Review: We Can't Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon
A wedding harpist disillusioned with love and a hopeless romantic cater-waiter flirt and fight their way through a summer of weddings in this effervescent romantic comedy from the acclaimed author of Today Tonight Tomorrow.
Quinn Berkowitz and Tarek Mansour’s families have been in business together for years: Quinn’s parents are wedding planners, and Tarek’s own a catering company. At the end of last summer, Quinn confessed her crush on him in the form of a rambling email—and then he left for college without a response.
Quinn has been dreading seeing him again almost as much as she dreads another summer playing the harp for her parents’ weddings. When he shows up at the first wedding of the summer, looking cuter than ever after a year apart, they clash immediately. Tarek’s always loved the grand gestures in weddings—the flashier, the better—while Quinn can’t see them as anything but fake. Even as they can’t seem to have one civil conversation, Quinn’s thrown together with Tarek wedding after wedding, from performing a daring cake rescue to filling in for a missing bridesmaid and groomsman.
Quinn can’t deny her feelings for him are still there, especially after she learns the truth about his silence, opens up about her own fears, and begins learning the art of harp-making from an enigmatic teacher.
Maybe love isn’t the enemy after all—and maybe allowing herself to fall is the most honest thing Quinn’s ever done.
-summary and cover via Goodreads
Plot: I love summer books and I love wedding themed books, so the moment I read the summary for this book I knew I had to read it! And I really enjoyed it! I felt happy for Quinn, when she began opening up, and being honest about her emotions. And I loved the discussions of mental health in this book!
Characters: All of the characters were excellent, and I love how Quinn's family played such a big role. I liked her harp lessons with Maxine. (I didn't know much about harps before this book, so that was fun to learn more about them!) Tarek and Quinn's relationship was sweet.
The Cover: I really like it!
Overall: This was the first Rachel Lynn Solomon book I've read, and I know it won't be my last! I can definitely see why so many people love her books, and I know I'm going to read more of them.
I received an e-ARC of this book from the publisher.
