A review by emkleinhenz
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

3.0

I have to admit, I had really high hopes for this novel. The promise seemed a little cheesy, but in a good way (who doesn’t want to read a diary about trans meet cures?), and the cover alone made me think this was going to be a good book. This book was okay. I did not really like the main character. He was too untitled (getting mad at his parents when they tell him he can’t spend $400 in a WEEK and getting mad that they say he needs a job), a bad freind (way to focused on himself), and too judgmental of people. I get that he is a teen, but I have read a lot of teen books and not a lot of them were on this level of annoying. This could have been fine if there was a character arc. If you can get passed an annoying main character, most of the side characters were great (I would read a novel focusing on Devin).

The plot itself is also a point of debate for me. I love the idea of a trans meet cute diary, but I don’t understand why the main character made up stories and didn’t take submissions. However, I did love the discussions of gender and sexuality and the novel was a easy read.

If you can get through an annoying main character and can look past some questionable plot elements, this is a really cute book and I can’t say I regretted reading it.