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Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

33 reviews

imstephtacular's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Mental illness

Minor: Bullying, Medical content, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Death, Cancer, Vomit, Sexism, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Racism, and Grief

bg_oseman_fan's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

It’s a sign of a well written book when even though you know what’s about to happen, you are so engrossed in the story that it doesn’t much matter. Steering into fake dating, love triangle (i mean trapezoid), only one bed, tropes could have easily crashed and burned. instead the characters shine. the lead characters grow and their flaws are addressed frankly and honestly in a way many romance focused books don’t. Parts of this book were too saccharine and could have been more critical of tropes, but I enjoyed Alison’s writing so much!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Mental illness, Outing, Sexism, Classism, Misogyny, Cursing, Transphobia, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Drug use

fuzzywilson's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Drug use, Sexual content, Alcohol, Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Abandonment, Addiction, and Infidelity

booksandbesitos's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Maybe I’m a little biased because every time I hear Natalie Naudus narrating I love the book just a little bit more. But ohmygod this book was amazing. I haven’t been left with a book hangover in a while and this book did it for me.

I’m not usually a fan of instant love or holiday stories but it worked here. The meet-cute in Powell’s (which made the Portlander in me so happy!!) and then fake dating gone wrong made it have such a hallmark Christmas movie feel, Especially with the boozy grandmas and holiday tradition scenes. 

But the anxiety scenes and Ellie’s relationship with her parents made it feel a little less hallmark and a little more real.  It was a perfect balance.

I have to go buy the physical version of this book now! It had me kicking my feet and rooting for the characters and silently screaming at alllllllll the cute scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Abandonment and Biphobia

coco78337's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Cursing, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

Taylor Swift songs: “Last Christmas” (Taylor Swift version), “Afterglow”, “fearless (tv)”, and “sparks fly”

I loved all of the Taylor Swift references in this!!! Also, I didn’t think I was a fan of messy romances, but this was such a fun sapphic holiday romance!! Like falling in love with a woman one Christmas, then getting separated, only to enter into a marriage of convenience with a man from work so he can get his inheritance money, and going to his family’s Christmas for his sister to be the woman you fell in love with last Christmas?? Genius!! It caused so much drama, and I was living for it!! 

I loved both of the characters so much, they were so real and raw, but so lovable and compelling. These characters truly belong together, like I believe that with my whole heart. I loved seeing these imperfect characters find themselves and find love and true acceptance in each other.

There was so much rep, not only LGBTQIA+ but also mental health wise!! 

Age rating: 16+ (a few spicy scenes, maybe 1/5🌶️)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Cursing

torikate7's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Cursing, and Infidelity

frantically's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-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

2.75

I loved the concept of this but the execution was just too riddled with miscommunication for me. Also, the way Jack didn't even pretend to understand in what different situations she and Elle were in — of course 200 thousand dollars would've changed her life. That's not something you easily say no to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, Outing, Sexual content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Drug use

Minor: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Classism, Death, and Emotional abuse

skudiklier's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

I didn't know almost anything about this book going in, and wow was I pleasantly surprised by the whole thing. I read almost the entire book in one sitting, because I couldn't put it down. The romance was perfect, and also it was weirdly and unintentionally relevant for me, as someone who just moved to Portland less than two months ago. I loved the bi rep, the anxiety rep, the demi rep, the nonbinary rep, the way they try (and fail) to not fall victim to unnecessary miscommunication as horribly as the straights always do in romances. (Also is it just me or is Ellie also autistic??? I both have anxiety and am autistic so sometimes it's hard for me to tell what social anxiety things are related to which haha. But idk she felt extremely autistic to me and I'm gonna say I also loved the (maybe unintentional) autistic rep as well.) This was a perfect book to start the year with, and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a lovely queer holiday romance.

Edit to add: I actually kind of forgot what The Charm Offensive was about, and now that I went back to look at my (5 star) review for that book, I'm even more convinced that Alison Cochrun is one of my new favorite romance authors. In both books, I was super sucked in and read them basically in one sitting. But even better, in both books I felt like even the parts of romances that I don't like (e.g., when they have a fight and break up near the end, usually over some miscommunication) were handled much better in these books than in most romance novels. Like, Cochrun clearly puts a lot of effort into making sure the relationships are as healthy and realistic as possible, while still giving us all the normal pieces of a romance and keeping the drama amped up. I'm just so impressed! And I can't wait for Cochrun's next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Sexual content, Child abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing, Biphobia, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cancer, Stalking, Outing, Vomit, Acephobia/Arophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Grief, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Death, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Toxic parents, cutting off family members

ladyinverse's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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 is an absolute live trapezoid of a book with plenty of LGBTQIA rep and it's the perfect holiday sapphic romance.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders