Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - Kiss Her Once for Me

I LOVED every single second of this book. It's such a joy and idk what it is about winter/christmas settings for books that make it so warm and cozy but I love it and the feeling that it gives me

This book is so funny, there's so many one liners that literally had me laughing out loud

I feel in love with every single character they were all so unique and just had something so perfect about them

Although this is already a 5⭐ read the only thing that could make it better imo is an epilogue, I'm a big epilogue girly and love to see how everyone's doing like 2-5 years later and I just lowkey wanted that

- fake fiancé / marriage of convenience
- one night stand (one day stand? one 24 hour stand)
- sapphic romance
- set at Christmas
- LGBTQ+ rep (trans, lesbian, bi, demisexual, non binary)

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cardanrry's review against another edition

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Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

This was such a lovely read and really helped me see things in a different light. I loved the diverse cast of people. Overall a very sweet, loving book about real life and a realistic way of how things like that would go. Easily a 5 star book.

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rrubin97's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

The author kept telling me the main character was anxious and demisexual but her actions weren’t showing me that

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cassiebartelme's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Just your typical girl meets girl, girl loses girl, girls ends up in fake engagement with brother of lost girl story. It’s a cute twist on the fake dating trope with not one but two sassy grandmas. I’m a sucker for stories where families actually like each other so extra points for all the holiday togetherness as well.

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challenging emotional sad 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

3.0

The biggest problem was that I don’t like second chance romances. I saw them fall apart, I saw them hurting each other and then I just can’t be fully on board with the relationship anymore. And well, this is a romance book, so that will affect how much I like it.
I knew this was second chance romance when I went into it, however, this book was so well loved I wanted to give it a try anyway.
But besides that, Ellie is just an older version of me (beside the fact I got GAD without the help of parental abuse, and i’m deeper into the ace spectrum than she is). I adored the way the book portrayed her anxiety. I knew from the charm offensive that Alison is ridiculously good at portraying mental illness and she did it again here.
Just personally I struggled with enjoying the story because of that, as I use reading as a form of escapism and seeing my own anxieties on the page doesn’t exactly help escaping those anxieties.
I’m quite disappointed with the way Ellie’s demisexuality was portrayed. I would much rather say she is greysexual. Of course everyone can use those terms individually, but being able to feel sexual attraction within a few hours of building a connection seems beyond the scopes of what I see as realistic within the label of demisexuality.

Overall, mixed feelings about this book, with very good parts and very meh parts.

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-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

5.0

This book took forever for me to finish cause it returned to the library but it was worth itttt - I got to 60% before it returned and once I got it back from the library I binged it in a car ride today and finished the rest of it :)
This book has cemented Alison Cochrun as a must read author for me and I loved Elle and Jack’s relationship
They weren’t perfect people and this did have the miscommunication trope but it was done well (imo) and above all I loved the relationship dynamics and personal growth in this book 🥺🥺

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