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The Charm Offensive

Alison Cochrun

4.19 AVERAGE


I bought oatmeal bodywash
emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Super cute queer romance! Happily surprised about the ace representation
emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.5. Puede que tuviese las expectativas muy altas pero se me quedó corto. En general es un buen libro para pasar el rato, una lectura ligera, pero se me acabó haciendo repetitivo todo el tema de estar o no estar juntos.
emotional hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

[audiobook]

4/5★
Trigger warnings: racism ; ableism ; homophobia ; OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) ; anxiety and panic attacks ; alcoholism (mentioned) ; emesis

Charlie. CHARLIE. Every single of the four stars are for him. He is the purest, the sweetest and the cutest character living on fictional earth. I completely and undeniably fell in love with him. I want to hug him and give him all the love his family didn’t give him (still makes me want to punch a wall).
Dev was also nice, but I had a bit more difficulty to like him. I learned to (because Charlie loves him), but truly he is a bit too naïve and childish in my opinion. I even found him almost narrow-minded at some point. I also think that his mental health issues could have been introduced in a better way.

The intrigue was good too, I loved the whole reality to show thing, especially since Charlie did find love… just not like he was supposed to. However, the end was a bit too easy in my opinion. The problem got quickly fixed and it felt a bit unrealistic.
But in general it was a good story and I had fun listening to it.

Tropes/themes: grumpy x sunshine ; introvert x extrovert ; strangers-to-friends-to-lovers ; queer romance ; work romance ; forbidden romance
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes