I adored this book, it’s probably my favorite friends to lovers I’ve ever read. Lia is such an amazing and lovable character and I so appreciated how Breaker supported her and let her decide what to do about Brian all on her own by just supporting her and reminding her of her own worth. This was such a joy to reread and will definitely be a comfort reread for me in the future. Thank you so much for the ARC of this fabulous story!

Ophelia (Lia) and Breaker have been best friends for years. When Lia announces her engagement Breaker offers to help her with her overbearing mother in law to be. As he watches her getting ready to marry someone else it sparks something in him and makes him realise that she is more than his best friend. She is his everything. While her fiancé is showing her less and less love, Breaker is showing her how love should really be and she breaks off her engagement. Lia slowly comes to realise what her feelings for Breaker really mean, while he does everything he can to show her what they can be. I liked that Breaker let Lia work out herself what she really wanted without pressure and I was so happy when she finally stood up for herself. When they finally start to explore their new feelings the heat was scorching. Loved it! I liked their connection that continued throughout the story, but did find it a little slow. I would give the story 3 stars but the heat moved it to a 4 for me.

A Long Time Coming, by Meghan Quinn, is the third and final book in the Cane Brothers series. I really enjoyed Breaker and Lia's storyline and how their history was weaved into the book. Meghan's writing and the humor she adds to each book she writes is always on point. I highly recommend! 4.5⭐

I really am not a fan of Friends to Lovers but Breaker and Lia? They were too cute and nerdy not to love!

This is my favourite from the series, sorry Huxley but Breaker is clearly the superior Cane!

Scenes I loved:
1. Saying Yes to the Dress
2. VIP Disney experience, literally that fireworks at the end of the day right?!?!
3. Bathtub 🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️

Breaker and Lia are my absolute favorite friends to lovers book! This book is both amazingly funny and a little bit heartbreaking! Their friendship is so beautiful and it was so fun to watch them both realize that it was always something more. The laugh out loud moments are some of the funniest scenes I've read in a long time, making the Cane Brothers series one of my favorite and definitely a series to be added to my must reread list!

This is the third book in the series. I loved the first and was lukewarm about the second. I had my fingers crossed on this one. I was not disappointed.
Lia was perfect. She was a ball of sass immediately and Breaker could dish it right back. From the first time they met to that first game night they declared themselves friends I knew I would love this book.
Thank you Megan Quinn and Netgallery for letting me read this book.

O M G! This book was everything. The slow burn, the quirky billionaire, nerdy best friends to lovers. I loved everything about it! Meghan Quinn never lets me down and this one was amazing! 💜

Breaker & Ophelia (Lia)…oh my heart!!
Best friends to lovers is one of my favs, and these two, going back to their first meeting in the secret scrabble club in college, are solid best friends. But there’s always been a little bit of under lying feelings for Breaker. When Lia is suddenly engaged, his world is rocked, but he will be that best friend she’s always known & deserves.
Breaker helping Lia with her wedding planning was so so so sweet & surprisingly hilarious at times. The controlling future mother in law added a whole different dimension.
As days go by & Breaker is coming to terms with the fact that he loves his best friend deeply in THAT way, he remains steadfast in being her man of honor. But when Lia realizes the same thing, the slowest burn of all time ignites in an explosion that they can only survive together (don’t worry… cheating!!!).
The third book in the Cane Brothers series was all I could’ve asked for and well worth the wait.

Rating: 4.75/5
Warnings: death of both parents, grief, gaslighting
Steam: 4/5
Tropes: best friends to lovers, forced proximity

Thank you to Bloom and NetGalley for access to this ARC, all opinions are my own.

best friends to lovers has become a favorite and breaker cane is now officially my favorite cane brother!

this book was so special and I absolute adored it. this one is filled with great humor, wonderful chemistry, brother shenanigans and lots of spice 🔥

what I loved the most was the friendship/understanding between lia and breaker. they were truly comfortable with one another exactly with how they are. breaker also reminds us that every women should be worshiped 🌶️

plus you get some major man of honor vibes in this book (remember the 00s patrick dempsey movie?)

highly suggest this series!

(I will note that which each installment of these books, it took me a bit to get into them. They are very long and at the end I’m obesssed and I don’t want it to end but I do feel that way)

A Long Time Coming by Meghan Quinn

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!!!! Meghan Quinn is one of those authors whose books I read as soon as they come out. She literally never disappoints and is the queen of contemporary romantic comedy! She hit it out of the park With this one yet again y’all!

The third book in the Cane brother series, this one is about Breaker and Lia. The two of them have been best friends since college, so much so that they live in apartments right next-door to each other. They both predictably tell family and friends constantly that they are just friends and to leave their friendship alone. Cue an unexpected proposal and Lia ends up engaged to her boyfriend of a year and a half, Brian. This starts a whole bunch of shenanigans that ultimately lead Breaker to the realization that he is in love, and has been in love, with Lia. What’s a man to do? Be the best Pickle of Honor of course! (Read the book, you have to find out about Pickle haha)

I laughed out loud so many times reading this book! I loved Breaker and Lia’s journey, their friendship, their history, everything about them. Breaker is all sexy alpha male, yet completely in tune with his nerdom. Lia is a dichotomy of confidence and vulnerability. I can’t tell you how many times I looked to see how much of the book was left, worried that it was almost over. There was always so much more left! Meghan Quinn creates the perfect amount of tension and plenty of plot movement to make any reader happy. You will have absolutely zero regrets after reading this book! Go read it now!

I was so excited to dive back into the world of the Kane brothers. Meghan always has me in a chokehold and this book was no exception! I loved this story so much. The characters were so funny, the plot was perfectly crafted, and the chemistry between the characters was perfection.

This book makes me fall right back in love with love. Meghan always manages to do that with each of her books, and seeing this love was really everything for me. This was easily the most well done Best Friends to Lovers trope that I've ever read and I literally cannot stop thinking about it.

Thank you NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I was so excited to dive back into the world of the Kane brothers. Meghan always has me in a chokehold and this book was no exception! I loved this story so much. The characters were so funny, the plot was perfectly crafted, and the chemistry between the characters was perfection.

This book makes me fall right back in love with love. Meghan always manages to do that with each of her books, and seeing this love was really everything for me.

Thank you NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I'd have to say that it's been a long time coming for this reader to pick up a book by Meghan Quinn. Such an apropos title proving once again just how talented a storyteller she is making me quite happy I decided to give her another go. This book delighted me from beginning to end. The main characters of Ophelia (Lia) and Breaker are charming nerds who truly get one another like no one else. Their decision on the night they meet to be friends even though it was apparent that Breaker wanted more is the start of one beautiful relationship that is now 10 years in the making. I loved that we got a glimpse of their first encounter all those years ago and now in the present, it's just so sweet, witty and adorable how in sync Lia and her Pickle continue to be. Their bestieship is full of wicked great humor, true selflessness when it comes to the other person and deep devotion to one another's happiness. But I just knew and perhaps hoped just a little bit more, that these two would finally open their eyes to see what was right in front of them and take that huge leap across the line they never dared even think of crossing and find their heart's desire once and for all.

Oh, how I loved these two. How I loved that Lia could trust Breaker with every deep dark secret or how she simply wasn't feeling the excitement she should for her rushed engagement and impending marriage to Brian. Just getting to witness the look on Breaker's face as he first sees Lia in a wedding dress and how that becomes the trigger for him to grasp his deep-held feelings that he shoved away all those years ago to simply be the friend Lia then needed, was the moment I craved. And then from there, with the help of his brothers Huxley and JP and their wives, Breaker makes it his mission to shake Lia's world so she realizes that Breaker is most definitely the man for her.

Humor is abundant as Breaker is truly beside himself with hearts in his eyes, just wanting to be near his bestie in a whole new way. His time with Lia is always fun as they share their love of board games and truck tacos as well as a rapport that is unmatched for either of them. Everyone else in their lives could see how well they fit together and once Breaker is on board, the way he goes about charming the pants off his girl made me swoon like a fool. Although I haven't read the first two books in the Cane Brothers series, I have a feeling that Breaker is the brother who has it all. Sure they are all billionaires but they act like any trio of brothers who both support each other and give each other grief when needed. But Breaker proves time and again that he is the thoughtful and most sensitive of the bunch and holy cow that just makes him that much more irresistible. How Lia has kept him in the friend zone all this time is anyone's guess.

The book also has illustrations of certain moments throughout and I loved how well they captured the feelings that Breaker and Lia were experiencing. These drawings added the right touch and allowed me to enjoy their journey that much more.

I truly lost myself in the pages of this well-written book, not wanting it to end and smiling like a fool when that epic epilogue ended. This friends-to-more story features incredible characters, a love that was more than meant to be and well-placed humor that had me laughing out loud. But the tenderness. The scenes of apprehension. Of long-held desire. Those were beautifully told and gave this book the rich emotion I can't help but love. Not to mention how appreciative I am that Quinn gave me just enough of Huxley, Lottie, JP and Kelsey to understand their own dynamics despite me not reading their books. Therefore, I never felt lost like I was just dropped into the middle of a storyline like other authors like to do. Again, proving that Meghan Quinn is one heck of a great writer.

A Long Time Coming is a must-read for not only the Quinn faithful but for anyone who wants to experience true love that while fated, is wildly endearing as well. I'm fully enthralled with Breaker and Lia and the joy they now have as soulmates forever and ever.

A big thank you to Bloom and Netgalley for allowing me to read this perfect gem.

5++ huge stars!

I loved Breaker and Lia's story so much and I've really been enjoying this series!

I'm a sucker for friends to lovers and this story was done beautifully. I also felt like this was a bit of a slow burn but it was well worth it!

I don't have much else to say but to just READ IT

What a phenomenal 5-star book! ⭐ I know, I know, you might be thinking, "A 5 stars REALLY?" But let me tell you, this book ticks all my boxes for a perfect read. It's the kind of book that I couldn't put down, with the effortless and engaging conversations between our main characters, Breaker and Lia, adding just the right spice. 🌶️ And let's not forget about the plot – it had me wondering, "How is this going to turn out?" Meghan Quinn delivered beyond my expectations.

I must admit, I was a bit anxious at first, concerned about Lia being engaged and all, but thank goodness, there's no cheating trope here. Every moment of the story was pure bliss. Without giving anything away, let me assure you that this book captures all the emotions you crave in a friends-to-lovers, or in this case, a best friend-to-lover tale. Whether it's Quinn's writing style, the casual conversations, or the modern world references, everything adds up to create an authentically enjoyable experience. Honestly, if Meghan Quinn writes it, count me in – this book is another gem for my literary shrine. Loved every bit of it! 💖

Thank you Netgalley, SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books, & Meghan Quinn for giving me the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Tropes:
💎Best friend to lovers
💎Dual POV
💎It's always been YOU
💎Dirty mouth MMC
💎Billionaire MMC
💎Neighbors
💎He Falls First

Spice Rating: 🌶️ 🌶️ .5

Favorite Quote: I want my girl to be desperate, needy, and begging for me, so when she does take me in her mouth, she worships it. ⚡⚡⚡⚡

I waited for so long for Breaker, and it was worth it. Breaker is everything I knew he’d be. It’s always the youngest child. Meghan Quinn truly is the best author out there, and she writes friends to lovers SO well. I absolutely adored this book.

HOLY HOTNESS... Lia and Breaker have been friends since college... 10 years later, Lia is engaged to be married to Brian... Breaker finally figures out his true feelings... the 🌶.... wowza. Bought this book and the rest of the series!!

A Long Time Coming is the third book in the Cane Brothers series from Meghan Quinn. It's one of my favorite books of hers I've read and has my favorite trope, friends to more.

Meghan did an excellent job building up the friendship between Lia and Breaker so you really feel the bond and love between them. When their relationship begins to grow and change it felt natural because they were already so close. From the blurb I knew it wasn't going to be easy but they definitely found their HEA.

The story and characters hooked me from page one with the scene where we see how they first met in college. I had a hard time putting the book down and loved the humor, romance, and connection between Lia and Breaker. This book and series are all great reads, and I can't recommend Meghan's books enough!

Another page turner Meghan Quinn book! Breaker and Lia have been best friends for a decade. Lia gets engaged to her boyfriend of a year but really needs her BF to be the buffer with her soon to be mother-in-law, THE BEAVE lol. Breaker would do anything for Lia and goes to all the wedding planning appointments with her and The Beave but the second he sees Lia trying on a wedding dress his deeply buried feelings for her hit him like a ton of bricks.
It's steamy, great banter and the perfect ending.
Highly recommend A Long Time Coming.

Thank you to Meghan Quinn, SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books, and Netgalley for the ARC!

I had a lot of fun reading this book. Super cute story and the pictures added a nice little touch. I definitely want to dive into other Meghan Quinn books!!

I received an ARC from Netgalley and the publisher.