I absolutely loved this book. As a Type 1 Diabetic myself, the representation was done so well and made me feel so seen. I admit I am definitely sad this series is over but I could not have imagined a better book to end things off. Such a wonderful romance series and I can’t wait to read Chloe Liese’s other books!

Thanks for Berkley and NetGalley for my free e-ARC!

First of all, this series is phenomenal. I always feel like I’m opening up a book to read with my friends when I’m reading of these. It’s such a comfort read series for me that just makes me happy. I put off reading this book for so long just because I didn’t want it to end.

Viggo quite possibly is my spirit Bergman. I related to him so much, quite possibly more than any other character from the past books. So many of his thoughts just hit me in the gut, and I related a little too hard. But it just made me love him so much more. Plus, I love a man who spontaneously adopts animals.

And the romance is just *chef’s kiss*. An adorable reverse grumpy sunshine and a hint of forced proximity. Love the tropes and the swoons.

If you haven’t read this series, believe me when I say it’s time.

A good finish to the Bergman family series. I enjoyed this whole series and Viggo finally getting his love story warmed my heart.

Talluhah can’t love, she doesn’t believe in it. Viggo loves love and has been waiting for his moment. As they make a pact to support each other in their goals for Tullulah to finish writing her second book and Viggo to open a bookstore, they later find themselves needing each others support.

Just like the rest of this series, they work on themselves and communication, there’s so much understanding about health, neurodiversity and mental health. It was a fun way to wrap up this series and I enjoyed it!

5 ⭐️
2.5 🌶

"I love you so much, so deeply, I can't even find the words to describe it, which, I'll admit, after reading five hundred-plus romance novels, is a bit humbling, and yet that's just it, Tallulah - I love those stories, but they're not ours. Our love story is the only one I want."

Pardon me while I cry forever. Partly because Viggo and Tallulah are sheer perfection, but also because the Bergman series has come to a stunning, heart-warming end, and knowing I'll never read their stories again for the first time has left me in shambles.

Chloe's representation, humor, wit, and charm she pours into her characters is once again the star of the show for me. Tallulah and Viggo are clearly so loved, their characters crafted with such care, and I feel as though I KNOW them. They're real, they're my friends. And while we're first introduced to Tallulah at the beginning of O&F, this is Viggo's shining moment. After being the charming, meddling, romantic brother who helped each of his siblings find their own love story, he finally gets his own. And I couldn't imagine a more perfect story for him, with Tallulah.

And we need a moment to highlight the absolutely BANGIN' spice in this book. Hot hot HOT. There's a... mutual... scene... between Viggo and Tallulah that had me drooling and the words that come out of Viggo's mouth made me GASP. This MAN.

The Bergmans are so wholesome, sweet, and kind... but don't for one second think that they don't know how to get down and spicy.

Anyway, this series is perfect and I accept nothing to the contrary. Brb, gonna go reread (and then reread again [and again {and again}]).

Also, the audios for this entire series are magnificent. Nelson Hobbs and CJ Bloom are absolutely phenomenal.

**Thank you to Chloe Liese, Berkley, and NetGalley for an ARC of Only and Forever and the opportunity to leave my honest, voluntary review!!**

I fell in love with the Bergman years ago, it was one of my first standalone romance series I read when I joined bookstagram and wow what a journey we’ve been on with these characters! Coe has included some incredible representation for chronic conditions and struggles that we often don’t see in books and has created this loving world in the Bergman family that makes most of us what to go to their A-Frame.

Viggo’s story is no different and I loved reading him and Tallulah on their path to each other. It’s a beautiful depiction of two people trying to find themselves and find their way into a loving relationship. I love the honest details of their journeys through therapy, Tallulah’s struggles with diabetes and both of their insecurities flayed out for the reader to see and feel. Them finding ways to be vulnerable with one another and seeking ways to be there for each other, it’s so tender.

What to expect:
📚forced proximity
📚 meddling family
📚 grumpy/sunshine
📚 dual POV
📚 he reads romance
📚 ADHD and type 1 diabetes rep

As a reader, I loved that he was opening up a bookstore and she was trying to write a book. While they had opposite interests in their reading life, they managed to find ways to use their own strengths to help the other.

It was a really honest growth of love between two hesitant to make the leap, taking things at their own pace and trying things out along the way. It felt so real as we experienced Tallulah finally relenting going to therapy to figure out her feelings and deal with everything her family put her through. There was no forced romance or anything happening too quickly but rather a natural progression of partnership in life.

I’m so happy we finally got our hopeless romanctic, Viggo’s love story but I’m so sad to see this series ending.

How am I supposed to review Only and Forever and a series that is ending, that means so much to me? I found the Bergman brothers randomly in 2020 - deep in the pandemic when I was desperate for human connection. And Willa and Ryder and this wild, fun, Bergman family who has no boundaries but absurd amounts of love just burrowed into my soul and wouldn’t let go.

I remember messaging @chloe_liese like - hey, I’m quite frankly obsessed with these books (😂) - and next thing you know I’m getting early copies, sensitivity reading for Oliver and Gavin’s book, multiple hours on IG lived with Chloe, and tears when I finally met her in person at Steamy Lit Con.

I was nervous to start Only and Forever because it’s the end of the series and Viggo has been this overarching thread throughout all of the prior books: a meddlesome, romance-loving, brother who can’t stop trying to help other people fall in love. How do you create a love story for a person who loves love? Who has set standards for his future relationships by the historical romance he reads, wants the swooning, the chest tightening, the butterflies. He wants it all. Viggo on page in his own book is perfect: his internal vulnerability, his fears of failure, all the messy internal stress hidden behind a facade of smiles and meddling in the earlier books. You want him to find his HEA, find his match, someone who will never let him dim his light, who is so fiercely protective of his body and his heart. Tallulah had a lot to live up to for the Bergman lovers who’ve been waiting for Viggo and her prickly exterior hiding sadness and fear is the perfect shell for Viggo to slowly crack with his sweetness, his joy, and his humanity.

I can’t even handle how much I love this series and this book. Chloe gave us everything: a series of books with real people, with disabilities and messy lives, with fat bodies and queer love, and through it all this immense, loving, beautiful family. The hugs, the small moments, the tickle fights, the sibling spats. We know the Bergman’s. We love the Bergman’s. And we will sorely miss them.

Only and Forever

The Bergman Brothers series by Chloe Liese will forever hold a special place in my heart. I discovered this series before I joined Bookstagram and consider myself a real OG 😅.

On a serious note, though, It was the first time that I read a romance novel/series with such diverse characters and seeing characters on the page who I had never seen represented. Thanks Chloe.

The Bergmans will forever be one of my fav fictional families. This is the last book in the series, and I am sad it is over, but what a fantastic finish!

It was amazing to see Viggo getting his happy ending because he played such a huge role in his siblings getting theirs. I loved him just as much as expected and learned some hard lessons from him. Check on your friends/siblings who always seem to have it together.

My fav part - the reverse grumpy sunshine! Let's celebrate grumpy women...love you Lulu! 😅

Only and Forever has everything that makes this series great, an amazing overbearing "can't live without them" family, depth, self discovery, steam, an amazing love story and this one has lots of animals!

⭐️5
🌶️3

Recommend? Yes!
Series: Bergman Brothers
Length: 341 pg

🌿 Roommates to Lovers
🌿 Opposites Attract
🌿 Neurodivergent (ADHD) Main Character
🌿 Main Character Living with Chronic Illness (Type 1 Diabetes)

😍 Favorite Quote: “You are the definition of cute: five foot nothing, bright blue hair, arriving here, all Reese Witherspoon in Sweet Home Alabama, like you forgot spring in Washington State requires boots and a waterproof coat, not designer flats and a fancy jean jacket. If that’s not cute, I don’t know what is.”

💭 My thoughts: Viggo Bergman is a romance obsessed character who just doesn’t think he will ever find his own happily ever after. Tallulah Clarke is struggling with her emotional issues regarding love; and it’s slowly creeping into her work being a full-time thriller writer.

I think this story touched with me so much because my husband has ADHD and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a romance that reminds me of my own love life. Especially since before I met my husband, I had no idea what ADHD entailed and how differently think.

I love the diversity of this book and really appreciate how the author was able to make the characters more life-like and relatable to both my husband and I. Viggo is totally book boyfriend approved. Tallulah is the quintessential big sister who takes everything on and doesn’t know how to share the load.

I tabbed my way through this book and found so much of it relatable and funny! If you need something new to read definitely pick this one up!

Viggo Bergman has watched all six of his siblings find their HEA over the past several years. And now it’s his turn, damnit. After all, he’s the most hopeless romantic of them all. He’s staying busy enough–maybe even on the brink of being overcommitted. (As a fellow ADHDer who apparently CAN’T SAY NO especially this week… I needed to read this!) He’s opening a romance book store, coaching youth soccer, adopting waaaaayyy too many pets, and happily fulfilling his uncle duties, and Viggo needs help.

Which is great timing for Tallulah Clarke, who also needs assistance that Viggo can… assist with. She’s a writer with writer’s block who needs a place to stay. He’s got space and plenty of thoughts on how to tweak a romantic subplot for her book. Tallulah, who’s allergic to romance after watching her own parents’ marriage implode (explode!)... is happy to step in and step up at the store. While they’re not strangers (their siblings are bffs and they had class together eons ago) they’re not quite friends. Yet. But that changes fairly quickly as Tallulah lets Viggo take care of her in a way she’s never imagined possible. And Viggo’s path to a HEA may be closer than ever.

We get really fantastic Type 1 diabetes rep with her and ADHD rep with Viggo, while also tackling childhood trauma and starting therapy. The Bergman family scenes are effortlessly weaved in, and all the extra A-frame time will keep you swooning and smiling. (And you’ll *really* find a new appreciation for the gorgeously illustrated cover.)

A satisfying conclusion to my all-time favorite series. Thanks to the author, Berkley, and NetGalley for the prioritized reviewer access.

🪻Roommates
🪻Grumpy/Sunshine
🪻Forced Proximity
🪻Opposites Attract

Only And Forever is the seventh and final book of Bergman Brothers series of interconnected standalones. I have been anticipating Viggo’s story for a while now and it didn’t disappoint! Viggo is such a romantic and was such a breath of fresh air. Tallulah is his exact opposite and doesn’t believe in love…can’t blame her with her past! Her character growth was beautiful to read and made me love her more. She was such a relatable character…really Viggo was too. I love the slow build of these two’s relationship from friends to lovers. I am so sad that this series is over but I will for sure be rereading these books…I can’t say goodbye to them!

What an incredible end to the Bergmans!! This was the perfect wrap up. So usually when a series makes me feel as strongly as the Bergmans have I feel genuine deep sadness when it’s over. But the way Chloe gives you such a soft place to land this series feels fully complete and really leaves with a warm hug. Just wanted to include that in my review for the other sometimes sensitive readers!

Okay, so as much as I love this series I have been critical maybe a tiny little bit of Viggo.. that being said I went into this knowing I was going to love him. Honestly he has grown so much since Freya and Aiden’s book. And his chickens have come home to roost. So any kind of annoyance I may have had for his previous interference he fully acknowledges and I could only feel empathy for this man! I love to see this character grow and get his own love.

Another feeling I never even realized I felt until this book that got acknowledged was how perfect the core Bergmans are and how hard that can be for outsiders. This gave room for that feeling, particularly in a story Charlie tells and you of course see it in the FMC Tallulah. That also felt incredibly healing in a lot of different ways.

The romance is amazing. Per usual the pacing is great and I loved watching all those tropes play out, roommates, friends, workplace, forced proximity, etc. They way they help each other and care for each other I will never get over.

I highly recommend this whole series. Just go in blind to it all you’ll have a great time.

Thank you to Berkley for the eARC! After loving this family for so long, it was a gift.

This is the 7th and final book of the Bergman Brothers series. It is very character driven

I loved how Viggo was a hopeless romantic with the biggest heart. His love for books, his graphic t-shirts and his overall optimistic attitude made it impossible to not fall for him. Talulah was the complete opposite, cynical and closed-off, but she eventually opened up to Viggo and therapy as a form of healing.

Read if you like:
-Friends to lovers
-Forced proximity (roomies)
-Sunshine hero grumpy heroine
-A hero who reads romance
-The Bromance Book Club

And that’s a wrap for the Bergman brothers series! I’ve been dying for Viggo’s book ever since I first started reading this series back when I started my Bookstagram account. This series will always have a special place in my heart and on my shelf!

Viggo. Sweet, romance loving, ADHD twin soul. I always love when I can relate to another persons mental chaos 🤣

Tallulah. Couldn’t have been more opposite but perfect for him. I loved watching her slowly melt to all of his acts of service and concern for her Diabetes. I also loved how Viggo explained his romance ideology to her which helped thaw out that hardened heart.

I will miss these characters dearly, but at least I can reread and take another mental visit to the A-Frame, that has held so much meaning to all of the characters through the years.

Y’allllll.

I have been with the Bergmans since the very beginning. I love this family SO MUCH. They are so warm, playful, mischievous, and heartfelt. They have made me laugh and cry and they’ve set my heart aflutter on every occasion I’ve had the pleasure to spend time with them. I freaking ADORE them.

But Viggo?

Ah, man. Viggo was something special. My heart is firmly staked in Camp Viggo and I am beyond thrilled that he was given a heroine who was wholly deserving of – and perfect for him. The sweet slow sizzle of their evolution from strangers (not quite enemies, but definitely not friends), to friends, to lovers was an absolute joy to read. Both of these characters are so beautiful on their own, but together they were some kind of book magic and I was captivated by every moment between them.

I, of course, also loved the family bonding as they continued to show up for each other in hysterical and heartwarming ways throughout the course of the series, and again in this book. This family was so special. I wanted to be adopted by them, to lose myself in their chaotic messy love. I have so much love for this family dynamic and these incredible people. I’m gonna miss them so much!

Only and Forever was an EFFORTLESS FIVE STAR read for me. It was a warm hug, a bittersweet end of the series (only because I don’t want to let them go), and a little bit of romance perfection.

So all this rambling is to say that if you haven’t grabbed this special book yet? GO GO GO!! Your heart will thank you for it.

5 STARS! 🌠

Only and Forever was my introduction to both Chloe Liese and the Bergman family, and I absolutely loved Viggo and Tallulah! These characters were so wholesome that they literally warmed my heart and kept me smiling from ear to ear.

Viggo Bergman has been the brother to pry and meddle into the lives of his siblings, fixing up everyone's HEAs but his own. It is then, when he finally sees Tallulah, whom he hasn't seen since college, again, and she's still the same—closed off and not at all friendly.

Viggo and Tallulah are complete opposites. She's a black cat, and he's a golden retriever. Despite their differences in personalities, these two slowly become friends and share a close intimacy, helping each other when they need it the most. This results in Tallulah coming out of her shell and opening up, allowing readers to not only see her in color but just as brightly as we see Viggo.

Even when I haven't met the other Bergmans directly by reading their personal stories, it's hard not to cherish this family and love their togetherness. They're there for each other through thick and thin, and this aspect of the book was one that makes this family unforgettable. I can't wait to read this series from start to finish and truly experience the Bergman world!!

Honestly perfect. The most wholesome wonderful end to one of my favorite series ever. I'm so happy Viggo got the love he deserved and a bit of the heckling he deserved too 😂

I laughed. I cried. I'm sad this is the end but also overjoyed that I can reread to my heart's content and know all 7 Bergman siblings got everything they could've ever needed.

ADHD rep, type one diabetic midsize rep

Chloe Liese is fast becoming one of my favorite authors and with good reasons. Her stories always feature neurodivergent people which is very appreciated and are full of heart and love. This was no different and I loved the match up of Tallulah and Viggo and how they managed to make their own love story that made sense for them. I did feel that the epilogue was a bit too formulaic in terms of how these end but it didn't take away from the rest of the story. Plus it was the steamiest and slowest of burns. A satisfying ending to this author series and the first on in it I read. Which just means I have to go back and read the rest.

The Bergman series has been one of my favorite series since reading an early copy of book one, and I have fallen in love alongside each member of the family as they get a book. Chloe’s writing feels like coming home each time I pick up one of her books, especially this family series. I love how we get to continue seeing the family members in each book, and how they always play such a big role in the story. I’m so sad it’s over, but this was the perfect ending.

I’m incredibly grateful to @berkleypub for my first ever #netgalley approval for this GEM 💎 of a book. The Bergman Brothers series is a #nationaltreasure so if you haven’t read it, you should start immediately.

Only and Forever by @chloe_liese is the final chapter in this amazing series of interconnected standalone romance books centered on Viggo Bergman. Sweet, romantic Viggo: romance bookstore owner, kids soccer coach, and plant daddy. Searching for his HEA that never seems to land! Tallulah is a thriller writer who can’t seem to move past her block…. the two strike a deal; she will help in his bookstore and he will help her with her romance subplot, and they both will temporarily be roommates in Viggo’s place.

I’m such a goner for roommate and forced proximity romances, and this one is 🧑‍🍳 💋 ❤️‍🔥. There is also something so GOOD about a golden cinnamon roll hero breaking down the walls of a black cat cynical heroine! In classic Chloe Liese fashion, the banter, steam, Bergman sibling cameos and mental/physical representation is on point making this romance read the full package. You will chuckle, swoon, blush, and fall head over heels in love with Viggo and Tallulah!

5/5 Stars 2.5/5 Spice

Tropes:
Grumpy x Sunshine
Black Cat & Golden Retriever
Mutual Pining
Roommates to Lovers
Forced Proximity
Found Family
ADHD Rep
T1 Diabetes Rep

Relationship: MF

the way i loved this book so much. i have been loving the bergman series for years now & it was so bittersweet to read the final chapter. but y’all - it was ✨perfect✨ i adored viggo & tallulah. viggo has been one of my favorites the whole series & our romance loving, golden retriever finally found his happily ever after in the last woman he imagined. a woman from his past that unbeknownst to him, was just as enamored as him at their first meeting despite acting like the black cat she is. tallulah was *everything* - her quiet love for viggo & the way she works so hard on herself to be the kind of woman she wants to be for viggo & herself was so beautiful. their romance is a true slow burn & it fit them so wonderfully. i love her. as always, the disability representation in this book was done so well. i loved how every day she made the issues - like they aren’t just a big moment thing but showing how they shape every day life. just so well done. the ending was absolutely perfect & i loved all our glimpses with the other bergmans & their happily ever afters. 🫠🫠 i just loved this so much. absolutely recommend.