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Ever After Always by Chloe Liese

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

4.5

This was so good! I loved this series from the beginning and how it focuses on different issues within each book. This one explores what it takes to make a marriage work and what to do when simply loving someone isn't enough. The importance of communication is portraited so well and I love how real the marriage counseling scenes have felt. I am personally not married, but I think this book did the "marriage in trouble" trope so so well. It was emotional and hard to read, but you could really see how both of the characters tried to make it work. I love that the male character wasn't the only one at fault, which is often the case. 
The Bergman family and some new side characters that were introduced were charming as always and Viggo is my new favourite. There was a meta aspect to it as well because the characters were reading and discussing romance novels, which as I romance reader, I appreciated greatly.
I think the anxiety rep was done well, it showed how it's an everyday struggle not to drown in negative thoughts and how exhausting it can sometimes be, but also how important therapy, medication and support is. I also loved how the heroine was curvy and her love for her body and everything it can do was a casual part of her character and it was not used as a reason for self-doubt or conflict with the hero.
Can't wait for the next book!
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