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The Charm Offensive

Alison Cochrun

4.19 AVERAGE

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Very cute and very cheesy
emotional lighthearted medium-paced

I adored this book!!

Charlie and his best friend Parisa decide in order to rehabilitate his image he needs to go on the reality show, Ever After. Ever After is kind of like the Bachelor or Bachelorette and in this case women are vying to be Charlie's ever after.

Charlie suffers from OCD, depression and crippling anxiety and Dev ( a producer on the show) seems to be the only one who can calm Charlie when it seems like his anxiety is about to rear it's ugly head. It is during one of these episodes that Charlie realizes that he is attracted to Dev. Charlie always wondered why he was never attracted to women, but just assumed it was because he had never met the right one.

Many things conspire to keep Charlie and Dev apart, mostly themselves and their own issues. But their friends have other ideas, and they are all hoping to give Charlie and Dev their Ever After!

This book was just so damn cute! I flew through it, hoping to get that happy ending!! 4⭐

Thank you to Netgalley, Atria Books and Alison Cochrun for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review

AMOR!
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emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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
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

Full 5 stars for this one! I LOVED this book so much. Reading the synopsis before getting into it, I thought it would be just another cute Rom Com. But it turned into so much more for me. I loved the representation of the LGTBQ+ community in this book and the real life, no hiding, no secrets, of mental health.

I loved the storyline! The Bachelor-like reality TV show really kept my attention (as I currently watch The Bachelor right now
emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I didn’t like it as much as I thought I would, I loved the characters and storylines though, and Charlie is so adorable
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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