Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun

This is the perfect queer Christmas romcom—fun, sweet, heartwarming and with amazing characters and representation. A cute read with the right amount of depth and anxiety mixed with hilarious banter and winter coziness.

I was a bit nervous to read this one, since Alison Cochrun’s first book, The Charm Offensive, is one of my all time favorites. But I needn’t have worried, I thoroughly enjoyed Kiss Her Once For Me. It may not be exactly as amazing as The Charm Offensive, but then again, not many books are… and it was definitely an absolutely wonderful read!

It had all the right vibes, adorable characters, a sapphic romance and tropes like fake dating and typical romcom ingredients like miscommunication and not realizing that your love interest feels the same way about you.
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The story follows twenty-something Ellie, who had all of her future planned out, but who suddenly finds herself without a job, alone and desperate for money. Finding work at a local coffee shop, she’s just getting through the days—until Andrew, the shop’s landlord, proposes the shocking, drunken plan that they should get married to get access to his inheritance and solve Ellie’s financial problems all in one. As part of the plan, they spend the holidays together at Andrew’s family cabin. There’s just one little problem… the meet-cute Ellie had last year with a mysterious woman named Jack turns out to be Andrew’s sister. And the feelings Ellie still has for Jack are not in any way fake…

I absolutely adored Andrew, his hilarious grandmothers and Jack, as well as the flashbacks to Ellie’s and Jack’s perfect day the year before. At times, I was a little annoyed by Ellie’s inability to take initiatives and how she let her perfection-anxiety get in the way of her own happiness, but at the same time, those personality traits were truly relatable and also made me root more for her.

All in all, Kiss Her Once For Me was a sweet and heartwarming sapphic romance with perfect Christmassy vibes and coziness! 

Rating:
4.5 stars rounding up to 5

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Alison Cochrun