Meet Cute / Helena Hunting

3.5/5

Meet Cute is a rom-com movie in new adult novel form. It has a ridiculously hot, literal movie star love interest who cares for his sweet younger sister, a career focused woman, and a two-dimensional villain. It's a sweet novel that doesn't have the flaws many chicklit novels do, such as a catty friends and anti-feminist themes, and even supplies some steamy scenes. 

Meet Cute does a good job of balancing romance with relatively realistic and reasonable characters. I enjoyed the switching perspectives because I liked both of the leads, Kailyn in particular. She's smart and very put together, except for her fangirl scenes in the beginning which were so cringe they were a little hard to read. Kailyn is at a crossroads in her life and I appreciated her logic and approach to her problems. I also liked that she made time for her friend Holly; I'm glad that Helena Hunting didn't feel the need to add some trashy friend drama into the novel.

The villain was cheaply done but who cares? Nobody is reading this looking for a well-developed villain. Meet Cute delivers on everything it promises: a literal meet cute, sweet characters, a budding romance, and sufficient steam. It was a little too long for me to call it a quick read but it's a light read, and I'd recommend it to those who are looking for a feel-good story and happy ending.