A Not So Meet Cute

 

⭐⭐⭐⭐.5

Release Date: November 2, 2021

Genre: Romantic Comedy/Contemporary Romance

Blurb:

How did you two meet? 

The quintessential question asked to every couple. And the answer is usually some bubbly, lovey dovey tale of being struck in the bum by Cupid's arrow. 

My meet cute (well not so meet cute) is slightly different. I was trolling a wealthy neighborhood in Beverly Hills, searching for someone to take me as their bride, you know, to make my arch nemesis jealous who consequently just fired me. 

He was stomping around the block like some sort of gorgeous ogre, mumbling about a business deal gone wrong and attempting to finagle his way out of it. 

And that's when we bumped into each other. 

There were no sparks. 

Not even a hint of blossoming love. 

But next thing I know, I was scarfing down free chips and guac, listening to this man lay out all of his problems which led to his big ask... he wanted me to be his Vivian War, you know, from Pretty Woman -- minus the frisky behavior. 

We're talking about living in a mansion, intimate double dates, and pretending we were head over heels in love... and engaged. Can you imagine? 

The absolute audacity. 

But people do crazy things when they're desperate. And I reeked of desperation. So, I struck up a deal. 

My one big mistake, though... big... HUGE? I accidentally fell for the incomparable Huxley Cane. 

Review: 

Possible spoilers

You can never go wrong with a Meghan Quinn book, honestly, there isn't a book of hers that I've read that I didn't love. She writes Romantic Comedies with the perfect blend of spice, humor and character, and she did it again with A Not So Meet Cute. 

This was an audiobook read for me that hit the mark perfectly. I'm rather picky when it comes to narrators, but I loved Ava Erickson as Lottie and Aaron Shedlock as Huxley. Their performance brought that extra oomph to an already great story. 

A Not So Meet Cute takes the fake fiancé trope and adds a little extra... a pregnancy! I enjoyed listening to Huxley and Lottie go from being almost childish in their behavior towards one another to acting on the underlying sexual tension, to ultimately finding love. 

There were several scenes that had me cracking up over the situations Hux and Lottie found themselves in while pretending to be an expecting couple. Dry humping to relive the point of conception in front of a class full of people?! Being squirted in the eye with fake breast milk from a fake boob?! Best yet, being puked and crapped on by a fake baby with one eye! Definitely no shortage of funny moments in this book. 

Of course, on the other side of that, there were the steamy scenes. Get ready for the shower scene, but make sure if you're listening to it, you do it with headphones and away from little ears! Huxley Cane 😍. 

I always look forward to Meghan Quinn books and am baffled at how she always writes these stories that are relatable, but still sweep the reader up into the world we're reading about. I highly recommend this book and look forward to a future book about Kelsey, Lottie's sister and JP, Huxley's brother! 

A Not So Meet Cute

Meghan Quinn