I loved the storyline and the timeline of Jude and Molly from childhood friends to enemies to possibly adult friends to more... they had so many feuding moments that made me laugh and so much built up tension and angst between them. The book was funny and romantic, and also spoke about the pressures of family expectations, work, and finding that balance of planning for the future and living in the moment. I loved that Molly and Jude kept dating each others look-a-likes without initially realising, and that they were referred to as the 'Juniors' by their siblings in the group calls. Their nicknames for each other and their pranks and rivalry was entertaining too. A very enjoyable read!

Molly is type A

Jude is not.

They grew up living next door and their families became really close. So close that the kids get together to throw the parents a joint wedding anniversary party.

I like the enemies to lovers and banter. But this felt more like, he’s picking on you because he likes you. Can we just end that? I get that this might be lighthearted and “not that serious” but it felt icky especially bc the mc are almost 30.

Looking past that though I did enjoy the second half of the book more. Overall it’s a cute book and I was rooting for Jude and Molly.

I would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for the eArc in exchange for my honest review

We meet Molly Blum and Jude Stark - childhood friends (turned enemies) over several years of pranks as neighbours. Suddenly, they're tasked with coordinating a location for their parents surprise anniversary dinner. Can they work together?

I loved their banter at the start, they are quick to pull punches and spar and I'm all for some enemies to lovers banter. Unfortunately, there was something about this book that felt very hand holdy and almost unnatural. It felt like it explained everything more times than necessary and it got kind of hard to stomach. I felt like the banter became rather childish and it didn't quite redeem itself. I had a bit of a hard time with the FMC's motivations at times.

I had high hopes for this book, but unfortunately it just didn't quite hit the mark for me. I do think it resolved well at the end. I just don't think this book was for me.

Thank you to NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book!

I enjoyed this one even though I had a bit of a rough start with this book. Jude and Molly have known each other for their whole lives and are sworn enemies. They are put together on an assignment by their older siblings and immediately start pranking each other. The pranks felt more mean than funny to me but they eventually started acting like adults which made the book much more enjoyable. I do think that these two were great together once they stopped playing games.

I liked Jude and Molly and thought that they had fantastic chemistry together. They knew each other so well but there were still a lot of things that they had to learn about one another. I thought the fact that they have each spent the past few years dating people that were just like the other. There were several situations where it was very obvious just how much they cared about each other. Once they worked through a few things, I knew that these two would be great together.

I would recommend this book to others. Jude and Molly were both flawed characters that were perfect for each other in the end. I would not hesitate to read more of this author’s work in the future.

I received a digital review copy of this book from Forever.

Jude and Molly!

I love a good best friends to enemies to lover book to ?!?. These two will have you laughing, annoyed, swoon, nervous, and everything in between.

But I need to know, what happened to Alex! He definitely needed a life update in the epilogue 😂

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for a chance to read and review.

2.5⭐️

Thank you to NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for providing me with a free e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Molly and Jude are childhood neighbors and rivals, and they have a messy history of pranks and fighting. When the pair must team up in order to help plan a joint anniversary party for both of their parents, the two discover they might not hate each other after all.

I can’t help but be slightly disappointed by this story. I never connected to Molly and Jude. They were unbelievably childish for characters in their late 20s, but the main issue was I didn’t see much character development. Ultimately, I was interested enough to finish the story and see how it ended though. I’m sure plenty of people will love this one though! Someone Just Like You is out July 25th, if you want to check it out!

Someone Just Like You Meredith Schorr

I liked Someone Just Like You but it was a bit hard of a read for me. The enemies to lovers trope is always a good one but I felt like they were kind of like Okay. We date others who look like us so let's date each other." I was waiting for a sort of hey we kind of liked each other growing up but they really hated each other.

I wanted to like Molly as she is the MC but she stressed me out initially. It all made sense later on when she explained her childhood. Jude was nice enough but kind of an unlikeable character. He was immature and did not have a ton of redeeming qualities. I was waiting for him to hold the knowledge of what Molly did over her head more.

That said, I did really like the book. Meredith Schorr can write very realistic characters and she is wonderful at describing the people all around and it really sets the scene. Someone Just Like You is a cute read.

Read if you like:
😡 Enemies to Lovers
😂 Banter
🔀 Opposites Attract
♥️ Romances
😛 Pranks

This was a book with so much promise with the enemies to lovers but then the writing just didn’t quite work for me with the way the characters were written and the lack of maturity on both ends and how utterly mean Jude was to Molly, and Molly truly wasn’t much better….

This one does have some witty banter in it but it also had a lot to be desired as well.

If you are looking for a prank heavy enemies to lovers with some vibes similar to The Hating Game I would recommend checking this one out.

Thanks to the publisher, Forever Books for my ARC copy!

A romance with Jewish rep, sign me up! This was a lighthearted, fun read. It was a challenge to connect with Molly and Jude. I didn’t find them mature or their pranks to be entertaining. I didn’t find this to be a slow burn romance. I enjoyed how the book took place in NYC! Thank you NetGalley and Forever for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

Absolutely fantastic plot! Could not put the book down once I began reading it. Cannot wait for it to be released. I will recommend it to everyone I know!

Jude and Molly’s families have been life-long neighbors and friends; however somewhere around the age of seven, Jude and Molly went from being best friends to enemies. Over the years, each tried to outdo the other with pranks that became increasingly devious the older they got. As adults, Jude and Molly rarely have the occasion to see one another until their older siblings plan a joint party for both families, pairing the youngest siblings for the task of finding a venue. As painful memories and old habits resurface, Molly also feels a strange attraction to Jude.

Someone Just Like You does enemies-to-lovers right! Schorr creates two characters that are meant to be, despite their differences and history. I will admit that I was contemplating a DNF around the 20% mark because I didn’t enjoy their cruel pranks. While they aren’t hurting one another, their joking is mean. However, just as I was thinking “enough already,” there is a solid turning point in Molly and Jude’s relationship. The author creates a lovely transition from enemies to friends to lovers, and the way they come together is perfect for this couple.

Another potential downfall for their relationship is a secret Molly has harbored since high school, one that altered Jude’s life permanently. This is another trope I don’t love, but once again, Schorr handles the entire situation perfectly. The author doesn’t let the horrible secret fester until the end of the book, but rather allows Molly to out herself midway through the story and then gives Jude the time he needs to process it and move forward. There is no “insta-fix,” but rather real thought and effort goes into forgiveness.

Despite their through-the-roof chemistry, the pair finds it hard to give up old habits when fighting, able to hurt each other with words even more now because they do love one another. I appreciate that the author allows the couple space to argue and figure out if they are meant to be. Molly does a lot of self-reflection about her life and career, about her family and her need to fix everything. Since the story is shared solely from Molly’s POV, I do miss out on knowing where Jude’s head is at and why he does what he does. But the absence of his POV makes his declarations all the more powerful, bringing me to tears when he breaks Molly’s heart and grinning when he surprises her with love. The addition of a doppelgänger fixation that lasts years without either Jude or Molly figuring it out is a brilliant tool used to show the MCs how each always sought out the other.

In the end, I thoroughly adored Someone Just Like You, despite its use of tropes I usually don’t enjoy. I’m glad I took a chance on Molly and Jude, and I highly recommend you do, too.

My Rating: A-

Thank you to Netgalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

Cute book. A perfect beach read or book to read while travelling.

I wanted to know what would happen next, but I wasn't glued to the book. I enjoyed the enemies to lovers trope (always a fave of mine). There was just enough banter and shenanigans that I was kept entertained.

I found myself wanting to see certain things from Jude's perspective, but we only get Molly's.

I'm still on the fence if I want to add this book to my physical collection, but I'll be recommending it as a quick, easy, light-hearted read!

This was a great book! I really enjoyed Schorr's first novel, As Seen on TV, and this one was even better. I loved the relationship that Jude, Molly and their siblings have all together. I loved the family bonds, getting to know our two main characters even better as the story went on. I will say I didn't love how mean Jude could be. I loved the setting of Manhattan, I used to live not far from where our MCs live and I recognized alot of the restaurants and bars.

I loved the Jewish rep and how real the career anxiety felt.

Childhood enemies Molly and Jude end up spending time together planning a party for their respective parents anniversaries. Will this time help them realise what has been in front of them all along? A great read.

This was cute, and I really liked how Molly and Jude balanced each other out.
There was a lot of prank’s between the two, and once we got past those, I really enjoyed how these two went from frenemies to lovers.

What even was this?
Childish pranks.
Zero chemistry.
Absurd bonding.
Entire plot felt childish to begin with.

Sorry to say but this book wasn't for me.

Thank you Netgalley and publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I am quickly becoming a Meredith Schorr girly.
This was a cute, fun, and easy read. Which is sometimes exactly what you need! And I will literally eat up a book set in NYC every single time!

3.5 stars

I think I would have enjoyed this book so much more if it was dual POV. There was so many times where I wish I knew Jude's perspective on something because he could be pretty closed off and I didn't fully trust Molly's viewpoint in regards to him. In all this ended up being pretty average.

This was cute but the beginning was borderline unbearable due to the pranking. Jude and Molly were so childish, and their siblings were truly no better.

Really I stuck around for Molly’s parents and Esther. I ended up enjoying it more than I initially expected but they were really just so immature for two characters in their late twenties.

Thank you to Forever Publishing and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This book just didn’t do it for me. I know it is 100% a me thing, because I can see how others would really enjoy it. But I just couldn’t connect to either of the main characters. This caused me to be taken out of the story really easily. I just wasn’t rooting for their relationship. This was an easy read and I read it fairly quickly. I like the plot and the side characters. I also enjoyed the representation! Just couldn’t get connected to the main characters which ruins books for me personally.