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Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet
by Meredith Russo, Dhonielle Clayton, Julie Murphy, Nicola Yoon, Ibi Zoboi, Katie Cotugno, Jocelyn Davies, Kass Morgan, Katharine McGee, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Nina LaCour, Emery Lord, Sara Shepard
As always, some stories were better than others, ranging from 2 to 4 stars.
Siege Etiquette: 2.5 stars. Pretty typical YA romance, like a novel condensed.
Print Shop: 4 stars. Soft wlw, a sense of community, digital/analog and subtle generational divide.
Hourglass: 2 stars. Props for POC plus-size protagonist, but really tropey; “I’m not like other girls.”
Click: 3.5 stars. The tragic backstory is a bit much, though that might be the opening infodump; the romance itself is cute.
The Intern: 3 stars. Also pretty typical YA fluffy instaromance.
Somewhere That’s Green: 3 stars. Huge props for transgender wlw and religiously-raised lesbian, but pretty tropey. Theater aspect felt more like backdrop than plot.
The Way We Love Here: 4 stars. Love the premise of soulmates and how to find them; love the sense of possibility.
Oomph: 3.5 stars. Love their shared geeky sense of humor, backstory a little overmuch, but cute wlw potential-friends-maybe-more.
The Dictionary of You and Me: 4 stars. Love these vocabulary nerds; the twist was meant to be obvious and in a short story it works.
The Unlikely Likelihood of Falling in Love: 4 stars. I really enjoyed AP Stats, and it’s an interesting way to approach a meet-cute. Extra props for managing to describe Sam’s morning routines in detail without making it boring or repetitive.
259 Million Miles: 3.5 stars. Cute characters, plot made me feel lots of emotions. Fascinating futuristic setting.
Something Real: 3.5 stars. Not a huge fan of the writing style, but the premise was fun and the ending satisfying.
Say Everything: 4 stars. This could easily have been a longer story; I want to know more about everything that happened.
The Department of Dead Love: 3 stars. Premise and scifi elements are vibrant, plot is disappointingly predictable.
Siege Etiquette: 2.5 stars. Pretty typical YA romance, like a novel condensed.
Print Shop: 4 stars. Soft wlw, a sense of community, digital/analog and subtle generational divide.
Hourglass: 2 stars. Props for POC plus-size protagonist, but really tropey; “I’m not like other girls.”
Click: 3.5 stars. The tragic backstory is a bit much, though that might be the opening infodump; the romance itself is cute.
The Intern: 3 stars. Also pretty typical YA fluffy instaromance.
Somewhere That’s Green: 3 stars. Huge props for transgender wlw and religiously-raised lesbian, but pretty tropey. Theater aspect felt more like backdrop than plot.
The Way We Love Here: 4 stars. Love the premise of soulmates and how to find them; love the sense of possibility.
Oomph: 3.5 stars. Love their shared geeky sense of humor, backstory a little overmuch, but cute wlw potential-friends-maybe-more.
The Dictionary of You and Me: 4 stars. Love these vocabulary nerds; the twist was meant to be obvious and in a short story it works.
The Unlikely Likelihood of Falling in Love: 4 stars. I really enjoyed AP Stats, and it’s an interesting way to approach a meet-cute. Extra props for managing to describe Sam’s morning routines in detail without making it boring or repetitive.
259 Million Miles: 3.5 stars. Cute characters, plot made me feel lots of emotions. Fascinating futuristic setting.
Something Real: 3.5 stars. Not a huge fan of the writing style, but the premise was fun and the ending satisfying.
Say Everything: 4 stars. This could easily have been a longer story; I want to know more about everything that happened.
The Department of Dead Love: 3 stars. Premise and scifi elements are vibrant, plot is disappointingly predictable.