Meet Cute Club: A Spoiler-Free Review

Hello friends and fellow book lovers! This week, I’m writing another review and oh boy was I excited to read this book. I’ve heard a lot of Booktubers talk about Jack Harbon so I knew I wanted to read his books. Personally, I don’t read many m/m romances let alone m/m romances with Black characters. Either way, let’s get into my spoiler-free thoughts on this book. 🙂

This is my spoiler-free review of Meet Cute Club.

Jordan Collins doesn’t need a man.

What he needs is for his favorite author to release another one of her sexy supernatural novels and more people to sign up for the romance book club that he fears is slowly and steadily losing its steam. He also needs for the new employee at his local bookstore to stop making fun of him for reading things meant for “grandmas.”

The very last thing he needs is for that same employee, Rex Bailey, to waltz into his living room and ask to join Meet Cute Club. Despite his immediate thoughts—like laughing in his face and telling him to kick rocks—Jordan decides that if he wants this club to continue thriving, he can’t turn away any new members. Not even ones like Rex, who somehow manage to be both frustratingly obnoxious and breathtakingly handsome.

As Jordan and Rex team up to bring the club back from the ashes, Jordan soon discovers that Rex might not be the arrogant troll he made himself out to be, and that, like with all things in life, maybe he was wrong to judge a book by its cover.

I’ve only finished this book less than an hour ago but I knew I wanted to write a review of it. Honestly, this concept had me so excited that it was an easy pick for my TBR. With that being said, let’s get into my thoughts on Meet Cute Club starting with the things I enjoyed about the book.

What I enjoyed about Meet Cute Club

The concept. If you couldn’t tell from above, the concept of this book is about two guys who meet because of the other’s book club and it’s their romance. If you’re a reader, then I’m sure you’ll love this concept, too. It’s just so cute and bookish and something that could happen to any of us. Lol
The positive romance vibes. If there’s one thing this book did great was, it talked so openly and positively about romance. Jack Harbon touched on the problems but also talked about how great romance is as a genre. I really enjoyed that as someone who is a HUGE romance reader. It felt nice to see someone loving it as much as I do.
The romance. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t love the romance between Jordan and Rex. They were stereotypical enemies-to-lovers but they also had this softness for each other. It was clear they had real feelings for each other and were just pure sweet cinnamon rolls for each other.
The pop culture references. Sometimes in books, authors really don’t know how to write pop culture references. Since Jack Harbon is young, he really got it and placed them where they needed to be. Nothing felt forced but rather, it was funny and made sense that the characters would say that.

What I didn’t enjoyed about Meet Cute Club

The conflict. As per most romance novels, this book had an inevitable conflict and I didn’t enjoy the one in this book. It’s not that the conflict didn’t make sense, but it felt overly dramatic when it didn’t need to be. Maybe it was just me but I found it to be a little too over-the-top.
The length. This book was just under 200 pages and I wish it would have been longer. I think it could have been a little bit longer and more developed. I especially would have liked to see more of Jordan and Rex spending time together.

With my thoughts of the way, I wanted to talk about how this fit into my Olympic Games TBR. I used this book as “Read a book you predict will be five stars.” Unfortunately for me, I didn’t end up giving it 5-stars. I rated Meet Cute Club 4 out of 5 stars which isn’t bad but it wasn’t a perfect book for me.

If you’re looking for more queer books by Black authors though, I highly recommend this one. I also plan on reading more from Jack Harbon in the future. While it might not have been a 5-star read, it was still enjoyable.

*Before you finish reading my post, please take time to look over these attached links to help with Black Lives Matter. Whether it be signing a petition, donating or simply re-sharing this same link, USE YOUR VOICE. If you’re a white person reading this, you have privilege and it is your duty as an ally to educate yourself, amplify Black voices and show that Black Lives Matter.

Find me on Twitter & Goodreads