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A review by abetterpaige
A Long Time Coming by Meghan Quinn
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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“I’m spoiling you because I want to, because I get to, and because you deserve nothing but the best, Lia.”
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Meghan!!! GIRL!!!! This book was soooo unexpected and different than any romance I’ve read recently and I LOVED it. This is a best friends to lovers romance which is not typically my fave, and while I struggled with the slow start, I absolutely loved Breaker’s character arc and the story as a whole.
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Breaker and Lia met in college and became fast, best friends. 10 years later, they live in neighboring apartments and spend a lot of time together, playing games, drinking ciders, and watching TV and movies. They share all of the same nerdy interests and have a peace with one another that they haven’t been able to find anywhere else. Lia is engaged to Brian, a son in a new-money-keeping-up-with-the-Jonses family, and despite being caught off guard by the proposal, Lia says yes. Much to her dismay, Brian’s mom (her future MIL) takes over all of the wedding planning and doesn’t let Lia speak for herself. To help her out, Breaker comes to all of the wedding appointments as her Man of Honor, or Man in Waiting.
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Throughout the wedding planning, Breaker quickly realizes, with some guidance from our other favorite Cane brothers and their wives, that his love for Lia extends beyond friendship… but she’s going to get married in 5 weeks.
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Breaker’s dirty talk is…next level. His internal monologue is so freaking sweet and I just absolutely adore him. Lia is cute and quirky, but I had more complaints with her (umm.. hello internalized misogyny). I docked a star, though, because of some seriously weird plot holes… What is Lia’s job? Literally, what does she do for work? We got absolutely nothing of her relationship with Brian except for the fights, but we got a lot of positive insight into Breaker’s dating life. I don’t know, it just felt simultaneously a little long but also incomplete to me! All that to say, I still really loved it and loved their happy ending!