Someone Just Like You is a cute read. Jude and Molly are former childhood friends turn enemies that are thrown together to help plan their parents party. The banter will have you giggling along with the antics Molly and Jude get into. Ever the pranksters Jude and Molly have always tried to one up one another. Jude and Molly have had feeling for each other for years even as they deny them. The flirtation and being thrown together send sparks flying like crazy. I love their up and down relationship and the chemistry build. Molly and Jude are amazing together. I really enjoyed this one so much. I could not get enough of Jude and Molly. You need to meet them today.

3.5 stars rounded up. I wanted a light, easy read, and for the most part, this book fit the bill. When Jude and Molly were sweet with one another, they were really sweet, and I really enjoyed watching them fall for each other. But a lot of the times that they weren’t so nice made me cringe. The pranks were juvenile if (mostly) harmless. But it was the end that was hard for me to get over. Their fights were brutal, and I really don’t know if I buy that they could have made their HEA work.

Thank you to Forever and Hatchette for providing me with this NetGalley ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Molly Blum and Jude Stark have been pranking each other their whole lives. Their families grew up close to each other and they attended school together. Now she is a lawyer who left working for a big firm and instead does job placement in the legal field. His goal was to be a major league baseball player but an injury in high school cost him his college scholarship. Now he is a bartender with dreams of owning his own pub.

The now grown kids from both families get together to plan a combined surprise anniversary party for their parents. (One the 40th the other 35th.) It puts Molly and Jude together to look at venues and for planning. A running joke is that the two always seem to date a person similar to each other. No one is surprised when sparks finally fly between the two.

I enjoyed the authors first book, As Seen on TV a bit more. This story is a good sophomore novel but I really hate pranks. These two still doing it as adults and calling each other childish nicknames is a yuck for me. (The pranks don’t continue through the whole novel.) The heat level is low to medium with a mix of open and closed door moments. I really like and understood Molly but wasn’t as big of a fan of the smooth, laughs at his own jokes Jude. But I knew all would work out in the end.

Thank you to Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for the ARC and I am leaving a voluntary review. (3.5 Stars)

Thank you to NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for the opportunity to read and review this new release.

This is the second book by this author that I have had the opportunity to read. I enjoyed the last book, so I was delighted to have another chance to explore her work.

This book delves into the lifelong friendship and conflict between Jude Stark and Molly Blume. Their parents have been neighbours and friends for many years, resulting in the two of them spending a considerable amount of time together over the years. Molly and Jude were friends as children until a pivotal moment transformed their bond into a rivalry that persists to this day. Jude is a bartender living a bohemian lifestyle, while Molly has achieved her ambition of earning a law degree and now works as a recruiter helping lawyers find jobs.

The upcoming wedding anniversaries of both the Stark and Blume families prompt a decision to unite the families in a grand joint celebration. Each family member is assigned a specific task to help coordinate the event. Due to an unexpected turn of events, Molly and Jude find themselves tasked with securing the party location, which necessitates setting aside their rivalry to work in unison.

The story has several humorous moments, making it a fun, quick read that I finished over a few days. Some parts were predictable, but overall, it was an enjoyable experience, and I would recommend this book to anyone seeking a light-hearted romantic comedy to read this summer. The book offers a little bit of everything: a touch of steaminess, humor, the 'enemies to lovers' trope, miscommunication, and a dash of puppy love.

10* stars. This was such a wonderful love story that showed us what you plan for and think is best for you isn't always the case. I truly enjoyed going on this journey to see how these two characters came together and reached their happily every after.

Molly knows everything about Jude, their families have been friends since before they were born. They used to be best friends, until something happened, and Jude turned on Molly – she doesn’t know why even all these years later. Now their siblings have thrown them together to throw a surprise anniversary party for their parents. Despite all their pranks and disagreements, a friendship starts to blossom. Is their hatred for each other sexual tension in hiding? Seems they’re falling in love…will they be able to set aside their differences and go with it?

This book started off not really for me, but I am glad that I stuck with it as it got better. I saw some reviews that the pranks between Molly and Jude was childish and they’re almost 30 – yes they were. However, I have done stupid child like stuff like this when I am around the right person, and that was clearly the case here. Molly and Jude are such opposites, like very extremely. Id did work, though I wish that there would have been a little more about how they worked out their differences in the ending of the book. I enjoyed the sibling relationships in this book, it was interesting to hear all the different roles the siblings played in life. I really do wish that we had had some of this one from Jude’s point of view, it would have helped create a more balanced book. However, this was still an interesting book and I enjoyed it, I just wanted a little more.

If you are looking for an opposite attract, enemies to lover’s rom com, then check this one out.

Thank you to @GetRedPR, Forever Publishing, and Netgalley

Molly and Jude have had a rivalry back as long as they can remember. Molly has always been the do gooder and Jude, the boy that messes everything up. When they are thrown together to plan their parent's joint suprise anniversary party, the rivalry turns into a full war.
Molly and Jude are complete polar opposites, but they slowly realize there might be more to this feud than just hate.. love might be the underlying issue here.
As the two of them start to become closer, will it all blow up in their faces because they are so different or will they learn to accept one another for who they are and let love lead them?
I really did enjoy the feuding between Molly and Jude but the transition was harder for me. Maybe I needed some from Jude's POV because just having Molly's left me struggling. I really loved that at the end they both understood one another more and that helped them to love without boundaries. I think this was a cute fun read that had some laughs and some swoony moments and is a great read for someone looking for a light clean romance. 3.5 Stars.
Thanks to Forever, Netgalley and Meredit Schorr for an early copy.

I read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I enjoyed this tale about Molly and Jude. I appreciated that it wasn't insta-love, even when they did get together. The story really delved into their past and present insecurities, and made for a well rounded ending that left you satisfied as a reader.

Thank you NetGalley and Forever Publishing for this arc! This is such an enjoyable read! Molly and Jude’s family have been close since they were kids but Molly and Jude, on the other hand, are enemies. As kids it was mean pranks back and forth with one going a bit too far. They stopped talking for years until as adults, they are tasked with helping to plan their parents big party.
The pranks start again but soon a friendship develops and then my favorite, some sexual tension before…well, you have to read to find out.
I loved how the relationship developed and the author had me laughing when we discovered they both regularly dated doppelgängers of each other. These two were meant to be but just too thick-headed to realize it.
There are cute dogs in this book too!
This is definitely a fun and charming book.

I simply adored this story! This is my first book by this author, but definitely won’t be my last. Jude and Molly grew us as neighbors, and a bitter prank war has plagued their relationship since they were kids. Now as grown ups, and still enemies, they are tasked with working together to host a joint anniversary party for their parents.

I love enemies to lovers, and this also included growth from Molly in her personal life as well as her career. I enjoyed seeing Molly’s individual journey as well as her journey with Jude. I found their pranks hilarious and their chemistry really came through. I’m so happy I read this!

I had to DNF this at about 20%. The characters were insufferable and there were too many of them all at once.

I like unlikeable characters, but they were doing SUPER mean things to each other and I really didn't have an interest in that.

3.5 Stars

Someone Just Like You is a cute romcom following Molly and Jude - former neighbors who used to be childhood best friends... until they were enemies.

I loved watching both Molly and Jude grow throughout this book, not only together but as individuals. Sometimes I feel like the miscommunication in romcoms can be overdown and drawn out but I did not feel like that in Someone Just Like You. I loved the history of the families and growing up together. A quick, cute and easy romcom.

Thanks, Netgalley for this ARC!

Jude has been Molly’s nemesis for as long as she can remember. Growing up as neighbors should have made them close, but Jude thinks Molly is a goodie two shoes and Molly thinks Jude is a slacker whose sole purpose in life is to mess with her. After years of an all out prank war, they stopped contact after one practical joke went too far. Molly and Jude are forced together again when their siblings decide to plan a giant party for both sets of parents, and the pranks start anew. Forced to work together to plan the surprise party, the two develop a sort of begrudging friendship. But when they each show up to the party with dates that are essentially each others’ clones, Molly and Jude are forced to consider that the line between hate and love is much blurrier than they thought.

Thank you so much to @netgalley, @readforeverpub, and @meredithschorr for the advance copy! The cover of this book is the absolute cutest. I really liked the pranking between Jude and Molly—it kind of reminded me of Jim and Pam from The Office. Molly’s character was super relatable for me, and I really sympathized with her feeling stuck in her job and people pleasing tendencies. I think she and Jude brought out the best in each other! The dynamics with their families were also a great added layer. This was a fun read! Someone Just Like You releases July 25!

This was my first read from this author...
Love hate, friends to enemies to lovers, this one kind of covered all the things in this category I felt.
Another solid rom com win provided by netgalley

I think the premise of this story could have been much more entertaining and endearing than it turned out. As a type A planner person, I thought it’d be easy to relate to Molly but found her and Jude’s antics immature and unappealing. Some of the word choices (ex. “Getting it done” and “pleasure center”) made me cringe more than I like to in a romance book. The pacing was good and didn’t mind the plot but think this just wasn’t the book for me unfortunately.

Thank you NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for sharing a digital reviewer copy with me in exchange for my honest opinions.

Childhood neighbors/rivals Molly and Jude have been one-upping each other in pranks since they were teens. They somehow never noticed that they tend to date people who look exactly like the other and have similar interests (Molly dates baseball players, Jude dates brunette lawyers). When they’re put in charge of finding a venue for their parents’ joint anniversary party, Molly and Jude start to realize they’ve been searching for each other their whole dating lives.

This romcom is charming, funny and very heartfelt. It was easy to root for Molly and Jude to see beyond the pranks and banter to realize there was something deeper between them.

Molly trying to micromanage Jude and his career was frustrating. It was totally in character for her since she had been her whole life trying to be perfect and helpful, but I was totally Team Jude in that her perfectionism and need to plan made it seem like she wasn’t actually on his side supporting him as a girlfriend. I was glad that they ultimately were able to clearly communicate and reconcile but the actual conflict was hard to read at times.

Recommended for romcom lovers and especially those that enjoy: 💨lively banter 🤭 childish but funny pranks 👦👧 childhood friends to rivals to reluctant friends to lovers 🏡 family drama 👩‍💼 career uncertainty and growth

A cute love story with charming characters. I wasn’t overly impressed or pummeled by swoony feelings, but it was cute!

Ahh holy mol(l)y, I don't even know how to put all my thoughts into words for this book. Someone Just Like You (with a perfectly fitting title, I might add) is exactly why I love romance novels. The characters were so good and Jude and Molly were a delightful pairing. I loved that they were both Jewish and little pieces of that came up through out the story. There's a scene with matzo ball soup, so you know it has to be good. I also adored the childhood frenemies to lovers trope—it was done beautifully. From prank wars to "hating" each other to dealing with family expectations, Schorr didn't miss. I also found myself relating to Molly and her life of people pleasing and planning, and once again felt incredibly seen while reading something from her. I thought this was funny and light while also managing to have serious conversations. Side note, I loved the golden doodles and all the doggos. This book truly feels like a hug and I loved it so so much. I'm a huge Meredith Schorr fan and I know this is only her second book, but I will happily read anything she writes. Thank you to Forever Publishing for sending me an arc to read and review!

I enjoyed this one! It focuses on Molly Blum, a mid twenties girl living in NYC who has big time anxiety about making everyone happy. She also has an intense rivalry with Jude Stark, her childhood neighbor. The Sharks and Blums are inseparable families and Jude and Molly are forced to start working together on a surprise party for both sets of parents, when the rivalry is reignited. Little did they know that as adults, the biggest prank pulled would be that they’d actually start to like eachother.

It took me a minute to get into this one because almost 30 year olds pulling pranks on eachother was wayyyy to juvenile for me. I was more irritated with both MCs than anything to start with, and didn’t think bullying should be equated with flirting. However once that calmed down, and the story progressed I really enjoyed the progression of Molly and Jude together. I loved the Jewish representation and the NYC setting. I related to the need for Molly to be a fixer of everything and her anxiety around that - I just kept wishing she’d go to therapy for it though!! Anyways, this was a cute read!!

Thank you to Netgalley and Forever publishing for the ARC of this one in exchange for my honest review!

i really couldn’t connect with the characters so the romance just didn’t do it for me, i know someone will like this but i just wish this made me feel a little more