Review: Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet

Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet by Jennifer L. Armentrout
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This was cute overall, I loved some of the stories and some were just OK. Some were really sweet, while some felt incomplete. There were a broad range of types of short stories in this bind up and I was exposed to some new authors.  I've put really brief descriptions below with my rating of each short story below.

• Siege Etiquette by Katie Cotugno - 2 Stars
• This didn't feel complete to me.  It was really about the meeting of the couple, but I didn't like the characters.  It has that hate to love feel while the characters are at a party.  I didn't really enjoy this one.
• Print Shop by Nina Lacour - 3 Stars
• This one was cute.  It centers around an intern at an old school print shop.  She attempts to bring them into the current century by creating social media accounts for them.  She has to deal with an upset customer, which leads to their meet cute.  This is a female female romance.
• Hourglass by Ibi Zoboi - 3 Stars
• The meet cute is basically the last thing that happens in this story, but the story itself is fine.  The main character has to deal with self-acceptance, racism, high school drama, and family drama.  
• Click by Katherine McGee - 4 stars
• This felt like a complete story, which was impressive give it was only about 20 pages.  The two main characters are on what they think is their perfect "click" date set up by a dating app.  They end up spending the evening chasing after her phone and have a great time.
• The Intern by Sara Shepard - 2 stars
• The intern has to show the celebrity around the city.  They hit it off.  It wasn't anything extraordinary.  She is sad, he is lonely.  They have a nice time on their date.
• Somewhere That's Green by Meredith Russo - 3 stars
• This one was pretty good.  It has a transgender main character who is dealing with some very relevant high school issues like which bathroom and locker room to use.  The other main character who is also very religious and a closet lesbian is part of the petition to keep gender norms as they are.  I like how the reveals and conversations were handled.
• The Way We Love Here by Dhonielle Clayton - 3 stars
• This was one of my favorites.  It has a sci-fi feel to it.  The people on the island have love bands on their ring fingers to signify that they've found their soulmate.  The main characters randomly find each other and end up trying to see the future.
• Oomph by Emery Lord - 4 Stars
• This was another possible female female meet cute.  Two girls meet at an airport and strike up a conversation in the security line.  They find each other at the gate and continue to talk.  The conversation is completely natural and I really liked their story.
• The Dictionary of You and Me by Jennifery L. Armentrout - 3 Stars
• I love JLA, and I really liked the premise of this book.  A young librarian is dillegently tring to get a patron to return a long overdue dictionary by calling and talking to the patron.  Instead of a quick reminder, they have conversations and have gotten to know each other.  She eventually figures out who the patron and the story progresses from there.  
• The Unlikely Likelihood of Falling in Love by Jocelyn Davies - 3 Stars
• THis was another good one, it really appealed to my inner math nerd.  The main character is working on a statistics project and she is trying to figure out the likelyhood of seeing a handsome boy on the passing train on her way to school.  It was witty and funny, and I liked that they actually got to meet at the end.
• 259 Million Miles by Kass Morgan - 2 stars
•  I didn't really care for this one.  The main character thinks he is being interviewed for a chance to go to Mars, but he is mislead.  He's only helping the girl in the story get there.  Atleast she helps him get over his insecurities.  The couple was actually decent, they complemented each other nicely, but in the end it was kind of sad.
• Something Real by Julie Murphy - 3 stars
• This unexpectedly turned out to be a female female meet cute.  This is about a reality TV show where the two competitors are trying to win a date with a celebrity.  The two girls end up getting to know each other while getting ready for the show and 
• Say Everything by Huntley Fitzpatrick- 2 Stars
• This one was kind of strange.  The characters don't really play off one another nicely.  She is a waitress and he's popular.  He asks her out, but we find out he has an ulterior motive and he's trying to make up for something.  The reveal is awkward as are their interactions.  
• The Department of Dead Love by Nicola Yoon - 3 Stars
• This was a unique story, probably the most unique of the bunch.  Each type of love has its own office, and the main character goes to the Department of Dead Love for a do-over.  He wants to find out why his love failed and wants a chance to repeat it and get it right, what he finds isn't what he was expecting.  This one was pretty good.

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