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Ever After Always by Chloe Liese
4.0

This is a reread for me. The first time around I rated it 3 stars, but I think it was my first time reading a marriage in crisis. On second read I liked it more. 

As always, Chloe does a great job integration neurodiversity, mental illness & disability into her stories. This series has a huge cast of characters, but they are all unique and easy to love. 
Freya & Aiden are coming up on 10 years of marriage and have hit a rough patch. I love that Aiden is knowledgeable about his mental health issues and that he's in therapy before chapter 1. Both of them have the best interest of the relationship in mind, but that's not always the right thing.  They only go to like 2 therapy sessions but that's fine with me. Aiden has pulled away from the relationship physically & emotionally and does some A+ groveling. I appreciated Freya realizing how she added to their issues and their commitment to tackling their issues together.
This is the first Bergman brother book where we really get the family as a character. I love the meddling & the Hijinx.  My only gripe was the 3rd act surprise? It just didn't feel necessary.