Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters #1)

Summary:

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 six directives to help her “Get a Life”, and she’s already completed the first: finally moving out of her glamourous 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… (Summary and cover courtesy of goodreads.com)

Review:

Going into “Get a Life, Chloe Brown” I was hoping for a middling romance, but it exceeded all expectations on humor, sweetness, and sister (well friendship) goals.  No doubt, I will be reading anything that Hibbert publishes going forward because this was such a joy.  It should go without saying, but can I say how refreshing it is to have some diversity in a romance rather than the same saltine-cracker recipe?

Chloe is a witty sophisticated female protagonist (woo having smarts) who meets Redford, an artsy bad boy trying to sort out life after some poor life decisions.  The ‘conflict’ between the two felt a little expected, yet the characters and dynamic was so fabulous I couldn’t bring myself to mind all that much.  After all, is there a happy ending without a little bit of conflict in the story?

Rating: 5 stars!

Who should read it? Folks looking for a romance willing to tackle a little nuance and a delightfully funny protagonist.

Want to read the whole series?

• Take a Hint, Dani Brown (The Brown Sisters #2)

• Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters #3)