The Good Ones Are Taken: A Novel
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When Maggie's best friend admits he's in love with her, she'll have to decide whether it's worth giving up something good for something that could be amazing in this laugh-out-loud friends-to-lovers rom-com.
After a bad breakup, Maggie wants to find her Prince Charming, but all she’s finding are frogs. When her best friends, Savvy and Joan, apply pressure and demand she find a date worthy of attending their respective weddings, she agrees to take her own advice and try online dating. Since she's the maid of honor for both weddings, her bridal party duties are massive, but both brides insist that Maggie prioritize finding a date. After an onslaught of maybes, noes and hell noes, she’s close to giving up, when she meets a handsome doctor at the gym who just might be the one.
Meanwhile, her college bestie, Garrett, throws salt in everyone’s game. At every turn, he points out the red flags and tells Maggie to keep looking. Things come to a head when Maggie demands that Garrett be happy for her, and he finally admits that he can’t. Not when he’s not with her. When he blurts out his feelings, Maggie’s world is turned upside down. Now she must choose between the perfect guy and a friendship that is the foundation for everything she’s ever wanted.
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2.5/5 - All of the elements were there, but the execution just didn't land. The story was a waste of time because I am not sure what the FMC had to choose from when it came to the MMC (her best friend) and the Doctor. She wasn't into the doctor but decided to weigh pros and cons when she wanted to be with the MMC to begin with. These 2 have been friends for 20 YEARS and the FMC had no clue the MMC was in love with her? But I also cringed at the spice scenes between them because it didn't come off authentic.
The friend group was not all that great to me because the conversations revolved around Maggie and her constant whining. And the conversations about Maggie always being hungry and constant talk of food irritated me. At this point, just write a cook book!
I despised when an engagement happens at someone's wedding reception. I think it is tacky and this occurring in the book was no different.
Cozy friends to lovers with medium spice. Maggie's getting over a bad breakup and has nine months to find a date to her best friends' destination wedding. This of course means firing up the apps and sifting through the sludge to uncover a travel-worthy partner. You know how it's going to go, so it's all about settling in and enjoying the ride. And McCoy does not disappoint. No one has a better ear for dialogue and every chapter is a feast for the senses. It's not dinner and a date, it's spicy lamb with red chilies and Thai basil, crab-stuffed prawns with bucatini pasta and blistered Marzano tomatoes, or porcini-mushroom-and-Gruyère-stuffed pork tenderloin with a spinach-and-Parmesan risotto. It's clear she's drawing on her past life as a private chef and we all benefit from it. Frankly we could all use a bit more Garrett energy in all our lives too.
