A review by harrydaylight
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

medium-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

4.0

This is such a cute book (as the title suggests). It’s frustrating at parts (honestly the better half of the book), because the MC is an asshole sometimes and he is so clearly in a relationship that’s wrong for him and he doesn’t realize it. But I think all of this was intentional, just so we could see him grow. And grow he does!
The love interest is between labels. There’s a lot of gender questioning and pronoun questioning, and neopronouns!!! This is the first book I’ve read where a character uses neopronouns and it was pretty cool. 
Meet Cute Diary talks a lot about coming out multiple times, as different things, and how scary it can be to realize a label no longer fits you and having to come out all over again. That is something I can relate to and it felt so nice to read about it, to see characters going through that exact same thing you’ve struggled with.
All in all, there’s a lot of good rep in this, especially trans rep, as both the MC and the LI are trans. I’d definitely call this book insta-love, but I’m not too mad about it honestly, it was a quick read for me and it was just adorable. 
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