A review by ademusoyo
The Good Ones are Taken by Taj McCoy

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

Things I liked about the book: 

• the friends to lovers trope
• The two love interests
• The support and love that the female main character had from friends and family 

Things I didn’t like:

• The female main character 
• How long it took for her to make her “choice”

I felt like Maggie was too self-centered and didn’t really care much about anything else besides herself. The way she acted about her friends getting married in a way that seemed really jealous was really annoying to me and the fact that everyone just let her get away with it just felt really annoying. When it came time to the weddings for her friends she still made it about her and then the fact that

Garrett proposed to her at their joint wedding in Thailand

actually made me annoyed even more. 

Also, despite the fact that both guys, Garrett and Blake, were great, I felt it was very clear and obvious who she should pick from the beginning. She

didn’t even like Blake that much when she went out with him.

and from the beginning she had already said that

she wanted someone just like Garrett. So once they finally got together, I didn’t understand why there was so much back and forth.

it just seemed to drag the story longer than it needed to be. 

I did laugh and found the interactions to be really relatable which is why I’ll give it a little bit above 3 but the story just fell a little flat to me.