Review: Here We Go Again

Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3.5 Stars

I have never read this author's other books, and maybe I should have, to prepare myself for this one; I don't know if that would have helped me like this book more than I did.

I realized that the two main characters had mental disorders (ADHD), and I should have sympathized with their issues more; I felt that the ADHD, plus the dying of a great friend plus a cross-country trip, was just a little too much. Then add to that an enemies-to-lovers scenario, and it was just a little too much for me. Separately, they would have been excellent stories; even adding one of the other themes would have made this a five-star read for me. But it was just a bit too over the top for me. Logan and Rosemary were just a tad too teenager-ish for me.

However, even though I did some mild eye-rolling while reading, I was captivated enough to finish this novel. This was a fast read that hit many emotions.

*The ARC was supplied by the publisher, Atria Books/Simon & Schuster, the author, and ATTL/Edelweiss.

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SYN OPSIS: " The author of Kiss Her Once for Me returns with a new queer rom-com following once childhood best friends forced together to drive their former teacher across the country.

A long time ago, Logan Maletis and Rosemary Hale used to be friends. They spent their childhood summers running through the woods, rebelling against their conservative small town, and dreaming of escaping. But then an incident the summer before high school turned them into bitter rivals. After graduation, they went ten years without speaking.

Now in their thirties, Logan and Rosemary find they aren’t quite living the lives of adventure they imagined for themselves. Still in their small town and working as teachers at their alma mater, they’re both stuck in old patterns. Uptight Rosemary chooses security and stability over all else, working constantly, and her most stable relationship is with her label maker. Chaotic and impulsive Logan has a long list of misguided ex-lovers and an apathetic shrug she uses to protect herself from anything real. And as hard as they try to avoid each other—and their complicated past—they keep crashing into each other. Including with their cars.

But when their beloved former English teacher and lifelong mentor tells them he has only a few months to live, they’re forced together once and for all to fulfill his last a cross-country road trip. Stuffed into the gayest van west of the Mississippi, the three embark on a life-changing summer trip—from Washington state to the Grand Canyon, from the Gulf Coast to coastal Maine—that will chart a new future and perhaps lead them back to one another."