A and Rhiannon fall in love in the traditional YA romance ways: sharing secrets, kissing in the rain/ and sneaking out to see one another sans parental permission /The only difference here is that . every day, A embodies someone brand-new.
I keep quoting one of the most influential statements / which also applies to the movie. Author Colleen Black was on a panel I was on and she said .The most romantic thing you can say to someone is not I love you but I see you/ The connection we make is not just from affection. but someone knowing who you are and feeling comfortable letting the other person know who you are. That was the guiding principle of Every Day Levithan explained of Rhiannon and A's relationship on a recent phone call. I hope that is conveyed in the movie and it alters the somewhat cliche narrative of the meet-cute and the attraction and falling in love. It is much more complicated here because A has to earn Rhiannon s love not by what A looks like, but by who A is.