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Talia Hibbert returns with another charming romantic comedy about a young woman who agrees to fake date her friend after a video of him “rescuing” her from their office building goes viral...
Danika Brown knows what she wants: professional success, academic renown, and an occasional roll in the hay to relieve all that career-driven tension. But romance? Been there, done tha ...more
Danika Brown knows what she wants: professional success, academic renown, and an occasional roll in the hay to relieve all that career-driven tension. But romance? Been there, done tha ...more
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If you ever want to feel unbearably sunny about the world, read this fake-dating-to-lovers love story between a Black, bisexual PhD student who is unstoppably allergic to commitment and a Muslim Pakistani-British ex-rugby player who reads romance novels and dreams of his own Happily Ever After. It'll make you feel like your whole body is smiling.
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Talia Hibbert is consistent with bringing us yet another cute romance story that’s great for a comfort read. I really dig the dynamic of the jaded, anti-romance female character paired with the sentimental, romance-loving male character. I enjoyed the smut, banter, and moments of compassion that the characters have for each other. Mental health struggles and anxiety were a large part of how they dealt with the world and relationships, so I appreciated seeing how kind and patient they were with e
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This book is addictive! Sooooo sweet! I’m mumbling “sweet and swoon” words like a sacred mantra for at least 45 minutes and I cannot stop! Ladies and gentleman: we officially have one of the dearest sweetest and hottest book couple and we’re introduced the best, charming, sexy, romantic, Alpha book- boyfriend Zafir ( Meaning of his name is victor, successful and triumphant one! Well, I may declare he triumphantly stole the most readers’ hearts!)
I still have regrets to give 4 stars to Chloe and ...more
I still have regrets to give 4 stars to Chloe and ...more
fanfuckingtastic. truly perfect in every way.
Jul 12, 2020
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it was amazing
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Talia Hibbert INVENTED romance with this book, Zafir and Danika have changed my life lowkey. Never have I ever read a story so full of pure love and adoration on every page. I will now go cry and lament my forever alone status ✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽
GO READ THIS NOW
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Take a Hint, Dani Brown follows our emotionally constipated protagonist Danika, a hardworking Phd student and the romance loving, muslim security guard, Zafir, who works in the building where she teaches. They serve us some strong Jim and ...more
GO READ THIS NOW
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Take a Hint, Dani Brown follows our emotionally constipated protagonist Danika, a hardworking Phd student and the romance loving, muslim security guard, Zafir, who works in the building where she teaches. They serve us some strong Jim and ...more
this was just everything. it was so funny, romantic & sexy while also tackling important issues like anxiety and dealing with the death of loved ones. the characters dani and zafir are both so well developed and so loveable, and their chemistry was THROUGH THE ROOF! i truly loved this book so so much.
pre-order this book if you love adult romance and the fake dating trope!!! it comes out 23rd june
Thank you so much to Avon Books for providing me with an ARC!
pre-order this book if you love adult romance and the fake dating trope!!! it comes out 23rd june
Thank you so much to Avon Books for providing me with an ARC!
Hello this is a new all-time favorite rom-com and I AM OBSESSED. The chemistry between Dani and Zaf was off the charts and my heart IS SO DAMN FULL after finishing this beauty. Y'all know I loved Get a Life, Chloe Brown but somehow this one blew that one out of the water and was EVEN BETTER. Seriously, I am obsessed and this will officially be added into the rotation of rom-coms I re-read whenever I need a pick me up bc it was perfect. 10/10 do recommend!!!!!
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Help! I’ve fallen [prey to my fairly high expectations and been brutally disappointed] and I can’t get up!
This is me attempting to start out this review in a Fun Way, in the hopes that so much as one moment of my experience with this book can be Fun, because reading it was...not.
I hope the hint Dani Brown is taking is to stay far away from this review, because I do not, unfortunately, have many nice things to say.
In fact, let’s get the few things I liked out of the way now so we can get on with ...more
This is me attempting to start out this review in a Fun Way, in the hopes that so much as one moment of my experience with this book can be Fun, because reading it was...not.
I hope the hint Dani Brown is taking is to stay far away from this review, because I do not, unfortunately, have many nice things to say.
In fact, let’s get the few things I liked out of the way now so we can get on with ...more
i love dani brown so much and zaf is truly my king
review to come!
review to come!
“This love business is absolutely nonsensical.”
I’m high on emotions so you might want to trust me, or not trust me for that matter, when I say this book was perrrrfect. Fuckin great!
Talia Hibbert really has me out here believing that these fictional men she creates exist. So I’m going to roll with this delusion.
I laughed out out countless of times. These characters and their inner dialogue took me on a whirlwind. It irritated me to no end how stupid they were about their emotions, but unde ...more
I’m high on emotions so you might want to trust me, or not trust me for that matter, when I say this book was perrrrfect. Fuckin great!
Talia Hibbert really has me out here believing that these fictional men she creates exist. So I’m going to roll with this delusion.
I laughed out out countless of times. These characters and their inner dialogue took me on a whirlwind. It irritated me to no end how stupid they were about their emotions, but unde ...more
This has all the ingredients of a great romance and I loved the main character's bluntness and the love interest's anxiety rep, but I'm just not a big fan of the fake dating trope. this book even poked fun at the fact that it's something that only happens in fiction but not in real life, but it still followed a pretty typical and predictable format, so it was less cheeky than I would've hoped. still, this had a lot of great quotes and made me laugh out loud and was quite cute. Definitely worth c
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Published today! 23/6/20
#1) Get a life, Chloe Brown ★★★★★
#2) Take a hint, Dani Brown ★★★★
A cute, diverse, emotional and very steamy friends to lovers romance with fake dating
Danika Brown, a clever, witty workaholic doesn't do romance, she's too focussed on her academic career, and has been burnt in the past. She just wants a friends with benefits type situation. When her sexy friend Zafir Ansari, a sensitive, brooding, romantic former rugby player rescues her from a disastrous fire drill, it ...more
#1) Get a life, Chloe Brown ★★★★★
#2) Take a hint, Dani Brown ★★★★
A cute, diverse, emotional and very steamy friends to lovers romance with fake dating
Danika Brown, a clever, witty workaholic doesn't do romance, she's too focussed on her academic career, and has been burnt in the past. She just wants a friends with benefits type situation. When her sexy friend Zafir Ansari, a sensitive, brooding, romantic former rugby player rescues her from a disastrous fire drill, it ...more
4.5 stars
TW: death of a parent & sibling; panic attacks
This was a delight. This is a fake-dating romance featuring a fat, Black, bisexual witch and a Muslim ex-rugby player with anxiety. I find Talia Hibbert’s books to be laugh out loud funny, with a rom-com movie flavor. The sex scenes and sexual language continue to be over the top, but I’m able to forgive it more in her writing because her writing doesn’t take itself too seriously. I also appreciate, having now read two of her books, that th ...more
TW: death of a parent & sibling; panic attacks
This was a delight. This is a fake-dating romance featuring a fat, Black, bisexual witch and a Muslim ex-rugby player with anxiety. I find Talia Hibbert’s books to be laugh out loud funny, with a rom-com movie flavor. The sex scenes and sexual language continue to be over the top, but I’m able to forgive it more in her writing because her writing doesn’t take itself too seriously. I also appreciate, having now read two of her books, that th ...more
Caution: Rated R for 🔥🔥🔥
I didn’t have high hopes for this book, after reading the prequel Chloe Brown. 😬 But I was pleasantly surprised! 👏👏👏 I really liked the chemistry between these two and actually found the steamy scenes actually pretty hot!! ☺️ And these two still kept that chemistry going even after the hookup.... I loved their dates at work- soooo cute! Dani was a great character, who knew her flaws and owned them. ❤️📚
I didn’t have high hopes for this book, after reading the prequel Chloe Brown. 😬 But I was pleasantly surprised! 👏👏👏 I really liked the chemistry between these two and actually found the steamy scenes actually pretty hot!! ☺️ And these two still kept that chemistry going even after the hookup.... I loved their dates at work- soooo cute! Dani was a great character, who knew her flaws and owned them. ❤️📚
I think I enjoyed this one even more than Chloe Brown which I didn't think would be possible. This book is sooooo adorable and I love Dani's character so much. She's Black, she's British and she's bisexual!!! And there's fake dating in this book!!!! Which is one of my favorite tropes.
I related to Dani's character so much when she would talk about her reason for why she doesn't date and she doesn't think she would make a good girlfriend and she prioritizes her career and her family and other thin ...more
I related to Dani's character so much when she would talk about her reason for why she doesn't date and she doesn't think she would make a good girlfriend and she prioritizes her career and her family and other thin ...more
Reasons to love this book:
1. The king of all romance tropes - fake date and fall in bed/love, whatever comes first
2. Hero who's basically a golden retriever in a human body - Zafir Ansari, sweetest (fake) boyfriend and ardent romance reader, built like Thor but a total cinnamon roll
3. Decent diverse representation with none of the stereotypes - Muslim, poc and bisexual protagonists
4. Rolling-on-the-floor-laugh-your-ass-off banter and ready-to-climb-each-other-any-minute-even-with-clothes-on, ...more
1. The king of all romance tropes - fake date and fall in bed/love, whatever comes first
2. Hero who's basically a golden retriever in a human body - Zafir Ansari, sweetest (fake) boyfriend and ardent romance reader, built like Thor but a total cinnamon roll
3. Decent diverse representation with none of the stereotypes - Muslim, poc and bisexual protagonists
4. Rolling-on-the-floor-laugh-your-ass-off banter and ready-to-climb-each-other-any-minute-even-with-clothes-on, ...more
UGH THAT WAS SO CUTE. I'M GOING TO BE IN DANI AND ZAF WITHDRAWAL FOR WEEKS 😭😭y'all weren't kidding when you kept saying these books were great
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#1 Get a Life, Chloe Brown ★★★★★
#2 Take a Hint, Dani Brown ★★★★★
#3 Act Your Age, Eve Brown
What an absolutely sickening display. Romance clearly melted the brains of sensible women. Dani was horribly glad she had nothing to do with it.
Friends, I truly can't even begin to tell you how incredible it felt to dive back into the world of the Brown sisters. I love this trio so much I can barely stand myself, and more than that, I adore every word I've ever read of Talia's writing and this was no exce ...more
This was so sweet with a lot of diversity, swoon worthy sweet caring hero who reads romance books, sarcastic witty heroine who cares so much about her work and avoids relationships, and a fake dating trope. I couldn’t ask for more!!
I loved how Zafir’s anxiety was shown in this book. It was tackled with so much care! I loved how sassy they both were and how they both truly know, support, and care for each other. I loved the ending of this book and how the grand gesture was done by Dani! It was so ...more
I loved how Zafir’s anxiety was shown in this book. It was tackled with so much care! I loved how sassy they both were and how they both truly know, support, and care for each other. I loved the ending of this book and how the grand gesture was done by Dani! It was so ...more
Gah this was 1000% adorable and I am obsessed with Zafir. What a soft, precious guy!
This is the second in Talia Hibbert's Brown sisters trilogy set in Nottingham in the Midlands, the highlights of which are the great diverse characters, supporting and central protagonists, and the way Hibbert tackles issues such as the depression and anxiety suffered by 31 year old former rugby player, now security guard at the university, the brooding and grumpy Zafir Ansari, regularly having to endure sleepless nights as a result. 27 year old Danika 'Dani' Brown is an ambitious academic, dete
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i cant decide if i love this more than the first book or just as much? Zaf is my dream guy!! muscular, grumpy and loves smutty romance. This book had me giggling while i listened to the audiobook because Zaf and Dani are so funny. The smut could’ve been better ngl but i think i just didn’t enjoy it because that’s the kind of love making Zaf does and not because it was bad or anything.
I loved that Dani was bi and you watched her struggle with not wanting be in a relationship where as you seen Za ...more
I loved that Dani was bi and you watched her struggle with not wanting be in a relationship where as you seen Za ...more
4.5 stars
Last year I read Get a Life Chloe Brown, and while I liked it a lot it was one of those books where I didn’t quite get the hype. This book… I totally get the hype. I absolutely LOVED Take a Hint Dani Brown. Zaf and Dani were both fantastic characters and I enjoyed reading this so much.
Dani Brown is career driven and doesn't want a relationship. Zafir and Dani are friends, but when he rescues her from an elevator and the whole thing ends up on line, things change. Zaf is an ex-Rugby ...more
Last year I read Get a Life Chloe Brown, and while I liked it a lot it was one of those books where I didn’t quite get the hype. This book… I totally get the hype. I absolutely LOVED Take a Hint Dani Brown. Zaf and Dani were both fantastic characters and I enjoyed reading this so much.
Dani Brown is career driven and doesn't want a relationship. Zafir and Dani are friends, but when he rescues her from an elevator and the whole thing ends up on line, things change. Zaf is an ex-Rugby ...more
An absolute unalloyed joy. Zaf is a cinnamon-roll ex rugby player (a flanker! you don't get many of them to the pound) who hides the kindest possible heart under a gruff and sweary exterior, and reads romance novels. Dani is a workaholic with limited people skills. The pair of them do the classic tropes of fake relationship and 'a month's shagging to get it out of our systems' in the full knowledge of how implausible and ridiculous those things are to do. There is joyous laugh out loud banter, l
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She's done it again folks! The Brown sisters are everything we want in contemporary romance. Review to come!
*Many thanks to the publisher for providing my review copy. ...more
*Many thanks to the publisher for providing my review copy. ...more
Jul 01, 2020
Aoife - Bookish_Babbling
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4.5*
Soooo many inner floral feels for these 2!
But I prefer daisies to poppies so sorry not sorry Zaf 🌼🌼🌼
Gosh am I a sucker for Talia Hibbert's storytelling. The humour, heart & steam she packs into her books are just the recipe I crave in romcom reads!
✔ Fake dating
✔ Friends to lovers 🤩
✔ Rugbae (love me a hashtag wordmashup)
✔ Sisters & adorkable fam + friends on both sides...I've such massive 😍 for these families and absolutely want novellas or spin offs for all cos #greedy
✔ GG continues to be t ...more
Soooo many inner floral feels for these 2!
But I prefer daisies to poppies so sorry not sorry Zaf 🌼🌼🌼
Gosh am I a sucker for Talia Hibbert's storytelling. The humour, heart & steam she packs into her books are just the recipe I crave in romcom reads!
✔ Fake dating
✔ Friends to lovers 🤩
✔ Rugbae (love me a hashtag wordmashup)
✔ Sisters & adorkable fam + friends on both sides...I've such massive 😍 for these families and absolutely want novellas or spin offs for all cos #greedy
✔ GG continues to be t ...more
Jun 24, 2020
Corina
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review of another edition
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What you should know about this book is that it was SEXY!!!! I was listening with the window open, and the first time the narrator said clit, cock, and vagina – I thought oops, I should probably close the window, who knows who is out there listening in. Also my favorite F-word was all over this book!!
So, yes it’s sexy but I also love how both characters own it. They are comfortable in their skin, in bed, and not shy to say what they like.
BTW Dani was the hoot!! She was sarcastic, blunt, funny, w ...more
So, yes it’s sexy but I also love how both characters own it. They are comfortable in their skin, in bed, and not shy to say what they like.
BTW Dani was the hoot!! She was sarcastic, blunt, funny, w ...more
Talia Hibbert has become one of my go-to authors for a good romance with amazing characters. I absolutely love the Brown family and could not wait to read Dani's story.
All of the Brown sisters are quirky and adorable and I love them. Starting this book, I immediately loved Dani. She was curvy, quirky, passionate, and scared of getting too close to anyone. Her little friendship with Zaf was so cute and I loved how they became good friends from seeing each other every day at work. I loved how Zaf ...more
All of the Brown sisters are quirky and adorable and I love them. Starting this book, I immediately loved Dani. She was curvy, quirky, passionate, and scared of getting too close to anyone. Her little friendship with Zaf was so cute and I loved how they became good friends from seeing each other every day at work. I loved how Zaf ...more
I thought Chloe and Red were perfect, but HOLY FUCK DANI AND ZAF ARE EVERYTHING.
Take a Hint, Dani Brown completely stole my heart. I haven’t had the best of luck with stories in 2020. I’ve been slogging through books, never truly connecting with them, until this book came into my life. This wonderful romance follows an awkward, serious ex-rugby player and a confident, romantically unattached teacher who decide to fake date after a video of them goes viral, making the world ship them together.
Throughout this romance, I couldn’t stop smiling at Zafir and Danika’s banter as t ...more
Throughout this romance, I couldn’t stop smiling at Zafir and Danika’s banter as t ...more
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Talia Hibbert is a USA Today bestselliing author who lives in a bedroom full of books. Supposedly, there is a world beyond that room, but she has yet to drum up enough interest to investigate.
She writes sexy, diverse romance because she believes that people of marginalised identities need honest and positive representation. Her interests include beauty, junk food, and unnecessary sarcasm. She also ...more
She writes sexy, diverse romance because she believes that people of marginalised identities need honest and positive representation. Her interests include beauty, junk food, and unnecessary sarcasm. She also ...more
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