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Take a Hint, Dani Brown
by Talia Hibbert
Another winner from my favorite romance author.
[b:Get a Life, Chloe Brown|43884209|Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)|Talia Hibbert|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1553318108l/43884209._SY75_.jpg|66903616] was an unexpected champion of the 2019 fall semester for me -- the audiobook got me through the worst finals season of my life, and getting approved for and reading the arc a few months prior got my semester started on a high note.
So it means something, coming from me, when I say that Take a Hint, Dani Brown is bolder and funnier and more romantic and easily my favorite romance of 2020 so far. I made a note in my arc every time I felt overwhelmed with emotions over Dani and Zaf, and friends; it was fourteen times. Fourteen times that I felt my heart beat faster with excitement or I swooned over something romantic or I teared up because of something touching or emotional.
The characters, like in Chloe Brown, are the shining stars of this story. Dani and Zaf are so lovable, I just want to give them both big hugs at their earliest possible convenience. I loved the way this story leaned into its tropes in the most delicious ways while still subverting them in others, keeping me entertained and exhilarated. I loved that they both have hobbies and passions and friends and family members that are huge parts of their lives; I loved that Dani would never cancel on her sisters; I loved how close Zaf was with his sister-in-law; I loved that Gigi continues to be iconic; I loved that this book spent paragraphs talking directly to me about how both Zaf and I love romance novels.
More importantly, I continue to love the care and attention Talia Hibbert puts into making her stories authentically diverse. Dani is bisexual, and it meant so much to me that her sexuality is such a huge part of who she is, especially when this story is about her romance with a man. Zaf has an anxiety disorder, and I felt so seen when he spoke about his journey and his experiences and how coping is hard and there is no right way to live with anxiety and how sometimes it's hard to tell what's anxiety and what's just logic and how it will often just be there, under the radar, but that it doesn't have to control you.
I think it's clear that the reason why I loved this book so much is because it has all of the things I loved about Chloe Brown (the humor, the charm, the swoon-worthy romance) with the addition of a few forms of representation that spoke to me, personally. But even if I could step out of my own skin, I would have loved this story -- it made me laugh, it made me grin in front of my probably confused family members, it made me cry.
You are not going to want to miss Dani Brown.
ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
[b:Get a Life, Chloe Brown|43884209|Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)|Talia Hibbert|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1553318108l/43884209._SY75_.jpg|66903616] was an unexpected champion of the 2019 fall semester for me -- the audiobook got me through the worst finals season of my life, and getting approved for and reading the arc a few months prior got my semester started on a high note.
So it means something, coming from me, when I say that Take a Hint, Dani Brown is bolder and funnier and more romantic and easily my favorite romance of 2020 so far. I made a note in my arc every time I felt overwhelmed with emotions over Dani and Zaf, and friends; it was fourteen times. Fourteen times that I felt my heart beat faster with excitement or I swooned over something romantic or I teared up because of something touching or emotional.
The characters, like in Chloe Brown, are the shining stars of this story. Dani and Zaf are so lovable, I just want to give them both big hugs at their earliest possible convenience. I loved the way this story leaned into its tropes in the most delicious ways while still subverting them in others, keeping me entertained and exhilarated. I loved that they both have hobbies and passions and friends and family members that are huge parts of their lives; I loved that Dani would never cancel on her sisters; I loved how close Zaf was with his sister-in-law; I loved that Gigi continues to be iconic; I loved that this book spent paragraphs talking directly to me about how both Zaf and I love romance novels.
More importantly, I continue to love the care and attention Talia Hibbert puts into making her stories authentically diverse. Dani is bisexual, and it meant so much to me that her sexuality is such a huge part of who she is, especially when this story is about her romance with a man. Zaf has an anxiety disorder, and I felt so seen when he spoke about his journey and his experiences and how coping is hard and there is no right way to live with anxiety and how sometimes it's hard to tell what's anxiety and what's just logic and how it will often just be there, under the radar, but that it doesn't have to control you.
I think it's clear that the reason why I loved this book so much is because it has all of the things I loved about Chloe Brown (the humor, the charm, the swoon-worthy romance) with the addition of a few forms of representation that spoke to me, personally. But even if I could step out of my own skin, I would have loved this story -- it made me laugh, it made me grin in front of my probably confused family members, it made me cry.
You are not going to want to miss Dani Brown.
ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.