#TAKE A HINT DANI BROWN BY TALIA HIBBERT

[betterbooksandthings]

"Feminist romance novels are everywhere. With so many options and so little time, sometimes it’s nice to have a list like this as a starting point. This is going to be a very fun list of delicious feminist romance books that you must pick up and read, but before all that, we must discuss the feminism of it all.

For the sake of this article, I am following Mikki Kendall’s approach to feminism in Hood Feminism. The idea is that committing to intersectional feminism that includes trans women, women of color, and disabled women means understanding feminist issues are inherently variable and not always immediately recognizable as feminist issues. Kendall explains, “A one-size-fits-all approach to feminism is damaging because it alienates the very people it is supposed to serve, without ever managing to support them” (3). So, while feminism is about the promotion of gender equality, that is just an element of feminism. The role of active feminists is to be aware that more than just a person’s gender impacts their access to rights and services. While I would also recommend reading bell hooks and other excellent feminist writers, I appreciate Kendall’s explanation here.

Feminist literary critics have also looked at how romance can talk about the complexities of feminist issues within their story framework. Avidly Reads Guilty Pleasures by Arielle Zibrak understands the ways romance novels are a source of feminine media culture some associate with shame and censure, reflecting that the Western world often diminishes feminine interests and pursuits. All that is to say, romances have been praised for centering feminist interests and issues like love, job security, equal partnership, and reproductive rights."

[bookshelvesandtealeaves]

5 star reads of 2024 ↳ take a hint, dani brown by talia hibbert

[sunsis]

still waiting for the brown sisters trilogy by talia hibbert to get a movie or (preferably) series adaptation. so many books being adapted into film and none are by popular Black authors, especially the romance books that are the easiest to adapt without the pressure of turning them into a big franchise. there is a severe lack of adult romcoms for Black women but a huge market for it, it's so frustrating

[magickgirl786]

Dream Cast for Talia Hibbert's Books (Part One: The Couples)

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

Susan Wokoma as Chloe Brown Andrew Garfield as Redford "Red" Morgan

Take a Hint, Dani Brown

Wunmi Mosaku as Danika "Dani" Brown Dev Patel As Zafir "Zaf" Ansari

Act Your Age, Eve Brown

Letitia Hector as Eve Brown Freddie Stroma as Jacob Wayne

[the-forest-library]

[thinkpink212]

I’m becoming a romance-book lover, one Talia Bibbert novel at the time

[abookishsunflower]

The Brown Sisters Series! This was such a fun time! I absolutely loved this family! I love Talia Hibbert writing! She writes such good spicy scenes! And has such great representation!

My rating

Eve Brown - 4/5 stars

Dani Brown- 3/5 stars

Chloe Brown- 3/5 stars

Eve was my favorite, her story was the one I resonated with the most, failure, and trying to find your way! Eve and Jacob were so cute loved their dislike to friendship to love 😍 it was so addicting!

Dani was a close second, watching Dani try and deal with the emotional block with commitment and relationship and Zafir with his kindness and patience was wonderful!

Chloe maybe be my least favorite, but her and Reds story was still so fun to read, Red helping her find her place again with her chronic illness, and helping her accept herself was just beautiful and their relationship was just one you should strive for 😍😍

Check out the Brown Sisters Series you won’t be disappointed 😍🥰🥵

[infiniteseriesofhalfways]

begging for a fun audiobook to care about

[haveyoureadthisqueerbook]

[mediamatinees]

How Many Hints Does It Take to Change Your Life: a "Take a Hint, Dani Brown" review

Class is in session! Get ready to take some notes (and a hint or two). My review for "Take a Hint, Dani Brown" is here!

Content Warning: Take a Hint, Dani Brown deals with issues related to anxiety, loss of close family, and brief mentions of emotional trauma. It is still a romcom, though, so the heavier topics are balanced out very well. Also, if you’re under 18, I’m once again gonna be your internet elder and advise you to stay in a child’s place. This book isn’t for you. Reader discretion is advised. Spoilers…

[the-final-sentence]

Bluntness was never unnecessary.

Talia Hibbert, from Take a Hint, Dani Brown

[headcanonsandmore]

Not me currently binge-reading my way through the Brown Sisters Trilogy whilst trying to get over a bad head-cold.

[plotsnthots]

Every time there’s a plus-sized FMC in a romance novel, I give a good tip of my hypothetical hat to the author because damn, it’s sexy as hell.

[elizmanderson]

2022 wrap-up, part 2

click here for part 1 | click here for part 3

aaaaaaand we're back for more of a look at this year. today's topic is reading, which is considerably less sparkling than writing for the reasons below.

top reads in 2022

woof I did so little reading in 2022. I really thought I'd do more once grad school was done, but by then I was doing amm and working on book things for my debut, so it just kinda. didn't happen. I read 14 new books, and 4 of them didn't happen until I was at my parents' house for the holidays.

so maybe it doesn't mean a ton since I read so little, but here are my top reads this year, in no particular order:

Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

as you know if you followed me when I actually read this book: obsessed. I wrote so many posts like OH MY GOD THIS BOOK until ofmd distracted me. I read this book twice in one month, in one sitting each time, and posted nonstop bullshit on twitter about it, too. super short, excellent forest vibes, folkloric, gay, what's not to love

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

cozy fantasy, sapphic, not too long, exactly what I need from my fiction, and broke a reading slump that lasted most of my year thank god (no literally I read Silver in the Wood twice in march and then kinda cycled between books without finishing any of them until I read this in probably october)

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, Sangu Mandanna

new comfort read, ahoy! again a cozy fantasy, chock full of found family, so goddamn SOFT and again exactly what I need from my fiction, made me cry but mostly in a good way

The Mutantsitters Club by SJ Whitby

finally, a standalone in the Cute Mutants universe!! all the things you know & love about SJ's works, but softer, sweeter, and bite-sized, which is exactly what I need in my old age and also bc I'm a coward who hasn't even finished the original series yet bc I'm so scared of the many ways SJ might break my heart

the Brown Sisters trilogy by Talia Hibbert (reread)

obviously fantastic bc I reread at least one of them every year and this year went for all three. heartwarming & heartbreaking and digs into various mental health issues as well as neurodivergence (implicitly with Dani Brown, explicitly with Eve Brown) and chronic illness (Chloe Brown)

upcoming books I'm looking forward to

The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim

YA contemporary, debut author

Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

YA mystery, debut author

Flowerheart by Catherine Bakewell

cottagecore fantasy romance

The Ashfire King by Chelsea Abdullah

epic fantasy, sequel to The Stardust Thief

[willmarstudios]

"The thing about mental health was, you couldn't take a course of antibiotics and be magically healed. Some people's brains just thought too much or felt too much or hurt too much, and you had to stay on top of that."

'Take A Hint, Dani Brown' by Talia Hibbert

[the-forest-library]

The Last Thorn is New York Times bestseller Talia Hibbert’s debut fantasy novel. Hibbert is best known for her romance writing, including Get a Life, Chloe Brown. But The Last Thorn is pitched as a spicy magical Beauty and the Beast retelling. It’s set in Albion, an alternative modern-day Britain, which is recovering from a turbulent civil war. And it’s home to a secret society of magic-users. We follow a hero after the war is won, and hope a flawed heroine can save them both from their darkness within. Featuring a diverse cast of characters, a cursed hero must form a soul bond with his enemy's exiled daughter – or lose himself entirely to the monster he hides inside.