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Cover of Alison Cochrun’s Every Step She Takes

trying to femme-queer up my romcoms

Every Step She Takes by Alison Cochrun

August 10, 2026 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo: Map, because this entire book is frameworked by the map journey that Sadie takes along the Camino de Santiago. hot take: I like the concept (although I did like The Pairing better in the questioning queers questing genre) but found myself annoyed with the extreme insistence that there’s some mandatory experiences needed to be queer. Because even if Mal constantly emphasizes that they’re not necessary, it still implies that without some combination of alt hair/tattoo/Birkenstocks/grunge hair you’re doing it wrong…and a book meant […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Alison Cochrun, cbr18bingo, LGBTQ

wicherwill's CBR18 Review No:14 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Alison Cochrun, cbr18bingo, LGBTQ ·
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Cover of Alison Cochrun’s Every Step She Takes

This sounds like something I would say, and I’m slightly concerned that the person I relate to most at this table is the one who added protein powder to his wine

Every Step She Takes by Alison Cochrun

September 3, 2025 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Happy Sapphic September! I have somehow not read any of Alison Cochrun’s previous books, and I enjoyed Every Step She Takes so much, I’m going to need to read her backlist. Every Step She Takes is a journey of discovery story. Sadie impulsively announces she’ll take her sister’s place on a Camino de Santiago tour in Portugal. She has no idea what she’s getting herself into. She doesn’t know that the tour group is queer focused, she doesn’t know that the Camino is historically a […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Alison Cochrun, Every Step She Takes

Emmalita's CBR17 Review No:71 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Alison Cochrun, Every Step She Takes ·
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Cover image of Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun. Two women on stools leaning in talking to one another in front of a window through which there is a city skyline and falling snow.

The Queer Family Stone

Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

May 1, 2023 by NoNeinNyet 1 Comment

This is a bit of a delayed Christmas romcom review, both due to the large hold list for it through the Twin Cities-area Libby library and because I utterly fell down on actually reviewing books for CBR 14. Ellie Oliver is a failed animation artist turned webcomic writer and barista. She’s stuck in life and hung up on a one-day snowstorm fling she had over Christmas the year before so when Andrew Kim-Prescott, the landlord of the coffee shop she works at, asks him to […]

Filed Under: Featured, Romance Tagged With: Alison Cochrun, bisexual, bisexual heroine, CBR15, christmas, lesbian, queer, Romance, romcom

NoNeinNyet's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, Romance · Tags: Alison Cochrun, bisexual, bisexual heroine, CBR15, christmas, lesbian, queer, Romance, romcom ·
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RomCom Hijinks

Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

January 14, 2023 by yesknopemaybe Leave a Comment

Kiss Her Once for Me is a warm story of love, family, and the magic of the Christmas season. Recent Portland transplant Ellie Oliver finds herself adrift after a romantic snafu and the loss of her dream job in animation. Desperate for money, she rents a sad basement studio and takes a job at a local coffee shop, where she meets Andrew, the shop’s landlord. In a drunken proposal, Andrew offers Ellie a marriage of convenience that will give him his recent inheritance and alleviate […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Romance Tagged With: Alison Cochrun, christmas, Kiss Her Once For Me, LGBTQ

yesknopemaybe's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Audiobooks, Romance · Tags: Alison Cochrun, christmas, Kiss Her Once For Me, LGBTQ ·
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“I guess maybe that’s how it works in families that love each other unconditionally. You can fight without fear of losing them, and be honest without consequences or repercussions.”

Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

January 3, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

I’m two for two with Alison Cochrun! Although, for me, the slight edge goes to The Charm Offensive, I still really enjoyed my time with this second book of hers. Last Christmas, Ellie met Jack in Powell’s when they both went for a copy of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home, and over a cute argument over “shared custody”, and Jack poking gentle fun at Ellie (who had been crying alone and talking to a footstool as if it were her friend) they start to bond. Jack […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Alison Cochrun, Christmas romance, Contemporary Romance, f/f, fake dating, Kiss Her Once For Me, LGBTQIA, marriage of convenience, narfna, queer romance, Romance

narfna's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Alison Cochrun, Christmas romance, Contemporary Romance, f/f, fake dating, Kiss Her Once For Me, LGBTQIA, marriage of convenience, narfna, queer romance, Romance ·
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“I don’t think happily ever after is something that happens to you, Dev. I think it’s something you choose to do for yourself.”

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

October 19, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I read The Charm Offensive back in July and I’m sad I didn’t sit down to write a review right away because I really loved this one, and it deserves a more nuanced discussion than I’m about to give it. This book was vaguely on my radar when I put together my 2022 Read Harder Challenge TBR, and a quick search for romances with asexual protagonists secured its place on that list (one of the main characters is demisexual). The basic plot is that tech-genius […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Romance Tagged With: Alison Cochrun, Contemporary Romance, LGBTQIA, m-m, narfna, queer romance, read harder challenge 2022, Romance, the charm offensive

narfna's CBR14 Review No:165 · Genres: Audiobooks, Romance · Tags: Alison Cochrun, Contemporary Romance, LGBTQIA, m-m, narfna, queer romance, read harder challenge 2022, Romance, the charm offensive ·
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