Meet Cute

Young love . . . this anthology of short stories captures all the tingles, butterflies, and heart palpitations of "the moment they met" in stories by popular YA authors. Performed by a talented cast, this inclusive collection offers refreshingly diverse perspectives, including lesbian, gay, and transgender points of view. Love stories tend to make for good listening, and the frequent first-person point of view lends itself well to the audio format. As is the case with most anthologies, there are stronger and weaker stories, but with such great narrators and so many choices, that's a small problem. Female voices outnumber male, which makes Sullivan Jones's "259 Million Miles" a standout. And Bahni Turpin's presentations--including "Hourglass" and "The Unlikely Likelihood of Falling in Love"--are also wonderful listens. J.C.G. � AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine