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I absolutely LOVE ZIGGY and I am so happy to finally get her book!

It was amazing to see the adult she has become compared to the first book in this series and seeing her find her voice and stand up for herself.

Sebastian is the bad boy of hockey and at first I was a little apprehensive of him and Zig but they worked in all the best ways.

Thank you @netgalley and @chloe_liese for the ARC! This title will be available April 11th!!

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Steam: 🔥

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Where do I begin?

When I got this book, I was so happy because there's something special about Chloe's books. The way they are written and her characters are just the best!!! And let me tell you something, I had high expectations for this book and oh boy, it did not disappoint me!

I loved it!! Chloe did something new in the way of plotting this book because I've never seen a book about a fake friendship. And it was so cute, because you have this "grumpy" hockey player, Sebastian, who needs to salvage his career and place within the team and Ziggy, who wants to "revamp" her image and doesn't want to be treated as a fragile girl, someone who knows how to stand up for themselves.

And there was this side of Sebastian we get to see in the book that is the cutest! And his interactions with the Bergman family was adorable and made you smile and tear up when you realize what he's been through with his own family.

Now onto Ziggy. What to say about her? My girl was the best!! She just blossomed throughout the book and became THE Ziggy Bergman. And she was the funniest person ever!!! Her tickles made me giggle so hard!!!

Thank you Chloe Liese and Berkley Publishing Group for this ARC.

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I was so excited to enter the Bergman world for book number six in this amazing series. This book focuses on Ziggy's love story who is the youngest of the Bergman 7 sibling clan.

I don't think I could ever get tired about reading about the Bergman family and of course I love the amazing writing of Chloe Liese in all shapes, forms, and stories. This book was particularly tender.

In this book you get:
- Brother's best friend
- Fake friends to real friends to lovers
- Autism rep
- Celiac rep
- A bad boy and good girl mashup
- Sports romance
- A very slow burn

As the youngest Ziggy Bergman wants to finally have her family and world take her seriously and see her as the grown strong women she's become. She's a soccer star but she needs more of an edge so that people start to recognize her for more than just a shy young girl. Sebastian (Seb) Gauthier has a successful hockey career that is starting to crumble do to his bad boy ways. He needs to at least appear to ride the straight and arrow so that he can get back on track.

Ziggy and Seb form a plan to become fake friends so she can get more of an edge from him and his bad boy ways and he can look better in the public eye because of her good girl ways. Before long, the two are actually becoming friends and realizing how much good influence they have on one another. The chemistry starts to burn hot for the two while they force themselves to resist taking things further.

This book goes in the depths of what it means to really become the person that someone else deserves. The real honesty and vulnerability both these characters show is so admirable. It was beautiful to see the ways the layers of each of them fell way to open themselves up to one another.

I loved seeing the rest of the Bergman brood throughout the book. We get so many amazing cameos. I'm so excited for Viggo's book and I can't believe that this series is going to come to an end. Make sure and read this sixth installment because it's everything and more you want from a Bergman book.

Thank you to Chloe for the gifted copy of this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

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I absolutely loved this book! Ziggy and Sebastian's story was so cute and I loved reading it.

The character development in this was so good - both as individuals and as a couple. Ziggy learned to stand up for herself and be who she really is, and seeing Seb work on himself to be someone worthy of Ziggy's love was so sweet. The development of their relationship was also cute, and the progression of them being fake friends to real friends to lovers felt very real and well done - I could really feel how their feelings were developing. The domesticity of Ziggy and Seb's friendship was really nice to read, it showed how comfortable they felt with each other and highlighted how they had finally found someone who understands them and they can open up to.

Ziggy in particular felt very relatable as I am also a bisexual woman who discovered she's autistic later in life, and the portrayal of this felt very realistic to me and my experiences.

It was great to see the rest of the Bergman family and I can't wait to read Viggo's book!

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Thank you to Chloe Liese and Netgalley for this ARC. I was given this arc as I identify as bisexual, the same as Ziggy.

As the youngest of 7 boisterous Bergmans, Ziggy is fed up of being treated like a baby. She is now 22, living independently and has a promising football (soccer) career ahead of her. To try and get her family and the media to take her more seriously, she devises a plan to ask her brother Ren's notorious hockey team mate, Sebastian, to pretend to be her friend. He needs some good press after a string of bad decisions and she wants to tarnish her golden reputation a little.

I want to say this is a slow burn but it also doesn't feel like it at all. I loved the twist on the fake dating trope; Chloe easily could've just had Ziggy & Seb fake date then fall in love (no shade, I love a fake dating trope) but it felt very refreshing to have a fake friendship situation instead. However don't be fooled, there is still a ridiculous amount of chemistry and sexual tension between them!

I absolutely loved Ziggy & Seb, they were such a fun and sweet couple and we need to protect them at all costs, especially Seb.
Seb is a precious babygirl who deserves all the hugs and love in the world. I also really enjoyed Ziggy having major soft domme energy and Seb absolutely eating it up.
I really enjoyed seeing their growth throughout the book, in both their personal and professional lives, and I was also very glad to see more of Ren & Frankie.

I also appreciated a, seemingly insignificant, part in the book where Ziggy's neice talks about being a witch and casting spells which she learnt from Frankie, but there was thankfully no mention of the transphobe or the franchise.

I related to Ziggy in a lot of ways, firstly being bisexual, but secondly because Ziggy is autistic and the more I read and learn about autism in women, the more I'm convinced I am also autistic. This is why representation in books and the media in general is so important.

I can't believe this series is nearly at an end?! Maybe Chloe will treat us to a book on how Elin & Dr B got together? 👀 We can hope!

Thanks again to Chloe for this ARC and I will definitely be reading this book again.

CW: abandonment, alcohol, drug use, sexual content, abusive parents

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I am unwell. And I want a boyfriend.

T/CW: on-page anxiety, chronic pain, drug use (medicinal), emotionally abusive parents, poor relationship with food, vomit (moderately graphic)

"That’s when I just…feel it all leave me. The anger, the cold, aching sadness, like a poison leaving my system. Staring at her, lost in her, finally, I smile."*


We finally have Ziggy's story! The baby of the Bergman family wants to be seen as the adult she is, capable and strong and self-assured. She's a pro soccer player and 22 years old (my age while reading, which is wild) and I, like most stans of the series, had a hard time lining her up in our heads as 22 and fully independent. We spent five books watching her grow up and reading her siblings viewing her as the baby. I loved how we had the same experience her family did as they improved their relationship with Ziggy. Chloe also included autistic burnout and anxiety in Ziggy's story.

Then we have Seb, bad boy pro hockey player with both health and attitude problems—and, of course, a heart-wrenching backstory to go with it. The two decide to be fake friends to improve his reputation and rough up Ziggy's good girl, naive persona. Then it morphs into real friendship, and then, ya know, something a little more. The romance is very slow burn, be prepared. The two have incredible chemistry, especially considering this is Chloe's least spicy Bergman book. (Ironically following her most spicy Bergman book.)

If you aren't a big sports romance fan this one is very approachable. I love soccer, feel indifferent about hockey—most of the scenes with the sports aren't full of sport-specific verbiage. There's also not as much emphasis on the disability rep in the book, compared to Rooney and Axel's book, for example. The story has those elements, but at the core it's about friendship and coming of age even in your twenties. It's about family, both the healthy and unhealthy aspects.

While both main characters are queer it's not brought up in the story much at all either, just in brief passing mentions that they are bi and pan. I was hoping for more exploration of their sexuality, but then again, none of Chloe's books have featured characters still figuring that out; she focuses on characters already confident with their labels and identities. So that wasn't a dealbreaker for me.

So many moments made me scream. The way Ziggy acknowledges the A-frame's romantic powers. The fact that I finished this book knowing even less about Viggo's story and what it will hold (still holding out hope for a single parent trope or fake dating!!). That opening chapter made me kick my feet and scream with laughter. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE. The bookstore scene! The microtrope when you look in the audience and see your special person supporting you in the stands (first seen in High School Musical 3, of course).

“Because I believe we all deserve the chance to be seen for who we are in our present, not for who we’ve been in our past.

Because I believe that while you can’t rewrite life’s previous chapters, you have every present moment to do something new, something better,

and I hold on to hope that anyone who wants to can shape their life into a story they’re proud of.”


We see so much of Ren and Frankie in this one! Understandable, since Ren is on the same team as Seb, but we spend a significant amount of time with them. We also see a lot of Linnie, a fan favorite. The Bergman family is growing so much 🥹

Time to wait approximately 20 million years (or 12 months) for Viggo's book!!

Rep: pan MC with Celiac’s disease, bi MC with autism, sc with they/them pronouns

Thank you to Chloe for the early copy in exchange for a lived experience review.

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Every single book of this series has been top tier, it's no surprise that If Only You delivers! Sebastian and Ziggy might be my new favorite couple of the series. Their progression from fake friends to real friends to more was so satisfying to read. Sebastian and Ziggy are such complex characters, getting to know the two of them was so good. Also the spice in this book *chefs kiss*

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The Bergman Brothers series is one of my favourites because I love the characters so darn much. Chloe Liese writes characters that just are. They aren't perfect, they have problems, just like we all do, and they carry their different pains with them. In this book we are following Ziggy, the youngest daughter in the Bergman family. Ziggy is sick of being underestimated by both her family and the two soccer teams she plays for. Enter Sebastian Gauthier. He needs a reputation rehab and hanging out with his best friends sister, the good girl, will surely help. They aren't fake dating, they are fake friends. His tarnish will give Ziggy a bit of edge and her shine will give him a bit of a positive reputation. The only problem is when real feelings start to happen in this (fake) friendship.

I loved Ziggy and Seb's relationship throughout this whole book. The evolution from fake friends, to real friends, to more was so honest. Chloe Liese, not only writes authentic characters, she is so inclusive in writing mental health, neurodiversity and sexuality with care. The characters are gentle and loving and so deserving of the love they receive. I love how both characters are so accepting of the other's differences and not only that, they are so respectful, trying to make things better for the other.

The chemistry between Ziggy and Seb in this book was top notch, but it was seriously the slowest burn ever! I loved so much about them, but mostly what I loved is how well they got to know each other, just spending time together and doing things with each other. I loved the vulnerability they both had and how they worked on themselves before they became a couple.

If you love awesome family dynamics, brother's best friend, fake friends to lovers, awesome A-frame cottages, general Bergman shenanigans, with some great laughs, this is the book for you! Chloe Liese continues to be an auto-buy author for me! Thank you to NetGalley and Victory Editing Co-op for a copy of this book. All opinions are 100% mine.

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I got an ARC of this book through NetGalley – it will be released on April 11, 2023. Last month, I read all of the currently published Bergman Brothers (and sisters) books, so when I saw Chloe post that this one was available on NetGalley, I raced to request it! I loved it so much – Chloe just writes in a way that makes me want to be friends (or book boyfriends) with her characters. This story focuses on Ziggy, the youngest Bergman sibling, who is tired of being seen as the sweet, innocent baby of the family. So she decides that she’s going to fake date Sebastian, her brother’s hockey teammate and known bad boy, whose image needs some cleaning. But of course, fake dating or not, real feelings start to develop. It’s a great reminder that our pasts don’t have to define us – that we can change without losing ourselves. Plus, Ziggy is reading a book series with a veeeeery familiar sounding tattooed Fae bad boy, so I had to love!

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I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Thank you to NetGalley and Chloe Liese for the opportunity to read this book. Being back with the Bergman family and reading about them everyday after work was the highlight of my week. These stories are amazing. I keep thinking Liese can't recreate these feelings of happiness every time, and yet she does. Ziggy and Seb were so damn cute! Loved their interactions.
There's a reason why the whole set (so far) can be purchased at a Big W in a small city in a completely different country to the author. They're the best! I cannot wait to read Viggo's story. Who will win his heart?!

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Quick Stats
Age Rating: 18+
Spice Level: 2.5-3/5
Over All: 4.5 stars
Plot: 4.5/5
Characters: 4.5/5
Setting: 4/5
Writing: 4.5/5

Special thanks to Chloe Liese and NetGalley for an eARC of this book! All thoughts and opinions reflected in this review are my own.

Chloe Liese is, and will always be, one of my favorite authors, and the Bergman Brother’s series remains the best romance series I’ve ever read. Every installment further solidifies it’s position, and Ziggy’s was no exception.
If Only You isn’t my favorite of the bunch, but that doesn’t mean it’s not an amazing book. I honestly don’t think Chloe Liese is capable of writing a bad book. I’m so in love with the wit and humor (and steam!) that wafted from the pages of this book.
This book is promoted as fake friends, real benefits which is an attention-grabbing tagline to be sure. Who wouldn’t want to read that? However I feel like it’s a very inaccurate description of the book. This book is fake friends, to real friends, to lovers. The friendship starts out as a publicity stunt between Ziggy and Sebastien, but they explicitly say that it’s a real friendship at around 30%, before even a kiss occurs. There are no benefits until passed 70%, and the first full sex scene is a while after that, after they confess their feelings and become a couple. So, its not fake friends with real benefits. It’s not even regular friends with benefits.
The pacing of the plot and the emotional relationships were great. Not to mention the absolutely immaculate tension and mutual pining. Oh my gosh, the tension in this book was palpable. However the pacing of the actual spicy scenes was… a bit off in my opinion. For most of the book there’s just tension, and like, one not-quite-sex scene. It was very tame for a Chloe Liese novel—until the very end. It’s like she tried to pack in as much sex as she could into the last three chapters to make up for the lack of it throughout. And for me, it was just too much. It was almost jarring, having it all shoved in right at the very end, compared to the spice levels throughout the book.
Ziggy is one of my favorite romance leads to date. The autism rep was amazing—as Chloe Liese’s autism rep always is. You can tell, reading this book, that Ziggy’s experiences come from Chloe’s own. There’s a depth to the portrayal that can only exist in own voices narration. I truly loved how the plot focused on Ziggy’s desire to be seen as a whole, grown human. The infantilization of autistic people—especially women—is a prevalent and important issue, and If Only You tackled it well, without it ever feeling heavy handed. Seeing Ziggy come into her own, stand up for herself, and be able to tell and show her family that she is a grown, badass woman was so powerful and meaningful.
Seb is also disabled. He has Celiac disease, which is diagnosed about halfway through the novel. I was a bit confused at first, because I didn’t realize he doesn’t start the novel with a diagnosis, but I figured it out pretty quick. I also have a lot of GI issues, and though I don’t have celiac, I am gluten free. I loved the portrayal of Sebastien coming to terms with his new diet and finding all the delicious alternatives. I’m jealous—I want Rooney’s list of the best gluten free alternatives! There were so many things Seb said that felt like verbalizations of my own thoughts and emotions when I first received my own diagnoses.
I cannot express how well done every aspect of the disability rep in this book is—how well done the rep in all of Chloe Liese’s books are.
I truly cannot recommend this book more, and I can’t wait for Viggo’s, even though I know I’m going to cry when the series ends.

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Okay, I love all the Bergmans, but these baby Bergmans are next level! Ziggy Bergman is still very much seen as a kid or too naive and innocent, and she's looking for a change. See is seemingly the exact opposite and totally okay with it! However, they choose to "fake a friendship" in hopes that their reputations will rub off on one another.

I loved this angle with Ziggy, because she was young at the start of the series and many readers may also still think of her as a kid! But Chloe also did a wonderful job of showing that even though Ziggy is kind and optimistic, she's far from naive or innocent (those A-frame scenes!). I love that Ziggy wasn't a meek or fragile character, she just needed to learn how to fully take up space when out of her comfort zone.

The chemistry between Seb and Ziggy was immediate and I love the growth we saw in Seb. It was also great to see the growth of the Bergman family as a whole. Love love love.

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I want to start off this review by saying that Ziggy and Sebastian are indeed soulmates.

This book rocked me to my core. I laughed, I cried, I swooned, and I highlighted the book way too many times.

The Sebastian & Ren dynamics?!? HELLO??? Give it all to meeeeeee I loved loved loved seeing my beloved renfrankie 🥹🥹🥹 throughout the book and I ADORED guessing what was up with Frankie because I was alarmed by the puking too (I was correct btw).

On the outside, Ziggy and Sebastian are polar opposites but that’s what I think makes them connect so well. Each of them have such a deep and profound understanding of each other which is what makes their relationship so strong. The progression from being fake friends to friends to lovers is EVERYTHING!!!!!!!

I cannot wait for April to come! I will definitely be re-reading when If Only You officially releases

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I've said it once and I'll say it again: Chloe Liese can do no wrong!

This Bergman SISTER book was absolutely perfect. Getting to know Ziggy over the course of the past several books had me anxiously awaiting her own story. Would she get enemies-to-lovers? Friends-to-lovers? Fake relationship? How about ALL. THREE.

Ziggy and Sebastian, on the outside, don't entirely make sense. Sweet, innocent, coddled Ziggy friends with the rakish hockey sensation? Not a chance.

When Ziggy proposes a plan to reframe both of their images by instigating a public friendship, Sebastian is skeptical. Over the course of the novel, Sebastian and Ziggy constantly rethink their idea of a friendship, but only because they realize they have deeper feelings for one another.

Deliciously slow-burning, I devoured this book! Definitely my favorite book in the entire series!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinions.

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There’s something special about this series that grips you by the heart and I have been patiently waiti bc for the youngest bergmans story. She’s no longer the young girl she was in the rest of the series. She’s now a woman who is coming into her own, forging her own path, and trying to step out of her siblings' protectiveness. Her growth in this book was done beautifully and realistically. The author was able to morph Ziggy from a reserved, quiet young woman into a confident woman in charge.

Sebastian was the perfect mixture of bad boy facade interlaced with kindhearted soul. I love how the author dug deep into his character giving him depth and layers.

This author's writing style in this particular book is why she is one of my favorite authors. She builds a foundation that is more than physical attraction between Ziggy and Seb. She focuses on their emotional connection by slowly allowing the reader to not only build excitement for the anticipation of Ziggy and Seb, but also you get a full understanding of Ziggy and Seb as individuals.

As much as I enjoyed this book, the “slow burn” romance took a bit too long for me. I enjoyed Ziggy and Seb together, so I wish I had more of them together rather than apart, fighting their feelings. It was great to jump back into this series with this latest edition and I cannot wait for the last installment. Thank you to the author and NetGalley for this ARC

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thank you so much berkely for this arc!


5/5 stars!

this book follows the youngest of the bergman clan, ziggy, and honestly this book was one of my highest anticipated reads of the year! it did not disappoint in the slightest! in this book, not only do we get to finally get inside the head of ziggy bergman the powerful, bisexual, autistic phenomenal soccer player but we get an inside look on one of ren’s friends, sebastian, who is a tattoo riddled, ring wearing grumpy hockey player on the road to redemption after he has almost burned every bridge he has. these to form an unlikely bond as they go about forming a “fake” friendship for the public to not only take ziggy more seriously instead of kind of overlooking her but to also take sebastian more seriously so he appears more approachable and seem to be going down the right path. now I’m not gonna spoil much in this review i’m just going to comment on how beautiful not only their relationship with each other is but their individual character development is throughout this book. i loved watching how domestic this couple is in the sense of sitting on the couch and drinking tea or eating ice cream together and stealing spoonfuls of each other’s bowls, that type of intimacy that is hard to nail for a lot of authors, but chloe really did a good job. i personally really really enjoyed this book, it is one of my favorites in the series. the glimpses we get of the other bergman‘s and their respective partners, as well as bergman babies. it’s just everything to me. i really had fun reading this book, and i would recommend it to anybody with a pulse (who is of age of course)

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** Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced e-copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. **

Throughout the Bergman series, I have grown to love and adore Ziggy and am so happy that she finally gets her own book!

Ziggy Bergman is tired of being treated as the baby of the family. She's in her twenties and still sitting at the kiddie table for Pete's sake! When Ziggy decides it's time to rough up her good girl image a bit, who better to help her than bad boy hockey player Seb Gauthier.

The two are as different as night and day, but they find a kindred spirit in each other. What starts as a fake friendship turns into something real...more real than either of them anticipated.

Chloe Liese is back with the loveable Bergman brood and I couldn't be more happy! If Only You has everything one could want in a romance: pining, fake relationship, friends to lovers, slow burn. The representation of autism, chronic illness, and substance abuse is just another feather in the cap for this book. Liese does such a beautiful job with everything she writes and If Only You is no different.

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Well this was unsurprisingly excellent. There was never any doubt that I would love this story but I don't know that I was ready to get SO emotionally attached. I've read all the Bergman books and I've already attached to this family, but there's something about Ziggy that tugs at me a little more and I really loved the way that we finally get to see her come full circle. Having own voices autistic representation is so important and I love the way that Chloe Liese has been able to write multiple autistic characters and all of them are different and that's such an important part of representation is realizing that autism exists on a spectrum. Ziggy's autism is different than Axel's and it's different than Frankie's and it was phenomenal.

So basically we have Ziggy who is trying to get out of this role and expectations that her family has set for her as fragile and someone who needs coddling and then we have Seb who is bad boy extraordinaire and needs to clean up his act.

I love a grumpy sunshine book but I'm always skeptical when grumpy equals mean. Seb is listed as a bad boy and someone who causes harm to others and acts recklessly and I was a little skeptical. I really hate books where they have an asshole character who is nice just to his love interest but that is NOT the case here and I really should have been more trusting of Chloe. She would not do us wrong. Seb is not an asshole, he is traumatized and has reasons for his behavior. His reasons are not very good but he isn't a bad person. He is willing to own up to his behavior, apologize, works to actively do better, and has a lot of self-loathing to work through.

So basically Ziggy and Seb team up to help each of their reputations. Ziggy wants to add a few dark spots to hers and Seb needs to clean his up. What neither one of them was really expecting was for such an intense friendship to build. Their first few encounters are some of my favorite scenes. I love watching their friendship develop and seeing each of them open up to the other and form a super important relationship.

We love emotionally mature characters and this book has them. We have characters who are not afraid to feel their feelings and to admit when they were wrong. We have characters who allow themselves to make mistakes and do better. We have characters who are anxious and scared and not afraid to admit that. We have characters that know that they aren't perfect yet work towards progress instead of perfection.

This book is a work of art and I loved it so much. This is one of the first books in this series that I would say you could read as a standalone. I think a lot of the other books have much more involvement from the family members, and while the Bergman crew is still involved, it isn't as overwhelming as it is in some of the other stories. This book really truly is about Ziggy and Sebastian and each of their journeys of growth. Do I recommend that you read the entire series? Abso-freaking-lutely. Could you read this as a standalone? Yes if you must.

Both MC's are queer and disabled. Ziggy is bisexual and autistic and Sebastian is pansexual and has celiac. I am living for all of the neurodivergent queer representation 🙌🏼🙌🏼

I am intensely intrigued for Viggo's story. I have loved him since the beginning of his chaos gremlin days and now his romance novel obsessed chaos gremlin persona and I am so excited for his HEA.

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I’ve loved this series but unfortunately this one didn’t quite measure up for me.

There is PLENTY to love - Ziggy trying to stand on her own as an adult instead of just the baby of the family will have you rooting for her, there’s great bisexual, pansexual, autism, celiac and probably more representation, and the writing is tender and careful in a gorgeous way.

However, pacing felt off to me - we have 80+% of the book where Sebastian is saying they can’t be together because he’s not good enough, then there’s a six month time jump that happens mid-chapter where we find he’s ready now because he’s had therapy. And while I am always glad for therapy rep and not having love heal all on a romance novel, we didn’t see any of that struggle in the book. He’s too broken, then ✨finger snap✨ he’s ready.

I would have loved to have seen more of them together as a couple, or couple adjacent, but they genuinely just felt like friends for a good chunk of the book because of this odd pacing.

I also didn’t love Ziggy as much as I hoped I would. She definitely has the youngest sibling thing going on, but her constant poking, tickling, and shoving of her siblings and Seb just felt immature and made me a little uncomfy, as someone who doesn’t like touch she sure was quick to touch people which didn’t always feel appropriate. Also her constant correcting of his potty mouth felt especially childish, tone and grammar policing is icky.

My favorite parts were definitely when the Bergman’s were all together or interfering with each other’s lives! I’m looking forward to Viggo’s story so we can find out what he’s been up to.

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I have been waiting for so long for Ziggy's story and Chloe Liese did not disappoint!

This was a beautifully crafted slow burn that kept me hooked til the end. Ziggy's journey with unmasking and rediscovering her true self was sensitively portrayed and reminded me of so many of my own experiences as a late-identified autistic. Her connection with Sebastian is the perfect blend of trope-tastic fake-friendship dating a bad boy goodness. Sebastian was DELICIOUS and his own personal arc of mental and physical healing was shown with all of the grace, depth and sensitivity that I always know I can trust in Chloe's books.

Filled with humour, heart and sexual tension for days - this was another five-star Bergman read!

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