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Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner

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lovelyandmorbid's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring 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

3.5

The pacing didn't work out perfect, certain fights were brushed off and other, seemingly smaller offensives got more pages, it also could have expanded the world while speeding up the romance. I did really enjoy the POVs and the characters in general.

rachaeljs's review against another edition

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funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Wish I had loved this, I think it's a great book for younger LGBTQ people or anyone just looking for queer representation, but it got a bit encyclopedic and expositional in describing different types of queer people and neurodivergence. There was more than a couple of cringe "after school special" feeling moments that took away from the overall romance for me. On paper the characters had a lot of similarities between myself and my partner and I still didn't really relate to it. From a romance perspective, the main characters slept together early on and then most of their interactions were skimmed over so the "will they/won't they" isn't really there. Overall, I'm glad another queer romance exists but I wouldn't recommend this one to my friends.

baldursgay's review against another edition

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cringey smut imo

sofiaflowers's review against another edition

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4.75

Very cute!! I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. I read Mistakes Were Made and it's a little weird iykyk so I don't know what I was expecting but this was very cute indeed.

I love that they're both openly a little weird ❤️ I loooove when one person is obsessed and Phoebe scratched that itch for me with her truly unhinged obsession with Grace!! Like I need my future partner to have posters of me on childhood bedroom walls!

Suffered from my least favorite plot device: miscommunication. Like how can phoebe think they're in a relationship where she is not allowed to acknowledge the relationship??? Truly insane but yk she was obsessed.