#alison cochrun

[clockworkbee]

oh, isn't that one of the loveliest things ever?

—Dev and Charlie, from The Charm Offensive

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Joseph Delgado/Remy St Patin- Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

Luc O'Donnell/Oliver Blackwood- Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

Zong Jiu/No. 1- Thriller Trainee by Wang Ya

Keema/Jun Ossa- The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

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Exclusive Cover Reveal: Learning Curves by Alison Cochrun

Today on the site I’m delighted to welcome Alison Cochrun, author ofsome of my personal favorite queer Romances, to reveal the cover of Learning Curves , her next f/f Romance, which releases September 2, 2025 from Atria Books! Here’s the story: Thirty-five-year-old Seattleite Sadie Wells needs an escape. She’s desperate to escape her monotonous routines, the family business that has consumed her…

[ace-artemis-fanartist]

My print for DazzlingBookishShop’s The Charm Offensive special edition.

Public sale of it opens tomorrow.

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

Here We Go Again

adult f/f romance

follows two childhood friends who’ve hated each other since their middle school crush-based falling out, who are now both back teaching in their small town high school

when the english teacher who was like a father figure to both of them asks them both to drive him across the country as his dying wish, they give in and spend a summer on a wild road trip across the country that forces them to confront each other and maybe grow back together

two lesbian MCs with ADHD, one is likely aroacespec

[almosteverythingnerd]

the most unrealistic part of The Charm Offensive is when charlie said he read star trek fanfiction and in the next sentence he said he realised he hadnt read any stories about men falling in love

[justapayneaway]

This week I'm reviewing Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun 🚐

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[stardustandrockets]

Happy International Asexuality Day! 🖤🩶🤍💜

Much like last year, here's a recommendation list of aspec books I've read and a few on my tbr. I've also added some aspec authors, too. It's obviously not an exhaustive list, but it'll get you started.

I'm spending this rainy day celebrating (i.e. reading) instead of educating. I've got some posts already on my page with my experience being ace. I'm tired of constantly educating and defending my sexuality to people. Google is a good starting point. Search out ace bookstagrammers and content creators. We aren't a monolith and all of our experiences are different.

I hope you enjoy the recs! Have you read any of these or have any favorites I should put on my radar?

[niamhs-reading-adventures]

TRCC Readathon Days 5 & 6

Saturday saw me finish off Daydream by Hannah Grace (started at 28%.

Sunday was a little less focused, with three different books read in part:

Fake Dates and Mooncakes: start 20%, end 34%

Gwen and Art are Not in Love: start page 138, end page 180

Here we go again: start 0%, end 25%

Let's see how much I can read around work tomorrow. Happy final day(s) of the Readathon!

[ombwarrior47]

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

Title: The Charm Offensive Author: Alison Cochrun Series: N/A Number of Pages: 358 Pages Genre:  LGBTQ Romance Publisher:  Atria Books Date of Original Publication: September 7, 2021 ISBN:  978-1982170714

The Charm Offensive was recommended to me in Amazon’s book recommendations based off of other LGBT books I had read. I was a little disappointed that this one wasn’t a series and doesn’t appear to have a sequel.

The story is based off of a producer of a reality romance show who is stuck guiding the new season’s “prince charming”. However both of them have their faults and insecurities and they learn to work around them to keep the show going. The characters face every day struggles of anxiety, depression, and OCD and other common issues.

There were times where the character’s negative attributes were a little over drawn and became annoying, however the ending was positive. I would recommend.

★★★★

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Up Next:  

-Maybe This Time by Cara Bastone

-The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike #7) by Robert Galbraith

Yearly Goal Markers:

Book Goal: 62/75  = 82%

Page Goal:  22/15k = 147% (2024 goal achieved 7/5/24!)

Follow me on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Amazon. Same handle: OMBWarrior47

[clockworkbee]

—Dev Deshpande, from The Charm Offensive

[hewashome]

“i can’t imagine ever not loving you. and it’s okay if you don’t love me back yet. i can love enough for both of us. just please stop pulling away.”

— the charm offensive, alison cochrun

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Characters, book, and author names under the cut

Dev Deshpande/Charlie Winshaw - The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

Kadou of House Mahisti/Evemer Hoşkadem - A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland

Ambrose Cusk/Kodiac Celius - The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

Mitch Greyson/Alex Dean - On the Ice by Amy Aislin

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Happy Lesbian Visibility Day 2024!

Happy Lesbian Visibility Day 2024! We’re celebrating with these lesbian protagonists, and you can too! For more recs, check out past years’ posts!  Young Adult We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller Jordan Elliott is a fat, nerdy lesbian, and the first junior to be named editor in chief of the school newspaper. Okay, that last part hasn’t happened yet, but it will. It’s positive thinking that has gotten…

[pridepages]

Jack: We are two queer women, and we're going to use this drive back to the cabin to do what queer women do. Ellie: And...what's that? Jack: We're going to talk about our feelings. Ellie: Do we have to? Jack: Yes. It seems like we've had some kind of miscommunication about what happened last year. Miscommunications are for the straights. We are going to talk this out.

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