Book Review (more just a pile of my personal opinions from my personal experiences)

Title: Meet Cute Diary

Author: Emery Lee

Year: 2021

Genre: YA Fiction/Romance/coming of age

Queer shit: non-binary, ace (asexual), pronouns, trans, gay

Vibe Check: This book is as cute and sweet as the title and cover imply

Pile of Opinions: This book was handed to me the first time I finally got the guts to ask the bookstore experts for a book with a non-binary character since I was still new to being out of the non-binary closet. Shout out to The Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle for not only having a book ready but being so queer friendly always. This book is about a trans character and his journey to coming out, coming of age, but also the journey of how complex coming out is. Living fully into himself while visiting his brother out of state. Balancing freedom and independence, he is the author of a blog that tells the happily ever afters of trans people and his views of what type of boyfriend he wants are challenged as he finds out the difference between stories on a website and real life people. This book does a beautiful job of discussing pronouns (including a conversation that is an amazing example of how to respond to someone sharing their pronouns and I definitely cried). This book was the cute trans love story I hoped it would be and it made my heart happy.