{"id":12410,"date":"2022-01-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12410"},"modified":"2023-03-01T06:33:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T12:33:24","slug":"oh-we-cant-keep-meeting-like-this-can-we-by-rachel-lynn-solomon-ya-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12410","title":{"rendered":"Oh, WE CAN’T KEEP MEETING LIKE THIS (can we?) – by Rachel Lynn Solomon (YA book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Split seams on fancy dresses,
Bowties to tie, rescue collapsing cakes,
Behind-the-scenes magic at weddings! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a harpist<\/a>, Quinn fits neatly into her family’s Seattle wedding planning business. Not many weekends off for the recent high school grad whose late grandmother taught her to play\u2026 not much fun playing now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working on her sister’s late-summer wedding equals not enough time to hang out with her best friend who’s headed to college in New York, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it means that Quinn will run into Tarek repeatedly as his family caters many of the same weddings. She bared her soul to him in an email last summer as he left for college, receiving no reply. Are they still friends? Just friends? Can it become more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She’s skeptical of enduring love, scarred by Mom and Dad’s separation when she was a kid, working with every tool she’s got to keep her OCD manageable.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quinn meets another harpist who offers her lessons and the chance to build a harp – now this is fun! Much more joyful than the thought of enrolling in business courses nearby this fall\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does she tell her parents that she doesn’t want to join the family business?
Her big sister and fiance have started keeping kosher – what else has she missed about Asher’s life?
Will Tarek’s parents ever let him bake his amazing cakes instead of just being a cater-waiter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weekend after weekend all summer, Quinn and Tarek try to figure out what their relationship could be, should be\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the author of Today Tonight Tomorrow<\/em> (I recommend it here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What story do you always tell about a memorable wedding?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book Info<\/strong>: We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This \/ Rachel Lynn Solomon. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2021. (author site<\/a>) (publisher site<\/a>) Review copy & cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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