Avon Books ACT Your Age, Eve Brown

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I’m sure the story is fun and lovely just like the first two m, but I had to return it because it’s different publisher

I liked that it was part of a series. It was interesting to see how autism can have both a positive and a negative on people. I was also great that story showed how people with autism are able to over come so much with caring and love.

I knew going into this book that I would absolutely love & adore it. However, I did NOT know that I would fall HEAD OVER HEELS for a fictional man with a WOLFISH GRIN AGGHHH One of my fave reads from last year was Take a Hint, Dani Brown so needless to say, the bar was set HIGH for Eve. And WOWIE, did Eve deliver and THEN some! I wasn’t expecting to find so much of myself in Eve which made this final book in the series that much more emotional & special for me. Her struggles with identity and purpose, her self-doubt, and how she learned to love every part of herself, no mater what others might say or think. Eve also loves a good romance book & graphic tee which HI, SAME!! There isn’t much else that I can say that hasn’t already been said. So I’m gonna share some signature Random Ass Thoughts for ya life instead: I’m obsessed with the music sprinkled throughout this story! Eve has serious TASTE & I’m so glad someone has already created a @spotify playlist for me to bump. The setting was eve-ry-thing!!! Adorable B&B set in small town, English countryside?! 12/10 need to GO. Ducks and geese are straight up the worst and can be seriously terrifying, I’m glad I am not alone in this!!! Immaculate supporting cast. Y’all. The Montrose siblings caught me by surprise in the bestttt possible way!! The banter & humor, unparalleled!!! The representation, amazinggg, seamless, and respectful!! Jacob. THIS. MAN. I SWEARRRR!!! Harsh, chiseled features: ok, I’m on board. Dirty, nasty, sexy DaDDy too?! SYSTEMOVERLOAD!! My mind n body was not readyyyy! This man completely bewitched me with his wolfish grin & idk if I’ll ever be the same. In conclusion, I would do UNSPEAKABLE things if Talia blessed us with a book about Gigi in her youth!!! Like, truly unspeakable. Thank you for the eARC from @netgalley & @avonbooks!! I read this as an eARC but had obvs already preordered a physical copy lolol

**Thank you to net galley and Avon books for providing an advanced copy of this book** Everything in this review is my honest and personal opinion based on my personal experience just so we’re clear. This was the best piece of autistic representation I’ve ever come across. I especially appreciated that I could even relate to the cishet white male representation because he wasn’t the stereotypical cardboard cut out Sheldon Cooper portrayal of autism. I’ve said from the start of this series that the brown sisters have autistic traits so it was nice to finally have that representation in print. Eve’s story of feeling like a failure and her parents putting pressure on her to grow up was far too relatable to me and I absolutely sobbed in the first chapter. Not because anything was sad but because I felt seen. Talia Hibbert was able to put into words what I have never been able to. As for the romance between Eve and Jacob while unconventional, it was true to their characters and realistic to me as an autistic woman. It was the kind of relationship I hope for some day. Talia Hibbert always makes sure to put an emphasis on compatibility and understanding, dismantling the idea that you love someone “in spite of their faults” and it does wonders for my internalized ableism. I cried through most of this book, even when it wasn’t sad, because I felt understood and I have never related to a character more than I have Eve Brown, (although Chloe Brown is a close second). This book brought me a lot of joy.