Every Step She Takes

A Novel

By: Alison Cochrun

Narrated by: Cindy Kay, Jeremy Carlisle Parker

A swoon-worthy sapphic romance following two women who are thrown together on a European adventure, from the Lambda Literary Award–winning author of the “sexy, insightful, and utterly charming” (BuzzFeed) Kiss Her Once for Me.

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 problem: 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.

With “funny, poignant” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) prose, Alison Cochrun explores the power of letting go of your past and realizing that it’s never too late to live as your authentic self.

If you are over 35 get this book

This is a journey book, a walk through Portugal and Spain, and the walk through the soul of a 35 yo woman who is discovering her sexuality. Well written excellently narrated. I loved it.

Ever had a book inspire your life?

Now I want to hike the Camino de Santiago!?! Numerous times…and I think I need a tattoo. ;)

Another great Cochran novel

A bit of a slow burn at first, but it develops into a satisfying ending. ❤️

This book gave me chills in the best way while reading!

Allison Cochrun is just such a wonderful writer! And both Jeremy Carlisle Parker and Cindy Kay make the story come to life. The themes in this book give me chills while reading, and I love the metaphor that the Camino serves for self discovery.

Loved it!

This book was such a fun read. Alison Cochrun delivers again! My previous read of hers was Kiss Her Once For Me.

Every Step She Takes is a slow burn but with the spice during the burn I guess you could say.
I do wish that there had just been one narrator. Jeremy Carlisle Parker was outstanding! I think the biggest problem was the voices and Mal’s accent was vastly different. And I am very partial to Jeremy Carlisle Parker. I was very happy that it was Sadie’s POV in the last chapter.