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Have We Met?
by Camille Baker
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I came across this book when I was looking for an audiobook on Kindle Unlimited. I was looking for something lighthearted and fun that I could listen to in the car, and safe to say this book achieved that!
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Corinne’s life has been turned completely on its head. Her best friend has recently passed away, so she left her stable job and life in Texas to move to Chicago. After a party at her cousin’s house one night she wakes up, hungover, to find a new app installed on her phone: Met. The app promises that she is about to meet her soulmate, who will be one of four people from her past that are about to come back into her life.
Corinne was a great character, especially as the book progressed and she began to grow in confidence. The cast of characters is the real stand-out aspect of this novel, including all four potential matches (who range from the truly terrible to the wonderfully lovable), Corinne’s friends, and her family. Kudos to Camille Baker for not just writing a diverse cast but for writing them well. Someone’s sexuality, gender, or disability was never the defining thing about them, but it affected their day-to-day lives and how they interacted with the world. I particularly liked Cory one of the main characters, who is bi; I found his character really compelling and I strongly related to the way he talked about his sexuality.
While the premise of the soulmate app was a little contrived and appeared out of nowhere, I didn’t mind it at first. A bit like in sci-fi, if something is integral to the world or the story, you just have to accept it regardless of whether or not it’s possible. I was quite happily going along with it but as the story progressed I had two main issues with it as a plot device. The first was that I couldn’t understand Corinne’s reliance on it. She tells us time and time again that she doesn’t believe the app and that she wants it off her phone, but when it comes to big life decisions to trusts the app over her own judgement. Without spoiling anything, I wasn’t a fan of the reveal as to why the app was there; I would have much preferred it had the app just stayed a mystery.
Overall, this was a really fun read with a great group of characters, but the plot just didn’t quite do it for me, starting off promising but ending up frustrating.
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Corinne’s life has been turned completely on its head. Her best friend has recently passed away, so she left her stable job and life in Texas to move to Chicago. After a party at her cousin’s house one night she wakes up, hungover, to find a new app installed on her phone: Met. The app promises that she is about to meet her soulmate, who will be one of four people from her past that are about to come back into her life.
Corinne was a great character, especially as the book progressed and she began to grow in confidence. The cast of characters is the real stand-out aspect of this novel, including all four potential matches (who range from the truly terrible to the wonderfully lovable), Corinne’s friends, and her family. Kudos to Camille Baker for not just writing a diverse cast but for writing them well. Someone’s sexuality, gender, or disability was never the defining thing about them, but it affected their day-to-day lives and how they interacted with the world. I particularly liked Cory one of the main characters, who is bi; I found his character really compelling and I strongly related to the way he talked about his sexuality.
While the premise of the soulmate app was a little contrived and appeared out of nowhere, I didn’t mind it at first. A bit like in sci-fi, if something is integral to the world or the story, you just have to accept it regardless of whether or not it’s possible. I was quite happily going along with it but as the story progressed I had two main issues with it as a plot device. The first was that I couldn’t understand Corinne’s reliance on it. She tells us time and time again that she doesn’t believe the app and that she wants it off her phone, but when it comes to big life decisions to trusts the app over her own judgement. Without spoiling anything, I wasn’t a fan of the reveal as to why the app was there; I would have much preferred it had the app just stayed a mystery.
Overall, this was a really fun read with a great group of characters, but the plot just didn’t quite do it for me, starting off promising but ending up frustrating.