Learning what each other likes sexually is an even more intimate experience because of each of their sensory needs. There is a scene with an, ahem, very large sex toy, and PHEW. Of course, the romance itself in Act Your Age, Eve Brown is is tense, and oh, so hot. Diagnosis does not change the autistic experience, but it is incredibly frustrating that care can be so difficult to access, and difficult to feel seen within the medical system. Furthermore, it is notoriously expensive to obtain a diagnosis as an adult, upwards of $1000 in the United States with a specialist. Much of the body of research about autism is based upon elementary age White boys, and as an adult Black woman, autistic traits can look so different, and thus, so many Black women go undiagnosed. I had the greatest honor of speaking to Talia Hibbert for an interview for the Reading Women Podcast (we will update with a link to the episode when it drops next week!), and she spoke about how many barriers to access there are to being diagnosed as autistic as a Black woman. A pivotal scene occurs when she looks on the Internet for the diagnostic criteria of autism, and realizes that some criteria match her experience. Jacob has known that he is autistic from a much younger age, whereas we see Eve traverse learning about her neurodivergence throughout the course of the book. They both have to exist in a world that caters to neurotypical people, and they feel seen in each other’s company. However, ultimately they share traits that they see in each other, and this is where they find connection. To sleep comfortably and restfully, Jacob makes a nest of blankets and pillows. Eve needs music to concentrate, whether that be having an earphone in at all times while she works, or singing out loud. Autistic people are not a monolith, and not to be used as a stereotype or solely for “inspiration” for neurotypical people.Īn example is their sensory differences and how they respectively find comfort. Not all autistic people are who are shown in the media, which is typically the “Rain Man” trope or that of a savant. Even so, the contrast between both their personalities and the differences in their traits demonstrate that there is wide variance between every autistic person you meet. Their banter is both hilarious and sexy, and it only gets better as their relationship progresses as partners and as co workers who love the B&B.Įve and Jacob are both autistic, and this is stated on the page. Their romance develops over the course of the book and their dynamic is heartwarming and fun. When Eve accidentally hits Jacob with her car, it disrupts his rhythm, which he is very attached to, and becomes he becomes more outwardly grumpy because his routine is off. She comes across a quaint bed and breakfast in Skybriar where she applies to trial a job with her new boss, Jacob, the B&B’s owner.Įve, the most gloriously, sunshine-y vivacious mess, at first clashes with Jacob, who is a grump extraordinaire and exudes a strict, quiet confidence. Eve’s parents tell her that after another job that she has given up on, this time disastrously with some doves she needed to set free at a wedding she was planning, she must prove herself with one last hurrah at adulting and holding down a job independently.
The story opens with a dreaded ultimatum.
Like Eve, the heat between them is impossible to ignore… and it’s melting Jacob’s frosty exterior.Īct Your Age, Eve Brown is the third and final book in the Brown Sisters series (and you can read them in any order they are companion novels!). Sunny, chaotic Eve is his natural-born nemesis, but the longer these two enemies spend in close quarters, the more their animosity turns into something else. Before long, she’s infiltrated his work, his kitchen-and his spare bedroom. Now his arm is broken, his B&B is understaffed, and the dangerously unpredictable Eve is fluttering around, trying to help. Then she hits him with her car- supposedly by accident. So when a purple-haired tornado of a woman turns up out of the blue to interview for his open chef position, he tells her the brutal truth: not a chance in hell. The bed and breakfast owner’s on a mission to dominate the hospitality industry and he expects nothing less than perfection. It’s time for Eve to grow up and prove herself-even though she’s not entirely sure how… But when her personal brand of chaos ruins an expensive wedding ( someone had to liberate those poor doves), her parents draw the line. No matter how hard she strives to do right, her life always goes horribly wrong.
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