Review: Get a Life, Chloe Brown

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Chloe Brown lives with chronic pain. Fibromyalgia has taken those fake friends that could not cope with her pain, her boyfriend could not understand that she is ALWAYS in pain. Because of this, Chloe has adapted. She really doesn't need anything other than her sisters, her checklists, and a good supply of chocolate. 

Up until she realizes that she is not actually living. Pain has taken control, or actually, avoiding showing her pain to others has made her feel isolated and less human, when in reality she feels so much. To the outside, she is cold, rude, posh, and unapproachable. Chloe decides to take control of her life, she is only 31, and way too young to give up on life. Like with everything else, she makes a list to get a life. 

Chloe didn't expect that by moving out of her family home, she was going to meet someone like Red, a golden retriever of a guy covered in tattoos who paints during the night and gives free smiles to everyone in their building during the day. Not that Chloe has noticed. Not that she has spied him a couple of times. 

Red and Chloe enter each other’s lives having to break down the preconceived notions that they had built about the other to put away the obvious attraction there is between them.

I loved this romance because Chloe and Red have several personal items of baggage to work on before. Their hearts have been broken before by people they trusted, and opening up to someone so different from them and being vulnerable is not easy for them. Love is being open to pain, and Chloe already has enough of that. The friendship flourishes into such a lovely relationship that proves that a partner should always be a friend first. 

The love language in this novel is clearly an act of service, which is mine too. The way both anticipate each other’s needs, how they make life easier for one another, and how they care for the other is so beautiful. The steamy parts were so satisfying. Hibbert builds the tension so high! The appreciation of each other’s bodies, the nuances, their differences, and the need for touch is so well developed that you will feel starved for contact while reading this book! 

Something else I like about Chloe is that she is a girly girl. She is unapologetic about what she likes, and who she is, and her confidence and attitude genuinely made me smile. Her search for independence is so inspiring because she demonstrates that independence is not cutting everyone out or something one has to sort out in your 20s, but it is a constant struggle for balance.

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