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A review by luna_with_love
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee
5.0
4.5 rounded up to 5/5
This review will contain minor spoilers because in order to talk about my completely honest feelings I need to talk about both of the love interests and their relationships with Noah.
I only have one issue with this book and it has nothing to do with the quality of this amazing novel, just my own personal triggers related to gaslighting and manipulation. The scenes with Drew were very difficult for me to read due to a personal history of dealing with gaslighting so those sections were a challenge to get through and almost made me DNF the book. So if you are someone with similar triggers, that is something to be aware of when picking up this book.
While this book was a challenge for me, I’m happy there is this representation of manipulative relationships in a YA book that are portrayed as unhealthy. This is a relationship I needed to see as a teen, to know how sometimes what you think is what you dream of is actually hurting you more.
Now, when I tell you all of it was worth it for Devin, oh my god it was worth it. The second we got to see more of em I was in this to the end. I adore Devin as a character so much. E’s such wonderful representation in gender discovery and this book feels so safe to be any kind of trans because of em and Noah.
It’s funny that this book contained one of the hardest characters and relationships for me to read as well as one of the best. Devin is the enby representation that young queer kids need and the message of love and trans love of this book is such a light. Also the diversity and representation? Stellar. The story goes in a different direction than originally expected but that is for the better because the story we do get and the message we receive is everything we need our teens and even our adults to read.
This review will contain minor spoilers because in order to talk about my completely honest feelings I need to talk about both of the love interests and their relationships with Noah.
I only have one issue with this book and it has nothing to do with the quality of this amazing novel, just my own personal triggers related to gaslighting and manipulation. The scenes with Drew were very difficult for me to read due to a personal history of dealing with gaslighting so those sections were a challenge to get through and almost made me DNF the book. So if you are someone with similar triggers, that is something to be aware of when picking up this book.
While this book was a challenge for me, I’m happy there is this representation of manipulative relationships in a YA book that are portrayed as unhealthy. This is a relationship I needed to see as a teen, to know how sometimes what you think is what you dream of is actually hurting you more.
Now, when I tell you all of it was worth it for Devin, oh my god it was worth it. The second we got to see more of em I was in this to the end. I adore Devin as a character so much. E’s such wonderful representation in gender discovery and this book feels so safe to be any kind of trans because of em and Noah.
It’s funny that this book contained one of the hardest characters and relationships for me to read as well as one of the best. Devin is the enby representation that young queer kids need and the message of love and trans love of this book is such a light. Also the diversity and representation? Stellar. The story goes in a different direction than originally expected but that is for the better because the story we do get and the message we receive is everything we need our teens and even our adults to read.