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Ever After Always by Chloe Liese

54 reviews

apolen's review against another edition

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5.0

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danajoy's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

My least favourite of the series so far. It's a marriage in trouble.

Aiden and Freya have been married almost a decade but something has been off - so much so that she kicked him out and sent him to stay with her brother Ren to get some space. You know this at the end of the 2nd of the Bergman Brothers series.  

Aiden has GAD. His anxiety is a big part of the story
and the overall conflict
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I saw the twist coming. I didn't really like it. The janitor being the deadbeat dad Aiden was anxious about being nothing like when they're planning for a baby didn't feel necessary for me. We're told Aiden goes to solo therapy but we never see it. He needed to sort through his hang ups anout becoming a dad - not really a confrontation. But that's my two cents


You get lots of the Bergman family in this one. It is sweet to get them all together. 
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fuzzywilson's review against another edition

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emotional funny sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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annahamburger's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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kshertz's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

If you’re looking for a romance that is a marriage that’s gone cold and needs to be jumpstarted again, this one’s for you. I haven’t read this type of romance before and as someone married for about 10 years, a lot of it was relatable. It was very realistic and sweet. Not my fav in the whole series (#2 so far) but it was good!
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jennp28's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I loved that this was a romance set within a marriage and showing all the work that you have to do to *keep*  falling in love and getting your HEA. 
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btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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kkenna7's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The last quarter of this one felt a little all over the place. The plot twist with Aiden's dad felt unnecessary to me and it was a little weird to have so much conflict in the last 2 or 3 chapters of the book. It was raw and emotional and fantastic otherwise. 
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xeniba's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

As someone who’s been married almost ten years and has experienced a significant rough patch or two (and also has severe anxiety, along with other mental health diagnoses/neurodivergencies), I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about this book. 

Overall, I enjoyed the read, but when I actually think about the details of the story, I get a little frustrated.
Aidan supposedly has been in talk therapy for YEARS…did he really not talk with his therapist about what was going on with Freya and his app and his anxiety and sex drive? And then after one session with the marriage counselor he starts trying to make an effort? That just didn’t sit well with me. Or Aidan really needs a new individual therapist.

Other minor quibbles…I’m from Kailua and we do not refer to
most highways by their numbers. When I read that they merged on to “61-S” I legit put my book down and looked up wtf road that was because I wasn’t sure. Then I texted my sister who also had no idea because literally we only call it Pali Highway. I drove the Pali almost daily, if not multiple times a day for years and genuinely had no idea what it’s number was.

Lastly, the new pendant Freya has made said 3650 days. That’s not how many days are in 10 years. There are two leap years in a decade, so it should be 3652 days (hi, can you tell I’m autistic?). I feel like that’s something that Aidan would have at least noticed, since he’s such a stickler for numbers and accuracy and stuff.
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buttermellow's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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