


However, neither is sure of the other’s feelings and doesn’t want to do anything to sabotage their ‘fake’ relationship. Then the viral video has the two ‘pretending’ to be romantically involved but feelings run deep on both sides. When a security guard at Dani’s workplace, Zafir Ansari, rescues Dani from a fire drill gone wrong, Dani thinks there couldn’t be a bigger and clearer sign. She prays for it too-a sign from the universe that a particular someone could be that person. PhD student Danika Brown thinks romantic partners are distractions. Indeed, it’s an exciting story, with some really steamy scenes and heartwarming instances that leave you with the happy kind of butterflies-in-your tummy feeling. This charming story about a young woman who agrees to fake date her friend after a video of him ‘rescuing’ her goes viral was named one of the best romances of 2020 by Buzzfeed, Amazon, Bustle, Washington Post, NPR, Kirkus, among many others. I was in a good space mentally, constantly thinking about Danika or Dani and Zafir, the main characters of Hibbert’s ‘Take a Hint, Dani Brown’. I read the second book in the three-part series this Dashain and it really helped me cope with festival-induced stress. Despite my initial skepticism of the genre, I got sucked into the story and it was a happy time. I read ‘Get a Life, Chloe Brown’ because so many of my friends were talking/posting about it. She takes tried and tested tropes and comes up with absolutely stunning masterpieces.

But I’m more than willing to make an exception for Talia Hibbert.
