I love reading romcoms and this book of short stories did not disappoint. Each story was about a meetcute but not your average meetcute. Despite the short length of each story I was able to connect with the characters. Most were predictable but I loved the journey of each one.

I absolutely loved this Valentines Day themed collection of Novellas!
The Exception to the Rule: 5⭐️
Worst Wingman Ever: 5⭐️
Rosie and the Dreamboat: 3⭐️
Drop Cover and Hold On: 3⭐️
With Any Luck: 5⭐️
Royal Valentine: 4⭐️

Thank you for the opportunity to read this collection of short stories. I loved them all! I will definitely recommend this book to my friends.

What a fun group of short stories that are interwoven together in the best possible way! A delight from fan favorites like Christina Lauren and Abby Jimenez along with 4 others that bring Meet Cute to the next level. Whether the story takes us to Rome or Wisconsin, these short stories make the earth quake in some instances while melting like chocolate. It is a fun mix of love stories perfect for any Romance lover. Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the early read!

What a fun collection of stories! A perfect read for Valentine’s Day with an impressive roster of authors.

The standout stories for me were Christina Lauren’s and Abby Jimenez’. It can be challenging to write a captivating story in the short story/novella format, but these authors pulled it off beautifully. If I had to pick a favourite, I would say hands down ‘the Worst Wingman ever” by Abby Jimenez (seriously I don’t know what she puts in her stories but I go absolutely feral for them every time)

It’s really fun to see the small connections between the stories which I bet will be even more obvious with a reread. If you’re a fan of meet-cutes and looking for a Valentine’s read, look no further!

Thanks to NetGalley for an ARC of The improbable Meet-Cute Collection!

This review will be a 🤏🏼 little different as it's 6 short stories so I will not do my typical play-by-play thoughts and just leave my overall thoughts.


✨The Exception to the Rule✨
The one time I decide not to type up play-by-play thoughts, I read this incredibly funny and adorable book that has me giggling like a little girl. This story was phenomenal! Terra and Callum were such lovable characters and I couldn't put their story down. I've only read a handful a books by Christina Lauren and this short story has me adding all the rest to my TBR. 5/5⭐


✨Worst Wingman Ever✨
Okay, Abby! Okay! I see you. The fabulousness that is you. The chemistry that Holly and John had just through their little letters and then when they met! Ahh! I love that you kept with your heartbreak in this story, but was able to keep it happy in the end. Wonderful! 5/5⭐


✨Rosie and the Dreamboat✨
This short story was cute and anxiety ridden. I was feeling claustrophobic for Rosie. I love that Leo stayed with her the whole time and had a sense of humor and was able to help keep Rosie calm in such an intense situation. I am however a sucker for a good dual POV, so reading this one after 2 dual POV stories in a row I have to rate it a 4/5⭐

✨Drop, Cover and Hold On✨
I have never read any other books by Jasmine Guillory so I wasn't sure what to expect. It took me a little bit to become interested in Daisy and Harris. I'm not sure what it was about them, the story was cute but to me it didn't feel like they had much chemistry. 3/5⭐


✨With Any Luck✨
This is my 4th book by Ashley Poston, and I enjoyed it as much as the others I've read. However, I didn't feel like this short story fit the theme of a Meet-Cute, and because of that I didn't love it. I wasn't invested in Audrey and Theo, maybe if I wasn't stuck on the fact that this short story was supposed to fit the Meet-Cute theme, or if it wasn't a short story but a longer one with more time to get to know the 2. 3/5⭐


✨Royal Valentine✨
Honestly, I didn't really like this short story that much. The plot was cute and the twist was cute, but I just didn't feel like I needed to keep reading. Callum and Ilaria were cute, and I realize I keep using that word, but I don't know how else to explain it. The story just wasn't my favorite and I probably wouldn't read it again. 3/5 ⭐



It's been a few days and I still can't stop thinking about Terra and Callum and Holly and John. I just loved the chemistry between those two couples and the storyline, I truly with both of those were full stories instead of short.
I hate that I didn't enjoy the other stories as much and I've been thinking, it's not that I didn't enjoy the story and the plot, I think that because they weren't dual POV I wasn't able to fully commit to the couples as a pair.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC! This was such a fun collection of stories- I LOVE LOVE LOVE reading about coincidental meet cutes and this book didn’t disappoint! It had a wonderful selection of authors and the way that there were subtle connections from story to story made me smile. The stories were funny and light and I was surprised how much I felt for the characters in a such short amount of time. SUCH creativity and I love it!
Rating by each story:
- The exception to the rule (5 stars)
- Worst wingman ever (5 stars)
- Rosie and the dreamboat (4 stars)
- Drop, cover, and hold on (5 stars)
- With any luck (3 stars)
- Royal valentine (2 stars, just wasn’t my favorite tropes and didn’t connect to the characters)

SO MUCH FUN!!!

This is such a cute little bundle full of fun romances!
When I saw Ashley Poston on this list I knew I had to read it. I love her writing!

This was so much fun, and the short story style is great for a reader who needs something quick, fast-paced, and refreshing. It is also perfect for anyone who wants to raise their reading goal.

The Ashley Poston and Christina Lauren ones were my favorites, but all of them were wonderful.

Cute short stories that are set on valentines day. These romances are sure to make you believe in the magic of valentines day. Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for the digital ARC of these books.

I generally avoid short stories. I hate getting attached to characters who are quickly gone. However, I thoroughly enjoyed this collection from the queens of rom-com! Each story is sweet and well-written. The spice level is low (which isn’t important to me but may be to others). I’ll be reading it again around Valentine’s Day!

This was the sweetest collection of short stories. Each one will make you melt and have your toes curl in happiness. This was a fabulous lineup of some of my favorite authors. Thank you so much NetGalley and Amazon originals for this arc in exchange for an honest review. I could not leave a review on Goodreads/storygraph since the book was not listed on either.

I would definitely recommend this for anyone that loves quick rom-com leads. This is a series of short stories (meet cutes) written by some very well known authors! There were a couple I enjoyed more than others, but overall a great read. Just in time for Valentine's Day too!

A short Valentines Day stories of many amazing authors. Christina Lauren was an amazing short story of two students that emailed each other for years on Valentines Day. It was adorable. Though I wished the ending wasn't in their email correspondence. 2nd story was about a nurse and an handyman that was okay. It wasn't too memorable. 3rd story by Sally Thorne was a bit confusing. Girl gets stuck on a relaxation pod and cute fireman was able to entertain and help her through the whole ordeal. It was a bit of a letdown . 4th story was about a grumpy baker and Daisy that loved the baked goods as well as the baker. It was cute. I liked how the story ended. 5th story was by Ashley Poston. Who is my newest favorite author. A maid of honor for her guy bestie, believing she was cursed by not finding true love. Meeting the bride's best friend/man, Theo that she known from her one night stand last year. Maybe she will find love regardless of the curse. The ending was a bit anticlimactic. I needed more. 6th love story was written by Sariah Wilson. A princess that wanted a holiday for herself. Meeting a dashing photographer that luckily wasn't after her pictures to sell to others. The ending was cute. Overall, the first story was the best!! Yet, all together it was a cute Valentines Day romance book that I recommend!! Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my ARC in exchange for my honest review.

How fun to read short stories from all my favorite romance authors! Of course these go by super quickly, but it was fun to be sucked into each one. Recommend for something different from your favorites!

Very fun short stories by a great collection of authors. Christina Lauren and Abby Jimenez knocked it out of the park, although Abby made me cry! There were small ties to each story throughout the book, and each story was so different from each other. I actually liked that there were fewer stories than a normal anthology because they were a bit longer.
Received a free arc for an honest review.

I generally enjoyed the The Improbable Meet-Cute collection but the only one I really loved (by a big margin compared to the rest) was Christina Lauren's The Exception to the Rule. T and C's love story was one of the cutest and sweetest things I'd read this year and it was written in such a refreshing format as well. I was honestly surprised at how attached I to them, especially as the slowly started to bare themselves to each other. It was also fascinating seeing the years-long mystery slowly unravel and see how fate came to play in their lives. This was Christina Lauren's first short story and I think they could not have written a more perfect one, it started and ended wonderfully and I will definitely be eating some soup dumplings in T and C's honor next Valentine's!

The next two I liked were Ashley Poston's With Any Luck and Abby Jimenez's Worst Wingman Ever. I adored the concept of Poston's story, it was imprinted with her signature magical realism-type love story, however, do I wish it was a bit longer. I felt that there wasn't enough time to develop the romance between the two main characters beyond their short shared history but I did appreciate the concept and it would've elevated the story more if there was a bit more foundation being built. Jimenez's was also one of the best written stories in this collection and the only reason I couldn't rank it higher is because of 1) how heavy the story was for a short story and 2) there were some parts (particularly in relation to Holly's grandmother) that felt so far out and a bit unnecessary, and made me wonder what we were supposed to do with the info and how it was supposed to make us feel. Besides those points, I do think Jimenez's story was hopeful and carried a lovely message to it.

At the top of the lower half of my ratings is Jasmine Guillory's Drop, Cover and Hold on. I really liked the concept of Guillory's short story and am a huge fan of the MMC trope of being silent but having fallen first (and he's a baker!) but I was turned off by the very very insta-love aspect of it. The FMC went from being attracted but not really liking the MMC to completely smitten in the span of a few pages but like me, the way to her heart was through baked goods so I kind of understood?

And the bottom two are Sariah Wilson's Royal Valentine and Sally Thorne's Rosie and the Dreamboat. I just found Wilson's story a bit bland and uninspired, and the writing didn't shine as much as the other's did but the story wasn't bad, it just wasn't as romantic. As for Thorne's, after a few pages in, I just cringed my way through the middle part to the end (I honestly skipped a few pages), I don't know if it's because Thorne's writing just isn't for me but I found Rosie weird (her internal monologues had such an odd voice and her constant need to compare herself to her sister was making me insecure) and her humor wasn't funny at all (nor was "Romeo's"). I did like the concept of their meet cute but the execution left much to be desired, though I did like the ending. It was surprisingly cute.

I appreciated the cohesiveness of the stories, I liked that there were little easter eggs that led one story to the other and I hope we'll have another opportunity to read more short stories like these.

The Exception to the Rule:
I absolutely loved this! I love the email style. I felt like I had a truly intimate view into the characters relationship immediately. Very sweet story. When I finished reading, I couldn’t stop smiling and screaming I loved it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Worst wingwoman ever:
Cute I like the two person point of view. Honestly would love a whole story about grandma and aunt Lucy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Rosie and the dreamboat:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ well written. Very funny. Love the humor throughout the story.

Drop cover and hold on:
First slight bit of actual spice in the collection. Just enough story to want more. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

With any luck:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ enjoyed the story. Nice balance of spice with story for a short story. Story nicely combined several rom com ideas together to make an all together nice little story that made me smile.

Royal valentine:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ such a fun story. Love the modern fairytale. I also loved that it tied together with “With Any Luck” and “The Exception to the Rule”

All in all the collection was a lovely feel good read. I would average it at four out of five stars. While they’re all different stories they work well together as a collection. The improbability of each couples meeting in my opinion makes the stories that much cuter.

These short stories were so good. Thank you netgalley for allowing me to read these. When I seen they were up for grabs early I was so stocked to read since some are from my favorite authors. Definitely read so you can see for yourself just how good these stories are.

This was such a fun set of short stories and all left me wanting more. I especially hope the final two are fleshed out in proper novels some day. I loved how they intertwined just slightly.

I thoroughly enjoyed this Valentines collection of short stories by some of my favorite romance authors! Six meet cutes!