For the amount that I cried at the end, this was a delightful read. There is a trigger warning at the beginning so I knew I'd be crying. I really liked all the characters and the idea. Not to get too heavy but I think as society, we often try to avoid death when it's a part of everyone's life at some point. Even, maybe, when you're falling in love. Really, this was a great read.

Alison Cochrun never fails to nail a deeply emotional, moving, and heartfelt romance. Here We Go Again punches straight in the feels, but also brings the laugh and charm. Still forever an auto-buy author for me!

What a delight! Funny, heartwarming, and sexy, this is a must read for any reader searching for a feel good romance.

The two main characters are childhood best friends turned enemies who reluctantly reunite to take their beloved dying English teacher on a cross country trip to hospice.

This book had a good combination of armchair travel, fast pace, funny situations and an adorable female-female romance. This reminded me of Guncle, if Guncle had an aging, terminally ill senior instead of children who had just lost their mother.

If you are looking for something spicy, this may not be for you. Really more of a closed door romance. But I absolutely loved it and can’t wait for other readers to discover it!

a book i never thought i needed until now. this second chance roadtrip changes the character’s lives forever. this book will make you laugh, hope, and most definitely cry. logan’s character development was really beautiful and i love how the roadtrip was such a formative adventure that she needed without knowing. alison cochrun never disappoints. her 5 star streak continues.

This was just so funny and sweet and ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING. God, everything about Logan and Rosemary was just so good in terms of how you can love someone and just not know how to talk to them. And Joe! Joe was so great and absolutely stole the show in a way I wasn’t expecting, I started crying when he passed away even though I KNEW that’s what was coming.

But also, Allison, can we please have the Joe and Remy prequel book at some point? I need to see these darlings alive and in love and living their best lives!

(This is an honest review given in exchange for an advance review copy of this book.)

though i love reading the occasional romance i tend to give most of them middle of the road ratings. so when i tell you that this was a 5 star read, please know that's coming from someone with incredibly lofty standards because it was just that good.

yes, this was a romance, but it felt like less of a romance and more of a book about people and the fragility of life, the limited time we have available to us, and seizing all of our opportunities before it was too late. in a way, it reminded me of one of my favorite films, Elizabethtown, because while the romance exists and is prevalent, the characters were so rich with desire and heartbreak and pain that the romance really came secondary to each character's growth.

so, what's it about? logan and rosemary used to be friends when they were young. after a confusing, misunderstood kiss, they cut ties with each other until years later they find themselves teaching at the same school. logan is unserious and afraid to commit to anything. rosemary is neurotic and prim, hiding behind lists and schedules and meticulously crafted plans. so when their beloved former teacher joe requests that they take him on a death trip (a roadtrip cross country to the little beach cottage where he plans to die), they both have misgivings and don't see a way either of them can get through it without killing each other.

this was such a deeply explored story about grief and regret. logan and rosemary each had their own stuff to work out - parents gone either via absence or death - and this book explored each of their pasts and how those things impacted them personally, how those things instilled fear in them and impacted who they are in the future.

joe, though. joe has terminal cancer, an imminent death, and a will to see some of the country before his last day. joe is such a special character. funny in the face of demise, human in his regret, but still so full of love. i loved seeing his story play out. (no really, i'm crying about it as i type this.)

my only quibble was there was a TON of weird references in place of swearing, ie. "phoebe fucking bridgers" and so many of them were randomly about shay mitchell that she probably should file a restraining order. so, a 4.5, but a 5 if that bit hadn't been thoroughly overdone three times over.

Wow, I absolutely loved this! I’m not really sure what I was expecting, but this story ended up being so different than what I imagined in the best way. I adored Logan and Rosemary and Joe and Remy and Odie and all the folks they met along the way, so much.

My ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Best friends to Enemies to Lovers, throw in a cross-country roadtrip with a dying role-model. All the emotions on this one.

before i give a review, i'd like to thank the publisher atria books for sending me an early copy in exchange for a review.
never have i ever thought i would ever read a queer story that's on a road trip about death but i enjoyed everything else that wasn't including what happened to joe (that and the tension between logan and rosemary got repetitive for a while for me personally). joe really seemed like a really nice person and i'm glad he was there for someone like rosemary, i’ve been there. i loved his relationship with her and logan. i also gave this 4 stars because i also grew wary of the queer musician or queer adjacent musician icons references, starting with elton john then branching to tegan and sara, ect. but i will still recommend this. i'm otherwise glad i made this the first book i read from allison cochrun

I loved elements of this romcom, though the premise with the dying mentor was a little dark for me to truly love this as a 'comedy' and not just a romance. For me, some of the mannerisms of one of the MCs read as a bit overly twee and grating, particularly as the book went on, but I loved watching the central relationship evolve (resume?), and the summer road trip vibes were such a fun idea for an adult romance!

Oh, I loved this. It's my favorite Cochrun book to-date, which is saying a lot given how much I enjoyed "The Charm Offensive."

What's funny is that in many ways this book was not what I expected. I mean, it was to a degree, and it delivered on what was described in the blurb, but when I hear "rom com" and see a cartoon cover I anticipate nearly exclusive focus on the central relationship, and probably a lot of sex. Even though the book centered around two people falling in love and had comedic moments, it didn't fit the genre. This book was tender and heartfelt and filled with grief. It did have a lovely sexy scene, but it wasn't explicit, and there was only one. Instead, it focused on navigating the world as a queer person and navigating yourself and navigating relationships with those around you. It was a wonderful book, and a joy to read.

I’ve loved Alison’s previous books, and this one was no different. This story follows Logan and Rosemary— childhood best friends that dreamed of leaving their conservative town— turned enemies, who go ten years without speaking. They are brought back together when their beloved lifelong mentor/teacher is faced with a grim diagnosis, and asks them to grant his final wish— to venture cross-country to Bar Harbor, Maine.

Despite death being a main theme throughout this book, Alison truly has a gift for making heavier topics still feel funny, fresh and lighthearted. She has messy, relatable characters, and hilariously witty banter.

I loved how much this book focused on Joe, his life and his end of life. It’s so much more than a sapphic romance— Joe is able to share his life lessons Tuesday’s with Morrie style, bring Logan and Rosemary together, help them discover themselves, what they want out of life, and how to chase their dreams. I also love the topics in this book around the found families of queer people, and the mentors who have saved lives— for simply allowing queer people to show up as who they are.

Did I sob at the end of this book? Absolutely. Do I recommend it? Absolutely.

This book was easily a 5-star read for me. The balance of emotions was perfect as I found myself going back and forth between laughing and crying right up to the end. The experience of watching someone you love on hospice was so perfectly portrayed.

alison cochrun is an auto-buy author for me, so needless to say, i was VERY excited when i saw "here we go again" on my netgalley shelf. i went into the book knowing that it was a sapphic summer road trip book, not realizing the context of said road trip. but since i trust alison cochrun with my life, i started the book and proceeded to devour it in less than a day. without giving too much away, "death road trip" is an apt way of describing this book and why it absolutely destroyed me emotionally. logan and rosemary were both such compelling main characters and i saw so much of myself in both of them—logan's adhd, rosemary's anxiety, logan's pop culture references, rosemary's organization skills. i loved following along their journey of ex-friends to quasi rivals to road trip companions to friends to lovers. not to mention the fact that the rest of the characters in this book were also fantastic, particularly joe, and i loved reading about his life. the dynamic that logan, rosemary and joe have had me in stitches one moment and crying the next. i mean, is it not the universal queer kid experience to be emotionally attached to at least one english teacher throughout your life? if you couldn't already tell, i absolutely loved this book and will be forcing everyone i know to read it as soon as it comes out.

Here We Go Again is an absolutely delightful roadtrip romance that combines so many things I love - cleverly written characters with adorable quirks like a specific queer celebrity exclamation habit, friends-to-rivals-to-lovers, and humor paired with emotional depth. I teach high school English, and I have to say, this is the most accurately I have seen a lot of the funny and painful bits of the job, as well as the joyous parts, described on page. From raging carpal tunnel induced by paper grading to safe spaces for queer students in the classroom to chain restaurant parking lot staff celebration shenanigans, Cochrun captures clearly what it is like to be a teacher. The book is set on a road trip that two teachers who are seemingly complete opposites but must travel together to help their mentor, who is dying of cancer, die in the place he was happiest in life. Logan and Rosemary are both compelling and delightful characters, and there is just so much to love in this story.

Thank you so much for the opportunity to read a NetGalley copy!

A truly perfect book. Funny, sweet, romantic, and sob your eyes out heartbreaking.
Cannot possibly recommend this more highly. Truly perfect

Here We Go Again is a heartfelt, emotional romance. This reminded me of some work by Abby Jimenez and Helen Hoang in that it’s a romance with some pretty heavy emotional stuff built into the story. While the book ran a bit long for my taste, I still really enjoyed it.

✨H E R E W E G O A G A I N✨
🅶🅴🅽🆁🅴—𝑅𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒/ 𝐿𝒢𝐵𝒬𝒯+
🗓ℙ𝕦𝕓 𝔻𝕒𝕥𝕖—𝔸𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕝 𝟚, 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟜

✂️ P L O T L I N E
Logan and Rosemary grew up being best friends until an incident at a pool party turned them into enemies. Two things they still have in common are that they are both English teachers at their alma mater, and their love for their former English teacher, Joe. Joe has been a mentor and father figure to both of them throughout their childhood and now adulthood. His dying wish is for them both to take him on a cross country road trip. Rosemary and Logan are forced to come together to fulfill his last wish.

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I did it again. I went in blind and was left an emotional mess. Needless to say, once I got past the tears, I was in awe of Alison Cochruns ability to write characters so well that you feel like you know them in real life. This story is a romcom at heart, with emotional and reflective themes intertwined between all the laughs. There were so many amazing characters in this book and I connected so much with the discussion of being a teacher. A reminder that life goes by so fast, and sometimes you have to let go of everything you know in order to find what you truly deserve in life.

📚 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎:
💫Enemies to lovers💕
💫Opposites attract🧲
💫One bed🛏️
💫LGQBT+ themes🏳️‍🌈
💫Mental health and ADHD rep💚
💫Childhood friends👯‍♀️
💫Roadtrips🚘
💫Emotional and reflective😢
💫Mama Mia references🎶
💫Romcom about death💔
💫Cute dog🐶

⚠️ 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨: off-page death of parent due to overdose, on-page death of parental figure.

🚘𝕄𝕐 ℝ𝔸𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾🚘
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

💕Q U O T E: “𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓇𝑒𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻.”

🙏 Thank you NetGalley, Atria Books, and Alison Cochrun for this ARC in exchange for my honest thoughts. 💕
📚🚘🏳️‍🌈💕💔📚🚘🏳️‍🌈💕💔 📚🚘🏳️‍🌈💕💔

I loved this story so much. There was a lot going on, but it all flowed perfectly together. I laughed out loud at certain parts and sobbed at others. This was so well written. If you love an enemies to lovers story, this is it. 5 stars! We need a movie, please!

Ok so my first draft of this review was just emotional gushing. Going to try to do a bit better.

This is the story of two young women (early thirties IS YOUNG THANk YOU) shepherding one of the most important people in their life to his death via a “death road trip.” As they repeatedly say in the book, it’s painful and beautiful. Oh - and it’s a romcom. Childhood best friends to enemies to lovers.

Rosemary and Logan start out with extreme opposite personalities - almost caricatures - and you may need to suspend your disbelief for a minute. But it’s so worth it. This book is about all the worst ways one person can change another’s life, and all the best ways; it’s understanding and forgiveness and moving on without either, when needed. The story shows both Rosemary and Logan putting down the masks of the caricatures they played and finding their truest selves.

This is a story about queer joy in the face of difficulty and alongside difficulty. It’s life and it’s death and it’s chosen family and it’s love. I loved this book - if that isn’t clear yet - and highly recommend it.

Content warnings: previous death of parent mentioned, death of father figure on page from cancer, parental abandonment, substance abuse.