A review by thoughtsontomes
Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

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

4.0

This is a queer reimagining of While You Were Sleeping where gal makes a deal with a guy to be fake engaged, not knowing that his sister is the woman she fell in love with in a whirlwind day a year ago. This is full of miscommunication but it makes sense for the characters, especially our main character with social anxiety. The writing is a little heavy handed on the music and pup culture references but I was willing to overlook it as that's a common thing in contemporary stories, as much as I hate it and think it dates the book. This is queer all around with lots of queer characters, discussions of non-traditional relationships, etc. I will say they probably could have left he demi-sexuality out as I'm not sure how well that worked for a character who falls in love with someone in a day and sleeps with them, as that's a little too magical, insta-love for my taste but otherwise the rep seems to be handled respectfully. I really fell in love with this little family and all of their dynamics with each other, and pulled for the relationship.
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