A wonderful conclusion to one of my all time favorite series, Act Your Age, Eve Brown was incredible!

This book follows the youngest Brown sister, Eve, and her attempt to literally "act her age." She is tired of her family treating her like a child, and decides to leave the house and seek out a long lasting job. This new career choice comes at the hand of Jacob, and the charming Bed & Breakfast he owns. Their relationship starts off interesting to say the least, as Eve hits Jacob with her car and is (hesitantly) hired at the B&B.

This enemies to lovers story has the same heart (and steaminess) that Talia Hibbert is excellent at writing. The continuation and conclusion to The Brown Sisters series is one full of humor, romance, and family. You will not want to miss the finale!

This is about Eve, the youngest Brown sister, who has abandoned dozens of career paths at the frustration of her parents. When they give her an ultimatum, Eve leaves to find herself getting a job as a chef at a Bed and Breakfast. The grumpy owner of the B&B, Jacob, is annoyed by the sunshiney disposition of his new chef, but slowly starts finding her irresistible. 👀

I loved seeing how these two characters come together. Jacob is a grump with a sweet cinnamon roll center, and Eve is a ray of sunshine with a heart of gold. The dynamic between these two is especially fantastic because of the autistic rep. It was great to see how this neurodivergent couple communicated with each other, and so important to see autistic characters deserving of romantic love. ❤️

This final installment of the Brown sisters series cameos some of our fav characters from previous books, and was just a delight. It comes out March 9, 2021.

TLDR review: ADORBS! ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Act Your Age, Eve Brown was quite the finale to this series. Talia Hibbert knows how to write a well-written, diverse, hilarious, heart-melting romance that will keep you flying through the pages.

This story follows the youngest Brown sister, Eve. Her life is a mess, and her parents are forcing her to grow up and prove herself. Jacob is the owner of a Bed and Breakfast, and is looking for an open chef. When Eve arrives for the interview, and Jacob turns her away, she accidentally hits him with her car. He breaks his arm, and the B&B needs help, and Eve tries to help. Their animosity for each other grows into something deeper, with a heat neither of them can ignore...

I absolutely loved the characters in this story. Eve with her purple hair, witty and sarcastic personality, and bubbly charm is impossible not to love. Jacob is yet another book boyfriend to add to my list. He's sweet, thoughtful, caring, and funny.

The romance was great, and it got STEAMY. I love how sex-positive Talia Hibbert is, she knows how to write the perfect romantic scenes, and a couple to root for. Their banter and tension was everything.

I also appreciated the autism rep! Although I myself am not on the spectrum, it was really nice to see it represented in a romance. I hope to see it more often in fiction.

Overall, this was a fantastic read. I was sucked in from beginning to end. I highly recommend this book.

3.5 stars

I loved the first two books in this series. The characters in the first two, specifically the females were super engaging, easy to relate to and complete bada** chicks. This one was so meh for me and I'm so bummed about it!! I wanted to love Eve, and at times I did but I just didn't get the burn of the romance that I was thinking I would get. I did love how the story ended and I loved how it all wrapped up, but I did not enjoy getting there as much as the first two. However, I think this is the case of right book, wrong time? I'm just not into this slow burn of a romance. I will still continue to read anything the author puts out and I did enjoy this. Just not like the first two...

It's no surprise that this book is excellent! Eve Brown, the third Brown sister, can't get her family to take her seriously. After jumping between another career, Eve decides it's time to be serious, so when she walks into a job interview at a B&B, she decides to stick it out and prove she can commit to something. Jacob Brown, the owner of the B&B is grumpy, and the last thing he needs is the chaos of Eve Brown. Or does he? This was delightful!

Read this book in just a few hours and I loved everything about it!! The characters are impeccable and so, so sweet. I want to be friends with them all. The representation of autism was amazingly done. I will be recommending this book to so many people!

How does Talia Hibbert keep writing better and better books? I did not think it was possible to love a Brown sister more than I loved Dani Brown, but I have been proven wrong. I love Eve and Jacob’s banter. The dialogue is witty and so sharp. She has written two lovely characters with humor and heart, both suffering from personal trauma. But their capacity to make space for each other is endless. I absolutely love this book and I cannot wait to shove it into everyone’s hands.

*I was provided a copy of this book for review from NetGalley


I just finished, Act Your Age, Eve Brown, the final book in the Brown sisters trilogy.

I think this is my favorite of the 3 which is saying a lot because I absolutely adored book 1!

In this book, we finally get to see the story of youngest Brown sister. Eve is the bubbly free spirited baby sister. She moves from job to job, declaring each as her next big thing! Her family humors until they don't. Mom and Dad tell her it's time she get serious and settle into career or they will cut her off financially.

She stumbles into a cooking job at a charming B&B despite, Jacob, the owner, thinking she's a vapid air head who might ruin his business.

Learning that Jacob has ASD, helps Eve. Discovering the things made her feel like an outsider looking in may not be "odd" after all.

As someone who is ND, this book hit me squarely in my feels. I appreciated the representation not just of female autistics but of BLACK female autistics which I'm not sure I've ever seen repped in this way.

It has been a complete delight to go this journey with Chloe, Dani, Eve! ❤️

This was an excellent installment in the Brown sisters series - I'm so sad that it's over! Fun, loving, but not very serious Eve is given an ultimatum by her parents - get a job and commit to a career. Upset after the confrontation, Eve finds herself driving to the Lakes District and interviews on a whim for a chef job at a B&B for proprietor Jacob Wayne. You know where this is going - and it does not disappoint!

When Eve's parents give her an ultimatum, she does what she does best: run away from her problems. How is she supposed to hold down a job for a whole year? And how is she supposed to find a place to live with barely any savings? Luck is on her side when she stumbles across a position as a chef at a B&B. Although, it's maybe not so lucky when she hits the owner of the B&B with her car. Eve sticks around to help, mostly because she feels guilty, and Jacob couldn't be unhappier - Eve goes against the order, organization, and consistency that Jacob loves. But if Jacob hates her so much, why can't he stop thinking about her?

Talia Hibbert does it again; I loved this book. It was warm, it was funny, it was the perfect amount of smutty. There was some dialog in there that had me laughing out loud.

This was an interesting book to read after having just finished The Kiss Quotient and The Bride Test - two books written by an autistic woman. It was interesting to see how little Act You Age, Eve Brown delved into how autism can affect relationships (particularly sensory issues) compared to how much it was covered in Helen Hoang's books.

Talia Hibbert's Brown Sisters series has been one I only recently fell in love with, but I fell in love fast. Eve Brown, the newest installment, is probably the most wholesome one of the bunch and I really loved it. Eve was such a fun and chaotic character to read about and though I can't speak much for Jacob's representation, I did like his character a lot as well.

3.5/4 – rounding up to 4 stars.

This was my first book of the Brown sisters series, so kind of reading backwards but nonetheless, it wasn't too tricky to follow along and get to know the Brown family pretty well.

A few great things I did love about this read: Talia Hibbert, you write b e a u t i f u l l y. Your descriptions, how you seamlessly weave character's thoughts in third person blew me away. Judging from my other reviews, one can tell that I am not a huge fan of books written in third person. But "Act Your Age, Eve Brown," has changed my mind– it can be done right! Huzzah!

Also, let's give a round of applause for an interracial couple. Freaking LOVE this– and, as an individual in an interracial relationship, it was sweet to see ourselves represented in literature. Question– why isn't there more of this?

There were various moments throughout this book that I just gosh darn laughed out loud. The banter between Eve and Jacob had me HOWLIN'. And the autism rep? Talia, even more reasons why you rock. So much representation in this book.

Now, onto why I am giving this a 3.5 (rounding up to 4) out of 5 stars.

I wish Eve and Jacob would've gotten to know each other a lot more; gotten to really dive deep into their personal struggles, childhood wounds, etc., before the steamy lil more than makeout sesh that occurred a little more than halfway through the book.

I know I know, this sounds oddly particular. But hear me out.

The reason why I say this is because after ~le steam~ it all kind of falls apart. Eve and Jacob start getting weird with each other after their encounter (to which, their encounter was...interesting to say the least, but I do appreciate how sex positive Talia is, even though certain actions in this steamy scene did catch me off guard). Now back to what I was saying. It all falls apart– Eve is second guessing, Jacob is being short, and it all seems as if they are walking on egg shells with each other. Which makes sense.

But I wasn't too attached to them. I wasn't cheering them on, invested in their story. I wasn't thinking, "Yeah, fight for this." And I think it was because at this point in the book, the story seemed to revolve around their encounter. I think that if we would've gotten to know each of the characters better, as well as them both getting to know each other better (rather then him just thinking she looks cute) prior to this rift, I would have been more attached and cheering for them.

I want a couple I can scream from the rooftops for, a couple that just makes sense to be together. Overall, their story started out great, then plateaued. The 2nd half just didn't keep me as intrigued as the first did, hence my 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins for sending me a digital ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Eve is the youngest and flightiest of the Brown sisters. She didn’t really make much of an impression on me in her sisters’ books other than she was present when they needed her. That’s a really good characteristic, being there when needed. At the beginning of Act Your Age, Eve Brown, Eve is updating her journal explaining why she has shuttered her wedding planning business after one successful (except for one disaster) wedding. She is determined to put the incident behind her and move on to the next thing when her parents harsh her mood by insisting it’s time she act like an adult. She is cut off from her trust money until she can hold down a job for a year. Her parents offer her a choice of employment in either of their offices, but Eve insists she can make her own way and find here own job. She leaves in a huff, jumps in her car and drives away.

In the space of a few short hours, she walks into a job interview at an B & B, horrifies the owner with her lack of preparation, and hits him with her car. Jacob Wayne has sunk everything into his B&B. On top of the disaster of losing his chef, a woman he definitely does not want to hire, but might have to out of desperation, breaks his arm with her car. With that inauspicious beginning, Eve and Jacob learn to work together. Jacob is clear about his standards and expectations and Eve is a good chef and good with people. Eve is sunshine, but not as chaotic as Jacob expects her to be. Jacob is a starchy grump, but not as unreasonable or uncaring as Eve expects. Because Eve takes Jacob seriously and Jacob cares more that Eve tries than that she succeeds, they can relax around each other.

Talia Hibbert builds her characters from the inside out, so that there are layers of reasons why they are the way they are. Their quirks are not oddities and their defenses were built for good reason. Hibbert has been recommended in the past for excellent autism representation. She doesn’t give her characters sets of behaviors, she gives them rich personalities. As far as I know, I am not on the autism spectrum, but my squirrel brain and chronic depression and anxiety have made me feel too much for people at times. The way Jacob and Eve see and accept each other made me tear up more than once. And because Hibbert writes complex characters, love does not cure them of their mental illness or neuro-divergence. Love gives them support and community to be exactly who they are.

Act Your Age, Eve Brown is a slow burn romance with excellent pining, some beautiful friendship moments, a spectacularly hot scene where a tightly wound man comes undone, and a third act break up that reaffirms that we can all royally screw up and be forgiven.

I received Act Your Age, Eve Brown as an arc from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was the third book in a series. I loved it!! Great characters as usual. I enjoyed this whole series.

Oh wow y’all. This book. THIS BOOK. I’ve read two amazing books in two days and I don’t know what to do with myself. I loved the first two Brown sisters books by @taliahibbert and was thrilled when I got an early copy of Act Your Age, Eve Brown, as my very first ARC. I was nervous going in - I loved Dani’s story so much that I wasn’t sure how this could measure up, and WOW I was wrong. Eve Brown is a sweet, funny, sexy as hell book. It has two neurodivergent leads, forced proximity, and a badass heroine who owns who she is and learns to stand up for herself and what brings her joy. It made me laugh out loud and I read most of it in an afternoon with a cuddly Sophie. This is a truly wonderful book and I can’t wait for the rest of the world to meet Eve. Act Your Age, Eve Brown releases on March 9, 2021, and you can preorder it now! While you’re at it, go buy the other two in this series - they’re some of my very favorite contemporary romance reads. Thanks to #NetGalley for the ARC!

At this point, Talia Hibbert is a sure bet. Her books are always the perfect amount of sweet and spicy. While I think Dani Brown is still my fave of the three, this one is such a fun time and really what makes this sing is the setting. Who wouldn't love to fall in love in a English countryside B&B? It's a sweet escape and it's hard to not immediately love the main couple.

Eve is now officially my favorite Brown sister! I LOVED her resilience, her spirit, and most of all, her sunshine. Jacob is the perfect match for her. I just can’t express how much I love this brilliant and beautiful love story. I laughed, I cried, I just felt EVERYTHING! Just spectacular!

Talia Hibbert did it again. I didn’t think it was possible to trump the previous book, but she made it happen.

Jacob and Evie were amazing characters to read about and I’m in awe of how real these characters were. Grumpy/sunshine is one of my favorite tropes to write about and this was so so good.

Jacob and Evie get off on a rocky start and it is an absolute joy to read about them warming to each other. Jacob and Eve emotional acumen was at its finest. They communicated with each other rather than let misunderstandings and secrets get in the way and I loved this book.

I was almost nervous to read this book as I so deeply loved both Chloe and Dani's stories and I didn't want this series to end. While I'm sad the series is over, I'm so happy that Eve's story was just as great as I hoped it would be!

Like the other books in this series, Act Your Age, Eve Brown made me laugh aloud and made my heart swell. I loved the "meet-ugly" in this book, and while I thought the turn from irritation to romance was a bit abrupt, I loved every aspect of Eve and Jacob's relationship. As I've also come to expect from this series, the romance was smokin' hot, to the point where I had to pick my jaw up off the floor at one point because I was so overwhelmed (in a good way!) by what I had just read. I particularly loved Jacob; I loved reading his perspective, and his feelings for Eve felt so palpable they almost leapt off the page.

I should note that while I can't speak to the accuracy of the depiction of autism and the autism spectrum in the book, it seemed as though it was handled with care and consideration, which I also felt was the case in terms of how the other books in this series addressed chronic illness and anxiety. It's wonderful to see this representation in romance. Also, kudos for the inclusion of content warnings at the beginning of the book - this really needs to become the norm.

Dare I hope that we get more about some of the other characters we met in this book? I would love a return to Skybriar featuring the Montrose siblings, I'm just saying...

I loved this book! Talia Hubert hit it out of the ballpark with this third book in the Brown sisters series! This can be read as a stand-alone.

One of my favorite things about this book was the joyful and realistic representation of autistic characters falling in love and a happily ever after. I also loved a main character who unashamedly loves glitter, lip gloss, and purple braids. Bonus points for body positivity. Definitely pick this one up if you are looking for a steamy and fun contemporary romance.