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A review by ashley_mrose530
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This was a cute little romance story, but there were certainly some things that put me off.
I will say that it had me at the beginning with Drew. I thought he and Noah were kind of cute together, but then the thing with the blog started happening and I got the worst thought in my head which never actually got revealed to be true at the end. I thought Drew might turn out to be the one who started saying the blog was lying and all fake. I'm pretty sure that's what the book was hinting at when Drew told Noah that he figured out he was the admin, but then it was never confirmed by the end which was kind of a let down. I really felt like that whole situation didn't have much resolution and was a bit disappointing for me. Drew and Noah basically had a fight about Drew not letting Noah have some space and then they just never talk to each other again? If Drew actually had feelings for Noah, he would have tried to reach out to him again and even if he didn't, I still think they needed some type of resolution because that just felt very much forgotten by the end of the book.
Anyway, when Devin came into the picture, I felt so much better about em. The two of them were clearly meant to be the love interests and Devin is so much more supportive and accommodating to Noah. I thought they were so cute together. E was probably my favorite character in this book even though e didn't have much characterization beyond being the love interest. We didn't really know anything about em to the point that Noah was trying to figure out a gift to give em and I couldn't even think of anything because e had almost no personality. And yet e was my favorite character in this book, if that tells you anything about the others.
Which brings me to the main character, Noah. I could not stand him for most of the book. He was so entitled and spoiled and selfish the whole time. He had no empathy for anyone else and didn't even think of anyone else but himself. He did get a little bit of growth at the end but it still wasn't really shown to us as readers. He should have been the one to make the scavenger hunt for Devin and showed how sorry he was to Becca, his supposed best friend (even though she was trying to get with a terf??? What kind of best friend does that??? "But I talked to her and she's not actually like that" is not a good enough excuse to even be talking to someone who seemed to actively harm trans people let alone your trans best friend!). Or at least, he definitely should have done something to show that he was starting to change and not be so self-centered.
I guess the main thing I did like about this book was the chemistry between the two actual love interests. They had me feeling for them and rooting for them to get together which is probably the most necessary part of a romance book, but the rest of it definitely needs some work.
Anyway, when Devin came into the picture, I felt so much better about em. The two of them were clearly meant to be the love interests and Devin is so much more supportive and accommodating to Noah. I thought they were so cute together. E was probably my favorite character in this book even though e didn't have much characterization beyond being the love interest. We didn't really know anything about em to the point that Noah was trying to figure out a gift to give em and I couldn't even think of anything because e had almost no personality. And yet e was my favorite character in this book, if that tells you anything about the others.
Which brings me to the main character, Noah. I could not stand him for most of the book. He was so entitled and spoiled and selfish the whole time. He had no empathy for anyone else and didn't even think of anyone else but himself. He did get a little bit of growth at the end but it still wasn't really shown to us as readers. He should have been the one to make the scavenger hunt for Devin and showed how sorry he was to Becca, his supposed best friend (even though she was trying to get with a terf??? What kind of best friend does that??? "But I talked to her and she's not actually like that" is not a good enough excuse to even be talking to someone who seemed to actively harm trans people let alone your trans best friend!). Or at least, he definitely should have done something to show that he was starting to change and not be so self-centered.
I guess the main thing I did like about this book was the chemistry between the two actual love interests. They had me feeling for them and rooting for them to get together which is probably the most necessary part of a romance book, but the rest of it definitely needs some work.