A Long Time Coming (Cane Brothers #3) by Meghan Quinn

A Long Time Coming (Cane Brothers #3) Reviews

• 
  Larissa Cambusano

  4.75 ⭐️ BREAKER AND LIA. WOW.
  
  ‘a not so meet cute’ holds such a special place in my heart but wow this gave it a run for its money.
  
  THE WAY THAT THIS WAS A PERFECTLY EXECUTED BEST FRIENDS TO LOVERS. they were both so sweet, nerdy, fun, cute and honestly so much more realistic than the other couples!!!!! just overall: swoon!
  
  and don’t even get me started on the spice. i’m still in a state of shock over it. 🥵🥵🥵🥵
  
  also loved seeing huxley + lottie again <3 and all of them together!!! amazing.
  
• 
  Carol Vickers

  OH MY PICKLE!!! Another amazing hit by Meghan Quinn!! I absolutely loved this book!! This is the third book of the Cane brothers series and is the PERFECT friends to lovers, slow burn rom-com. Definitely, my favorite book in the series! It had everything I could possibly want in a book and more and deserves ALL the stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!!!
  
  Breaker and Lia have been best friends since college and they have been each other’s person for the last ten years. When Lia gets engaged and is roped into a quickie wedding things began to change. Breaker becomes her man of honor to help her with the wedding plan with the controlling mother-in-law. Somewhere along the way, Breaker realizes he is absolutely in love with his best friend. I found myself rooting for Breaker and Lia because there is no denying that they are soulmates. The chemistry between them was spicy hot 🔥🔥!! All the wedding antics were hilarious 😂😂. I loved Breaker so much and he is my favorite of the brothers.
  
  If you love friends to lovers and angst to die for then this book is for you. Truly, this book is phenomenal! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
  
  Breaker and Lia are friends to lovers and meant to be forever!!!
• 
  Jen (jensdreamylittlereads)

  This book is EVERYTHING. I loved every single second and that is not an exaggeration. It’s adorably sweet, hilariously funny, achingly romantic, and it squeezed and tugged at my heart strings in that pleasurable, painful way I adore. I loved Breaker and Lia so much and loved the way the Meghan Quinn showcased a beautiful love and friendship with her quintessential magical touch. I laughed, I weeped like a baby and could not stop rooting for this fantastic couple. With her signature wit, irresistible banter and two characters you just can’t help but love, Meghan Quinn has once again delighted me with a story that’s wonderfully quirky and charming.
  
  Lia and Breaker meet in college at a top secret Scrabble society and instantly became best friends. Cue ten years later, where they live next door to each other and Lia is newly engaged. Breaker offers to be her man in waiting, and in the midst of all the wedding madness, he realises he is completely and utterly in love with his best friend.
  
  The minute I started this story when they met in college, and Lia ridicules Breaker’s ‘pervert moustache’, I was hooked. And then when I really met Lia, I fell in love with her and her sass and humour. And Breaker?! Lord!! He is my new favourite Meghan Quinn hero as he was just brilliant. I had this fondness for him for most of the book that just exploded into this teary adoration by the very end. THAT moment and scene where he realises he is in love with Lia just touched my heart. And now? I'm just completely crazy about both of them. It was so brilliantly written that my heart was on overdrive the whole way through. Breaker and Lia hit all of my sweet spots, dead on. It's sweet and sexy. I laughed out loud (a lot). My heart clenched and ached while these two took their sweet time finding their way to each other.
  
  Gah! The wit, banter and swoons in this story were glorious. Breaker and Lia were both such endearing and fantastic characters and I loved their connection and chemistry. I adored them, and I can’t say enough good things about how their relationship evolved. The romance was perfection. It’s an effortless, slow-burning friends to lovers story with the most easy to love hero and heroine. Fun, lighthearted, sexy, and completely entertaining…Meghan Quinn took it to the NEXT LEVEL with this unforgettable romance!
• 
  Travelogged Blogs

  “I think it’s because in my mind, I’ve always been with you . You’ve always been mine.”
  
  When Breaker & Ophelia first met, their connection was instant but platonic. Now as they settle into their adult life, living next to each other and spending their free time together has become a norm. But everything is about to change since Lia has been roped into a quickie wedding with her boyfriend and Breaker has suddenly come to realise his feelings. For me, this was an adorable bestfriends to lovers book! I was rooting for Breaker & Lia since the very beginning because there was no denying that they were made for each other. It was a light-hearted read but still so entertaining to read especially because of the involvement of Huxley, Lottie, JP, Kelsey, Ryot & Myla. The side characters made this book so much more fun! Overall, the epilogue left me with a huge smile on my face. The chemistry was definitely present between Breaker & Lia. The plot might've been predictable but it was still a lovely read!
  
  I received an ARC in exchange of an honest review
• 
  Rebecca

  This book was pretty mid. It had its moments, but it made me cringe so many times I was having facial spasms. 🥴
  
  Billionaire Breaker Cane is a down to earth awesome guy who realizes he has feelings for his bestie, Lia, of 10 years, when she becomes engaged to her boyfriend.
  
  Breaker served for sure, he was sweet and sexy and I really liked him. His third act was chef's kiss good. The banter with his brothers is super funny and getting to see past characters from the previous books was fun. That's all I got for positives.
  
  Lia, is so damn needy and insecure, I could barely get through this book. Also, her behavior while engaged to another dude wasn't cute. Sleeping in your guy best friends' bed in nothing but a t-shirt, asking him to spoon you, but “it's ok bc you are just friends.” No babe, that's foul AF. And there was some other really shady stuff that I just couldn't buy.
  
  The friends to lover's trope to me is always super hard to pull off and then add the "she's not like other girls vibes" this book has going on and it's a miss for me. But three stars bc Breaker was too cute. 💙
• 
  Dali

  A Long Time Coming is standalone rom-com novel by author Meghan Quinn. Dual POV with a HEA.
  
  Tropes:
  ✔️ friends to lovers
  ✔️ billionaire
  
  Lia and Breaker met in college through the SSS = Secret Scrabble Society and instantly knew they were kindred spirits. Although Breaker would have loved to ask Lia out, she asked him to be his friend.
  
  Ten years later they are more than best friends, they’re neighbors and now Breaker has agreed to be Lia’s man in waiting.
  
  They know everything a friend could know about each other, but helping Lia prepare to get married to another man makes Breaker realize he’s head over heels in love with her.
  
  Meghan Quinn hooked me from the start with this story. Lia and Breaker were adorbs right from the get go, starting with her making fun of his ‘perverted moustache.’
  
  Lia is fun and sassy, and although she gets a bit lost, Breaker is there to not only support her but also let her beauty shine. And OMG Breaker is going straight to my fav book boyfriend list.
  
  Can a book boyfriend be too perfect? Well actually, it did take a while for them to realize they were in love with each other, and he did go out with a really nice woman Lia’s fiancée set him up with. But other than that he’s such a great brother, brother in law, friend and a deliciously alpha lover.
  
  Breaker and Lia are great couple with incredible banter, chemistry and an incredible connection. Their romance was an engaging, sexy, lighthearted slow burn that I wish we could get more of.
  
  It has of course a “Made of Honor” with Patrick Dempsey & Michelle Monaghan vibe.
  
  By the numbers quick review:
  ★ Hero: 👤👤👤👤👤
  ★ Heroine: 👤👤👤👤👤
  ★ Plot: 📚📚📚📚📚
  ★ Romance: 💕💕💕💕
  ★ Sexiness: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
  
  ★ I received an ARC of this title from the author. The excerpts are from that copy. I am voluntarily reviewing this title.
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• 
  Shelby

  4.5 ⭐️
  
  MY FAVOURITE FRIENDS TO LOVERS EVER. Who wouldaa thought I’d have a FAVE for this trope 🤣 which is usually dry af.
  
  Lack of angst is the reason friends to lovers never works for me, but this has PLENTY going for it. The wedding and the nightmare MIL concept was genius!! I HOWLED at The Beave 🤣
  
  I loved Breaker and Lias development and CHEMISTRY 🔥🔥🔥 it was a delicious slow burn 😩10/10!!!!
  
  It’s not 5⭐️ like it’s predecessor bc it wasn’t as funny. Parts were funny, yes, but I laughed an ugly amount at SNMTB. And it didn’t have the same thrilling spice as ANSMC so this is definitely my third fave of the Cane brothers series.
  
  BUT I still loved and laughed with it and I’m so sad it’s over 😩😩😩😭😭😭😭
• 
  Caitlin Da Silva

  Think this may be my favourite in the series — the friendship angle, the slow burn, the rising tension 👌😍
• 
  Nikita Navalkar

  Someone get me out of here
  
  I fell for the cover and the premise of this book, a sort of Made of Honor meets My Best Friend’s Wedding, and I went for it even if it’s the last book in the series. But that really wasn’t the problem here since it does work as a standalone. I started it all happily anticipating the forbiddenness of developing feelings for your engaged bestie and giggling at the funny parts, encouraged that this could potentially be at least a 4 star book.
  
  Then I don’t know where it all went wrong. Actually no, I do. Lia is the Amy Dunne definition of a “cool girl”, the glasses wearing nerd with non mainstream tastes and a boy best friend. Oh, and she doesn’t wear dresses and hates romcoms. Stop it Lia, we get it, you’re “not like other girls”, no need to wallop us over the head with it. What she is is a self centered, manipulative manic pixie dream girl who got on my last nerve. I’d give her some grace but then she goes and judges another woman for being girly and that was my last straw. I know she was jealous and confused, but her cluelessness does not add to her charm either.
  
  Breaker is the type of guy I would never let go if he were my best friend, he’s that perfect, but he also gets annoying with his constant reiteration that he’s a “good guy”, we don’t have to hear it every other page my dude, it only makes me believe you less. And for a man who does not like to throw around his billionaire status, he brings it up unbelievably often. Also, judging your date’s food order is a heck no bro, even if it is about her eating less or healthier. We know they’re not all like your cool best friend, chill 🙄
  
  Which brings me to the sheer stupidity of their denial that they were into each other. I know this can be a pitfall of friends to lovers romance but this was another level. They’re codependent to an unhealthy amount, they spend so much time together their partners should absolutely take exception to it, everyone in their life is even telling them they’re into each other, but these two idiots are the last ones to get there, and Ms Smartypants Lia even slower at that. And of course he realizes it in a big dress moment. Maybe some 90s cliches do need to retire. The inevitability of it all was a big yawn. We know she doesn’t want to go through with the wedding, why prolong the torture? I know they had to find a way to keep them apart for plot, but at what cost? The reader’s sanity?
  
  Speaking of which, why on earth was this book so long? So many words? So many pages! I get why it was a slow burn, but there was no reason for it to be as long as it was. Someone badly needed to take a red pen to swathes of this book; the repetitive writing, the several brain numbing pre-wedding meetings when we know the wedding will not be happening, at one point we get to suffer through an entire day of a Disneyland date, heck we get to see them brush their teeth, go pee pee, and get ready for bed god knows how many times in the book. And so much incessant talking! Not the dirty talk that was good. Consent and communication is great, but it can be done so effectively without making the reader want to pull their hair out. Show not tell my friends. I would’ve rated it higher if it was shorter probably. I was literally going to dnf halfway but finished on principle to be able to write a fair review. I know, petty but I had to.
  
  Because it was not all bad. There were funny moments, parts of their friendship were cute (when they weren’t being dunderheads), Breaker’s dirty talk was on point, and the sex scenes were pretty hot, technically. Pity I couldn’t feel an ounce of tension between them. Even the forbidden aspect was lost because there’s really no edge to them. I liked his dynamic with the brothers and their wives, and I love a Bromance, but after a point even that got excessive and awkward. A lot of it was just awkward. Her initiation into the wives’ group felt totally forced and out of the blue. The cheesiness of it all has likely given me lactose intolerance. And I appreciate well done cheese usually.
  
  This all sounds harsh, but no one is sadder than I am to not like a book. Especially this one coz I wanted to love it. But hey, I dislike a friends to lovers book again (I don’t care enough to use the word hate), maybe all is right with the world after all.
• 
  Anna

  4.5 stars
  
  Yallllllll… something about the (best)friends to lovers trope hits so right for me. Especially when they realize they have feelings for each-other & sh*t gets real!! Breaker was perfect & dirty & I just loved him!!!! Lia was also wonderful & their entire 10+ year friendship just made my heart so happy. They are so cute, nerdy & fantastic. It was amazing to see Huxley & JP back in action, with our favorite sisters.
  
  The internal monologue in Breaker’s head had me swooning so much I almost melted. And the fact that this made me think of the movie “made of honor” made me happy. Sometimes it takes your best friend planning her wedding to realize you are deeply, unequivocally in love with her!!
  
  I knew the youngest Cane brother was going to be the hottest (& dirtiest 👅💦). I highlighted so many things y’all don’t even understand. THE BATHTUB SCENE. Whew.
  
  “Everything is different with you. It’s as if I can see better, hear better, taste better. You’ve brought vivid color into my life, Lia. You’re the one pumping the oxygen through my veins.”
  
  My favorite moment was their first kiss.🫠
  
  Spice: 🌶🌶🌶.5
  
  Tropes:
  Best friends to lovers
  It’s always been you
  Billionaire
  Forced proximity
• 
  Destiney Bomberry

  5⭐️ 3.5🌶
  
  This was a banger!!! Am I surprised? NO!!!
  Hands down my favourite out of the Cane brother series!!! Breaker and Lia were just sooooo good. That being said the whole series was amazing and so much fun to read!! Like these are what Romcom books should be!
  
  Friends to lovers is not my usual jam but this was phenomenal.The slowburn was SLOW and I loved every excruciating painful moment it took leading up the spice, the wait was WORTH IT!! Don’t even get me started on the bathtub scene, I melted.
  PLEASE BREAKER RUN ME OVER WITH YOUR CAR SO YOU CAN NURSE ME BACK TO HEALTH 🤣🤣
  
  A series you must read if you haven’t yet!!!!
• 
  Grecia Robles

  Friends to Lovers?
  LO LEO
  
  Aunque la autora no es de mis favoritas y el primer libro no fue tan wow, me animé a leerlo porque es un Friends to lover trope fav de la vida.
  
  La trama es muy similar a la película Made of Honor.
  Ellos han sido amigos desde la universidad, cuando ella quería pertenecer al club ultrasecreto de scrabble donde Breaker es el fundador, desde ahí han sido inseparables, compartiendo sus momentos frikis y nerds.
  Nunca han tenido sentimientos románticos, siempre han sido totalmente platónicos, hasta que ella le da la noticia que se va a casar en 5 semanas.
  Ël decide ser su dama de honor y acompañarla a todos los eventos para la preparación de la boda y a darle apoyo con bruja controladora de la suegra.
  Mientras más se acerca el día, Breaker se da cuenta que la ama y que la va a perder.
  
  Hubo cosas que no me gustaron la principal, y es algo de gusto personal, no me gustan los libros sobre todo en los Friends to lovers donde los protas tienen parejas.
  Ella duró comprometida más del 60 % del libro y sin rastros de fijarse en su amigo, además era bien mensa pero no me cayó mal.
  También sentí que él estuvo más enamorado de ella que ella de él, hasta el final fue como una revelación de ah lo amo.
  
  Sé que será una contradicción pero le daré las 4 estrellas, porque el final me gustó mucho es de lo más lindo, las escenas spicy estuvieron HOT HOT HOT y sobre todo la amistad de ellos es lo más bonitos del mundo es lo que yo pido siempre en éste cliché.
  Y fue un libro entretenido que pese a sus casi 500 páginas no pude parar de leer y lo terminé en un día.
• 
  Felicity Vaughn

  “𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞.”
  
  ♾ stars.
  4 peppers.
  
  What you’ll get:
  
  -best friends to lovers
  -he’s the man of honor
  -he falls first
  -he’s OBSESSED with her
  -they’re so adorably nerdy
  -“good girl”
  -ohhh the angst
  -he ✨teaches✨ her things
  -slow burn
  -“it’s always been you.”
  -recurring character cameos
  -LOL funny
  
  It is no secret that JP Cane is my number one book boyfriend and that Meghan Quinn is my favorite author. I was so excited to read A Long Time Coming, and needless to say, my expectations for Breaker were through the roof. And with expectations like that, it’s easy to end up disappointed.
  
  But that was not the case here. Breaker Cane was SO damn close to swooping in and stealing the number one spot from his brother. The sexy, nerdy thing really does it for me, and the way he is soooo obsessed with Ophelia is just to die for.
  
  And I adored Lia. I loved her sass, wit, vulnerability, and loving heart. During the prologue, her character was practically ME in college!
  
  Lia and Breaker’s connection was just so precious. I loved their friendship, and this book reminded me how much I love friends to lovers. And their spice…GOOD. LORD. It had me sweating! This was absolutely the spiciest Cane brother book to date. It was such a slow burn with so much tension. And when it finally burst…whewwww!
  
  I don’t want to spoil anything - just read it. ASAP!
  
  
• 
  Gaby

  5/5 ⭐️
  
  Amazing. I am absolutely in love with this book. It was so funny and I am a huge fan of friends to lovers so this was done so well. I love when the characters continuously tease each other. They play fight and always joke around with one another and it’s the best thing ever. The fact that they are best friends turned lovers was just so so fun to see. Also it’s “he falls first” and oh my god is it amazing.
  
  This was dual pov and both Lia and Breaker were so interesting to read about. I never once felt bored, both povs kept me so hooked and wanting to speed through it. I loved when Lia finally stands up for herself, I felt myself smiling so hard and wanting to cheer her on myself. I couldn’t wait for Brian to get out of the picture so that Breaker could make his move. Also Breaker absolutely panicking at the thought of losing Lia was hilarious but also so sweet. He is such a caring and hot boyfriend. He made me swoon so many times with how considerate and lovely he was. Highly recommend!
• 
  Jenifer Briggs

  I was really nervous for this book, mainly because I didn't like Kelsey at all in the last book and was really nervous I would be in the same situation.. but I was pleasantly surprised. I really liked Lia -- she seemed so real to me, and Breaker is tied for my favorite brother with Huxley! This had all of MQ's one of a kind humor with PLENTY of steam and longing and passion and friendship wrapped in love, and love wrapped in friendship. I genuinely appreciated how there wasn't a third act conflict and they communicated like fucking ADULTS. That alone was in the big plus collum, plus all the cameos from Breakers brothers, their women, plus a few familiar faces, this was easily a winner for me!
  
  Lia and Breaker meet in college, where they were both apart of a super secret scrabble society. They are self proclaimed nerds who enjoy what they enjoy, regardless of what anyone else thinks of them. Right away the banter on these two is on point, and although you know they are meant to be because they just *fit* for the next ten years they are purely best friends. They are each others person through and through, and even though Lia is getting married, Breaker is the one she turns to. When her fiance is noticeably not interested in planning her wedding, combined with a mama's boy with the mother in law from hell, Breaker offers to be her man in waiting, and help her plan her wedding and making sure her voice & opinions don't get lost along the way. With all that going on, Lia feels lost and trapped, and her only solace is her best friend. But when Lia notices that her future husband isn't the one for her, can she jump into Beakers arms? Or will they be destined to just be friends?
  
  One thing I truly adored was how much Beaker was convinced that he and Lia were just friends, until the moment he realized they weren't just friends. He was used to his brothers always teasing him about secretly being in love with her, but he genuinely only saw her platonically until THAT moment (which was wonderfully written) and then suddenly it was game on. He did everything in his power to show Lia that she deserved so much more than what she was settling herself with, and just proved to her that he was the one for her.
  
  Now, I didn't love the fact that they were with different people for over half the book. I get the plot revolves around Lia almost marrying the wrong guy, but I wished she left him a lot sooner than she did (though that bakery scene was FANTASTIC.) I also hated how Breaker tried to date someone (this was before he had his moment of realization) and though I'm so glad the woman he tried to date didn't have any nefarious plans up her sleeve and was just really great-- so much so that I hope her and a certain ex baseball player will get their own book!- I wish it didn't happen that way. I get *why* it did, but I just don't love reading about our main characters trying to make it work with other people when we know they belong with each other instead. Ugh.
  
  That being said, I did love it when they finally get together and the rest of the book was just flawless. They were so effortless in their relationship that even though it took no time to being just friends to head over heels in love, it didn't feel fake at all. They were just so right for one another!
  
  And holy vibrator in the bath tub, Breaker is the filthiest, kinkiest brother yet. Holy hell his mouth, the good girls, the throat grabs. Just YES.🥵🥵🥵🥵
  
  I really did enjoy this book, and it was the perfect ending to this series. I wish some things played out differently, but all in all, this was a great laugh out loud romance with all the feels!
  
  **I received an ARC of this book and these are my honest opinions **
• 
  Tara

  The chemistry and banter between Lia & Breaker gives me warm fuzzies and, oh my goodness, was I surprised in the best way by the steam between them! Phew! Oh my heart....I can't even begin to explain what this story did to me, the emotions it evoked from me and when I say this is a book that needs to be read.....YOU NEED TO READ THIS BOOK!!!
  
  Erin Mallon & JF Harding do an amazing job portraying the characters, bringing them to life and humanizing them with their emotions, attitude and persona
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  Esther

  Rtc + tag
  
  Safety info: if I remember correctly.
  H and h been friends for years. A decade maybe. Since college.
  H doesn’t have serious relationships. h listen one H with ow and found it hot. h only sleeps with OM in her apartment when H is not in town because they are neighbors. And apparently the walls are thin.
  h has been dating a guy for 1’5-2 years. Three weeks before her parents died in a car accident. Now she is engaged with OM.
  H is dating ow for some chapters. She is pretty and amazing and he kisses her but doesn’t feel anything. OM was the one to suggest H dating ow and because he wanted to be friends with him so when he marries h they can continue to hang out he does that. When he realizes he’s in love with h he stopped dating ow and talked with her. I think she is going to be a h for other book.
  H realizes he’s in love with h after seeing her with her wedding dress and tries to be for her but at the same time doesn’t know if he wants to break h and om up.
  H doesn’t like om. Especially for h.
  Finally, way too many chapter in, h broke up engagement with OM and the same day or the next day sleeps with H (I think not all the way but some stuff happens)
  H is scared she is going to come back with OM
• 
  Isabella

  breaker is the most elite cane brother. friends to lovers perfection. loved these two.
• 
  Sonia

  4.5 stars- the way I always wanted My Best Friend’s Wedding to end
  
  “I’ll say a little prayer for youuuuuu” (not me jamming out over here…)
  
  When I was a pre-teen, I watched My Best Friend’s Wedding expecting and wanting the best friends to get together.
  
  They didn’t 😐 lol (I mean. Come on! Cameron Diaz was a pretty sweet girl 😬 and Julia Roberts was the home wrecker 🫣).
  
  So reading this gave me the satisfaction I needed for the past 20 years 🤣(how has it been THAT long 😩).
  
  Lia (Ophelia) and Breaker (both about 30 ish) have been best friends since they were in college (junior year) when Lia joined the SSS club (Secret Scrabble Society). They hit it off right away, and for ten years, these two have bonded over so many things- board games, movies, shows, life…
  
  And now, Lia’s going to get married to Brian, whom she met shortly after her parents’ deaths (they died over 18 months before in a tragic helicopter accident ☹️). Luckily, she has her ride-or-die Breaker by her side. Breaker’s going to be her MOH, Man of Honor. It’s perfect timing for him since he’s not allowed to work with his brothers because of an unfounded lawsuit against him. He’ll have PLENTY of time to help Lia with her wedding 😅
  
  And help her deal with a controlling, unsympathetic future MIL 😐.
  
  It isn’t until Breaker sees Lia in her wedding dress that something awakens in him. Something that involves feelings…
  
  A Long Time Coming type of feelings 👀
  
  What I loved: spoilers ahead
  —the slow 🔥. Okay. Listen. I know. I know so many people are gonna want this to be a fast burn. But. The way that it’s done here MAKES SENSE. Lia and Breaker have been best friends for a decade. For a chunk of the book, she’s with someone else. It needed to be on the slow burn side 🤷🏻‍♀️. Sure, Breaker could’ve pushed her, but he made sure to get her to FEEL 🥵 the delicious tension 💦 between them. It’s the little touches that had even MY heart beating 👀 and got lots of juices flowing 😉. He needed her to know that they are IT. This isn’t a game. They’re not just gonna move on. This is IT. And man… did I enjoy it 😋.
  
  —the smeeexy scenes 💦. Oh LAWD. Breaker knows what he’s doing 🥵. At about 56% he describes some stuff he likes to get done to him and what he likes to do as well 👀🔥. At 70% ish we get some completions that showcase the duuuurty mouth on Breaker 💦 and lots of sprinkles of 🔥 until 90% when it finally happens 😉
  
  —I love cereal eaters 💅😈
  
  —DISNEYLAND!!!! 🥰. Ermagod. I was screaming at this. I used to have annual passes, so I’m a hooooar for anything Disney 🥰❤️. Plus. Their first official kiss happens her 🥹🥹🥹. ITS. SO. PERFECT 😭
  
  —he fell first 😈. I love it when the MMC goes a little cuckoo for the FMC, especially if he’s the one that falls first. It made all the tension even more delicious 🤤
  
  —the redemption to My Best Friend’s Wedding 🤣. This was slightly different (obviously) because it’s the FMC getting married. Plus. The future groom isn’t the best guy (unlike Cameron Diaz in the movie). He didn’t cheat, but he was inattentive or hands off with the wedding.
  
  —Breaker as a best friend. I mean. This man stands up for Lia when no one else does (I’m looking at you Brian 😐😑). He made me SWOOOON!!! This is as even MORE important because Brian wasn’t standing up to his mother; his mother was basically walking all over Lia, and Brian not doing anything aggravated me to no end 🤬
  
  —3 knocks. Then 4 knocks 😭. I love that they shared a wall 🥹🥰
  
  —games… movies… common interests… I don’t know how these two didn’t see it sooner 🤦🏻‍♀️
  
  —my favorite couples from the past books. ERMAGOD!!! Seeing Huxley/Lottie, JP/Kelsey, and Ryot/Myla together and in various parts throughout the book had me fangirling 🥰😭. Plus. I adore seeing their HEAs and futures way after their own books 🥹 gaaaah (I’m STILL bitter about Banner 😑 I’m looking at you Untying the Knot!!!)
  
  —THE EXTENDED EPILOGUE WAS EVERYTHING 😭. It also made me sad 😩 after I swooned a lot ❤️. I don’t want them to end 🥹
  
  What I didn’t like/wanted more of:
  —the quick closure on Brian. It happened way at the end. Yes. It added some angst, but I felt like Lia could’ve dealt with this smoother. However, it didn’t bug me that much 🤷🏻‍♀️. Brian wasn’t being a good fiancé and just kept brushing Lia’s concerns and feelings under the rug… so… good riddance 💅 🫣
  
  —the Beave aka future MIL. She pissssssed me off 🤬. I’m so glad Breaker told her off and that Lia did too… sorry not sorry your veil got ruined 😬😅 whoops
  
  —the lack of sexual safety talk😐. I dislike when things like STDs or pregnancies are ignored. Lia was in a SERIOUS relationship with someone (duh… she was engaged) and Breaker was VERY experienced. They used condoms, but one of the times, they don’t and eventually get one on😐. I would’ve liked them to at least address being clean 🤷🏻‍♀️. Maybe go get tested? That way, there’s no barriers anymore 🤷🏻‍♀️. Come on 🤦🏻‍♀️
  
  —I didn’t mind this too much… but hearing about how good Breaker is in the sheets had me side-eying his escapades 😐 (🤣🤣🤣 I’m such a jealous person 🤣)… he’s not EXACTLY comparing Lia to OW, but more like telling her what he likes and how he would do things to her as well… but yeah… still had me 😑 a little 🤣
  
  Overall, I loved this 🤷🏻‍♀️
  
  ⚠️ safety squad⚠️
  -no cheating/sharing
  -OMD- the h is engaged to OM. The H and OM barely tolerate each other. There’s a scene where the H thinks the h is with OM after the breakup but it gets cleared up quickly
  -OWD- the H goes on dates with OW. They kiss twice. This is before the H and h do anything. The H is starting to see the h in a different light but isn’t sure what he’s thinking. He ends things with ow once he realizes he has feelings. She recalls one time she heard him have sex in the 10 years they’ve known each other. He has a dirty mouth
  -death of parents (before book begins): h lost both her parents in an accident the year before
  -praise kink/edging/hand necklace/toys/spanking/dirty talk/p slapping
  -condoms/then none/no talk about bc or safety 😐
  -HEA/epilogue/extended epilogue ❤️
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  Wicked Spines

  Thank you, thank you, thank you to Meghan Quinn for an ARC of this book! All opinions are my own.
  
  I think this is now my favorite Meghan Quinn book. I've adored this series and as always love MQ's books, but when I say I was almost in tears over the fact that I finished this within 24 hours, I'm not being dramatic. Lately, I've been worried that I'm not finding as much joy in reading as I used to, but I devoured this book and my heart is settled again.
  
  Breaker and Lia are the cutest, nerdiest, most fun couple I've read about in a while and through 60% of the book they aren't even a couple. They're best friends who have the best kind of relationship. They have the same interests, finish each other's sentences and always put the other first.
  
  When the time comes for Lia to get married to someone other than Breaker, he gets a swift kick to the head and realizes that his perfect woman is on the brink of being lost to him forever. Still he selflessly puts his wants to the side to ensure that Lia is given the chance to have the wedding she deserves. His absolute adoration of her is swoon worthy and I loved that he's such a cinnamon roll and YET he has a filthy side that comes out in the bedroom.
  
  Lia's character had a great transformation in this book and as always I love character growth. She went from being a passive person to taking what she wants and it was so exciting to see, especially since Breaker was her #1 fan. The incorporation of JP, Kelsey, Huxley, Lottie, Myla, and Ryot was just the icing on the cake for me. I'm excited to see who the next couple will be in the future from this world.
  
  I cannot say enough wonderful things about this book. I loved every single moment of it and I think Breaker might be my new favorite Cane brother. I'll say it again, THANK YOU MQ for writing this book and showing me how much I still love to read good books that hit me in the feels, make me laugh out loud, burn up the pages, and fall in love with love again and again!
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  Auđur

  Dear Meghan Quinn I had things to do like work, talk to people owww and sleep. 😴 Did I do any of the things awww no. What I did do is stay up til four in the morning to finish this book 📖
  This is by far my favourite Meghan Quinn book 🥰 I highly recommend giving this one a try 😀
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  Ashley

  My favorite of the series! I freaking loved this book. It might be my all time favorite friends to lovers romance book. Breaker is whewww 🥵
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  rylee!!

  how i have fallen in love with each of the cane brothers is concerning
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  Susan Lowe

  Breaker and Lia are best friends. They met in college and quickly hit it off. They are both nerds at heart and quickly bonded through the Secret Scrabble Society. Fast forward and Lia gets engaged to be married so there is no way they could be more than friends. Or can they?
  
  A Long Time Coming is a slow burn romance novel but when the spice happens it explodes. Breaker can bring it! I loved Huxley and JP in the other books. But I think I've found a new favorite Cane brother. Sorry guys! Breaker is charming, sexy and makes me swoon. He is super in tune with Lia and what she needs. Even if she doesn't know what it is she needs. Breaker and Lia have the best chemistry and the banter between them was perfect.
  Breaker's sexy talk was so hot it left me melting.
  
  “I think it’s because in my mind, I’ve always been with you. You’ve always been mine.”
  
  “We might have underestimated the youngest Cane brother. He comes off all sweet and charming, but I bet you he’s the sexiest in bed out of all of them.”
  
  “All the Cane brothers know what they’re doing and we are mere pawns in their plans.”
  
  A Long Time Coming is the perfect balance of a funny romcom with lots of spicy scenes mixed in. It has the signature Meghan Quinn banter and laughs that I've come to love from her books. I really enjoyed this book and am looking forward to what Meghan Quinn writes next.
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  stani ♡ (in the biggest slump oml)

  best Cane brother ever
  he takes sweet and considerate to a whole new standard, puts her first like it’s his only function in life, he’s her best friend and reading about their friendship gives you the cosiest sweetest feeling EVER. he literally followed her after college living next door to her in a so-so apartment when he could buy penthouses just so he could be close to her because they’re so dependent on each other. movie nights and games and dinner for most of the week. as co-nerds they dress up and go to all the comic cons, wait for the other one when there’s a new episode its too cute (the design is very LiLo {
  Addicted to You}) and as a cane brother the possessive and protective side is always treat. yum
  
  
  (cut down a star because i didn’t like the whole wedding prep chapters it was exhausting to read even if breaker was her sweetest supporter)
  
  chapter to look forward to tho: chapt 20 mild (DREAM DATE!!!)
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  jordan | joburns.reads

  ⭐️ 5
  🌶 Open Door, Explicit
  
  🏹 Romantic Comedy
  🏹 Friends to Lovers
  🏹 Billionaire Romance
  🏹 No Third Act Breakup
  🏹 Stern Brunch Daddy Hero
  🏹 Read it in One Day
  
  The 3rd Cane Brother book is finally here and it did not disappoint!
  
  Meghan Quinn puts her own spin on My Best Friend's Wedding in this hilarious read. I loved every second of A Long Time Coming - I would go as far as to say it is my favorite book in this series. This story was so fun and so steamy.
  
  When I tell you Breaker Cane is the perfect book boyfriend, I mean it. The connection between Breaker and Lia was so obvious and their friendship was a perfect foundation for their relationship. I really enjoyed the interactions between the Cane Brothers and their significant others as well.
  
  I was unsure how MQ would close this book up for a few pages, but I think it was very well done. I am so glad Lia got her closure and HEA. Also, Brian and The Beave can suck it - they were the worst.
  
  Highly recommend this book if you love romantic comedy reads with lots of pining and just the right amount of spice!
  
  I received an ARC of this book as a member of Meghan’s Review Crew.
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  Dani

  RTC (oh my god!!!)
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  катя⁷

  I'm glad it's over.
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  Steph

  Update! I read the book! I loved it so much! Lia and Breaker are everything! Breaker is my new fav
  Cane brother! This book was so funny and the spice was there! I think this might be her spiciest book yet!
  
  
  I cannot wait to read this book! I love the Cane brothers! Meghan is my go-to pallet cleanser after reading darker books. I just finished Runaway Groomsman and it did not disappoint! Her books are the perfect combination of romance and comedy!
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  Buera

  los que me conocen saben que no soy fan del friends to lovers
  AH PERO ESTE? me gano por completo
  el slow burn me saco canas del estrés
  super mega hot
  y como me paso en los dos anteriores: me cague de risa
  ahora que leí los tres podría decirles cual es mi hermano favorito pero me lo guardo para mi
  (es jp)