Saturday, April 27, 2019

Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet by Jennifer L. Armentrout, Dhonielle Clayton, Katie Cotugno, Jocelyn Davies, Nina LaCour, Emery Lord, Katharine McGee, Kass Morgan

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Whether or not you believe in fate, or luck, or love at first sight, every romance has to start somewhere. MEET CUTE is an anthology of original short stories featuring tales of "how they first met" from some of today’s most popular YA authors. 

Readers will experience Nina LaCour's beautifully written piece about two Bay Area girls meeting via a cranky customer service Tweet, Sara Shepard's glossy tale about a magazine intern and a young rock star, Nicola Yoon's imaginative take on break-ups and make-ups, Katie Cotugno's story of two teens hiding out from the police at a house party, and Huntley Fitzpatrick's charming love story that begins over iced teas at a diner. There’s futuristic flirting from Kass Morgan and Katharine McGee, a riveting transgender heroine from Meredith Russo, a subway missed connection moment from Jocelyn Davies, and a girl determined to get out of her small town from Ibi Zoboi. Jennifer Armentrout writes a sweet story about finding love from a missing library book, Emery Lord has a heartwarming and funny tale of two girls stuck in an airport, Dhonielle Clayton takes a thoughtful, speculate approach to pre-destined love, and Julie Murphy dreams up a fun twist on reality dating show contestants. 

This incredibly talented group of authors brings us a collection of stories that are at turns romantic and witty, epic and everyday, heartbreaking and real.

I went into this book thinking that it would be filled with cute romance stories that would entertain me and possibly frustrate me because I would want more pages for each one. Honestly, this book was a bit of a mixed bag. I really enjoyed some of the stories and wished that I hadn't spend the time reading some of the others. It was because of that that I decided to give Meet Cute three stars because although I liked some of it the other quarter to half of it I could have done without. I didn't believe the chemistry between some of the characters and it seemed as if some of the authors were trying to hard to being their characters together or to make the characters super unique. I can't really seem to remember what stories belonged to which authors now but there were a few that had a special spark about them that really drew me in to the story. Those were the stories that I wanted more from more so than the others. 

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