This has to be my favorite romance of the month. I loved Every Step She Takes. It’s touching, vulnerable, and swoony all at once. I’ve been a big fan of Cochrun and this is my favorite! Keep reading this book review of Every Step She Takes for my full thoughts.
Summary
Thirty-five-year-old Seattleite Sadie Wells needs an escape. She’s desperate to escape her monotonous routines, the family business that has consumed her entire life, and the unexpected gay panic that has her questioning everything she thought she knew about herself. So when her injured sister offers Sadie her place on a tour along Portugal’s Camino de Santiago, she decides this is the perfect chance to get away from it all.
After three glasses of wine on the plane and some turbulence convince Sadie she won’t even survive the flight, she confesses all her secrets to her seatmate, Mal. The the plane doesn’t crash, and it turns out Mal is on her Camino tour. Worst of all, Sadie learns that she is on a tour specifically for queer women, and that her two-hundred-mile trek will be a journey of self-discovery, whether she wants it to be or not.
Fascinated by the woman who drunkenly came out to her on the plane, Mal offers to help Sadie relive the queer adolescence she missed out on as they walk the Camino. As Sadie develops her newfound confidence, Mal grapples with a complicated loss and unexpected inheritance. But as their relationship blurs the lines between reality and practice, they both must decide if they will forever part at the end of the tour or chart a new course together.
Review
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
We love a good relationship practice set up and this queer romance delivers! I love how Every Step She Takes is instantly vulnerable. We love a good airplane life-flashes-before-the-eyes confession. With relatable anxiety, spur of the moment decisions, and a jump start to confronting our fears Every Step She Takes will steal your heart. This dual POV story delivers characters who have to do a deep dive into themselves. For Mal, is she just going to be able to run from everything that scares her, from pain, forever? And for Sadie, will she have the bravery to confront her sexuality and her own queer awakening?
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Every Step She Takes forces these issues to come to a head. It delivers family which cuts deep, but also surprises us. If you love the knowledge that the best learning comes when we’re making mistakes, Every Step She Takes is for you. It explores how we can be vulnerable, not just in what we say, but in the choices we make. I loved every single character and every side character. Cochrun has a way with characters and worming their way into your heart. Find Every Step She Takes on Goodreads, Storygraph, Amazon, Bookshop. org, Blackwells, & Libro. fm.