Six short stories. Six unlikely meet-cutes.

The Exception to the Rule ★★★★★
Worst Wingman Ever ★★★★.5
Rosie and the Dreamboat ★★★★
Drop, Cover, and Hold On ★★★
With Any Luck ★★★★
Royal Valentine ★★★.5

They were pretty good Valentine's Day-centered novellas. Previous to this I've only ever read Christina Lauren's work, so it was a nice way to get a taste of other authors. I'll definitely read a full novel from Abby Jimenez and Ashley Poston.

A good collection of stories from some really great authors. I like a novella collection it gives you a chance to get a read on an authors writing style. Some of these stories I enjoyed more than others but they were all enjoyable.

Overall a nice compilations of stories and always nice to be introduced to new authors. I added a few to my to be read list.

LOVED THIS!

All my fav authors in one bundle! Sign me up! My favorite was the CLo one. Can't wait to review them all! full review to come!

Whoever's idea this was to grab 6 authors to write a story and showcase their writing and their brain/ brava. This is now how I'd like to always find new authors. And it was cute and interconnected and all about valentines. Do there we go!

Featuring six short stories from well known, and well loved, romance authors, The Improbably Meet Cute Collection presents six different Valentine's Day meet cutes, guaranteed to make you swoon.

Featuring stories with accidental emails, missed connections, missed signals and embarrassing mishaps this was the perfect collection to wind down with each night. My favorite? Rosie and the Dreamboat -- it had me gasping, cringing and swooning all within 60 pages and I loved every second of it.

While the compilation of authors was diverse, including writers of the BIPOC communities as well as authors who identify within the LGBTQ+ community, I would loved to see a few more stories that highlighted the spectrum of sexuality. Overall, a super enjoyable and fun collection that I will absolutely be revisiting in the future and recommending to others!

I was so excited to see this set of short stories because I have been a fan of Christina Lauren, Sally Thorne, and Abby Jimenez for several years. This set gave me stories from each of them along with the opportunity to find similar authors. I enjoyed each story in this collection and just wish they were full length novels.

A sweet collection of short stories. I enjoyed reading these. All were easy and quick reads. Some I enjoyed more than others. All were quite predictable since they were all “meet-cute” stories but it was fun to read them and perfect timing right before Valentine’s Day,

Some I loved 4-star worth, others were 4 star for me. Relatable, funny, cute, meet-cutes, Pick them up and love them yourself.

This set of books was absolutely wonderful! Six fun & romantic new short stories that make you laugh & cry, while introducing you to new authors you may never have heard of before. I particularly loved the stories by Abby Jimenez & Christina Lauren, but all were fun and I'm looking forward to reading more books by all six of the authors.

I definitely loved this collection of short meet cutes. Each one was different and super cute. I had my favorites. The author's include:
- Christina Lauren
- Abby Jimenez
- Jasmine Guillory
- Sally Thorne
- Ashley Poston
- Sariah Wilson

This a definite must read for this valentine season. I loved it and I hope they continue the collection idea.

The prompt: get six of the biggest names in Romance to turn an improbable meet-cute into a romantic happily ever after in 60 pages or less.

Congratulations to whoever came up with this idea and convinced these authors to participate because this was a wildly successful project! I suspect writing a short story can be more challenging than a novel and these authors mostly pulled it off. I loved that each story was unique but tied together in some little way.

My personal favorite of the series is The Exception to the Rule. What Christina Lauren did here was pure magic. I was smiling, squealing, and kicking my feet in delight for the whole read! C & T forever!

The Exception to the Rule - 5 ⭐️ - two teenagers “meet” after a typo in an email address and continue to exchange emails for 10 years.

Worst Wingman Ever - 5 ⭐️ - a mistaken Valentines delivery leads two people to exchange notes during a trying time.

Rosie and the Dreamboat - 5 ⭐️ - Rosie meets a firefighter after an incident at a day spa.

Drop, Cover, and Hold On - 4 ⭐️ - it takes an earthquake for a bakery owner and customer to finally see eye to eye

With Any Luck - 3 ⭐️ - The best man and maid of honor must retrace their steps to find the missing groom.

Royal Valentine - 3 ⭐️ - A princess switches places with her assistant for a weekend in Rome only to meet a handsome Scottish man.

Ranking the actual meet-cutes not the stories themselves:
1. The Exception to the Rule
2. Rosie and the Dreamboat
3. Worst Wingman Ever
4. Drop, Cover, and Hold On
5. Royal Valentine
6. With Any Luck

Each story in The Improbable Meet-Cute series can be read or listened to for free now with Amazon Prime or Kindle Unlimited.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced digital review copy.

The Improbable Meet-Cute series was everything my heart needed and more. I loved this collection so much! I highly recommend these novellas. Thank you for allowing me to read this advanced copy.

A wonderful collection for romance meet cute novella for Valentine’s Day.
I reviewed each separately.
A few were fantastic. The othes a promise of a happy for now.
I enjoyed reading each of these creative author’s stories.

The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren
Worst Wingman Ever by Abby Jimenez
Rosie and the Dreamboat by Sally Thorne
Drop, Cover, and Hold On by Jasmine Guillory
With Any Luck by Amy Poston
Royal Valentine by Sariah Wilson

Freaking PERFECTION. 10/10. This was just so so good. I couldn’t get enough of it and wanted a thousand more pages of this.

A short story collection from six of the best romance authors... yes, please! This was such a joyful and amazing read. All of the stories had great characters in unpredictable situations. Each of the writers put their own unique spin on the idea of a meet cute. My favorite story of the bunch was The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren, but they were all wonderful. If you're looking for books that make you smile with happiness, check these out individually on Amazon!

This was a fantastic collection of short stories from some favourite, big name romance authors with an enticing common concept. Reading how six romance authors created such unique stories from the same writing prompt of an improbable meet-cute was fascinating.

Without question, The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren felt like the most well rounded story. Given the story spanned over a decade through emails, we were able to gain a lot of context for both character and relationship development. This lead to a very well rounded story that had me swooning by the end.

Given the length of these stories, most already had well developed characters with the exception of Royal Valentine. Princess Ilaria felt underdeveloped. She came across as whiney, horny and desperate - wanting to fall in love with the first man she laid eyes on. Also, these are supposed to be Valentine's themed meet-cute stories, and yet Royal Valentine delivered on the meet cute, but within 71 pages also delivered a "third act break up". That didn't feel congruent with the themes of Valentine's days and the hope and possibility of a meet cute.

Worst Wingman Ever by Abby Jimenez was a close second. Jimenez's ability to make me laugh while reading about illness/death/dying is unparalleled. She can always get me in my feels.

My overall rating for the series is 4 stars. My individual ratings are as follows:
The Exception to the Rule - 5 stars
Worst Wingman Ever - 4.5 stars
Rosie and the Dreamboat - 4 stars
Drop, Cover and Hold On - 3 stars
With Any Luck - 4.5 stars
Royal Valentine - 2 stars

This was so fun & I cannot recommend enough! The highlight for me was the Abby Jimenez novella. I also have to add that I love that they put out the audio the day of publication, then in my mind there is no reason not to pick this up.

This collection of Valentine’s Day novellas is the perfect escape between larger books. Mostly heartwarming and fun, you can easily read only one or all of them as your time allows. I particularly enjoyed the more humorous plots as I want love to be quirky. There was only one of the six that I did not connect with.

Thank you NetGalley, Amazon Original Stories, and the authors for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!

I absolutely love a good meet-cute, and a whole collection of them by some of my favorite authors? Perfection! I loved these little doses of sweet romance and think anyone who loves to read romance novels of any kind will appreciate these little stories of love.