Antonia Bernardin

The 74th book I read in 2023 was Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert, the first book in the Brown Sisters series.

An attempt at summarising

After getting diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, Chloe’s world has become very small but when she has a near-death experience, she sets out on a mission to ‘get a life’. First step: move out of the family home. Chloe’s plan to tick off the rest of the ‘get a life’ check list is making… slow progress but everything is going well, apart from the infuriating and extremely attractive super-intendant of her building, that is.

My thoughts

Now, I won’t put myself in the same camp as someone with fibromyalgia but as someone who has experienced ongoing, chronic pain (back injury, I’m mostly fine now). That being said, something about Chloe’s story really got me, especially in all the ways she has to both accept her new bodies’ limitations and still try to live her life. Also, the way the love interest accepts and accommodates for her, without making her feel shame or embarrassment is just *chefs kiss* and made me feel a lot of things. Red, the love interest, is recovering from a controlling relationship, another thing that really got to me. It’s dual POV and their voices really felt like their voices in their chapters. I really loved this book and I’m definitely going to buy the rest of the series.