Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Everything for You by Chloe Liese

42 reviews

bibliokayla's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Homophobia

I put chronic illness, but it's really chronic pain (I think I've seen people differentiate the two, but please forgive me if I'm wrong).

hex_meghead's review

lighthearted medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Ableism and Pregnancy

abookwormspov's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

Chloe Liese always hits with the representation in her books. Gavin's chronic pain and Oliver's anxiety are so well written in a real and respectful way. What was missing for me in this was Oliver's arc. Gavin is given so much space to grow, and I feel like Oliver doesn't get that. I would have loved to see more of him growing into his new position and building up confidence. Additionally, I felt that we never really see a resolution of Gavin's initial feelings towards Oliver, his resentment and jealousy just kind of go away over time and those feelings are never really addressed between the two of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

lunahale's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

loved this!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Homophobia and Biphobia

Minor: Child abuse and Abandonment

nerdybookguy's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Medical content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pregnancy, Homophobia, Vomit, and Child abuse

briochebun's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

୨୧ Everything For You ୨୧

╰┈➤ [3 out of 5 ☆’s.]

❝𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐧. 𝐃𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥.❞

ʚɞ ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

Everything For You has been on my TBR for quite awhile so I was so excited when I finally got around to reading it! I enjoyed the beginning of the book, but the story ended up falling a bit flat for me in the end (unfortunately).

I just wanted more from this story and the characters. More discussions revolving around mental health, more romantic yearning from both parties, more conversations about their pasts, etc.

I wanted more romantic buildup between them as well. Oliver + Gavin didn’t make their deal until around the 60% mark — which was a bit late for my taste — but others might feel differently!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Biphobia

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Vomit

soulwinds's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Chronic illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Homophobia

Minor: Death, Biphobia, Bullying, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Grief, Abandonment, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

pia_h's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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? Yes

5.0

This is Oliver's story who is the second youngest Bergman sibling, a professional soccer player for L.A. Galaxy and everybody's darling. In this enemies-to-lovers romance he his love interest is his co-captain  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Infidelity

Minor: Child death, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, and Sexual harassment

evelynyle_88's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Biphobia

Minor: Death of parent and Abandonment

ashlightgrayson's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

This was a very heartwarming romance. Gavin and Oliver, the main love interests, are consistently coming to verbal blows at the beginning of the story. Despite this, it is clear that they each have a healthy level of respect for each other as teammates. This only makes for a lot of space for their relationship to develop as they are forced to work together as co-captains. The verbal banter they have eventually turns into very entertaining flirting. 

Gavin has a lot of chronic pain that he spends most of his time hiding from his team. He is a very prideful man, but as Oliver gets to know him Gavin starts allowing Oliver to be his emotional support through his physical pain. Oliver suffers from anxiety and Gavin is receptive enough to offer Oliver his support without making him feel embarrassed about it. The emotional development of the relationship was incredibly satisfying and this is one of the best romances I have probably read this year. 

I also love that the side characters also play an important part in the story. We get to see a lot of funny sibling interactions between Oliver and his family. His niece is also an adorable addition to the cast of characters. Oliver's niece helps bring out a softer side to the usually grumpy and serious Gavin. The book feels balanced in many ways that I wish more romance novels were. Overall, this is one of my favorite installments in the series so far and I look forward to reading the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Homophobia