
The Charm Offensive
A Novel
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Narrado por:
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Vikas Adam
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Graham Halstead
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Cassandra Campbell
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Alison Cochrun
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A 2022 Audie Award Finalist
A Most Anticipated Rom-Com Selected by * Buzzfeed * LGBTQ Reads * Bustle * the Nerd Daily * Entertainment Tonight * Frolic Media * and More!
A Best Book Pick by * Harper’s Bazaar * Entertainment Weekly
“The Charm Offensive will sweep you off your feet.” (PopSugar)
In this witty and heartwarming romantic comedy — reminiscent of Red, White & Royal Blue and One to Watch — an awkward tech wunderkind on a reality dating show goes off-script when sparks fly with his producer.
Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. So it’s no wonder then that he’s spent his career crafting them on the long-running reality dating show Ever After. As the most successful producer in the franchise’s history, Dev always scripts the perfect love story for his contestants, even as his own love life crashes and burns. But then the show casts disgraced tech wunderkind Charlie Winshaw as its star.
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 20 women on national television. Behind the scenes, he’s cold, awkward, and emotionally closed-off.
As Dev fights to get Charlie to connect with the contestants on a whirlwind, worldwide tour, they begin to open up to each other, and Charlie realizes he has better chemistry with Dev than with any of his female co-stars. But even reality TV has a script, and in order to find to happily ever after, they’ll have to reconsider whose love story gets told.
©2021 Alison Cochrun. All rights reserved. (P)2021 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.Reseñas de la Crítica
"Adam depicts Dev as a mix of dreamy and dramatic, showing his idealistic side and his love for the show. Adam’s flowing narration smooths out the author’s occasional didacticism. Halstead voices Charlie Winshaw, the show’s star and a tech genius who suffers from OCD and generalized anxiety. Halstead accurately represents Charlie’s stilted TV performance, hesitant speech, and withdrawn manner. Cassandra Campbell delivers the daily script updates, her voice creating needed contrast among the sections. With meticulous attention to Dev and Charlie’s singular romance, Adam and Halstead paint a lively picture of reality TV." (AudioFile Magazine)
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Better than I’d hoped.
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one thing that really resonated was how the two main characters had so much in common despite being so different. it mirrors my own marriage closely as well, even with the types of mental health struggles they each deal with.
one comment; while charlie is clearly described as having OCD and his mannerisms and mindset definitely reflect that, dev is only described as having occasional touches of depression. after hearing in a lot of detail and living his thoughts and reactions throughout the story, I would suggest he might actually be bipolar type 1. there are less extreme forms of bipolar that people don’t always get a diagnosis for at it can just be misdiagnosed as periodic major depressive disorder.
what stood out to me as being uniquely type 1 bipolar was dev having weeks on end of lots of energy, having to severely crash in a deep deep depression for more than a few days on the other side of it, plus obsessive and impulsive features like leaving out of nowhere and the repetitive intrusive thoughts about not being deserving of a normal healthy life etc.
anyways that’s more than aside and has no bearing on the amazing news of this book
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super cute - loved every second
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Charming and unforgettable
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Entertaining and well presented
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Just wow
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Heartwarming
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Wow, that was EXCELLENT
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A sweet classic romance with modern subtext
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Cute Storyline
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