Of the things we did like about this story, Devin and Brian were at the top of the list. At the end of the day, I finished because I needed to know if got better, and was unfortunately disappointed. However, the more I read, the more iffy I became. And I mean, let’s be honest, Noah’s 16 and we were all annoying teens to some degree.

As much as I wanted to love it 100%, I found that I couldn’t stop sighing. But when Noah’s feelings grow beyond their staged romance, he realizes that dating in real life isn’t quite the same as finding love on the page.įrom the beginning, I wanted to love Noah he dreams up his own world and blogs about it to give other trans people hope for romance! And for the first 10%, I was amused by Noah’s ability to dream up these scenarios almost on the spot (I mean honestly, if I could do that, we’d be churning out content like butter). Then, No ah meets Drew, and everything falls into place: Drew will fake-date Noah to save the Diary. The only way to save the Diary is to convince everyone that the stories are true. When a troll exposes the blog as fiction, Noah’s world unravels. What started as the fantasies of a trans boy afraid to step out of the closet has grown into a beacon of hope for trans readers across the globe. There’s just one problem-all the stories are fake. He has to be for his popular blog, the Meet Cute Diary, a collection of trans happily ever afters. Synopsis: Noah Ramirez thinks he’s an expert on romance. Representation: trans protagonist, nonbinary charactersĬontent warnings: anxiety and panic attacks, transphobia, manipulative relationships

Age Range and Genre: YA contemporary, rom-com

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