A review by frozel
Okay, Cupid by Mason Deaver

fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Mason Deaver’s Okay, Cupid is a middling tale that explores the idea of diverging from one’s known path and following the unknown. Specifically, it follows Jude’s journey balancing the tightrope between losing everything they’ve ever known, including their status as a Cupid for the love of a human versus living a life they no longer find themselves enjoying. 

Jude Ricci is a Cupid that seemingly can’t stop falling in love with human boys. Only issue is that Cupids are forbidden from entering romantic relationships with humans. One kiss warrants the erased memories of the other party, and the second strips a Cupid of their powers and otherworldly status. 
After six months of probation for falling in love with a boy on their last mission, Jude is given the chance to go back into the world and help humans fall in love. Their new mission is to bring two ex-best friends together, but the catch is they’re in high school. Jude’s life until this point has only involved homeschooling and working the many “jobs” that come with being a Cupid. 

Things start smoothly and Jude meets their to-be-helped, Huy and Alice. Jude is also taken away with how different the human teenage experience is compared to what they only observed through movies or shows. As things progress, the mission turns for a turn when Huy, starts to become more than a human Jude is supposed to help fall in love. Huy becomes the object of Jude’s eye and it appears, Huy may feel the same. This leads to a series of events in which Jude is supposed to help Huy and Alice fall in love, but ultimately, Jude is the one who falls instead. Stuck in a sticky situation, Jude must choose between fighting their growing feelings and completing their mission or forsaking everything they’ve ever known for a chance at being happy and loved by Huy. If you’re familiar with romcoms, I’m certain you can figure out what they choose in the end. 

Okay, Cupid sits in a tough spot for me as I couldn’t get on board with Jude’s actions. I knew all along where things were going, but the weight of what’s lost versus what’s gained never seemed as tantalizing as it did for Jude. 

Mason Deaver’s Okay, Cupid warrants a fair rating of 3/5.