Talia HibbertContemporary Romance · Romance
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Synopsis
Chloe Brown has a good reason to play it safe: a chronic illness that once nearly killed her has taught her to be careful, controlled, and mostly housebound. But after a brush with death jolts her out of autopilot, she draws up a list—"Get a Life"—of seven risky, un-Chloe things to do, from riding a motorcycle to going camping to doing something "as wild as I can."
To tackle the list, she recruits exactly the wrong person: Redford "Red" Morgan, the tattooed, easygoing building superintendent she's convinced is a womanizing slacker. Red thinks Chloe is a stuck-up snob. But as they work through her directives together, each discovers the other is nothing like the assumption—Red hiding real artistic ambition and old wounds, Chloe hiding a warmth beneath her prickly armor.
The first book in Talia Hibbert's beloved Brown Sisters trilogy, Get a Life, Chloe Brown is a warm, funny, and genuinely sexy contemporary romance. It pairs a grumpy heroine with a sunshine hero, handles chronic illness and disability with rare tenderness, and kicks off a series about three sisters learning to reach for the lives—and love—they want.
How it reads
Prose complexity 4/10
- “I avoided anything that might make me feel worse. I was afraid. I quit netball. I quit my postgrad degree. I stopped going out with my friends. I didn’t stay up late because sleep was too precious. I refused to make plans because I never knew when my body might force me to change them. My friends disappeared one by one. I suppose my problems made them feel guilty.” Chloe Brown has a list, a list to help her “get a life” her chronic illness has defined her for too long! Redford Morgan is her building’s superintendent who’s recovering from an upsetting past (which is another not often spoken about issue that was such a great highlight in this book! Read the book to find out). Redford and Chloe start a business relationship, he will help her tick off the items on her list and she will help him with his website designs. Little does she know that her list is going to have to change to fit in Mr Morgan! This is probably the best book I have read in the last few years. I’ve never read a more relatable book in my life! A lot of people loved this for the sexy parts and omg, the steam in this book! re-ow…! But I loved it because Talia Hibbert wrote so honestly and so perfectly on what it’s like living with a chronic illness. Most of the writing on that almost had me in tears yelling at the book “Thats me!” The characters were amazing and Redford! What a dream! But mind your language mister! (If you’re not one for crude language surrounding sex then look away!) Chloe is one of my favourite written characters. Her sass and wit and general “it’s my problem” attitude was refreshing! I want to be JUST like her. If you have this on your shelf, just bloody read it already! Can’t wait for her next book!
- You know what? I actually really liked this book. It was funny and the struggles were interesting/different than what you usually see. I liked that Chloe had issues like normal people do. I love the fact that the book did not focus on her skin color or size or made that her personality. Guess what? People of all colors and sizes have lives! It's a real joy to see it in the written form. I will forever love a book that writes people like people. Red was a good dude. I thought they made a sweet couple. I will be reading the next book in this series.