When do you like the FMC & MMC to meet?

Writing a young adult romantic sleeping beauty retelling with forced proximity (abduction). Got some feedback from one beta reader that it took my FMC and MMC too long to meet. I was already wondering if I should get to them meeting more quickly so now I'm considering a pretty big edit.

Wanted to find out on here at what point you like your FMC and MMC to meet?

For context, my story is a stand alone. By the very end, they kiss and get their HEA but there's no spice. Right now they meet about 20% of the way into the book, around page 70 of 350, but we do get chapters from both of their POVs leading to their meeting. I can get them to meet closer to 10-15%, but it would just require cutting two related scenes that readers have also seemed to enjoy, so I'm going back and forth.

Any feedback is helpful!

Posted Feb 28, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC

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