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 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

I'm wrecked. Thank you NetGalley and Harper Collins for this E-Arc - I have never needed anything more.

Fake relationship, friends to lovers, with mutual pining and idiots who fall in love. SIGN ME UP.

When I read Get a Life, Chloe Brown a few months ago I knew I had found a new must read romance author in Talia Hibbert and I was not wrong. The second installment of The Brown Sisters was just as emotional, funny, steamy, and heart wrenching as the first.

Somehow, this woman manages to weave together romance perfection and she doesn't shy away from hard issues like anxiety and stress which make her characters even more real. I laughed, I cried, I swooned, and I'll recommend it to any romance lover.

Content Warnings: Anxiety disorder, family death, emotional stress.

This book is addictive! Sooooo sweet! I’m mumbling “sweet and swoon” words like a sacred mantra for at least 45 minutes and I cannot stop! Ladies and gentleman: we officially have one of the dearest sweetest and hottest book couple and we’re introduced the best, charming, sexy, romantic, Alpha book- boyfriend Zafir ( Meaning of his name is victor, successful and triumphant one! Well, I may declare he triumphantly stole the most readers’ hearts!)

I still have regrets to give 4 stars to Chloe and Red’s story because it was one of my romantic reads of last year. So I’m so adamant not to do some mistake again and starting my review by giving five opposites attract, sizzling chemistry, entertaining, quirky romantic, intellectually ravishing, blazing, hot and cutest- sweetest five gazillion stars!

We’ve met Dani ( Her name is Slavic and it means “Morning star”! Even though our character is insomniac and night owl and she knows how to be shiny and energetic in the mornings thanks to Zaf’s uneaten protein bars!) at the first book and since I adored her sarcastic, witty, entertaining banters with her sisters and her quirky, likable antics, I was so excited to read her own book. In this book, we start learning more about her career driven moods, her ambitiousness to gain professional success.

As an academician she is really workaholic and she doesn’t do relationships because she tells everyone it is a distraction to prevent her keep eye on the ball and work for her career oriented aims. But of course she keeps lying to herself because her first serious relationship broke her heart into smithereens and she thinks she’s emotionally cold and awkward so she doesn’t have anything to give anyone and she cannot change her emotionally disabled situation.

Till she meets tempting security guard/ex rugby star Zafir Ansari working at her school, befriending her. Zafir looks intimidating, giving I’m going to kill in the middle of the night and getting away from your corpse without anyone’ notice looks but don’t be fooled by his gorgeous Hulk appearance. He is so delicately sweet, kind, nice and protective. He does anything for his family and the guy actually reads romance novels and enjoys them.

When the fire drill at her work place goes wrong, Dani finds herself trapped in the elevator. Luckily Zafir finds out Dani didn’t leave the school and comes back for her. He saves his milady, holding her into his big and muscular arms and they find themselves as social media’s hottest topic with this unplanned but sexy and romantic rescue attempt!

Zafir starts getting fundraising offers for his sports charity for kids. But getting more social awareness he needs to be photographed and tagged with his girlfriend. ( yes, everyone thinks he’s dating with Dani!) So he kindly asks Dani pretend as a couple for the great cause (he only thinks about the future of kids, right?) Dani accepts the offer. But both of them find out: they’re playing with fire. Zafir is romantic, possessive and he still tries to face his traumatic loss of his brother and father. And Dani is emotionally disturbed, rejecting to face her feelings but as long as they spend more time and get to know more about each other, they find out, they cannot stop to fall for each other!

During my read, I laughed a lot, I sighed a lot and my eyes filled with tears. I think I loved Zafir more than Dani. I silently prayed and hoped Dani doesn’t break his heart! Normally it should be opposite but we have best book-boyfriend material in this book. You cannot help yourself not to root and chant for Zaf!
Talia Hibbert did it again and wrote another fantastic Brown Sisters’ book. But this is also tormenting experience because we need to wait for one year to read the third one!

Overall: I TRULY DEEPLY HOPELESSLY LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH!

So much thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins Publishers/Avon for sharing my most anticipated romance book’s ARC with me in exchange my honest review.

I read a few pages but with so much vulgarity and references to “f———,” I could not continue. I didn’t realize from the book’s description it would include the profanity.

Please sign me up for all the classes with Professor Dani Brown. This is another big winner from the insightful and hilarious Talia Hibbert. Long live the Brown Sisters.

I loved this book. There’s so much good happening here. Fake dating. Diverse, complex characters. Emotions that hurt in all the best ways. Chemistry that burns. Talia Hibbert writes GREAT romance. Great. Romance.

Thank you Avon and Netgalley for the opportunity to read an advanced copy. I voluntarily read and reviewed this book and all thoughts and opinions are my own. Take Hint, Dani Brown is set to release in June.

This was a very sexy and fun read! I love this flirty relationship between Zaf and Dani. I think it was so cute that Zaf had this crush on Dani and that he seemed more of the nervous and awestruck one. such a good romance with such fun and sexy dialogue and chemistry between the characters.

I really loved Zafir. He was a super cute, grumpy, gentle giant with a massive protective streak and very relatable anxiety issues. He was swoony for sure and just so darn nice! I also loved how open he was expressing himself and got a kick out of his romance reading addiction!

Danika was harder for me to get a handle on. I liked that she was brainy, sarcastic, and very goal driven. I liked how supportive she was of Zafir and how aware of him than she let on. What I didn’t like was how she hid her own emotional issues from him for as long as she did, without any true consideration for his feelings. Blind panic and all that I get, but the ending just flipped a switch too fast for me to really wrap my head around the dynamic change. I felt like I missed as much as Zafir did when all was revealed!

Overall though, I really enjoyed Danika and Zafir’s story. There were lots of heavy topics addressed yet I never felt bogged down by any of it. The romance was super sexy, like holy smokes sexy, and there’s no denying the scorching chemistry with these two...but! Things are more than physical and I loved exploring the emotional nuances between Dani and Zafir.

I received an advance reader copy from Netgalley/Avon and this is my honest review.

Even though Take a Hint, Dani Brown is only the second book in The Brown Sisters series, I think it could quite possibly be my favorite comedic romance series to date! I love the way Talia Hibbert combines sarcastic humor and swoon(y) romance seamlessly, BUT the difference between most other romantic comedy novels is the fact that there is so much depth packed into each installment! The characters are extremely well-developed— so much so that by the end you feel like they are your friends lol! Take a Hint, Dani Brown is a total and complete 5 star novel! This book needs to be a the very top of your summer reading list—highly recommend!

I fell in the love with this book right from the beginning. The heroine is a bad ass queer feminist who just wants to get laid. The hero a strong sensitive grump who loves romance novels. What's not to love?!

Dani really does not want to take any of the hints the universe (and her goddess) is giving her about Zaf. Despite his swoony, sweet, and sexy behavior, she doesn’t trust love, until she has no other choice but to accept it. This book deals with important issues and handles them extremely well. Plus, the glimpses of Red and Chloe were adorable. I am just in awe of the awesomeness and can’t wait for Eve’s story next!

This was delightful. It was just what I needed during the pandemic. I think I liked it even better then Chloe Brown.

This book captured my attention from the very first mention of the phrase 'honey on her tit' which just happened to be in the very first paragraph. Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert is a whirlwind of hot and anxious hero, bold and brilliant heroine, and adorably dorky dialogue. Someone bottled perfection and it is this book.


Danika Brown is an outspoken, full-figured, woman of color who is here to change up everything you thought you knew about romance heroines. The way she spoke, her thought processes, her strange habits... everything about her character was either laugh out loud funny or so relatable that I was actually sitting there going, "oh man, that's me, we're the same." It felt like I, as the reader, weren't sitting outside the book reading about her life, I was a part of her life. She's the kind of character you are honored to read about.


Authors often think that if they're going to write an alpha hero he has to be possessive, brash, tough, and strong, both physically and mentally. But Zaf is a example of what a man can be when they actively work against toxic masculinity (in fact, in the book he does work against it). Zaf was a thoughtful, kind, quiet, romance-reading man (yup, you heard me right. He's one of us!). Whenever he opened his mouth I was positively stunned by the insightful things he had to say and, as someone who suffers from anxiety, it really meant a lot to read about a character who experienced similar symptoms. Not to mention, it was nice that it was the hero with the disability and not the heroine like is most common. I absolutely loved that Danika always thought she knew what was going to come out of his mouth but she was almost always wrong because Zaf was constantly blowing her expectations of the male form out of the water.


Talia Hibbert has given new life to the romance genre with her characters that are both out of the box for the genre as a whole and also incredibly relatable. These characters could be your family, coworkers, classmates, but you won't be able to put down this book without calling them your friends because they'll feel that real. Take a Hint, Dani Brown is a pleasing, heart-warming, belly-laughing read that you'll be recommending to all your friends