I feel almost as sad finishing With You Forever as I did finishing Get a Life, Eve Brown. The only thing keeping me going right now is knowing that we are getting more Bergmans from Chloe Liese, one more at a minimum, since she’s currently working on Oliver’s story, so there’s that.

With You Forever is the story of a serious, loner artist, Axel (the oldest Bergman brother), and his ball of sunshine, overachieving crush, Rooney.

Axel is autistic and loves intensely in his own way. It’s hard for him to understand his feelings and even harder to interpret those of others. Rooney is effusive and ebullient, although she is dealing with IBD and a complicated relationship with her parents. Somehow, these two work it out and when they do it is so worth it.

Liese is the master of the slow burn that actually pays off. THE TENSION in this book…I mean.