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Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
5.0

I've never read anything by Talia Hibbert, but dammit, she is officially on my new favorite authors list. First of all, I didn't expect this to be a true adult story with characters in their 30s. That was a very pleasant surprise for me because that'll be me in a couple years. Anyway anyway anyway Talia, you have a new stan so yeah.

Get a Life, Chloe Brown is just......damn it’s amazing. Thanks to Netgalley and HarperCollins for this amaaaaaazing opportunity to read a free eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Want my opinion? Run, don’t walk, to pick up this book when it’s officially released on November 5th of this year. This has got to be one of the best books I've read this year and I feel so privileged to have been able to read it before it's release. It’s fun, hilarious, has amazingly written smut, and has to be one of the cutest and yet consciously written romance novels I’ve ever read. Like seriously, Talia Hibbert let the world know that consent is sexy and so we have no choice but to stan.

31 year old Chloe Brown is the epitome of a sharp tongued, sarcastic, funny pain in the ass and honestly can she be my friend already? She feels as though her life has stopped ever since she learned of her fibromyalgia and lives with chronic pain. Having an ailment that no one can see isn’t easy and Chloe makes that very clear when she relays her experiences and describes her daily life. After a near death experience she sets her mind on changing her life and not letting her pain or diagnosis stop her from living, so she creates a list because, let’s face it, when your life flashes before your eyes and there’s nothing to see, you have to get your shit together.

Everything is going according to plan until she meets Redford Morgan, a ginger artist who drips sarcasm and sex appeal. Chloe’s hellbent on staying away from him because he’s nothing but trouble and she’s can’t afford that sort of attraction right now, but of course fate has a different plan in mind and it all begins with a cat named Smudge. As a quick side note Smudge is one of my favorite characters in this book and that's that on that.

I won’t give away too many details because I’m fresh off of my reading and I don't want to ruin all of the surprises and great moments, but I’ll just say that this was such a great story. Chloe wasn't a perfect character, but she was so relatable that it hurt. One thing that I absolutely loved was Red's thoughts on Chloe's glasses. Should he take them off to kiss her? Will she leave them on during sex? These are real ass questions and the answer is DO NOT REMOVE MY GLASSES BECAUSE I NEED THEM TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

Talia managed to put together an amazing adult romance plot, include chronic illness, make consent sexy and all around create a guy who wasn’t perfect, but was perfectly flawed because the way he took Chloe’s wants and needs in life into consideration. Not to mention, clearly Mr. Redford knows how to please a woman. GIVE ME A REDFORD NOW!!!

I think that's pretty much all there is to say. Please please please go and pick up Get a Life, Chloe Brown when it gets released in November and please also come back and tell me what you think.