed overachiever who is working on her PhD, tutoring students, and preparing for a panel presentation at a conference with her great academic idol. She doesn't have time for relationships, but she's definitely missing sex, and is looking for a no-strings affair with someone who won't get in the way of her work and who won't catch feelings.

Zafir Ansari is a security guard and former rugby player, who runs a charity that uses sport to help young men learn emotional literacy. He is a grumpy, gentle giant who pretty much has Dani's number from the start, and is one of the sweetest heroes I've read in a long time. He already has feelings for Dani, and he definitely doesn't do no-strings affairs, but when a video of him carrying Dani out of a building after rescuing her from a lift-related emergency goes viral – and when this starts leading to more recognition of his charity – well, maybe his niece's idea that he fake a relationship with Dani might have some merit after all.

I mean, you know where it goes from here but it is SO UTTERLY DELICIOUS in how it gets there. Dani is snarky and sarcastic and prickly and somehow this complements Zaf's grumpy, understated gentleness perfectly. Also, emotionally literate heroes are a wonderful thing, and it's also very satisfying to see a hero with mental health challenges who is managing them in a low-key but effective way. Speaking of representation, Zaf and his family are Muslim of varying degrees of observance and Dani is Black, and these things clearly inform their experiences without being the entirety of them, which I liked a lot. Zaf's whole family is marvellous, actually, and I very much enjoyed the subplot around his widowed sister-in-law and his best friend, which was very sweet.

In short, I absolutely loved this book, and can't wait for it to be out so that I can get my own copy and make all my friends read it.

Take a Hint, Dani Brown was funny and sweet and emotional and will warm the cockles of any heart. Dani and Zaf are truly Couple Goals. Their friends to lovers relationship has a slow burn like quality as the reader learns the depths of their feelings for each other.

Danika Brown is an academic nerd, career focused and has been hurt in the past. I found her extremely relatable. For example, the story begins with Danika and her best friend engaging in some witchy business, but the fact that she Identifies as a witch does not commandeer the narrative, it simply adds depth and dimension to her character.

Zaf is a big tough ex rugby player, but he also continues to live with trauma from his past, which he embraces in an inspiring blend of vulnerable masculinity. My favorite thing about him is his preferred reading material and that he both reads and listens to audiobooks. I would love to know who his favorite authors are (besides Talia Hibbert- obviously) and his favorite narrators.

We get a nice little peek at Chloe in red at a couple points in this book. I feel like there is so much story left with Zaf and Dani, I really hope for some novellas or insights in the next book.

I received an ARC of this book and voluntarily give my review.

If you have any interest in true-to-life happily-ever-afters, Take a Hint, Dani Brown, is for you. Talia Hibbert continues the compelling story of the Brown girls with Dani's story. If you love the trope of characters who are the key to their partner opening up, you'll get double the joy from this. <3

This is an excellent follow-up to GET A LIFE, CHLOE BROWN. Hibbert takes Dani who is a relatively minor character in the first book and makes her into a main character you can't help but love. And Zafir is such a massively sweet, grumpy marshmallow of a man. This book is funny and very sexy and I highly recommend it.

Words cannot express how deeply I loved this book. The anxiety and depression rep was so spot on. You don’t see that enough in romance and I’m so grateful it’s starting to make an appearance. Zafir and Dani were the most perfect adorable couple ever. The banter and dialogue was so perfect. I need more of these two!

Talia Hibbert once again blew me away! Her characters are fabulous...unique, funny, vulnerable, sharp, and lovable. Even better than the first in the series which is saying a lot.

Did you think Get a Life, Chloe Brown was a good read? Get ready for her sister!

While this companion novel is not exactly comparable to the first book, it does have the same heart, the same excellent use of tropes, the same humour, and the same near-perfect pacing. These ingredients, combined with characters that seem to be able to step off the page any second, make for an addictive, uplifting read that will find its way on many favourites lists!

I absolutely adored the main characters. We get an academically successful, passionate and ambitious black bisexual witch with brightly coloured hair, who's my new favourite Slytherin. And we get the most grumpy-looking but kind-hearted Pakistani Muslim man who's (not so) secretly an avid romance reader, and who's made it his mission to destroy toxic masculinity in rugby and work against the stigma on mental illness. These characters were both so distinctive, and unlike any characters I've read about before, which made them feel like real people I couldn't help but love.

Of course, as a romance novel, this books uses a lot of tropes and clichés, and it does so in a really great way. (Like, there's fake dating!!) But what's even better is that it gives a lot of those tropes an original twist, and that makes this book unexpected and refreshing.

CWs: past death of a parent and sibling, grief, anxiety, depression, sex scenes