However, you may not be surprised to learn that the point of this book is upending Noah’s ideas of a Perfect Romance in favor of something messier, more complicated, and ultimately, more fulfilling. It’s right on target with how my teenaged brain thought of relationships, and Noah has an extra level of empathy because he just wants to believe that love is possible for trans kids. Noah is a young trans man who has exacting ideas about how love works, and all of those ideas are simplified and hyper-romantic. What I love even more is a book that deconstructs and questions the fake dating trope, which is exactly what Meet Cute Diary does!

In this charming novel by Emery Lee, Noah will have to choose between following his own rules for love or discovering that the most romantic endings are the ones that go off script.īy now, y’all know I love a fake dating trope. But when Noah’s feelings grow beyond their staged romance, he realizes that dating in real life isn’t quite the same as finding love on the page. Then Drew walks into Noah’s life, and the pieces fall into place: Drew is willing to fake-date Noah to save the Diary. The only way to save the Diary is to convince everyone that the stories are true, but he doesn’t have any proof. When a troll exposes the blog as fiction, Noah’s world unravels. What started as the fantasies of a trans boy afraid to step out of the closet has grown into a beacon of hope for trans readers across the globe. There’s just one problem-all the stories are fake. He has to be for his popular blog, the Meet Cute Diary, a collection of trans happily ever afters. And he’s entirely ungrateful for the opportunities presented to him and the things people do for him with no expectation that Noah will give anything in return.Noah Ramirez thinks he’s an expert on romance. He’s basically unaware of what’s real and what’s fiction. Yes, it’s a fake dating trope, but he’s totally clueless to the realness of the moments and so he’s missing out on his own life being so preoccupied with his influencer status, he’s losing the real world.

The relationship with Drew (not sure if it’s real at this point), he just keeps being in his own head and not appreciating what’s happening in the moment. He just expects handouts and for folks to really just revolve around his needs and it’s super frustrating. I didn’t notice it in the first couple of chapters, but quickly things became more apparent. I love the blog (tumblr) plot and the MCD to normalize trans relationships, give hope to trans kids that love is on option for them.īut I kind of hate Noah. There are many things I liked about Meet Cute Diary.

Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee