“People think of this lonely cat lady substituting affection in real life for fake people kissing, but there are so many people of any gender writing this stuff.”
Genre: Romance, LGBTQIA+
Actual Rating: 3 stars
Spicy Meter: 1.5 fire emojis (Very descriptive, but it just wasn’t for me)
Content Warnings: Veeery sexual, and mentions child and emotional abuse.
“Meet Cute Club” follows, well, the Meet Cute Club, a book club centered on romance books (hell yeah!). Jordan Collins is a recently-unemployed romance book aficionado who founded (and funds) the Meet Cute Club. As the club slowly loses member, Jordan is afraid his efforts and dreams have all been for nothing. Then in comes Rex Bailey, a new (and temporary) employee at Jordan’s favorite book store. In what I would personally call the least-cute meet cute, Rex makes fun of Jordan’s choice of books—until he decides to give romance a try himself, and ends up not hating it and deciding to help Jordan bring the book club back. Will they find their own romance in the process? Or will Rex’s impulses and Jordan’s nature get in the way?
This is a short, fast-paced romance. I feel like it’d be a great airport book. It really sucks you into the story, I read it in less than 24 hours, even though I had some busy days then. But I also felt like it was missing something.
I’m usually all for a queer romance, but this really wasn’t it. I’m not giving up on Jack Harbon quite yet tho, I’ll be looking forward to reading more of what they have to offer.
I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a gay romance. It is very explicit, I’ll give it that. And it’s truly face-paced, so if you’re not into slow-burn romances, then “Meet Cute Club” is for you.
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