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Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet is just the anthology that I’ve been waiting for! This is an entire book featuring 14 incredible authors all about adorable first encounters. I personally enjoyed Jocelyn Davies, Kass Morgan, and Julie Murphy’s stories the most. I would definitely recommend this book to those looking for a feel-good read.
Title: Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to MeetAuthor: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult Fiction
Publication Date: January 2, 2018
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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 received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. ❃
Review: Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet
❀ Adorable Concept
I adore the concept of this anthology. It is all about first meetings and, as the title promises, it is absolutely adorable. Meet Cute is incredibly diverse and contains a wide range of topics and genres. Not all the stories are 100% happy, which really makes the book more realistic. It is always hard to review anthologies because there are so many different contributions, but I enjoyed most of them, and overall, this collection lived up to the hype.
❀ Jocelyn Davies’ Story is a Favourite
My favourite of the stories was The Unlikely Likelihood of Falling In Love by Jocelyn Davies. This story is about a girl woking on a research project about love at first sight and the probability of meeting the cute boy on the train again. I loved the main character and the mathematical aspects. This honestly needs to be a full book, it’s that engaging.
❀ Kiss Morgan’s Story is Twisty
I also loved 259 Million Miles by Kass Morgan. This one tells the story of a boy applying for a one-way trip to Mars. There are some massive plot twists, which are pretty impressive for such a short story, and it is one of the stories that is pretty heartbreaking. Julie Murphy’s Something Real also captivated me. I loved the reality TV aspects and how supportive the girls are of each other even though they are competing for a date with a famous singer.
❀ Lovable Characters
Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet is an anthology about love at first sight. I enjoyed the diversity and the lovable characters. My favourite was Jocelyn Davies’s, but there were many other 5 star contributions. This is the perfect book to cozy up with this winter.
About Jennifer L. Armentrout
Jennifer L. Armentrout is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, iBooks, and international bestselling author of the Lux series and other books for teens and adults. She is a #1 bestseller in Germany and Italy, and a top seller in markets around the world. Her young adult novels have sold over a million copies since 2011 in the US alone, and have been finalists for the Goodreads Choice Awards and many others. Jennifer lives in West Virginia with her husband and dogs.
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I can’t wait to get my hands on this one! I’ve been hearing so much about it and I love the premise. I’m normally not a huge fan of anthologies, but I’ve been getting more into them with Stephanie Perkins’ seasonal ones. Great review!
Anthologies are definitely interesting. You get so many little stories and there are some that are absolutely fantastic. I hope that you enjoy this one! 🙂
Generally, short story collections are not my thing (I even recently DNFed Tom Hanks’ new collection), but this one sounds so adorable, I will be making an exception!
I hope that you enjoy it! 🙂
Oh that was a great review, I loved it 🙂 I don’t usually read anthologies, but I feel like that one is right up my alley, cute, romantic and brings-a-smile-to-your-face kind of stories are totally my thing, ahah 🙂
There is so much cuteness in this one! I hope that you love it, too! 🙂
Ahhhh I’m so glad you loved this one! I am really excited for this one and it sounds so freaking adorable. I am even more excited to read it now!
Thanks for sharing,
~Brittany @ Brittany’s Book Rambles
You are going to really love it! I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on it. 🙂
I heard about this book a long time ago and then had forgotten about it. I’m not usually one for short stories because I love the in-depth feeling you get when you are able to connect with characters and grow with them, but I might give this one a go. Glad to hear that you enjoyed it so much – great review!
I agree. I definitely prefer full books to anthologies. This one has a prefect mix of stories, though. There is something for everyone in it. 🙂
Great post! I’m definitely adding this to my shopping cart!
Yay!! I hope that you enjoy it as well. 🙂
Amazing review as always! Anthologies are a hit or miss for me so it’s pretty hard for me to pick one up. However, your review has definitely convinced me and I will pick it up at my next bookstore stop. Hope you have a great week, xoxo. 💋
I hope that you love this one! 🙂
This anthology sounds fantastic! I’ve been hearing the term “meet cute” quite a lot lately, but still haven’t figured out exactly what it means. (Note to self: do a bit of lite research….) Thank you for featuring this book; I’ll be adding it to my TBR.