✨ Thank you Chloe Liese for the complementary ARC of Ever After Always! Out now and on KU! ✨

#bookreview 📖 One romance trope I thought I would not like (prior to reading it) was marriage in crisis. I am married, but I thought why would I want to read about a troubled marriage?? Turns out I was wrong. I LOVE marriage in crisis romances! Chloe Liese’s latest release in The Bergman Brothers series is easily one of the most true to life marriage in crisis novels I’ve read. 

I’ve been anticipating Freya and Aiden’s story since I first fell in love with the Bergman family. With all of Aiden’s matchmaking moments in Only When It’s Us, and then the hints at his marriage with Freya being in trouble in Always Only You, I had really high expectations for their book. 

The Bergman’s have quickly become one of my favorite families in contemporary romance. They’re all so quirky, delightful, and true to life. Freya was the first that (to me) came off a little intense compared to her brothers, but by the end I really liked her a lot. I appreciated so many things about this story. The way marriage counseling was portrayed, the real life issues Aiden and Freya had, the accurate depiction of Aiden’s anxiety and how it affected their marriage. Per usual, Chloe nailed so many things about this story and made me want to stay with the Bergman’s for just a little longer. Especially all the scenes in Hawaii! This one was a slow burn with lots of sexual tension and steam, just the way I like it! 

I ended up really enjoying Ever After Always, but I will say I struggled with the book at one point. One fun thing that’s happened all the stress from 2020 is that I cannot handle contemporary romances that are super stressful or heavy. The comparison to The Bromance Bookclub and All Your Perfects is spot on. There are a ton of funny moments with the meddling Bergman siblings, but the heavy moments were a lot for me when I read it. 

Ever After Always was a 4.5 star read for me. I really enjoyed how realistic and true to life the plot was. The Bergman Brothers series was easily one of my favorites from last year. I highly recommend reading in order, especially before the next book comes out (I cannot wait for the next book!!!) 💜 

There are content warnings for this one: anxiety representation, parental abandonment, parental alcoholism, and childhood poverty.