This gumpy sunshine romance is the seventh and last book in the Bergman Brothers series, yet the first one I read. I feel like I would've enjoyed this much more if I had read the rest of the series first. Although I think it can be read as a standalone, most of the time I thought there were too many people that I did not know and did not really care about, and I feel like if I read the rest of the series before reading this book I would have cared about this people amd would've been very happy to see them that much. It also did not help that I didn't connect with either of the main characters. I have said it before and I will say it again: the line between being grumpy and being an asshole is very fine and in this one, the female male character (who is the grump) really comes across as being an asshole more than a grump. She ends up being warmer, but the damage was done. I have read and heard many fantastic reviews about this one, so the fact that I did not vine at all with it really has me feeling that I should have read the rest of the series first and that is totally on me.
I received an advance review copy of this book for free and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

It’s officially the end of the Bergman era…Someone get me a box of tissues and a pill to erase my memory, cause I’m not ready for this series to be over.

Although I’m not ready for the Bergman Brothers series to be over, I think having Viggo’s love story come last was 100% the right move. Ending the series with the hopeless romantic sunshine boy who lives for romance novels was the perfect gift to us romance readers. Viggo and Tallulah get their happy and ending and so do we. I loved how much these two grew around each other and how simple conversations between them revealed so much. Something I really loved about these two is that they really just wanted to take care of the other. There was caretaking on both sides and I felt like it was their way of saying “I love you” before they could figure out how to say those words out loud. I’m forever thankful to Chloe Liese for sharing this family with us.

The last thing I’ll say is just a huge thank you to Chloe for sharing this family with us. When I’m feeling homesick or lonely I know this family will always be there waiting for me right on my bookshelf 💙

Thank you so much to Berkley for the arc!

⭐️ 5
🌶️ Open Door, Mild

☀️ Contemporary Romance
☀️ Black Cat/Golden Retriever
☀️ Forced Proximity (Roommates)
☀️ Workplace Romance
☀️ No Third Act Break Up
☀️ Curvy FMC
☀️ T1 Diabetes Rep
☀️ ADHD Rep
☀️ Dual POV (First Person)

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." - Dr. Seuss - Me after finishing Only and Forever

I COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER ENDING TO THE BERGMAN SERIES. Viggo and Tallulah had the most amazing love story. Viggo is the perfect golden retriever, sunshiney cinnamon roll all wrapped up in one MMC. Tallulah is his literal antithesis that gives off all of the black cat vibes - I wouldn't necessarily describe her as grumpy - more just misunderstood. Their forced proximity and banter was 10000000/10. Here's a full list of things I loved in this book.

THINGS I LOVED:
- Viggo opens a romance bookstore!!!!!! 💛
- Senior doggos named Romeo + Juliet 🐾
- The secret pining 👏
- Kittens with P names 😻
- the IKEA trip 🔨
- mutual m*sturbation (left me speechless)
- A very special Bergman Brothers Summit 🏕️
- "Left the shed door open" 🤣
- A scene with flowers that was perfection 🪻
- Did I mention NO THIRD ACT BREAK UP?

If you've read any of Chloe's books, you already know how her writing feels like a big, warm hug. If you haven't read any of her books, then what are doing?? Go grab one now. The entire Bergman Brothers series will forever hold a special place in my heart. The diverse representation and healthy communication between characters in this series are so important, and I am so thankful I discovered this series a few years ago.

I'm on my way to re-listen to this book via the audio - which I HIGHLY recommend giving a try, the narration is PERFECTION with each of her books!

Thank you to Chloe Liese for the “lived experience” e-ARC!

I looooved finally getting Viggo’s happy ending! This book was the last in the series. After getting another in this series I had to read the rest, and I’m so glad I did. This one was pure love and I loved Lula and Viggo’s story so much!

I love this series so much and I'm sad to see it end!
Viggo has been the giant golden retriever of this series, and I was excited to finally get his love story.
I love how patient Viggo and Tallulah were with each other, as they both tried to figure out different aspects of their lives. I was glad that Tallulah's relationship with her parents was well portrayed in the book and showed that things like that take a long time to heal from. I also just wanted to give Viggo a big hug anytime he got anxious and uncertain about his life choices.
The cozy vibes were definitely here, and I just wanted to live in the book shop in the apartment full of plants, knitted things, books, and animals.

I'm sad that the Bergman series is coming to an end but I've so happy it ended with such beautiful book and love story. Viggo has been the Bergman who has taken the longest to figure out his life. When the book starts, he's taking the final step and deciding to open a romance bookstore. And then Tallulah walks into his life. Her life is in transition too after a breakup of a friends with benefits situation. They have a great heart to heart and when the story picks up again, Viggo's bookstore is opening and Tallulah is in need of a new place to live. They end up becoming roommates, with Viggo helping with the romance side of the book she's stuck on and Tallulah helping with the store. This store is full of adorably sweet moments, from Viggo's growing menagerie of pets to terrific scenes with the Bergman family. There are definitely things both Tallulah and Viggo need to work through in their own lives but they help each other as they connect and take things to the next level. This book is the perfect series end and I loved every minute!

I cant believe the Bergman series is over but what a way to end it! Chloe Liese and this series has had such an impact on me. Each book is chock full of emotion, romance, family, representation, and just makes you feel like no other. Viggo and Tallulah were a gorgeous story and a couple you can only love.

Viggo is the last Bergman sibling to remain single and is the most hopeless romantic at heart. Having had a hand in his siblings HEA’s, he is beginning to doubt there is one for him. Tallulah is an author of thriller novels and has more of a closed-off/grumpy personality. She and Viggo first meet back in college and have a bit of a rocky beginning. Now, Tallulah needs a place to stay and help with a romance subplot to her next release and Viggo needs help getting his romance bookstore open, so obviously they strike a deal.

Tallulah and Viggo balance each other beautifully. And not only balance but just accept who the other is. Their love story is a slow burn but it really progresses so naturally and you can still feel the tension and chemistry coming through the pages. Viggo is completely swoon-worthy and a soft, cinnamon roll that I just adored on every page. Tallulah was a little grump with an undeniable soft spot for Viggo and I really just found them both very, very relatable. This is a quiet love, but still an acts of service love and I just ate up every piece.

The relationship that Viggo and Tallulah develop before its even really a relationship was so so sweet. There were moments of comfort, support, reassurance, and understanding in ways that neither got from anyone else. I also absolutely ADORED all the pieces of the other Bergman’s and other side characters. It was so fun to see them again and made me want to re-read the entire series. These are couples you now are in it for the long haul because Chloe makes it about more than just a physical connection.

Chloe has seriously touched me with her words through this series and is an auto-buy author every time. I will never stop recommending whatever she writes. Thank you for writing the Bergman’s Chloe!

5⭐️ 2🌶️

Read if you enjoy:
roommates to lovers
black cat x golden retriever
plant and dog and cat daddy energy
adhd rep
diabetes rep
grumpy (her) x sunshine (him)
dual POV

thank you berkley romance and netgalley for an arc

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.