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Romance Read Wednesday: Get a Life, Chloe Brown

11/24/2020

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Get a Life, Chloe Brown
by Talia Hibbert

Synopsis

Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almost—but not quite—dying, she’s come up with seven directives to help her “Get a Life”, and she’s already completed the first: finally moving out of her glamorous family’s mansion. The next items?
  • Enjoy a drunken night out.
  • Ride a motorcycle.
  • Go camping.
  • Have meaningless but thoroughly enjoyable sex.
  • Travel the world with nothing but hand luggage.
  • And... do something bad. 


But it’s not easy being bad, even when you’ve written step-by-step guidelines on how to do it correctly. What Chloe needs is a teacher, and she knows just the man for the job. 

Redford ‘Red’ Morgan is a handyman with tattoos, a motorcycle, and more sex appeal than ten-thousand Hollywood heartthrobs. He’s also an artist who paints at night and hides his work in the light of day, which Chloe knows because she spies on him occasionally. Just the teeniest, tiniest bit. 

But when she enlists Red in her mission to rebel, she learns things about him that no spy session could teach her. Like why he clearly resents Chloe’s wealthy background. And why he never shows his art to anyone. And what really lies beneath his rough exterior…


Review

You know - sometimes a book comes along that is almost everything you never thought you’d get in a book. That is what Talia Hibbert’s Get a Life, Chloe Brown ​has been for me. This book is full of all kinds of representation. Chloe is black, has a chronic illness, and deals with social difficulties. Red is a “tough” guy who has experienced quite a bit in his past (I can’t say because I consider it an important spoiler) and who has a tendency to be prejudice toward women who seem to have money and a bad/entitled attitude. 

I instantly fell for Chloe. She is so funny, caring, take no bullshit-say no bullshit kind of person.  This was made even more special because the author does not make chronic illness to be Chloe’s identity. It is a part of who she is, of course, but she is portrayed as a flesh-and-blood, determined, and truly just hilarious person who happens to have a chronic illness. There isn’t a magical cure and the road to happiness isn’t easy - just like I wouldn’t expect it to be. I took a little more time loving Red, but only because he got the wrong idea about Chloe from the get-go and I find that to be an annoying behavior. I might have also become so in love with Chloe Brown that I was feeling a bit protective of her haha! However! That was just a smidgen of a feeling against Red because he is quite lovable in his own way. Both characters have their walls built up and Talia Hibbert has written them in such a way that it’s impossible not to join them on their individual and joined journeys. Believe me, you will become invested in these characters and their stories. I mean, look at me! I talk about them like they’re real!

(Honestly, if Chloe were a real person, I would love to be friends with her. We can be funny and awkward together.)

I recommend this book to everyone. For some of us, we will hopefully feel “seen” and the perspective will help others get a hint of living on the other side of the coin. All in all, this book is hilarious, heartbreaking, and heartwarming. I might have cried while reading it. Maybe. 

Let me know what you think if you read it! I’m currently reading the second book in the series, Take a Hint, Dani Brown​ and loving it so far!
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Book Blitz: The Cowboy Who Saved Christmas

11/23/2020

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11/16/2020

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Audiobook Review: Enchant

11/16/2020

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Enchant: Beauty and the Beast Retold
by Demelza Carlton

Synopsis

A beastly prince. An enchanting beauty. Only love can break the spell.

Once upon a time...
The wicked King Thorn forced the enchantress Zuleika to cast a terrible curse. She fled his court to travel the world, helping those who need her magic most. Until a search for her merchant father's lost ships leads her to an enchanted island, where Prince Vardan, the island's ruler, is afflicted by the most powerful curse Zuleika has ever encountered. She's not sure she can reverse the spell, but she's determined to try. After all, a prince who fights pirates can't be all bad...no matter how beastly his appearance.
Together, can the enchanting beauty and the beastly prince break the spell? 

Romance a Medieval Fairytale series:
Each book is a standalone, so they can be read in any order:
  • Enchant: Beauty and the Beast Retold
  • Dance: Cinderella Retold
  • Fly: Goose Girl Retold
  • Revel: Twelve Dancing Princesses Retold
  • Silence: Little Mermaid Retold
  • Awaken: Sleeping Beauty Retold
  • Embellish: Brave Little Tailor Retold
  • Appease: Princess and the Pea Retold
  • Blow: Three Little Pigs Retold
  • Return: Hansel and Gretel Retold
  • Wish: Aladdin Retold
  • Melt: Snow Queen Retold
  • Spin: Rumpelstiltskin Retold
  • Kiss: Frog Prince Retold
  • Hunt: Red Riding Hood Retold
  • Reflect: Snow White Retold
  • Roar: Goldilocks Retold
  • Cobble: Elves and the Shoemaker Retold
  • Float: Enchanted Horse Retold
  • Steal: Forty Thieves Retold
  • Call: Pied Piper Retold

Review

I am addicted to Beauty and the Beast retellings! And this audiobook was no exception. If you, dear reader, are a  frequent visitor of my blog, you'll know that I am a big fan of two main genres: horror and romance. Something I am not as versed in is fantasy. Enchanted falls somewhere between romance and fantasy. Something that readers/listeners need to remember is that this tale is also an ADULT version of Beauty and the Beast and will, therefore, have adult elements in it. 

Now, the story is enthralling and I enjoyed reading a mature version of my favorite classic fairy tale. The tale was a true page turner and it had me wanting to read more and more. Truly, I will be looking into the other works by Demelza Carlton. 

One thing you must know is that this book does contain a rape scene and that is definitely something to take into account if it is a trigger of yours.

I wish all books had trigger warnings for what they contain: rape, emotional and physical abuse, etc. And some, thank heavens, do. Other's do not. This is something I go into knowing already. I, thankfully, do not have many triggers, but I have also known how to deal with unexpected uneasiness with years of being a reader, horror aficionado, and a Masters clinical psychology graduate. HOWEVER, I recognize that not everyone is like me (you'd think this was a universal thing for people to know about the, um, world, but unsurprisingly, it is not) so, there is a nifty website called Does the Dog Die that will help you figure out if any of your triggers are in any books, movies, etc. you want to enjoy. Don't see your trigger? Request it!

Here's the part where I talk about some controversy I've found in some of reviews of Enchanted in other places. So, MAJOR SPOILERS ahead. 

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