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Have We Met? by Camille Baker

9 reviews

antidietleah's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted slow-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? It's complicated

2.5

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scoodle42's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Corinne moves back to Chicago after losing her best friend and is flailing a little career wise. When her car breaks down and she drops in on a get together at her cousin's house to wait for a tow, her phone falls in a puddle and then powers back on with an unexplainable addition: an app that promises to send her a soul mate based on the idea that she's already met them and she just needs a reintroduction. But then she meets the other Cory, fresh out of breakup and friends with her cousin and now she's confused.

So let me start with what I liked about this book. I loved that there were so many identities represented here. It felt like a reflection of the world, tbh. Other reviews said it felt like the author was doing too much or trying to hard, but I appreciated it. I loved that the book showed an environment where people weren't hiding. I also liked Cory (the LI) a lot. He was quiet, but determined. Focused and gentle. Corinne's cousin and her best friend were pretty great too. Showing Corinne working through grief was powerful as well. It seemed real. You could feel it, and Corinne's hesitation to live her life because of it. Her mom and brother were okay, but I thought her mom was a bit of a busybody and I didn't like the way she threw the fact that she was helping Corinne in her face so much.

Now to the actual plot: for me, it got a bit muddled. It seems okay in concept and I love books where a little magic happens, but the execution stumbled for me. There just didn't seem to be any driving reason why Corinne was putting so much faith in the app. Especially after the first two matches. Then her getting with Cory was great and seemed like fate, but she still went back to what the app promised for no reason at all; she had someone standing right in front of her! Then the plot twist was okay, but it being the cause of a third act breakup made no sense to me. There was nothing to break up over, and the end seemed to carry on a bit for no reason.

It was also closed door, which didn't weigh too heavily into the review but I do wish I had known that ahead of time. There's a sequel involving the cousin; maybe I'll give it a try one day.

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decembermagpie's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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cheesepuppy's review

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reflective

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Very cute, loved it. A techy twist. I love how everyone of the main and side characters has a full personality.

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lilybear3's review

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emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

I love the concept of this story, it felt unique and familiar at the same time. I found this story to more heavily focus on friendships and family than the romantic relationships. Like I thought there would be more focus on the dates but that wasn't a big deal to me since I didn't have any perceptions going into this. I also really liked that aspect of the book, though. I didn't fall in love with the characters but they were relatable. It was a little slow for me in the middle, but it picked up towards the end. I loved that this story was set in Chicago and the author chose have a lot of location references.

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this_momma_is_booked's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

This was a quick, cute romance with a really original premise! I loved the characters' personalities and how they really jumped off the page. I love "chosen family" tropes because it's so relevant to my own life. I appreciate how open Corinne was to meeting new people and welcoming new opportunities; there was never any big hesitation and that's so refreshing to see. However, there is a huge plot hole in the book that drove me mad.

How did the Met app get on Corinne's phone in the first place? It didn't appear until months after Joelle passed away, so how did it suddenly appear?

The plot line surrounding grief was so powerful. I love how no one tried to rush Corinne into "moving on" and instead held her as she experienced grief and how it permeated her life in different ways. I also LOVED that Cory learned sign language of his own volition because he knew how important it was to Corinne's family.

I wanted to love this book more than I did, but I couldn't get on board with Corinne letting some app dictate her entire life. This book is cute and worth reading if you're willing to suspend belief for a while.

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