If Only You

Bergman Brothers Series, Book 6

De: Chloe Liese

Narrado por: CJ Bloom, Nelson Hobbs

Ziggy: I'm the youngest player on the National Soccer team, the baby of my family, and sick of being underestimated, so I've decided to take matters into my own hands. Which is where my brother's best friend and teammate, Sebastian, comes in.

Seb needs to rehab his reputation. I want to give mine an edge. So I propose a fake friendship with real benefits: spending time in the public eye, my good-girl image and his bad-boy notoriety rubbing off on each other. He's my devious, dark-haired fantasy come to life, but his destructive ways make it easy to keep him in the (fake) friend zone. Or so I thought.

Sebastian: I've been spiraling downward, and finally I've hit rock bottom. My hockey career and sponsorships are in jeopardy, and while I'm not ready to reform my ways, I'm happy to pretend that I have, to secure the life I'm on the brink of losing.

So when Ziggy proposes a public "friendship" to revamp our reputations, it's an offer I can't refuse. Up till now, I've stayed away from Ren's little sister to avoid any risk of ruining my one good friendship. But I reassure myself there's no risk in our scheme. I'll fake a friendship with Ziggy, fix my reputation, and get back to hockey.

©2023 Chloe Liese (P)2023 Tantor

A cute slow burn.

I really enjoyed this. I laughed and felt so much for the both of them and their growing family. I appreciate how the characters have struggled with themselves in ways that are so relatable. Struggled with love from friends, family, others. Hard to be seen and noticed for a great person you are. This was a very wonderful story.

I did feel at times that the story was going to lead in a few different ways.

1. She wants to be noticed for the adult badass independent women she wants to be in front of the media. (I felt like drama from the media would play into it causing them to get closer or provide more detailed history from their past. More hardships to work through).

2. When she announced herself to Seb she was a bisexual independent women. (When I heard this I felt like the story was going to lead into a love triangle with her, Seb, and her best friend).

The story instead ended up being a slow burn mutual respect for each other caring as fake friends, turned to real friends as they matured along the way. The promises they made were so adorable. The gestures, the honesty between them really made it into a lovely story.

On to the next and last one. I'm not crying you are. I don't want these stories to end.

Chloe’s books = perfection

Opposites attract, friends to lovers, fake relationship, slow burn, meddlesome family members, familiar faces- just perfect.

Chloe’s Books Only Get Better

Another knock out from The Bergman Brothers series! CJ Bloom & Nelson Hobbs do an excellent job of bringing Ziggy & Seb’s story to life! This is definitely a top book of the year for me!

Talk about a Slooooow Burn!

I absolutely loved this book. Ziggy and Seb were the ultimate slowburn. I really loved watching their friendship develop and mature through the book. I relistened to all of the previous books before this one which made it an extra special treat to see how Ziggy has matured since we first met the Bergman family. I'm so appreciative of Chloe Liese for including characters from the previous books quite often. This really is a series about family. (And an A-frame cabin with what seems to be special powers). 😆

I also really appreciate the representation in this book. As a neurotypical person it is really informative for me to see some of the struggles that Ziggy deals with. I felt the same way about Axel's book.

It was also amazing to have CJ Bloom and Nelson Hobbs back as the character narrators. I still wish Nelson Hobbs would have narrated with Tim Paige on Oliver and Gavin's book. Regardless, CJ Bloom and Nelson Hobbs do amazing and make this a very fun read. The wait for Viego's book is going to be hard!

Loved it!

Ahhh I loved it so much. Super excited and sad for the next book. I don't know how am I gonna say goodbye to this characters.

The Bergman Series is so good!

Love this author! Love this series! A lot of narrative payoff and I really like the hero in this one. :) Ziggy is the best. Looking forward to a Viggo book!

loved!

loved the continuation of the family story! cant wait till we hear vigo's story too!

Ziggy is a badass!

Sebastian and ziggy is a feel good romance. A story where each of them find themselves and then each other.

THE BERGMANS NEVER DISAPPOINT!

I have been dying for Ziggy's book and honestly, it was exactly what I wanted.

* Sports romance (FMC is a soccer player and MMC is a hockey player)
* Fake friends that turns into more
* the most delicious and slowest of slow burns (it's worth it - I promise!)
* amazing chemistry
* Bergman family meddling (obvs)
* NO THIRD ACT BREAK-UP
* Autism rep

Chloe always has the perfect balance of romance, character growth, and relationship development in her books. Both Ziggy and Seb need each other for different reasons and watching their fake friendship turn to real friendship and then into something more, was honestly just so heartwarming. I LOVED these two. Their banter was great and their own individual character growth added so much to their relationship arc.

Also, Ziggy's love for Fantasy Romance (Romantasy) just was the cherry on top for me - like, Chloe throwing in a wings scene... IYKYK!

EASY 5 STARS!

IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE BERGMAN'S.... WHAT ARE YOU WAITING ON?? I cannot wait for Viggo's book!!

Also, the audiobook was amazing!

Thank you to the author and NetGalley for an ARC of this book - all opinions are my own!

Love Love Love

Chloe has done it again! I absolutely love the entire Bergman family. Excited for the next one to complete the collection!!