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We Can't Keep Meeting Like This

Rachel Lynn Solomon (Goodreads Author)

4.30 · Rating details · 27 ratings · 15 reviews

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 ...more

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Nov 29, 2018 Sydney | sydneys.books marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: desperately-want-to-read-this, contemporary-realistic-fiction, cover-lust, romance

I have seen the cover... and Y'ALL ARE NOT READY FOR THIS!!
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If she published her old college essays I’d still mark them as to-read and refresh Netgalley until I get an ARC. ...more

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Dec 15, 2020 ;3 marked it as to-read

Shelves: contemporary, sellin-my-soul-for-this-baby

i will literally die if i dont get this book rn like i am actually in the middle of dying as we speak

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May 20, 2020 Rachel Griffin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I was lucky enough to read an early version of this book, and OH MY GOSH. This book is SO clever and kept me laughing out loud the whole time. It's so funny while also being incredibly genuine, and that pairing made it an easy 5-star read for me. Quinn is a fantastic main character who I was rooting for from the very first page, and Tarek is the perfect love interest for her: thoughtful, kind, and oh-so-swoony. I absolutely LOVED this book and cannot wait to put it on the shelf with the rest of ...more

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Aug 08, 2020 Fatema marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: romance

Watch me add this to my TBR list, pre-cover and pre-official synopsis.

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Jan 08, 2021 Gina Adams rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2021-most-anticipated

Thanks to the publisher and edelweiss for this super exciting early access!!

I’m obsessed with Rachel Lynn Solomon. The way I fully passed away when I saw that I’d gotten approved for this ARC!!!

This one didn’t quite make my favorites list, I don’t think - I may revisit it once the final copy is out in June, though. It had all my favorite things about an RLS book - super organic diversity, a vivid Seattle backdrop, characters that have their own lives and problems outside of their romance, etc. Thanks to the publisher and edelweiss for this super exciting early access!!

I’m obsessed with Rachel Lynn Solomon. The way I fully passed away when I saw that I’d gotten approved for this ARC!!!

This one didn’t quite make my favorites list, I don’t think - I may revisit it once the final copy is out in June, though. It had all my favorite things about an RLS book - super organic diversity, a vivid Seattle backdrop, characters that have their own lives and problems outside of their romance, etc.; I think the pacing was what held me back. Quinn and Tarek’s families have worked together on weddings for years now, and they were always casually friends but spent last summer getting closer until they had a big argument right before Tarek left for college. They haven’t spoken since.... other than the love confession email Quinn swallowed her pride to send, the email that never got a response.

We’re told and not shown about their last-summer fling, and I think that’s where it gets a little fuzzy for me. I like second chance romances, as I’ve recently learned, but there wasn’t much here in the way of explaining what their first go around was like. There was a lot of focus on the conflict from it, but not so much the good times.

I did like that they got over the crush stage pretty quickly during the summer the book takes place in - pining is nice and all, but I can appreciate that they didn’t have a need for it, really, and were able to start their, well, situationship. It made for a slightly strange rising and falling action timeline but I like that it was different than the norm.

Tarek is a super romantic person, while Quinn has sworn off romance and prefers hookups that are somewhat meaningless. The main conflict in the story is the two of them trying to meet in the middle and finding that there’s not much middle ground when one person wants a relationship and the other one doesn’t. They both make completely valid points over the course of the book and it’s nice to be able to root for (and against) both love interests instead of one clearly being in the wrong.

But as far as other problems go, Quinn has been going through the motions in the family business for years now, and struggles knowing she can either say nothing and be unhappy forever, or speak up and, in her mind, ruin her family. She doesn’t even know what she’d want to do instead, and the lack of a plan makes her feel even worse about it all. Essentially “I don’t know what I want, but it’s not this.” And I definitely get that and think it’ll be really relatable to readers. Especially at that age. It’s always easier to know what you don’t want than what you want.

Tarek doesn’t really have many problems outside of romance. He has clinical depression, but that’s more of just something about him than a problem. He does have doubts about it and its effect on his future, but it’s not part of the main plot. And another thing that’s not a problem, but a feature, is that he has eczema. I think constantly about psoriasis representation in books, because I have it, and how it could be done and why it’s small enough of an issue that no one would ever really think to put it in. Eczema and psoriasis aren’t quite the same thing but they’re similar and I was so thankful to have a skin condition represented in this story. It was one of those surprise reps because it’s not big enough to make the synopsis or anything, so I was happily shocked to know that Tarek had it. He has flare-ups, insecurities about it, but overall had grown to accept it more over the years. It wasn’t used for the plot in any way. It’s just part of who he was and what he looked like. And I’m really glad I was able to feel a little seen here and am excited about what it’ll do for readers like me :’)

That’s the same thing with Quinn’s OCD - she has it, is medicated for it, but it’s got nothing to do with the plot. It’s mentioned quite a bit, because it’s part of her identity, but it’s really not even viewed as a problem. Just the way Rachel Lynn Solomon is able to normalize all kinds of things in her books is really special and I’m so happy for all the people she provides representation for.

Overall I really enjoyed this, may have teared up at a point or two, and definitely laughed, too. Especially at the point when I realized we had a certain redhead and his girlfriend at one of the weddings - cameos are so cheesy but I just eat them up every time. But yeah, I liked the characterization and character development in this story a little more than I liked the actual plot. RLS’s books are so well-rounded, though, that I’m sure everyone who reads this one will relate to at least some aspect of it. I’ll definitely still recommend it. And I’ll already be patiently waiting for whatever’s next from Rachel Lynn Solomon! ...more

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Jan 09, 2021 Sonia Hartl rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I was lucky enough to read an early version of this book, and just like TODAY TONIGHT TOMORROW, it’s charming and hilarious and full of heart. Everything I love about a Rachel Lynn Solomon romcom. So good it pulled me out of a huge reading funk in 2020. I can’t recommend it enough!

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Dec 20, 2020 the lady e rated it liked it · review of another edition

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I still am a huge fangirl of Rachel Lynn Solomon, but this book was less of a compulsive, must read story than her last two novels for me. Protagonist Quinn was a little too unwilling to change anything for my taste, and the love story was just kind of okay. That being said, Solomon writes really great books and I would wager this book will probably be one of the best contemporary romances to come out in the YA world in 2021.

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Oct 02, 2020 Tova marked it as 2021-releases

Rachel Lynn Solomon is literally one of the sweetest people in the universe and I love her and everything she's ever written so like I need this ASAP. ...more

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Dec 03, 2020 CR rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This one will keep you laughing so hard! I loved the story and I loved the characters!! Quinn and Tarek were adorable and I loved reading about their romance. This story felt very real and I think that readers of all ages are going to enjoy it! This was a great contemporary that I could not put down!

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Jan 02, 2021 Beck rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2021, read-2021

I teared up a little when I go this arc 🥺 Best book to start the new year with ❤️❤️❤️ Cannot wait to buy a copy this summer and read it all over again.

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Jan 11, 2021 Erica rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-romance

It's perfect. 😭 ...more

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Jun 08, 2020 Tara T rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2021

Fabulous book with main characters to die for. The romance is sizzling and their attraction is A+.
Will write more when more of the book details are public!

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Oct 22, 2020 Natalieee marked it as to-read

THIS COVER OMG

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Mar 06, 2020 Kelsey Rodkey rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

ahhhhh! the! feels!

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Oct 14, 2020 Humnah marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: acknowledgements

I am so excited for this one! Rachel is the BEST at contemporaries!

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Rachel Lynn Solomon writes, tap dances, and collects lipstick in Seattle, Washington. Her romance and YA novels include Today Tonight Tomorrow, The Ex Talk (1/26/21), and We Can't Keep Meeting Like This (6/1/21). Once she helped set a Guinness World Record for the most natural redheads in one place.

Her short story "Aftershocks" appears in the anthology It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other J ...more