Alison Cochrun's best book to date! A triumph of bittersweetness. Joe, Logan, and Rose will capture readers' hearts with their raw vulnerability and determination to live life while they can. This one has compelling pacing, so many notable and quotable lines, and will have readers hanging onto their seats for a finale that gently sets them down with the promise of 'as long as we both shall live.' You'll leave determined to live and love to the fullest---Brava!

This book effing destroyed me. It is so gd beautiful. There aren't many authors I'd trust to take me on a journey of grief in a romance but Alison is definitely one of them. This book hurt in the best way but is also balanced with lighter moments. Highly recommend but if you get weepy, don't plan to read the last half of this in public.

**Received an eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review**

OMG you did it again! This book kept giving me the chills. Lol
There were two romances going at the same time and from your prologue I knew which Abba song you were talking about. It made me want to cry.
I love the second chance romance but so late in life, you are never too old for love.
There were two second chances since Rosemary and Logan used to be besties but had a falling out and their favorite teacher wanted to get them back on track. If they got together that was only a bonus.
But omg Joe ! 😭
There was so much love in this book! So much fear of being rejected but surprising acceptance everywhere. Ack my heart is mush.
(I literally had to take a break because it brought up so many memories of my last moments with my Dad, which led me to watch the memorial video of his life my husband and I made. Which reminded me of all the great times and it was so cathartic and although you captured the raw grief that is death and this crazy feeling when you love has nowhere left to go and it feels like your heart is broken. What Logan said to Rosemary about not being able to go around you have to go through omg isn't that the truth?)

I am so unhappy I could not get on board with this book! I have loved this author's previous writing and maybe it was just the mood I was in but I was bored a lot of the time. I might pick it back up later on and try again.

In the words of Joe, "this isn't some Tuesday's with Morrie sh*t!"

This was my second Alison Cochrun book and this is my new favorite from her! Speaking from my lived experience as a Latina, having teacher's who looked like me was so important. I can only imagine the impact of having openly queer teachers who feel like a safe space to queer students. Their teacher turned lifelong friend, Joe (a first gen, queen, Mexican former teacher), is that person to Logan and Rosemary -- who are now teachers themselves! His impact on them can be felt through the page and is evident in how long they've kept in touch. Such a sweet basis to start their adventure.

This enemies to lovers is so well done. They dislike each other over an event in the past, but their dislike doesn't go so far that we believe they can never love each other. The contrast between self proclaimed "f*ckboy" Logan and reserved Rosemary is perfect. They both deal with their trauma so opposite of each other. A true "opposites attract" type of scenario.

Despite the sadness that can be present in their "death trip", this book has some great comedic relief to keep things from getting too heavy. That in combination with the romance, makes this a perfect read. From lines like "they burst through the shower like the Koolaid man" to "don't leave me with the mean one", this book kept me smiling.

There are cliff hanger chapters in this book that keep you wanting to turn the page. There's no need to guess who is talking in this dual POV narration. The characters names are right at the start of the chapter / section when it switches point of view. It's so nice and takes all the guessing work out. The characters, aside from the main two, are such gems and I appreciate that there's more to the story than just romance, even though just romance is great too!

Without giving any spoilers, just know that I cried while reading this book!

Just a little part to be critical on, and this isn't just an Alison Cochrun thing. I promise you we can have a childhood friends to lovers WITHOUT saying "and suddenly I'm 14 (or insert any childhood age) again" when they kiss or are intimate for the first time. I've never had a childhood crush turned lover, but I don't think it's necessary to incorporate any part of their youthful past to "this is finally happening!" for anything that happens physically. The "yay, finally" is implied without making references to minors. I think it only happened twice for kissing, but still not my fave.

Such a good road trip based read. :) Thank you NetGalley for this ARC of this e-book in exchange for an honest review.

Content warning, alcoholism, loss of family/friend., and probably more -- check them out.

Alison Cochrun has done it again! Here We Go Again is equal parts poignant, funny, romantic, and adventurous. This book is full of heart and a new romance favorite that fans of Steven Rowley, Anita Kelly, and, of course, Alison Cochrun will absolutely love.

Rosemary Hale and Logan Maletis might both be teachers in their tiny hometown’s high school, but they couldn’t be more different. Rosemary is an uptight perfectionist who loves an organized binder and her personal uniform of pencil skirts and heels. Logan is a human trainwreck, still living with her dad at 32 and leaving a string of broken hearts in her wake. What they have in common is their fraught history as middle school best friends turned high school enemies, and their abiding love and loyalty to their high school English teacher Joe.

When Joe gets the news that he is officially dying after a four year bout with cancer, he enlists his two favorite former students to drive him cross country to die at his old cottage in Bar Harbor, ME. The two women agree to put their differences aside to fulfill Joe’s dying wish, and they set off on a road trip that forces them all to face their regrets and open themselves up for love.

This is a truly beautiful book that leans into death, grief, queer belonging, and family trauma. None of the characters are perfect—but they are all deeply lovable. Watching them grow and evolve over the course of this book is a true joy.

Thank you to Atria and NetGalley for the eARC!

God damn this was so good but so heavy. I teared up so often all throughout and it really made the book a heartwarming read. I enjoyed the moments of bonding during Joe's trip, but I did get a bit sick of Logan's immaturity and the pop culture references. I get using comedic relief but I just wasn't laughing along with it after some very tender moments with Joe. Idk I still love Alison Cochrun this just wasn't my favorite of hers.

4.5 stars is my initial impression. This book is sweet and touching and sometimes sad-and it will make you cry. It is full of adventure and humor and will make you laugh out loud. It has a lot of substance wrapped up in a rom-com and will make you appreciate your loved ones, quirks and all. When Logan and Rosemary get roped into driving their former teacher, Joe, from the west coast to the east coast on his "death trip," as he calls it, none of them have any clue what heart-expanding, life-changing things will happen along the way. It is affirming in every sense of the word, and I loved my time reading it.

Thank you so much to Atria Books + NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Where do I even begin? Here We Go Again is a beautiful story about death and love, and how happiness and grief can coexist. But it's also about learning to let go and allowing people to love you, flaws and all.

Logan and Rosemary are best friends turned enemies, but their former English teacher, Joe, is dying — and he enlists their help to drive him across the country, on what he refers to as a 'death trip,' so he can pass peacefully in his cottage by the sea in Maine. What unfolds is a wild adventure filled with rewarding detours, feeling emotions too big to fit in human bodies, making up for lost time, and wandering down paths once abandoned because living with regrets is no way to live.

There is something so special about second chance romance, about two people who fall out of touch, who may even grow to dislike each other, but find their way back to exactly where they're meant to be. Bearing witness to Logan and Rosemary learning to love themselves and each other was such a gift, but what was especially beautiful was their decision that any pain caused by the other person was worth it — and for the right person, it always will be.

This was my first title by Alison Cochrun and it will not be my last. Alison did such a lovely job of juggling tragedy, comedy, and romance, and I only wish I could read this book again for the first time.

Demi F***ing Lovato* …. This book was not for me. I adored the author’s Kiss Her Once For Me but these characters were unbearable. Rude, corny, prideful and judgmental. I will continue to check out Allison Cochran’s novels in hopes of another gem like Kiss Her Once.

**Every time the main character swears, she uses a female queer celebrity ….. Kristen F***ing Stewart"

I need to start this off by saying Alison Cochrun is by far not my favorite author. I DNF'ed kiss her once for me so I was a little worried about this one when it was sent out to me. But wow was I shocked. I love the second chance romance and friends to lover's trope. But this is done in a way I've never seen it done before, especially because they hate each other. Their only thing in common is their dying teach who starts off the trip by telling them this is not a learning experience it's just them getting to Maine. But it becomes a learning experience for all involved.

This book was absolutely beautiful. I literally felt every emotion as the characters were feeling them. I laughed, I cried, I gasped. This is about found families, neurodivergent kids, and finding your way in those teen years when you feel the most lost. This is why we need openly queer teachers and why it kills me some states want to shut it down. This book is about learning we don't have control of anything in life so at the end of the day it's worth to lose the control.

Very rarely has a book touched me this much so believe me when I say go read this book.

I was gifted this book by Net Galley and Atria in exchange for an honest review as always, all words are my own.

An emotional, laugh-out-loud, second chance, end of life, Sapphic road trip romance between two former high school best friends turned teachers and their dying gay mentor whose last wish is to have them drive him across country before he dies.

Full of heart with amazing neurodiversity rep (both women have ADHD that presents and is treated differently). This is sure to have you laughing and crying in equal measure as the women find their way back to one another, learn how to take a chance on love and say good bye to their dying friend.

AMAZING on audio narrated by Natalie Naudus and Jeremy Carlisle Parker. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital copy and @simon.audio for a complimentary ALC in exchange for my honest review!!

Steam level: open door

I am such a fan of Alison Cochrun's work, her books always take romance themes, wrap them in a warm blanket of queer and loving inclusion, and make me, as the kids say, have all the feels. Her work is filled with the expected big moments in a romance (a meet cute, chemistry moments, a first kiss, a barrier to a relationship) but it is the smaller moments in between, and the individual character development, that really sing and make her work special. Here We Go Again is for me the one that tugged at the heart strings the most, perhaps because here the characters aren't meeting for the first time as adults but have a shared history and a complex set of feelings from the past merging with a beloved forced proximity road trip trope. I loved the little details, the detour, the laminator, the binder, and I valued the role of a loving mentor asking for one last wish and how that became the trip that made all the difference. Tissues and chocolate for the last part of the book!

Wistful and yearning, a tad bittersweet, and filled with the kind of wet eye moments that make this my favorite from Cochrun yet (and I am a big fan of the Charm Offensive).

∞☆ / 5☆

“Life is the prickly pear. It’s always going to be a combination of beauty and hurt, no matter how hard you try to protect yourself from the hard parts.”

Here We Go Again is one of the most special books I’ve read in awhile! There’s so much queer love, familial love, and found family love wrapped up in the pages of this book. As soon as I realized this was a road trip romance centered on Logan & Rosemary taking their mentor on his dying wish road trip, I knew this book was going to hurt. A lot. And it did. It’s a good thing my Kindle is waterproof because it was covered in my tears as I read the last like 15% of the book.

There’s ABBA and Mamma Mia and a record player and vintage music and a vintage van and a queer English teacher who took the next generation under his wing for life. There’s a cross country trip binder and a travel laminator and wireless printer. There’s a spontaneous detour from the northern half of the country to the Grand Canyon and another detour to the Gulf coast of Mississippi. There’s traditional southern food and Whataburger and Dunkin’ runs. There’s a love of the natural world and books and love itself.

There are a million things I love about this book and this story. But there’s one thing I know for certain: this book is going to stick with me for a long time.

Big thank you to Alison Cochrun for writing the road trip romance book I needed and to Atria Books and NetGalley for sending me an early copy of the book!

Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for an advanced electronic copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Logan is known as being a player, here for a good time but not a long time, leaving before she can be left. Rosemary is guarded and a perfectionist, pouring all of herself into everything she does. They were best friends as kids, then hated each other, lost touch for 10 years, and then became coworkers. They are now tasked with driving their former high school English teacher and father figure, who is dying, on a road trip across the country so that he can die in his cottage by the water. Except... they hate each other, right?

Some parts of the story were frustrating (Logan sometimes), but so much more of it was incredibly well done. There's lots of queer rep, some rep on the Ace spectrum, neurodiverse rep, talk of addictions and mommy/daddy issues. The characters as a whole and their journey is emotional and complex, but I loved being on the adventure with them. It's like a hug.

CW: cursing, death of a father figure, mentions of cancer, sexual content, grief, illness, strained parental relationships

I can't help but think this book came into my life at precisely the right time. My first year as a HS musical choreographer is almost over & we are "aptly" performing "Mamma Mia."

"Here We Go Again" by Alison Cochrun is a deeply touching and powerful story. When I tell you I ugly cried reading this book, I mean my glasses were so fogged and my nose was running so badly I needed to take a break before I could continue reading. I am utterly in love with the story Alison Cochrun has told here.

The heartfelt portrayal of Logan Maletis and Rosemary Hale's complex relationship, filled with years of unresolved tension and missed opportunities, resonated with me on a profound level. Cochrun's ability to evoke such intense emotions through her storytelling is remarkable, as evidenced by the ugly crying I previously described.

The themes of friendship, forgiveness, and second chances are beautifully woven into the narrative, making it a poignant and memorable read. The cross-country road trip embarked on by Logan and Rosemary, under the guidance of their beloved teacher and mentor, Joe, promises a journey of self-discovery and reconciliation that is bound to leave a lasting impact. "Here We Go Again" is a captivating and emotionally resonant novel that showcases Cochrun's talent for crafting compelling and heartfelt stories.

This pub date really crept up on me, and I wasn't sure I'd actually be able to finish it by pub day, but the great news is it's a super engaging and quick read! I read it in spurts over one day of pet sitting and thoroughly enjoyed my time. I, too, have lost a beloved English teacher to cancer, so the emotional notes absolutely resonated with me. And I enjoyed the relationship journey our two grumpy sad girls went on alongside their road trip in the gayest van the world has ever seen. The dialogue was snappy and fun, the location descriptions were beautiful, and obviously I cried through the last 20% of the book.

Alison Cochrun will forever be an auto buy author for me. Whether it’s a Bachelor-like reality show, a snowed in Portland or a death road trip - I will read anything she writes.

And this was the road trip to end all road trips.

This book will stay with me for a long time. The way it portrays grief and the process leading up to grief when someone you love is dying is done so well.

I saw myself in both Rosemary and Logan and recognized that I’ve felt and acted like both of them before. As if, they reflect two different sides of my personality.

@alisoncochrun has another winner here. So grab that box of tissues you’ll need them for this trip.

Special thanks to @atriabooks for the ARC.

Romance tropes abound here but there are so many other amazing themes to keep you entertained in between all the romance. This is a friends to lovers to enemies to lovers, road trip novel, but it also a novel that explores grief, individuality, finding freedom in being yourself, and freedom to love others. I loved Joe- what a wise, amazing man! I loved the course of the novel being his terminal illness- it’s comforting to know what the end of a story will be and we’re just along for the ride. I still cried, though!
Overall, while not a big romance fan. I enjoyed most of this novel and think most other readers who enjoy rom-coms will enjoy it too!

I didn’t really read the blurb before starting this one. I just knew I’d like it since Alison Cochrun wrote it. So I was a little surprised when Here We Go Again was less a story about romance and more a story of grief, regret, and acceptance.

No big deal, just me crying while sitting on a cabana at a beach vacation. It’s not tears…it’s salt spray from the ocean.

Logan and Rosemary were best friends until they were 14 and had a major break-up, and were apart until four years ago when Rosemary moved back and started teaching with Logan in their home town. Their beloved teacher is terminally ill, and wants them both to drive him across the country. At first, I wasn’t sure Logan and Rosemary would be able to put aside their differences—they bickered SO MUCH, some of it downright mean. But they eventually declare a truce and it’s like a switch flips, their relationship immediately turns back to romantic and sexual.

I felt like the progression of their relationship moved quickly, but they did basically have four years of banter and foreplay. And I have to admit, I was more interested in Joe and his journey than the two leads. I knew—I KNEW— that he couldn’t have a happily ever after, but I adored reading about his happily for now, and him facing his regrets and saying his goodbyes.

Here We Go Again was a beautiful and heartbreaking story. I both laughed and cried and ugh, my heart is happy and sad all over again. Thank you to Atria Books for the review copy.