Kiss Her Once for Me: A Novel

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Featuring ~ single 1st person POV, present tense, LGBT ~ FF, fake relationship, marriage of convenience, cheating, insta-love, some steamage, Christmas Her claims of providing for my basic needs are greatly exaggerated. When I was twelve, I’d asked my mother for money for new art supplies. Linds hadn’t taken it well. Leave it to Portland, Oregon, to be simultaneously so delighted and so horrified by such a modest amount of snow. You’re so dramatic. You’ve always been like this. Don’t get all sensitive and try to make me feel guilty for not wanting to spend Christmas in the rain.”

No one is more disappointed about this rating than me. My 1st ever ARC, of one of my most anticipated releases of 2022! And I ended up not really liking it… This book simply wasn’t for me. Charlie is far from the romantic Prince Charming Ever After expects. He doesn’t believe in true love, and only agreed to the show as a last-ditch effort to rehabilitate his image. In front of the cameras, he’s a stiff, anxious mess with no idea how to date twenty women on national television. Behind the scenes, he’s cold, awkward, and emotionally closed-off.Sonny from Podunk, FlFor many years, Burl's music provided the ambiance for friendly card games (particularly Spades) throughout the deep South. It is also considered a time-honored method of "therapy" for mental health patients the world over. Last year I had the pleasure of reading a copy of The Charm Offensive and when it instantly became one of my all-time favorite romances, I knew I needed more from Alison Cochrun. I searched rights reports hoping to see an announcement for another book and found out she was writing a sapphic Christmas rom-com??? To say I was excited about this release would be a massive understatement. Even then, I was not ready for how this book would surpass my incredibly high expectations. This was such a sweet queer riff on While You Were Sleeping (one of the best Christmas movies ever!) that I didn't know I needed to read. If you’re looking for a fun fake relationship story, look no further!

Additionally, after spending less than 1 day together, they don’t talk to each other for an entire year, yet I’m supposed to believe they’re still madly in love… 😐 I couldn’t even understand how complete strangers fell in love in like 6 hours, let alone how that love didn’t falter after 1 year.

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Kiss Her Once for Me is a gift of a story. Capturing the festive charm and nostalgia of the season, the fresh-fallen-snow wonder of falling head over heels, this holiday romance also reminds us that giving and receiving love can be as tangled as a knot of Christmas lights, yet with patience and perseverance, finally unwound, no less beautiful, the glowing joy we all deserve. You might be wondering why would I stop reading a book when I got so far in, and it boils down to demisexuality being misrepresented in this story. So, Christmas is less than two weeks away,” I hedge. “Any chance you’ll make it up to Portland for the holidays this year?” it's one of my most anticipated books of 2022 ( The Charm Offensive was my favourite book of 2021) and i'll be able to read it early!!! i literally can't believe this! 🥺🥺🥺 plus, it's MY 1ST EVER ARC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!