A Girl Like Her was a delightful steamy romance. The main character Ruth is a black autistic women who is sarcastic, blunt and pretty reserved following some a bad experience in her past. Her autism means she sometimes finds it difficult to understand people's behaviour, she's not a fan of small talk and doesn't appreciate unexpected visitors. Evan, the main love interest is an ex-military man who is kind, caring and pretty damn hot. The story is set in a small English town where everybody gossips and there's a lot of narrow-mindedness and not a lot of history is forgotten.

The romance between Ruth and Evan is absolutely smouldering and it gave me butterflies in my stomach. It had both the heat and the slow-burn qualities that I love in a romance and I found myself racing through the pages to see their relationship develop. I also thought that both Ruth and Evan were great fleshed out characters. Ruth has a great character arc as she starts out unsure, not confident and focused on punishing herself. However, she slowly begins to gain confidence, find her spark and take back her life across the novel and I loved that journey. She's also funny, sarcastic and a little bit abrasive but I loved that about her. Evan on the other hand is just an all-around good guy who cooks (what's not to love about a man cooking), and I just fell a little bit in love with him.

Talia Hibbert is definitely a romance genius and she's a new firm favourite of mine for sure. She's written a brilliant Own Voices story and I loved every aspect of the book. I'll definitely be binge reading the next few books in this series because I'm entirely hooked on Talia Hibbert's writing style.