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

I absolutely adored Get A Life, Chloe Brown. I started reading it at the pool on vacation. It was the perfect vacation read. This book is set in Great Britain. It would be the perfect read to take you on a vacation.

I am obsessed with the heroine, Chloe. I love how she isnt a cookie cutter heroine. I think she is more relatable. She is plus size. She is a woman of color. She has chronic pain. Shes someone who Id want to be my friend. I love her bravery. She decided to make some changes in her life to live it to the fullest.

I want a Red in my life. I love how he wasnt the perfect hero. He had issues of his own to work out. He gave me warm fuzzies.

I just loved this book so much. I heard that we will get another books set in this world next summer (2020). I cannot wait.

I cant really fault this book in some ways, theres individualised characters, a few funny lines, good portrayal of chronic illness. But it didnt have the light hand that Im accustomed to from this author. It was really long, and really slow, and it didnt feel like there was a good overarching plot and development arc, it felt like plodding through items on a list and got pretty tedious. I also found Chloe to be a bit too mean at the start and although later shes portrayed as just a slightly awkward grump, you can never quite reconcile that with the things she did at the beginning. I stopped properly reading around 75% and skimmed to the end.

I really wanted to like this book more than I did. It’s so highly rated but it fell flat. It’s a cute story but you never fall in love with the characters. And the sex is not sexy, just a bunch of explicit words tailed together that don’t deliver any kind of passion. I’m pretty bummed that this was my book club selection.

I was just surprised by the physical and written descriptions of their sexual feelings and encounters. Down to penises and clitsbeing engorged. I am certainly not a prude , but I had no idea I was purchasing this type of book. Just make yourself aware.

In Chloe’s honor, I’ll try to make a list of what I loved about this book (the short answer: everything)
1. Our heroine Chloe, trying to “get a life” and have new experiences
2. Our hero Red, who is a very sexy, very thoughtful ginger
3. The cat who graces the cover and deserves that starring role
4. The adorable cover and all the emotions I get from seeing the love shine through
5. That banter!!!! Especially the one chapter that is mostly emails back and forth. Yessss.
6. Thoughtful representation and discussion of how marginalization, chronic pain, and emotional abuse affect your life
7. Pro-therapy messaging, the world always needs more
8. It’s so swoony and romantic
9. But also really, really hot at times
10. The next book is already available for pre-order – *click*

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