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A Not So Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn

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rai_ishardtoplease's review against another edition

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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