Such a slow burn friends to lovers story. Really enjoyed the build up to this relationship and how much they knew everything about each other.

A very entertaining read! I look forward to reading Meghan Quinn's earlier books ‘A Not So Meet Cute’ and ‘So Not Meant to Be’! Would recommend this in store.

Breaker and Lia’s friendship to lovers was so good. I’ll say that out of the three books this one is my favorite. Breaker and Lia were nerdy cute and hot. My only complaint is that there were too many characters with B names. Breaker Beaver and Brian. They sort of blended together after reading for too long.

Breaker and Lia's friends is so damn heartwarming and reading about their friendship turning into more definitely raised the bar for the friends to lovers trope books. The relationship between Breaker and Lia is strictly platonic until a certain point and then all the antsy and chemistry builds. This book gives major Made of Honor vibes, so if you liked that movie you will love this book.

Dual POV, Spicy, Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Billionaire Romance, He Falls First, It's Always Been You

I loved this book.

I love these brothers.

I love this author.

If you like the other books in this series, read this quick! It’s funny! So good!!

Breaker and Lia are by far favorites in this series.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for a chance to read and review.

I know that Christmas is over, but my tree is still up and Breaker could fit under my tree💛🎄
This man is everything. He is so sweet and just perfect for Lia. We already know Brian is a dill weed and was glad to see him gone. Breaker’s mouth🥵🥵🥵💦💦💦 I’ll take 2 please 🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️
I enjoyed both main characters. Breaker and Lia’s friends to lovers relationship is perfectly done.

Meghan Quinn is an auto-buy author for me; her books never let me down with their perfect combo of spice and laughs. A Long Time Coming is no different. I absolutely loved Breaker and Lia's story, from their beginnings at secret Scrabble society to their happily ever after. Breaker is now my favourite Cane brother, and that's saying a lot!

Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for an advance e-copy of A Long Time Coming by Meghan Quinn in exchange of an honest review.

"In 'A Long Time Coming' by Meghan Quinn, readers are swept away in a heartwarming and humorous tale of best friends turned lovers. Breaker and Lia's journey from college buddies to realizing their true feelings for each other is filled with undeniable chemistry and spicy-hot moments. As Breaker steps up as Lia's man of honor, the wedding antics provide comedic relief and add an extra layer of entertainment. Rooting for this soulmate connection is inevitable, and the depth of their emotions will have readers captivated. Breaker, in particular, shines as a lovable character, making him a favorite among the brothers. If you enjoy friends-to-lovers stories with plenty of angst and a phenomenal storyline, 'A Long Time Coming' is a must-read." This was a 4.5 Stars read for me!

Unfortunately this just didn't have enough depth for me and I really like depth. I will still recommend it to readers looking for this kind of book because it will be popular with readers. It just wasn't for me.

I believe it was Billy Crystal’s character in “When Harry Met Sally” who said that men and women couldn’t truly be friends because if you need to be friends with someone of the opposite gender then something is missing in the relationship.

In a nutshell, that describes Lia and Breaker’s friendship over the last 10 years. Their friendship is tight, the kind that is legendary. But, Breaker never has a meaningful romantic relationship and Lia just agreed to marry a man who is a cold fish.

This is a sloooowwww burn story, then it sets the pages on fire. I like the characterization, but would have liked for Lia to get out of her engagement earlier in the story. The weekends with the fiance’ so soon to going with Breaker felt a bit icky.

Other than that, this was a fun read. I enjoyed the brothers even though I haven’t read their stories. I need to find those books!

Four, maybe 4.5 stars.

💜 A Long Time Coming by Meghan Quinn 💜
Cane Brothers, Book 3
Interconnected standalone

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Adult • Romance
450 pages

💍 friends to lovers
💒 slow burn
💍 my best friend’s wedding inspired
💒 he falls first
💍 found family
💒 dual POV
💍 no third act breakup
💒 HEA

🎶 Forever (forever), forever (‘ever)
You’ll stay in my heart and I will love you
Forever (forever), and ever (ever)
We never will part, oh, how I love you
Together (together), together (together)
That’s how it must be
To live without you would only mean heartbreak for me 🎶

Oh wait, this has no Juliet Roberts but Breaker sure does fill her shoes marvelously 😜 My Best Friend’s Wedding is a true classic and one of the only two romcom movies I love… the other being Bridesmaids. Oh shoot, I have a thing for wedding romcoms 🤨 ah, who knew. Is that even a thing?

📍“We just matched. Like when everyone left Scrabble that night, and we were alone, I felt like my missing puzzle piece was put into place.”

Knowing My Best Friend’s Wedding so well, I must confess I was a little wary. I need my books with a HEA. Not a bittersweet, not a it will all eventually turn out okay, not a “it was for the best.” Nope. I need to read it. Right there. HEA on the last pages of a book. But I quickly understood that Brian was no Cameron Diaz 👀

📍“I think it’s because in my mind, I’ve always been with you. You’ve always been mine.”

The second half of this book was pure perfection. I was rooting so hard for Breaker that my heart was racing 😱 You get your girl! You go get her! And can I just say… the 🌶️ was superb 🤌🏼

There’s something special about friends to lovers. Specially nerdy ones like these two 😍😍

Now, let me go rewatch My Best Friend’s Wedding as if I haven’t watched it a million times.

This is my favorite of the Cane brothers series so far. The banter is hilarious. This is definitely a slow burn, but so worth it! Definitely an entertaining and enjoyable read!

I'm normally a sucker for enemies-to-lovers books but this made me realize I enjoy friends-to-lovers just as much. The sweetness without all the drama was beautiful.

Breaker Cane is the best friend Lia can have. He is supportive, enjoys the same goofy things as her, is a closet nerd and knows her coffee order (even stocks her favorite kind in his kitchen as his apartment happens to be right next door to hers). When Lia gets engaged, Breaker steps up as her man of honor. Having lost her parents, he's the only family she has.
And what a friend he is, navigating her awful future mother in law and increasingly distant fiance right by her side.

But in the wedding dress shop, Breaker realizes he's in over his head and Lia is really the one for him. Can he continue to be just her friend? Can he support her even though he wants her to choose him?

Wonderful characters, lots of chemistry and spark plus plenty of humor. Thanks to NetGalley and Bloom Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a romantic journey that takes place against the backdrop of wedding chaos and unexpected feelings. Breaker Cane (protagonist) is faced with dealing with his best friend's MIL. As he navigates the complexity of wedding planning, he also discovers his feelings for his best friend.

This is a cute story filled with humor, romance, and a touch of chaos. The premise of tackling the soon-to-be-monster-in-law adds a unique twist to the friends-to-lovers trope. The story is light-hearted and entertaining.

The progression from seeing Lias as a friend to recognizing her in a new light is handled well and I couldn't help but root for the characters to discover their connection. The supporting characters, including the increasingly suspicious fiance and the attempts at dating during the wedding planning, contribute to the humor and charm.

This was a sweet romantic comedy that explored the complexities of love and friendship.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I will start by saying that Meghan Quinn books can be a hit or miss for me. Some of them I love them and some of theme I'm dragging myself to finish them. This one goes on the Love them column.

I thought the plot, pace, relationship were great. I am not a big fan of friends to lover but this one just hit right cause the friendship was genuine and the relationship came after. I still think that Lottie is inappropriate sometimes when it comes to the sex talk. I believe you need to ask if people are comfortable before talking about how your husband fucks you.

Breaker is just adorable. I wish more men had friendships with the opposite sex and not pine for them. I loved it.

I got an e-are of this book on NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Breaker Cane is ready to be everything Lia needs to support her with her fast approaching nuptials. But maybe he is realizing she’s already everything he needs.

Breaker and Lia are huzzah!!! The illustrations. The spice. The humour. The sibling relationships. The girlfriend relationships. All of it! Huzzah!! “Ummm, did Breaker just win?” Yes. Yes he did! My favourite Cane brother for sure!

Thank you Net Galley!

Breaker Cane met Lia in college and they immediately clicked, sharing so many of the same interests, that he was determined to ask her out by the end of the night. But before he can she admits that she really needs a friend, so he tells her he'll be the best friend she'll ever have. Now it's ten years later and Lia is getting married and asks him to be her man of honor. As they get farther into wedding planning, Breaker is her best support against her horrible future mother-in-law and her spineless fiance who's more eager for his mother's approval than his future wife. And then the truth hits him that he's had feelings for her all along and he can't stand back and watch her marry another man. But is he too late?
As a twist to the classic romcom My Best Friend's Wedding, this story has the ending we all longed for. I absolutely loved Breaker in the previous two books and how supportive he was with his brothers. He's just the best friend that anyone could wish for, and when he started to show his true feelings... just wow! There were so many laugh out loud moments in this book, I just loved it.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bloom Books for providing the ARC.

I hadn't had a chance to read this book prior to getting this ARC, but I am glad I had the opportunity to do so. This is probably my favorite book of the three and it's primarily due to Breaker.

Breaker is my favorite Kane brother, by far. Huxley is too serious, JP is too wild, but Breaker is a nice balance between the two with an extra bit of nerdiness on the side. He treats Lia as the number one priority in his from the very beginning, even when he didn't realize he had feelings for her. I love how much of an absolute cinnamon roll he was.

Lia was also an excellent character and provides insight into what admittedly was a complicated relationship between her ex and Breaker. While there weren't any strong love triangle situations, the dynamic between the three was tense right from the get go. And as the story went out, the reader saw how all of it unraveled.

Enjoyed this book thoroughly.

I loved this book so much! Friends to lovers is my absolute favorite trope, and Meghan Quinn is one of my favorite authors. The cake tasting scene is epic! So funny, so perfect written, it's everything you could ask for. I love how these two got together. I loved all the history they shared. I don't have a single negative thing to say about this book. Breaker and Lia are one of my favorite MQ couples. I wasn't sure how I'd feel about the illustrations, but they're cute, they add a little something extra. With more than a dozen sprinkled it, it makes this book very unique to other romance novels (especially ebooks).

I wanted to like this. I went into this thinking I was going to like this. I am generally a fan of this author so I will keep reading more by her, just other titles.

Okay, this has a romance pet peeve of mine. The supposed love interests are with other people for too large of a chunk of the book. Yes, I was aware before reading that MMC is FMC’s best friend and man of honor for her upcoming wedding to someone else. But here’s the thing, I never really felt like they needed to be together. And this is coming from someone who loves the friends to lovers trope. They are both with people who seem pretty nice. It would be one thing if the FMC is technically engaged but her fiance is absent but no there’s lots of scenes of them hugging/kissing and talking things over. This was starting to feel like a dual romance, marriage/engagement in crisis vs a friends to lovers with a splash of cheating trope.

What saved this for me was the MMC, Beaker. He’s an awesome guy and character. He really looks out for his family and friends. Their codependency in their friendship honestly didn’t bother me, I just needed more romance. A lot of this truly was awkward. And even the initial premise of why they never dated, cause he had a mustache when they first met so he looked unattractive to her? Some overly slapstick feeling rom com stuff really makes me feel like a grinch but I can’t help the way I feel about certain moments like that one.

It took way too long for them to get together and I enjoyed the pacing of some of Meghan’s other books more. Thank you to Bloom Books for this eARC. I am loving the updated covers!