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A review by lolasbooks
We Can't Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon
4.0
i loved this.
- you can aways count on solomon to write a scarily relatable jewish fmc and an adorable love interest.
- the sex positivity in this book was making me tear up.
- the familial relationships were complex and i loved quinn’s individual journey.
- the added detail of tarek’s eczema was lovely
some cons:
- took me a second to become invested in the story, some yearning/chemistry was missing from the start
- i loveee wedding settings i feel like it could’ve been utilised more
- we find out tarek is muslim in the later half of the book. whilst solomon seems to prefer to write characters with complex relationships with their religion (e.g. quinn doesn’t keep kosher), i feel like this wasn’t necessary for tarek. he drinks and has sex before marraige, him being muslim didn’t add anything to the plot (not that a persons religion must be a plot device, i just think in this case where the rep is questionable it’s worth leaving it out) and i imagine is frustrating for muslim people to read about when rep is severely lacking. i’m not muslim so of course listen to muslim people over me. but just something i thought about
- you can aways count on solomon to write a scarily relatable jewish fmc and an adorable love interest.
- the sex positivity in this book was making me tear up.
- the familial relationships were complex and i loved quinn’s individual journey.
- the added detail of tarek’s eczema was lovely
some cons:
- took me a second to become invested in the story, some yearning/chemistry was missing from the start
- i loveee wedding settings i feel like it could’ve been utilised more
- we find out tarek is muslim in the later half of the book. whilst solomon seems to prefer to write characters with complex relationships with their religion (e.g. quinn doesn’t keep kosher), i feel like this wasn’t necessary for tarek. he drinks and has sex before marraige, him being muslim didn’t add anything to the plot (not that a persons religion must be a plot device, i just think in this case where the rep is questionable it’s worth leaving it out) and i imagine is frustrating for muslim people to read about when rep is severely lacking. i’m not muslim so of course listen to muslim people over me. but just something i thought about