I am a huge fan of The Brown Sisters series and this latest installment exceeded my already high expectations. Talia Hibbert is an expert on writing about multifaceted Black women who are on journeys of personal growth and finding love.

The best thing about Hibbert's novels isn't the romance (although that is so, incredibly well done). It's the well-rounded characterization of her main characters. Every Brown sister is an intelligent, strong, and confident Black woman but they still have their own vulnerabilities and fears to overcome. It is such a satisfying and joyful experience watching them grow and seeing them get their happily ever afters.

Eve Brown is a self-described hot mess who quits careers at the first sign of failure, much to the dismay of her highly successful family members. A series of unexpected events leads Eve to become a chef at a small town B&B where she learns a lot about herself while also falling for Jacob, the uptight but passionate B&B owner.

Eve and Jacob's relationship was an interesting take on the enemies-to-lovers trope. Jacob is determined to ignore his positive feelings towards Eve in order to protect himself and Eve is determined to see the man behind all of his emotional walls. It's more like a trying-to-be-enemies-but secretly-finding-each-other-irresistibly-charming situation. Their relationship progression from being "enemies" to developing a passionate, intense relationship is an absolute thrill to read.

Also, I loved that the author explored neurodiversity in the novel without using harmful stereotypes. It was clear that Hibbert understands that people on the autism spectrum are very much capable of having passionate romantic relationships and close friendships, despite what stereotypes may lead people to believe.

Overall, "Act Your Age, Eve Brown" was another joyful and compulsively readable installment in The Brown Sisters series. It's possibly my favorite Talia Hibbert book of all time. I can't wait to see what she writes next!

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC!

Eve and Jacob have the best, most amazing chemistry!!! Their banter is not just god-tier. It's titan-tier (yes i know titans were overthrown shut up). I have so many lines from this book highlighted because every Jacob and Eve interaction, there was something highlight-worthy. These two are a delight! They are funny and sweet and just adorable together and individually. I'm so excited for the rest of the world to fall, laughing on the floor, face-first, madly in love with them.

This series was absolutely perfect for me! All three sisters were my kind of quirky and their stories were beautiful! I'm over here crossing fingers and toes and whatever else I can do for luck in the hopes that Alex, Tessa, and Mont from Act Your Age, Eve Brown get their own series because I NEED THAT TO HAPPEN!

Of the three Brown sisters, Dani was my favorite, hands down not even Eve could dethrone her, but I still loved this book! The English hamlet vibe of the setting and the inn was a dream and I appreciated the character growth that Talia Hibbert always knocks out of the park. Another point that I always love from Hibbert is her diverse characters! Every book has people of different races, and religions as well as characters struggling with mental health issues, living with chronic illnesses, or are neurodiverse and I AM HERE FOR IT! I recommend these books all the time and I will keep recommending them! I can't wait to see what Hibbert has for us next!

I read my first Talia Hibbert book about six months ago, and she became one of my 'one-click' authors. I'm quite sure I will read anything Talia Hibbert writes, even if it's horror (which I don't read because it doesn't do good things for my mental health).

Act Your Age, Eve Brown was a phenomenal conclusion to the Brown sister saga. I am always so happy reading Talia Hibbert's books because she brings us characters that aren't cookie cutter mainstream. Talia Hibbert shows neurodivergent people thriving, loving, and doing all the things they really should be able to do even though our society tries its best to stop them. Talia Hibbert shows Black joy, Muslim joy, bisexual joy, etc. And not only that, she does so with words that are witty, funny, and lovely. I can't adequately express how much I love this book, but I do and I want everyone to read it.

*Thank you to NetGalley for this E-Arc in exchange for an home review*

I’m sad because (as far as I know) this series is over. I’m a absolutely obsessed with the Brown sisters and Eve is no exception. I binge read this latest installment in an evening and it’s just as charming, funny, heart wrenching, and swoon worthy as the first two.

Enemies to friends to lovers with a straight laced guy falling for a a bit of a wild child girl. I’m done. It was absolutely *chefs kiss* perfect.

I can’t choose a favorite out of these three books. I love them all.

These are the romance books I recommend when people ask me for romance recommendations and that’s honestly the highest praise I can give.

The Brown Sisters series is my absolute favourite romance series, so I was so excited that I got to read this book early! Especially because I'm autistic and the author confirmed that both the main character and the love interest in this book are autistic.

The autistic rep in this book is so special. I've only seen a book where both the main character and the love interest are autistic once before, and never in trad pub. It was amazing to see how this worked.

Both of them were still very different, despite both being autistic. Because like they say: "If you know one autistic person, you know one autistic person." They have different traits, different struggles, different coping mechanisms. But they also very clearly recognize something in each other which makes them have an easier time being around each other than they would have with most neurotypical people. It was especially good to see two very different experiences: one of someone who's known he's autistic since he was a kid. And one from someone who's just starting to ask herself if she might be autistic too.

I have to admit I enjoyed the book less than the previous two overall, though. I still really liked it - I loved the characters and the setting - but I had some issues with the development of the story. One thing that made me enjoy this less is how Eve's parents were really nasty to her at the start of the book, even going as far as calling her a waste of space. This was never really resolved, and I think that was a shame, especially since it reeks of anti-autistic ableism.

This third installment of the Brown family shenanigans was everything and more! Eve’s spontaneous and blunt energy met Jacob’s uptight and cautious manner wonderfully. I absolutely adored this story of two people trying to figure out who they are without their families making their choices and learning about the possibility of love. Eve and Jacob will forever live as one of my favorite couples. I cannot recommend this book, this series, or this author more.

The final entry in the Brown sister's saga is just as charming and delightful as the first two. Eve's story is packed with as much heart as her sisters'. Recommend to fans of Jasmine Guillory, Helen Hoang, Mia Sosa, and Kerry Winfrey.

Eve Brown’s parents tell her she needs to find her own place and hold down a job for a year before she can have access to her trust fund again. Spontaneously, she applies for a job as a B&B chef before accidentally hitting the owner with her car. She agrees to help out at the B&B while Jacob recovers from her injuries and inevitable begins to fall for him. Jacob develops strong feelings for her as well but is afraid she’ll eventually leave him like everyone else. Can they overcome their fears and give love a chance?

Kudos to the cover of this book. It is simplistic and beautiful, showing Eve with her purple hair and curvy body. Eve Brown is 26, messy and pampered. She has a hard time sticking to jobs or finding what interests her. Her parents cut off her trusts fund payments until she can stick with a job for a year. In a huff Eve takes off to the Lake District and stops at a Bed and Breakfast. She wants lunch but finds they need a cook. Jacob Wanye runs the B & B. He is likes order and things done precisely. He can't see hiring flamboyant Eve but without other options he goes after her. Then she backs over him in her car. A very funny start.

The interactions with Eve and Jacob are the best part of this book. Jacob is high functioning on the autistic spectrum and his thoughts and quirks are instrumental to the storyline. He sees Eve's beauty and her magical way of taking care of others. He also sees some autistic tendencies in her as well. I love the diversity represented in the main characters.

My problem with the book is the language. I understand that the f-bomb is a milder curse word in England than the USA, but it was used over 250 times. I have not read the author previously to know if it is her writing style or if she was making it one of the quirks of Jacob's autism. I felt like I had to slog through the mire to find the love story beneath the overused word. None of my friends would read a romance with this much language.

Thanks to NetGalley, Harper Voyager and the author for an ARC ebook in exchange for an honest review.

I cannot sing Talia Hibbert’s praises enough. All of her books are steamy while giving me an insight into people whose lives are so different than my own. I loved the quirky Eve and the rigid Jacob. The enemies to people who use dildos on one another, made me very happy. I also love a good bed and breakfast as the location for a romance. This book is the third and final installment about the Brown sisters. I was given an advanced reader's copy via NetGalley and Berkley, thank you to them. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This book is so funny and sweet, and a perfect conclusion to a great series. Talia Hibbert is one of my favorite authors. She does an amazing job of writing inclusive stories that deal with diversity of all kinds, and I can't wait to see what she writes next.

As charming as expected! Will absolutely please fans of the previous Brown books. A recommended purchase for collections where contemporary romance is popular.

Act Your Age, Eve Brown was everything I was looking for and more. I had high expectations for this book after reading and loving both Get a Life, Chloe Brown and Take a Hint, Dani Brown earlier this year. It's safe to say that Act Your Age, Eve Brown is my new favorite of the series.

I absolutely loved the bed and breakfast setting, the banter between Eve and Jacob, and Eve's journey of self-discovery. This book had me laughing and crying within sentences. I could not put it down but simultaneously never wanted it to end because of how much I loved reading about the two main characters. I cannot think of a single thing that I would change about this book.

5 out of 5 stars. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an arc to review.

Eve, the youngest of the Brown sisters, get a chance to prove that she's got this adulting thing on lock when she nabs a job as the chef of a bed and breakfast, but her new gig is threatened by her sexy boss Jacob. The two of them can't quite seem to get along, but their chemistry keeps bringing them back together, despite their respective reservations about falling in love.

I finished this book in one night because I couldn't bear to part with the characters and their love story once I got started. I say this every time, but Talia Hibbert is a wizard when it comes to telling love stories, especially when the main character is a Black woman, and "Act Your Age, Eve Brown" (and the other books in this seres) is a testament to that skillset. Sexy, emotional, and swoon-inducing, this is the perfect end to a perfect book series.

This book was very adorable. However it was a slow start for me. With the other two books I got sucked in immediately. This one took longer to really grab me. I would definitely recommend this to people who I know love this genre. I am very happy with all three books in this series. And am very excited to read more by this author all and all very cute and even some great steam.

The goddess who blesses us with sarcastic Black women, loving male partners and toe-curlingly good romance AKA Talia Hibbert has finished the Brown Sisters series with a bang (hehe pun intended).

Act Your Age, Eve Brown follows the youngest of the sisters who can’t seem to hold down a job despite her heartfelt efforts. So her parents give her an ultimatum; keep a job, or be cut off. Off Eve goes to secure a job when she meets Jacob, the owner of a countryside B&B, and… runs him over. Grumpy and proper Jacob Wayne is left with no choice but to hire Eve as he recuperates from a broken arm. And of course, romantic shenanigans ensue.

Readers of the series have seen Eve before where she appears the typical flighty little sister with almost-accurate vocabulary usage. In Act Your Age, Eve Brown, we get to peek behind the curtains and understand Eve is insecure and uncertain of her own talents. She has so much earnest care to give but is unsure where to give it. I could feel Eve’s anguish; she wanted to make her parents proud, to show she’s a hard worker but had no idea how.

The theme of insecurity is what unites the two main characters. Jacob, aka Mr. Rigid, was neglected as a child and relies on stability and protocol. While he seems cold and exacting, Eve sees the truth. He’s fearful of people leaving him behind choosing to push people away to feel safe.

“That was the point, really. He wanted her to stay, and he needed her to know it. Because he suspected people had let Eve go far too easily, in the past. That she was uncertain sometimes, just like him.”

Jacob and Eve actually can’t stand each other initially, but like all enemies-to-lovers tropes, the chemistry cannot be ignored. For me, the best part of the novel, and Jacob and Eve’s relationship was how well the saw each other, how well they saw through the masks they wore to protect the fleshy vulnerable person beneath. They both understood that hidden person and loved them. It’s the sweetest thing to read.

The Brown Sisters series exemplifies everything that I think makes excellent contemporary romance or just straight-up good fiction. Hibbert creates characters who are real and representative; Black, Muslim, on the spectrum, queer, chronically ill, etc. Her writing is clear, emotive, and carries the reader along the characters’ journey a self-growth. They are shear joy to read.

This book is the third in a series by Hibbert and having read all three, I am delighted with this book. They do occur chronologically, so I recommend starting at the beginning with "Get a Life, Chloe Brown!".

Each book follows one of the three Brown sisters and this one is focused on Eve. Having grown up in a life of privilege, Eve finds herself in still living at home as an adult without any real big plans for the future. She seems to fail at everything she does, so she's gained a habit of giving up before the inevitable failure sets in.

When her parents put their foot down about Eve finding herself a career, she ends up driving aimlessly around the countryside to put it out of her mind. And that is when she discovers a charming bed and breakfast that is hiring a chef. During the interview she clashes with the the owner, Jacob, but through a series of mishaps ends up cooking breakfast for guests the very next day.

This romance is charming and sweet and represents neurodivergent characters as full people instead of a list of symptoms. I enjoyed it thoroughly and look forward to what Talia Hibbert has planned next.

Another delightful journey with one of the Brown sisters. A bit of an enemies to lovers and one bed type story. Jacob was a sweet and interesting hero. You don't see a ton of them but there are some fun side characters I would like to see have a series of their own.

Eve Brown is the youngest of the three Brown sisters and wants her family to see her as the adult she is and not the baby of the family. To set out on her own, she gets a job at a quaint bed-and-breakfast even though she bombed the interview and ran over her new boss. However Jacob is in desperate need for help around the B&B and decides to give Eve a chance. Through their shared partnership, Eve and Jacob grow as individuals and as a couple in a society that underestimates them.