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A Not So Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn

9 reviews

a_libra_library's review against another edition

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emotional funny tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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kcmg710's review

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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I did really enjoy this book, the spice…obviously spiced. Love the ‘fake dating/fake marriage’ trope 9 times out of 10 it’s an automatic winner, this being one of them.

Entertaining side characters and I’m really eager to read the rest of the ‘Cane brothers’ trilogy I kinda wished they featured abit more in this and I liked the sibling dynamic that they had.

Even though I got really attached to the main characters they both annoyed me at times and I thought Huxley could be quite toxic at times especially at the end he turned on on Lottie so fast and immediately jumped down her throat, accusing her rather than approaching her with the issue and asking her about it. Then he tried to play the victim. Not cool!

And Lottie could sometimes give off ‘manic pixie dream girl’ vibes but in a kind of cringey way I personally thought. But other than that I did quite like them.

I felt like Angela was made a bigger deal of than what she actually was, like of course she was a witch to Lottie but I thought she’d of be more of a problem.

That’s as much as I can think of 😊

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chloelj27's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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rai_ishardtoplease's review

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

“I should be wondering how I could fall in love with someone who paid people to lie for him. Who wrote contracts to cover up his barefaced fiction, because his business meant everything to him. There’s something very wrong with me that I could look past that. That was our foundation.”

This feels like it was written by someone who once would’ve voted for Trump but has since been reformed… mostly. Whether or not that’s actually true, I feel like it’s a red flag that reading this gave that impression.

I don’t even know what to say. I’m not sure I’ve ever met a book that managed to do so much right and so much wrong, simultaneously. I could go from highlighting quotes I liked to quotes I loathed to quotes that made me lol… all on one page.

It was a very volatile experience.

But it was also an educational experience. It taught me something about myself:

I don’t think I like enemies to lovers.

Crowd: *Gasp* What? Who even are you? You call yourself a bibliophile?

Yeah, I know. I was also very shocked, but unfortunately, it’s a well substantiated hypothesis.

I’m just too petty for it, I’m afraid. I hold grudges like a feral alley cat with a raw chicken thigh. It takes nothing short of a miracle to get back in my good graces after someone’s secured themselves a spot on my blacklist. And, as a neurodivergent who gets delusionally invested in the lives of strangers and made-up people, this propensity of mine extends to fictional characters.

Characters like Huxley, who—despite being the vision of boyfriend excellence once he confronted his feelings—didn’t repent enough for his maidenless behavior to satisfy me.

Characters like Lottie, who—despite being the main reason this book even remotely worked—thought “I joked about our agreement replicating that of Pretty Woman, me being the less whore-y version of Vivian” was an acceptable thing to say.

And DEFINITELY characters like Kelsey, who—despite sacrificing nothing for the opportunities Lottie secured her—still had the gall to look her sister in the eye and say (more or less)
Take the high road, Lottie. He may treat you like dirt, but he’s “helping us out.”

No, Kelsey. He’s not helping you out. He’s paying for Lottie’s services and, last I heard, unconditional respect wasn’t in the goddamn contract.

You’re hardly better than Angela, you mf poser.

See? Told you I was petty.

Anyway.

If you read this, read it for the shenanigans and keep your expectations low.

Duces.

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grenoblegirl's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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ecravens's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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cluckieduck's review

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lighthearted fast-paced

Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

This one just wasn’t for me. I think it was the 1st person narration, it was just too over the top quirky and the MFC was reaaally annoying. I almost DNF a couple of times, but ended up just skimming to see how it all wrapped up.

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khloereads86's review

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

I enjoyed reading this even though Lottie could be a bit annoying at times. I think I would have rated it higher if it weren’t for the ending.

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I really don’t like when they do the whole miscommunication big fight at the end, but then to propose as a way of trying to win her back - especially when they’ve really only known each other for just over a month?? All I could think of was when Chandler tried to do that in friends and Monica told him how stupid it was. But at least they actually knew each other well.

I wasn’t big on the lying thing cause it was really stupid (well really the whole contract was) but it was pretty funny and Huxley was much sweeter than I thought he was going to be.

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gaebriel's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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