Please note that this on is written by a nonbinary author, though both characters are cis in this instance. The characters feel realistic, flawed, and likeable and their growth just puts a stupid grin on your face. This book is Emery Lee's sophomore novel, and it's every bit as cute as Meet Cute Diary.

Can Theo put aside their differences to work together with Gabi? And can Gabi work together with Theo without revealing to the world that he's gay?

When a new fusion bakery shows up and starts selling food and drinks that directly compete with their East Asian and Puerto Rican bakeries (but, like, in the worst way), they both need to hustle to help out the family bakeries before the bakeries just become memories. When away from reading and writing, you’ll most likely find em engaged in art or snuggling cute dogs. The diverse cast of characters, pronouns and gender expressions creates opportunities for readers to finally see themselves represented in a book. After graduating with a degree in creative writing, e’s gone on to author novels, short stories, and webcomics. MEET CUTE DIARY by Emery Lee unpacks how complicated and ever-evolving exploring gender can be against a fun backdrop of your favorite relationship tropes and teenage mishaps. And Gabi would really like to act normal and sneak off to do ballet. Emery Lee is a kidlit author, artist, and YouTuber hailing from a mixed-racial background. Either way, Theo would really like to fight Gabi. And their parents blame each other for bad sales, but both boys would rather just not be at home working in their families' bakeries. Which is to say, Theo thinks of Gabi as a rival even though they're on the same team, and Gabi is just trying not to trip over his own feet. 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.Yall this one is so cute! Theo and Gabi are rivals on the soccer field and in the bakery business. 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. Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee is a young adult romance novel, originally published on May 4, 2021. 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.