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The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

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kristenbooks's review against another edition

5.0

reread, 4-25-23: at the very least, given the amount of sniffly crying this book makes me do, this is a 4.75, which rounds up to 5. It also might just be a 5/5 anyway, idk.

12-18-22: I think my final rating on this is 4.5

truly don't know what to do with this.
did i find myself doing that over-stimulated squeal of excitement far too many times in this book? absolutely.
My gut is gravitating toward 5 stars, but I'm not sure that's correct. very high, regardless.
I've never been the biggest fan of strictly "romance" fiction, but tbh the more I read, the more I question the validity of that assessment.

kowai_mangl's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

laura_6's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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

4.75

avaa1000's review against another edition

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Dnf due to everyone’s disregard of one Charlie’s aversion to touch. They touch him an uneven dart amount. They were also incredibly rude to Charlie.
See:

“Sorry.” He stared at her hand but doesn’t take it. “Uh, you… also meet.”

“Does he think that was a sentence?” Jules asks Dev. “God, we’re screwed.”

Also this exchange was wildly uncomfortable:

“What’s wrong Charlie?”

“I… I can’t kiss Angie. I don’t even know her.”

Dev nods in slow understanding. “Right, but you’re getting to know her, and kidding is a part of this whole process. You know kissing was going to be required when you came on this show, right?”
He did know. Abstractly.

That was awful!

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