A review by fanboyriot
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A rom-com about a helpless romantic who falls in love in an unexpected place and with an unexpected person??  With a Trans dude MC and a Non-Binary MC?? 

♡ Trans Rep
♡ Rom-Com
♡ Great Humor
♡ Friends to Lovers
♡ Slight Angst but with a Happy Ending

This book was adorable with a rom-com worthy ending all the while keeping things realistic.  Honestly, it took me a while to get into the story but that might have just been my readers block; however things did improve once Devin was brought into the picture.  There were many lovable characters Brian and Becca being on that list, but Devin is seriously one of my new favorite fictional characters eir personality was just so pure and definitely had the: “Lovable Sunshine Character (with Anxiety)” vibes about em.  I could literally go on about how much I loved em and how thoughtful e was, such an underrated character.

While the blog posts were formatted really nicely and I enjoyed them being added they were so frustrating to read when the drama with the blog started, I have never wanted to scream at the book more like: “Hush, it’s not like that and it doesn’t concern you stop being so dramatic bestie.”

Noah might have come off as annoying at first but to be honest he was realistic.  He was a helpless romantic without an adult (or anyone but Becca and Brian (kinda)) in his life at the time to tell him: “Hey, if you’re trying to force the relationship because this is what you think you should feel…maybe it isn’t true love.”  He wanted to believe it was real and fell in love with the idea of being in love.  So while it was annoying reading about him finding all this out—it was kinda nice to see a romance book have that realness to it.

I was a bit nervous near the ending, I was a bit unsure how things were going to play out and it took a lot for me not to just read the last page and basically spoil it for myself but I continued on and it was absolutely lovely.  The ending was great and it definitely had a rom-com worthy ending and I am for sure going to read more by this author.

To be honest I wasn’t a fan of Drew, he gets a short paragraph because he should be grateful to have that much.  He was honestly too clingy, and the author did a good job at giving him just enough of “bad vibes” to know something was up all the while being like “maybe that’s just how he is.”  Either way happy not to be dealing with his drama.


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