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The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
3.0
funny hopeful lighthearted 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: No

Yk what this love story was actually so sweet and I love the queerification of the bachelor however I was sooooo icked by the didactic style -overtly, repeatedly educating readers about the characters identities (first gen, depression, neurodiversity, OCD, panic disorder, queer, demisexual, etc yes these are all just the 2 main characters) and also about other stuff that they felt like preaching about, like a very tumblr core sexuality and mental health crash course 
And they do it so often 😭 every time I started to get into the story they pulled me right out of it with asexuality 101 or something like that