take a hint, dani brown by Talia Hibbert

12th book of 2021

Second book in The Brown Sisters series

Reading period: Feb 03rd 2021 – Feb 09th 2021

Summary

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?

Rating

Review

Even if I like the first book of the series, I prefer this one a lot more as I found that all the elements in the book were more in harmony than in the first one.

This story is mainly chemistry between the two main protagonists, Dani and Zaf. There is a connection between them that you want them to be together from the beginning. As there is something natural between them, you connect easily with those characters.

Also, the sexual allusions/parts didn’t bother me, as I didn’t find that they came from nowhere. When the characters talk about it, it’s more like talking with a friend.

In this one like in the previous book, the family create or not is an essential subject as you have Dani’s one, but you also have Zaf’s family, which is present too.

I like the fact that Talia Hibbert writes about diversity as it makes her books interesting and enriching.

I cannot wait for the third and last book of the series.

Liz.