A review by anna_banana2010
The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

4.0

ok first of all. when i saw this at barnes and noble, i thought it was gonna be a little cute gay-romance-coming-out sorta thing. but DANG that was emotional. 
both charlie and dev struggling with mental health is really amazing cuz you dont really see romance books that show real life problems, plot twists, and just overall so good. 
and! alison cochrun taught at mountain view high in portland oregon! (i live near there)
in the authors note at the end, she talks about her coming out story and how writing the book helped her through that. and yes, im straight so this might be kinda weird for me to be saying all this, but this book helped me understand more about queer people in general.
if you couldnt tell, i love this book. 
-.-..-.-..- - i will forever do that <—
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“calm” in morse code. its what charlie does when he gets really anxious