#The Charm Offensive

[clockworkbee]

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

—Dev and Charlie, from The Charm Offensive

#words of love #dev deshpande #charlie winshaw #quotes #the charm offensive #alison cochrun

[ilibra]

Have a bunch of cute little chibis that I drew for Dazzling Bookish Shop! These are all designs for acrylic charms included in their monthly subscription (and sometimes their special editions!)

In order the books are: Wolfsong, Ravensong, Cemetery Boys, The Sunbearer Trials, All That's Left in the World, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Icebreaker, AFTG, Gideon the Ninth, The Charm Offensive, The Darkness Outside Us and Legend & Lattes ♥

#aftg #wolfsong #cemetery boys #gideon the ninth #the charm offensive #ravensong #the sunbearer trials #the darkness outside us #legends and lattes #all for the game #all that's left in the world #the seven husbands of evelyn hugo #icebreaker #book art #book fanart #queer books #libra summers #chibi art #lgbtq

[rainbowd00dles]

2023 art summary! or just the art i managed to complete this year :')

i didn't make much art this year, but i'm proud of the ones i did manage to make!

#art summary #2023 art summary #summary of art #myart #all for the game #aftg #kingdom hearts #dragon age #green creek series #wolfsong #the charm offensive

[fxnfiction]

presenting: my 2023 year of reading queer literature (part 1).

next few months focus will be on sapphic books, so swing over some recommendations!

enjoy my funky commentary, im in a weird mood. all my opinions!

#it’s been a long weekend and I’ve had a brain cell so here we are #im on my audiobook grind #queer literature #books #rwrb #red white and blue #Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe #a marvellous light #the charm offensive #carry on #boyfriend material #husband material #if this gets out #Delilah green doesn’t care #love hate & clickbait #firstprince #snowbaz #book reviews

[stardustandrockets]

Do you have a favorite book with disability rep? Drop it below! (Title and author, please.)

July got away from me and I didn't get this disability rep post finished before the month ended.

The rep listed is by no means a comprehensive list, but what I could remember. I know there are a lot of other lists out there with several of these books on them, but some I hadn't seen and wanted to include.

• Photo 2: Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert (OCD), Turtles All the Way Down by John Green (OCD), The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun (anxiety, depression, and OCD)

• Photo 3: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (anxiety), Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei (anxiety and depression), Teacher of the Year by M.A. Wardell (anxiety and ADHD)

• Photo 4: Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas (anxiety and PTSD), The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen (anxiety and depression), Heartstopper (anxiety, depression, and anorexia)

• Photo 5: A Neon Darkness by Lauren Shippen (depression and PTSD), The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon (depression and PTSD), Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo (depression)

• Photo 6: Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan by Gaku Kaze (depression), Perfect World by Rie Aruga (spinal cord injury), Vicious by V.E. Schwab (chronic pain)

• Photo 7: A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (blindness), The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater (partial deafness), The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew (deafness)

• Photo 8: I Hear the Sunspot by Yuki Fumino (deafness), A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard (deafness and select mutism), Everything You Never Said by Jordon Greene (mutism)

• Photo 9: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (dyslexia), Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (dyslexia), All the Feels by Olivia Dade (ADHD)

#disability rep #disability pride #highly suspicious and unfairly cute #turtles all the way down #the charm offensive #truly devious #icebreaker #teacher of the year #lost in the never woods #the infinite noise #heartstopper #a neon darkness #the witch king #summer sons #life lessons with uramichi oniisan #perfect world #vicious #a darker shade of magic #the raven boys #the raven cycle #the whispering dark #i hear the sunspot #a quiet kind of thunder #every word you never said #cemetery boys #spoiler alert #all the feels #stardustandrockets

[ace-artemis-fanartist]

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

Public sale of it opens tomorrow.

#the charm offensive #alison cochrun #tco #queer books #lgbt books #artists on tumblr #commission #my art

[favouritesthetics]

"You're allowed to want the romance parts without the sex parts. Or the sex parts without the romance parts. All of those feelings are valid. You're deserving of a relationship in whatever form you want it."

- The Charm Offensive

the way this line made me feel when I read it for the first time can't be put into words, ended up weeping for an hour.

#ace week #ace pride #ace spec #aro spec #the charm offensive

[vkelleyart]

“Snow days are a special kind of magic.”

- KISS HER ONCE FOR ME by Alison Cochrun

The protagonist of KISS HER ONCE FOR ME is Ellie Oliver, an animator out of a job whose star-crossed encounter with Jack Kim-Prescott results in an unexpected webcomic hit titled “Snow Day.” When Alison Cochrun, author of THE CHARM OFFENSIVE, reached out to me to ask me to sit in Ellie’s seat and put images to Alison’s opening pages, she didn’t have to ask twice! The book is hilarious and tender, and I can’t wait for everyone else to fall in love with it this holiday season. 💕

You can get a printed copy of this comic by preordering KISS HER ONCE FOR ME from East City BookShop and filling out Alison’s Pre-order campaign form. (You’ll also get the PDF bonus holiday chapter of THE CHARM OFFENSIVE!) KHOFM will be released in the USA on November 1st!

#kiss her once for me #Jack Kim-Prescott #Ellie Oliver #Jack and Ellie #The Charm Offensive #alison cochrun

[khruschevshoe]

Sometimes I see people say that a book reads like a well-written fanfic (derogatory) and I'm like oh, y'all really don't understand what I'm into. You're saying this has a heavy focus on character development, a slight overindulgence in commas that leads to an almost lyrical rhythm, a few too many fragments so the narration feels more natural/lived in, a couple too many metaphors (though I can never have enough metaphors), just enough world-building to buttress character arcs, and a nice dash of good-old fashioned fanservice? And that annoys you?

Do y'all just not like fun anymore?

#this is specifically about rwrb #red white and royal blue #but it also applies to the following: burn the house down #kenna jenkins #anything else by casey mcquiston #most good hefty rom-coms #the charm offensive #written in the stars #insert your own book of choice here #carry on rainbow rowell #carry on #(though that one is admittedly more admittedly fanfic than the rest) #rainbow rowell #listen this is my preferred reading style and there's nothing wrong with that #also why i will read anything aletterinthenameofsanity posts

[cossmicssoph]

Funny story I actually just made this post on my original account but my finger slipped and I deleted everything I ever did, created, liked, reblogged, existed for, etc. So here I am, accidentally logged into my mystery account I forgot about.

I am here to start a book blog! For the summer? For the year?? For the ever?! Yes. I’m so excited.

Here are some books I’ll be reading in the next few weeks

Dark Rise- I have started this book first and im so excited to get into it. I heard from reviews that it has a cliffhanger. So I figured that I would read it right away, mourn the cliffhanger, and then jump into more books as I wait for the sequel to come out. Good plan?

The Charm Offensive- I have heard many nice things about this book! The thing that caught my attention was talk about how the characters have good development with their emotions and handling traumas? I really enjoy character development like that. (I just finished reading the Simon Snow Trilogy and also Boyfriend Material. All of these books had pretty emotionally vulnerable characters which is awesome to see!)

The Cruel Prince- This is me falling to my knees for the hype. (I would say booktok but I don’t have one of those) I’m excited for this one because of the quotes and fan art I’ve seen from the fandom. I’m always down for some fae fantasy and a badass female lead. I hope that’s what I’m getting from it.

The Priory of the Orange Tree- This book was recommended to me by a friend and I can’t wait to start it! (700+ pages? Yes please) I know the least about this book out of this list but am excited to jump into the world. I hear that it’s sapphic and a wonderful story, we love that!

I’ll be posting updates and reviews as I make my way through this list. Feel free to tag along or to leave some recommendations. :)

Let’s hope I don’t slip and delete this tumblr account. Ha. Ha.

#book reviews #to be continued #queer books #lgbtq books #book blog #dark rise #the priory of the orange tree #the cruel prince #the charm offensive #new books

[onmyliteraturebullshitagain]

Midyear queer book rec 2023: even more gay, even more slaps!

Another wide selection of achillian, sapphic, and bisexual (is there a term for that?) relationships, basically all adult fiction and lots of romance, historical, and fantasy with happy endings because of who I am as a person. But these are all books I gave at least 3/5 stars that offer a fun range of relationships and writing styles!

If you want even more queer book recs, check out my many previous posts! Now go enjoy some queer reading and support authors writing queer fiction!

#queer book recs #gay book recs #it's gay and it slaps #wicked beauty #something fabulous #the charm offensive #a restless truth #a gentleman never keeps score #two wrongs make a right #the library of the unwritten #achillian books #sapphic books #bisexual books #queer relationships #book recs

[queer-book-character-tournament]

#Nathaniel Thorn #Sorcery of Thorns #margaret rogerson #Harrowhark Nonagesimus #The Locked Tomb #tlt #gideon the 9th #tamsyn muir #Charlie Winshaw #the charm offensive #alison cochrun #Louis de Pointe du Lac #Interview with the Vampire #anne rice

[rainbowd00dles]

I need everyone who loved The Charm Offensive to go and read A Charmed Christmas by Alison Cochrun Just go to alisoncochrun.com, click on the Charm Offensive tab!!

#the charm offensive #a charmed christmas #alison cochrun #dev and charlie #dev deshpande #charlie winshaw #myart #book characters #bookart #book art

[aroaceineveryplace]

“I’m just saying, you might be into dudes but also demisexual, which means you need emotional connection to feel sexual attraction. Or you might be demiromantic or graysexual or-" He cringes. “I don’t know if the specific label is important to me.” “It doesn’t have to be,” she says, “and you’re not obligated to figure it out, or come out, or explain yourself to anyone, ever. But also” – she drops her hands from their spectrum and tucks an arm around his shoulder – “labels can be nice sometimes. They can give us a language to understand ourselves and our hearts better. And they can help us find a community and develop a sense of belonging. I mean, if you didn’t have the correct label for your OCD, you wouldn’t be able to get the treatment you need, right?

From "The Charm Offensive" by Alison Cochrun

#quotes #The Charm Offensive #charlie winshaw #canon aspec #books #asexual aspectrum #aromantic spectrum #ace #aro #asexual #aromantic #asexuality #aromanticism #demisexuality #demisexual #graysexual #graysexuality

[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?

#international asexuality day #asexuality day #book recs #ace book recs #asexual bookstagrammer #the charm offensive #alison cochrun #the dead romantics #ashley poston #the heartbreak bakery #ar capetta #under the whispering door #tj klune #lgbtq reads #lgbtqia #queer book recs #read with pride #read queer all year #stardustandrockets #backlog from april #april 6

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

#the charm offensive #alison cochrun #romance #book poll #have you read this book poll #polls