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Talia Hibbert returns with another charming romantic comedy about a young woman who agrees to fake date her friend after a video of him “rescuing” her from their office building goes viral... Danika Brown knows what she wants: professional success, academic renown, and an occasional roll in the hay to relieve all that career-driven tension. But romance? Been there, done that, burned the T-shirt. Romantic partners, whatever their gender, are a distraction at best and a drain at worst. So Dani asks the universe for the perfect friend-with-benefits—someone who knows the score and knows their way around the bedroom. When brooding security guard Zafir Ansari rescues Dani from a workplace fire drill gone wrong, it’s an obvious sign: PhD student Dani and ex-rugby player Zaf are destined to sleep together. But before she can explain that fact, a video of the heroic rescue goes viral. Now half the internet is shipping #DrRugbae—and Zaf is begging Dani to play along. Turns out, his sports charity for kids could really use the publicity. Lying to help children? Who on earth would refuse? Dani’s plan is simple: fake a relationship in public, seduce Zaf behind the scenes. The trouble is, grumpy Zaf’s secretly a hopeless romantic—and he’s determined to corrupt Dani’s stone-cold realism. Before long, he’s tackling her fears into the dirt. But the former sports star has issues of his own, and the walls around his heart are as thick as his... um, thighs. Suddenly, the easy lay Dani dreamed of is more complex than her thesis. Has her wish backfired? Is her focus being tested? Or is the universe just waiting for her to take a hint?
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Immediately loved both main characters personalities it had me laughing out loud in the first 10 minutes.
The book was warm and comforting. I thought it was interesting and I felt like Dani was autistically coded.
Cute and easy read! Seems to be my fav genre this year.
This was my first time listening to an audiobook that wasn't nonfiction and it was so fun!
This was the second book in the Brown Sisters trilogy, and I must say I definitely preferred Chloe's book. My main gripe with this one was that Dani and Zaf were basically already obsessed with one another at the very beginning. The entirety of the book is about them denying their feelings because of what they think they want out of the relationship. Zaf is a hopeless romantic who wants to be in a real, long-term relationship. Dani is scared of commitment and tells herself she is content with a good friends-with-benefits situation. There are also themes of grief and mental health, which I thought were done pretty well.
This book felt very repetitive after a while, especially because we hear the same type of reasoning and thoughts from both of their POVs.
Predictable? Yes. Some eye-roll-inducing moments? Of course. But other than that it was cute, mildly funny, and acted as a nice palette cleanser after finishing a very long fantasy series.
I'm excited to read Eve's book. I have a feeling she might be my favorite sister.