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Ever After Always by Chloe Liese

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danajoy's review against another edition

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

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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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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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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maikendignes's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

From the beginning of the book, I’d never expect it to end up with this high of a rating. I get so frustrated (which is probably the point) when I read conflicts that could’ve been fixed with the help of communication! But the more I thought about it, the more I realized how realistic this book is. And as much as both the main characters frustrated me at times, I do see where they were both coming from.

I also really liked the anxiety representation in here! I know that anxiety is different for different people, but I very much recognized myself in the way Aiden described his mind and how it works.

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kb33's review against another edition

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emotional tense fast-paced

Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Though the topic of a struggling marriage is heavy, the problems in this story seem so easily solved compared to many real life causes of problems in marriages. So this book was emotionally heavy, it wasn’t very heavy and it didn’t bring me down (much).

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madsmcw_reads's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective 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

4.5

Guys, at this point Chloe Liese can literally do no wrong for me. I fell in love with Freya just as I have the other Bergmans. I loved that this book focused on keeping the romance after the happily ever after and putting in the work to keep your relationship strong. The anxiety representation was SO well done and I loved that it was the male main character that struggled with it because I feel like we don't see that enough in books. Gosh these books are just so good and I can't believe I waited so long to read them.

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katiehasanxiety's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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peacelovereading's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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