Reviews with content warning for Cursing - A Not So Meet Cute

Ugh, I can’t believe I actually made it through this. The toxicity abounds! Possibly billionaire romances are not for me if they’re all like this. The primary relationship was toxic from the start and never seemed to find solid foundational ground. Even secondary characters like Kelsey (sister) were hot on the gaslighting. Telling her sister to be thankful when the man she’s working/living with is acting like an actual troll? Not okay. The story lacked a lot of the believable magic of an enemies to lovers story; MQ can write a spicy scene, but I feel like that was one of the only redeeming qualities. Maybe I’m being too harsh, but this story felt like it had so much potential at the beginning and I just didn’t feel like it delivered.

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missdaniellexo's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

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79lulu12's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
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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curlykristenk's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

1.5

I really liked the first half of the book! They had witty and funny banter, and it was written well. It made me laugh heaps. They had good tension and it had a good enemies to lovers and fake dating arc. Huxley was written well in that he was an ass but not an irredeemable ass. I feel like a lot of enemies to lovers books the enemies part is kinda washed over because the male love interest never is an actual villain/enemy/asshole. They just don’t like each other for seemingly no reason but I feel like Huxley was written well in that he was an Asshole at times. I liked the connections to beauty and the beast and pretty woman although towards the end it was mentioned so much like we get it.

Another thing that was like ugggh we get it was the ‘Im so tiny and small and little’ and the ‘Im not like other girls’ it was so icky. She’s rude to Ellie because Ellie is just happy to be pregnant. Giving not a girls girl. He even comments on her eating in a weird way at a couple points. Not a fan. Screams internalised misogyny. She’s also just like a shallowly written female character. Her plan to solve her problems even though she has a business degree is to find a man. Bit sad. Another thing that was heavily in this book was mentions of god with a capital G and so many themes of this book got me questioning if Meghan Quinn is a Mormon writing a romance book because that’s what it felt like. THE DRY HUMPING?!?! I’m not even going to start don’t piss me off. When they FINALLY have p in v sex (which is only after they become committed to each other even tho it is more casually committed) no question about using a condom and no talk about birth control until after he cums INTO her also screams Mormon.

The second half of the book…. I felt like the banter takes a real dive and becomes really awkward and really pushes the ‘He’s so possessive over me but I love it’ trope which is good but when it’s done well.
The whole kissing thing at the end to really push the connection to pretty woman, even though they’ve kissed before - also so much more descriptive than the actual sex. Paragraphs and pages of kissing but they’re fuckin for 1 paragraph and they’re already cumming. Also 3 thrusts in missionary and they’re both done? Hahahah Megan doesn’t fuck. There was also like 3 pages long description of her sucking his dick and only 1 paragraph of her getting head. Meghan doesn’t FUCK.
Aside from that, the ending… look It’s just not believable that these older businessmen would be sitting around playing matchmaker and be teaching him a lesson about “true love”. Real words spoken from said businessman. It’s more believable that Angela the villain of the whole story would’ve had something to do with it. But I digress…
I really enjoyed the first part of the book and i think that’s why I’m so disappointed by the rest. I thought I’d finally be able to go to book club with a 5 star but it just wasn’t it.

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vj_thompson's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
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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paperpetal's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

2.0

I’m not a fan of this book at all. The only reason I gave it two stars was that it was a quick read. I had no connection with the main characters. I didn’t really care what happened to them. They weren’t likable at all. Sure Lottie is immature at times, but Huxley is an asshole. He’s also written inconsistently. There was also some dubious consent on both characters parts. I definitely cringed a few times. It was cheesy in not a good way. I’ve read other enemies to lovers romances that are way better, with more lovable characters. This author is likely not for me.

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quietmarki's review against another edition

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fast-paced

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

1.0

So cringey to read! I hated the trope, storyline, charachters,... . Like No! Please spare yourself from this hell.

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a_libra_library's review

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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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