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Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

72 reviews

shaipanda's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Biphobia, Infidelity, and Homophobia

Minor: Transphobia

headinthepages's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Biphobia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Abandonment, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Death

dwoht's review

emotional funny 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

5.0

i started this book thinking that it will help me survive the holidays. i ended up not reading it during the holidays and instead picked it up on january.

i truly enjoyed this book! there were moments when i want to scream out loud or pull out my hair (in a good way). this book made me feel so much emotions and i really loved the experience while reading it.

the premise of the book was interesting. i didn't connect at ellie's character at first but after she met andrew's character it started getting interesting. i was enjoying it. there's so many taylor swift and pop culture references too. i also loved the dynamics between the characters. i could write everything that i loved about this book but this review would be too long. i also have things that i hated about this book but the experience while reading it just outweighs it all. maybe i'm just being biased tho lol.

i just have a problem with the cover, I don't like the color and just... ugh. i also wished we can read the POV of jack but it's done now so whatever. but i really really enjoyed this and i love the characters so much!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Biphobia, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Infidelity

mjwhitlock18's review

funny hopeful lighthearted

4.5

A queer mashup of While You Were Sleeping and The Proposal, with a bookstore meetcute, cozy holiday vibes, and a second chance romance, I love everything about it. Complex family dynamics, endearing characters, and cute feel-good vibes. It is a bit insta-love, which doesn’t totally jive with the main character being a self-professed demisexual, but otherwise, no notes and I’d read it again for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Biphobia, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Homophobia

Minor: Transphobia

milesofkiles's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Emotional abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia

starry's review

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

This was cute! As a Portlander, I loved how rooted in the city this book felt, not just in the major moments like at Powell's, but even in the smaller details like the lack of snow plows (it sucks). The theme of failure vs. failure to try was really well-executed, and made for a really satisfying payoff when Ellie has to really put herself out there in the end.  Unfortunately, I found myself looking for more moments of the side characters like Andrew and his extended family and Dylan, and wanting a little bit more distance from Ellie. But I still really enjoyed it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Biphobia

Minor: Transphobia, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

danileah07's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Homophobia and Infidelity

joensign's review against another edition

funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol

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