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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
I haven’t squealed at a book in so long but Gavin and Oliver are just so perfect!!! This book had some of my favorite tropes: enemies to lovers, grumpy & sunshine, and of course Only One Bed. Also, Gavin is LITERALLY Roy from Ted Lasso and I love that.
Edit: omg I just read the authors comment in the reviews and she literally says it has Ted Lasso grumpy sunshine vibes. Guess I was spot on. 😂
Edit: omg I just read the authors comment in the reviews and she literally says it has Ted Lasso grumpy sunshine vibes. Guess I was spot on. 😂
Audiobook — 4.75 | Perfect for getting me out of my reading slump! This story was super cute and well executed! Love Oliver & Gaven!
✨ MM
✨ sports romance - soccer
✨ grumpy x sunshine
✨ enemies to lovers
✨ anxiety/ panic attacks
No surprise that I absolutely loved Oliver and Gavin. The grumpy sunshine aspect was some of my favorites. Getting to explore deeper into their dynamic and the tension between these two!!
As always the Bergman brothers series stays one of my top favorites. I love the representation of panic attacks and chronic pain between these two. A taking care while sick/injured moment. All the Bergman family chaos and watching them accept Gavin into the fold. All the shenanigans between brothers and Viggo being himself naturally.
They have such a good slow burn tension. With Gavin struggling with what comes next for him and his career and seeing Oliver have the age and skill that he use to. I love watching Gavin open up to Oliver and out of his shell but remain his grumpy self.
5/5 ⭐️
✨ sports romance - soccer
✨ grumpy x sunshine
✨ enemies to lovers
✨ anxiety/ panic attacks
No surprise that I absolutely loved Oliver and Gavin. The grumpy sunshine aspect was some of my favorites. Getting to explore deeper into their dynamic and the tension between these two!!
As always the Bergman brothers series stays one of my top favorites. I love the representation of panic attacks and chronic pain between these two. A taking care while sick/injured moment. All the Bergman family chaos and watching them accept Gavin into the fold. All the shenanigans between brothers and Viggo being himself naturally.
They have such a good slow burn tension. With Gavin struggling with what comes next for him and his career and seeing Oliver have the age and skill that he use to. I love watching Gavin open up to Oliver and out of his shell but remain his grumpy self.
5/5 ⭐️
This book was not for me. While I enjoyed it mostly, it’s not my preferred type of book. I enjoy smuttier more descriptive scenes and a different approach to enemies to lovers.
Did the book have me smiling at times? Yes. But overall it wasn’t for me.
The main characters didn’t really divulge anything throughout the book and then bam end of the book they loved each other. There was three semi memorable scenes where they lowered their guard for the other, after 2 years of antagonizing each other, and now I’m supposed to believe you “have always loved each other”?!
The resolution of love and telling each other their backstories happened in the last 5% of the book!!! And it came out in such a sappy, toothache inducing way.
On top of that the sex scenes weren’t a fav, the first sexual encounter happened around 68% and I think there’s only 4ish scenes and one got interrupted. However, the scenes were kinda blah like.
Soooo for those who don’t care or don’t want descriptive scenes then this is a safe book.
All in all, im a big “feelings” person in the sense of rating by how a book left me feeling and as I write this I am still scowling at the way I am feeling. I have to go drown this out with something action-y, maybe Rogue will do.
Did the book have me smiling at times? Yes. But overall it wasn’t for me.
The main characters didn’t really divulge anything throughout the book and then bam end of the book they loved each other. There was three semi memorable scenes where they lowered their guard for the other, after 2 years of antagonizing each other, and now I’m supposed to believe you “have always loved each other”?!
The resolution of love and telling each other their backstories happened in the last 5% of the book!!! And it came out in such a sappy, toothache inducing way.
On top of that the sex scenes weren’t a fav, the first sexual encounter happened around 68% and I think there’s only 4ish scenes and one got interrupted. However, the scenes were kinda blah like.
Soooo for those who don’t care or don’t want descriptive scenes then this is a safe book.
All in all, im a big “feelings” person in the sense of rating by how a book left me feeling and as I write this I am still scowling at the way I am feeling. I have to go drown this out with something action-y, maybe Rogue will do.
Grumpy sunshine tropes are my favourite. I love this author and this book series. I do feel like the story was a bit rushed though. I would have liked to see more character development and not just the surface level we see in the book. Overall though I throughly enjoyed the book and did not want to put it down.
I bit the bullet yesterday and pre-ordered from Amazon and low and behold, the book arrived today!! I immediately started to read it and after only a few pages, I was torn: do I read this slowly and draw out the joy or do I devour it in one sitting?
The fact I am writing this review about four hours after starting it is pretty telling.
The fact I am writing this review about four hours after starting it is pretty telling.
emotional
funny
inspiring
slow-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
I ADORE this series, and each book and love story just further reaffirms that. One of my favorite things about this series is that the entire growing Bergman family makes appearances in EVERY book, and you truly feel like you know them and like you’re a part of the family. Chloe Liese brings you along for each success and upset, allowing readers to celebrate and grieve with the characters-they’re so well-written that you can’t help but WANT to be a part of the family and be there for everything.
This story focuses on 6th Bergman child Oliver, and his personal and professional relationship with co-worker Gavin. Gavin and Oliver have the sweetest, steamiest, most frustrating, deliciously tension-filled relationship, and I could not read their story fast enough. I don’t typically love enemies to lovers stories, but this one got me all hot and bothered and was just so dang sweet that it may have changed my mind on the whole thing!
As always, this story tackles real issues in order to make the characters closer to real people and to show that everyone deserves a love story. I appreciate the chronic pain representation in this story because it shows that the life of a professional athlete is not all glamorous and it cannot last forever. If you haven’t read the Bergman Brothers series, I highly recommend starting now so you’re ready for this book when it releases because it’s so good!
I was given an ARC of this book by NetGalley and Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.
This story focuses on 6th Bergman child Oliver, and his personal and professional relationship with co-worker Gavin. Gavin and Oliver have the sweetest, steamiest, most frustrating, deliciously tension-filled relationship, and I could not read their story fast enough. I don’t typically love enemies to lovers stories, but this one got me all hot and bothered and was just so dang sweet that it may have changed my mind on the whole thing!
As always, this story tackles real issues in order to make the characters closer to real people and to show that everyone deserves a love story. I appreciate the chronic pain representation in this story because it shows that the life of a professional athlete is not all glamorous and it cannot last forever. If you haven’t read the Bergman Brothers series, I highly recommend starting now so you’re ready for this book when it releases because it’s so good!
I was given an ARC of this book by NetGalley and Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.
This book had TENSION OH MY GOD. I literally wondered if my book was gonna burst into flames with how much tension there was.
Gavin and Oliver are two kindred souls who managed to find their way to each other. They were so similar yet refused to act like they were. The way they both pined and despised each other was literally so funny. It was written really well too, so it was actually believable. I often feel that when people write rivals to lovers, they either blur the lines two quickly or make it very unbelievable. But Chloe did it right!
I wanted to literally shake Gavin so many times during this book.
Gavin and Oliver are two kindred souls who managed to find their way to each other. They were so similar yet refused to act like they were. The way they both pined and despised each other was literally so funny. It was written really well too, so it was actually believable. I often feel that when people write rivals to lovers, they either blur the lines two quickly or make it very unbelievable. But Chloe did it right!
I wanted to literally shake Gavin so many times during this book.