What an absolutely delightful, romantic read! Meredith Schorr has a highly engaging writing style and the banter between Jude and Molly made the book utterly enjoyable. This book hooked me from start to finish, which was a short journey because I couldn't put this book down ; )
Molly and Jude are childhood friends turned rivals. I really enjoyed watching them enjoy the nostalgia of their past and navigate their feelings toward each other as adults.
A great read for fans of enemies-to-lovers and second chance romance. Huge thanks to NetGalley and Forever for the digital review copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

This is my second Meredith Schorr book, and I think it’s better than the first! This one was more lively than the first, and I greatly enjoyed the rivals-to-lovers aspect. The banter between the pair was entertaining, and their mutual attraction was believable.

Molly and Jude have been rivals their whole lives. When they are forced to come together to help plan their parents anniversary party their childhood prank war resumes. But now they start to realize the line between love and hate is a lot thinner with time and there may have been more behind their rivalry the whole time.

I wanted to love this book but unfortunately it fell flat for me. The premise was so good. I mean rivals/enemies forced to work together who realize they were looking for each other in other people the whole time? Sounds like a slam dunk. But the characters were so immature and their pranks were not really amusing or entertaining. I found it hard to root for them when all I really wanted was for them to grow up.

If this had been a YA romance I think I would have vibed with it better but I had such a hard time connecting with the main characters that I ended up feeling ambivalent about their romance.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy of Someone Just Like You by Meredith Schorr.

3.5 stars rounded up.

I was so excited by the premise of this. I love romances between two people who knew each other when they were kids. Plus the idea that they've been dating carbon copies of each other despite their mutual 'hatred' is so funny and unique that I couldn't resist picking this up.

Unfortunately, some of the execution fell through. I enjoyed reading this but didn't find myself rooting for the couple as much as I should have. One of the fights went a bit too far, in my opinion, and I personally would not have been able to move past some of the things that were said.

However, I love Meredith Schorr's writing style, and I'll definitely read more by her in the future. This one just fell a bit short for me.

This story was very charming and fun, but sometimes I forget how frustrating the enemies to lovers trope is! However, the writing and organization is great and if you like that kind of tension you’ll enjoy this book.

This book was adorable! The story of childhood best friends to enemies to lovers held my heart the entire book. The pranks that were pulled on each other current day, and / or reminisced about had me chuckling and considering pulling some on my children and husband. I really enjoyed the way this story unfolded and we were slowly showed Molly and Jude's history that led to where they are currently with their friendship. The struggle they both faced keeping their feelings for each other jumped off the pages. Schorr did a fantastic job at making me FEEL what they were and it made me devour the book faster than I have in months with an e-book.

I recommend if you are a romcom lover!

This was a little contrived for my taste and therefore hard to really get into. There were sweet moments where I had hope and wanted to love it more than I ended up.

I liked this book for a lot of reasons. I like the way author Meredith Schorr writes.
I like a nostalgic story about lifelong families being friends. I like friends to lovers.
I’m not the biggest fan of enemies to lovers.
So in most ways I enjoyed this book.
Well done! I will definitely read the author’s other book now.

Thankyou to author Meredith Schorr, Netgalley and Forever publishing for the opportunity to read this book in advance of the publication date.
Charlene @lastnownext 📚🤗🌸

I adored this so much! Enemies to loves, childhood best friends, this book has everything. I want to hug these characters and this book

Thanks to Forever Publishing and NetGalley for the advanced copy of this book!
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Books set in NYC are my jam, and who doesn’t love a childhood enemies-to-lovers pair! I was all set up to love Molly and Jude right from the very start, but ultimately their story just missed the mark a little bit for me. The pranks were cute, but each time their apparent hilarity had to be explained even when I would have gotten it anyway. I wish Schorr had trusted the reader just a little bit more.
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I had a difficult time relating to the pranks that Molly and Jude pulled on each other while trying to plan their parents’ anniversary party. They seemed childish and frankly rude to some of the vendors they were meeting with. I wish they had left some of that immaturity in the past and rather were having more fun teasing each other as adults. As their relationship furthered, I enjoyed the character growth and was ultimately rooting for them to work things out. I’ll continue to try Schorr’s work in the future even if this one wasn’t a perfect fit for me.

I really loved this book as I have with all of Meredith Schorr’s novels i’ve read. I found it to be so fun and unexpected and a really great story.

I love this author and this one didn't disappoint! It was such a cute book and I thought the characters were great. I can't wait to see what Meredith Schorr writes next.

This was a fun easy read. It’s definitely on the lighter side. The characters often felt far younger than their mid twenties.

Thank you to Forever (Grand Central Publishing), NetGalley and Meredith Schorr for the advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Molly and Jude have known each other since birth, once best friends as toddlers turned enemies in adolescence. Always trying to prank each other and having arguments every time their families get together. Until they have to work together to help plan a surprise anniversary party for their parents.

I loved the friends to enemies to lovers trope in the book. I would love to see a book from Esther's point of view!

MY FAVORITE BOOK FOR THIS SUMMER. I will fight anyone who says otherwise and simply call you rude. I loved everything about this, from the childhood frienemies to lovers to the pranks to the dogs. Everything about this is just perfect. The Jewish representation of the adorable friends-to-lovers tropes. Meredith really knows how to write one of those hallmark stories that will stick with you forever. I loved this novel so so much, and I can't wait to see what comes next.

- Childhood nemesis to lovers
- planning a party for parents
- Pranking and banter
- Enemies to lovers

Although sometimes you can feel the two main characters being immature, the storyline and how Meredith writes it keeps you engaged, wanting to know what happens in the end. I love all the family aspects of this novel and how all the siblings knew these two were perfect together.

Quintessential enemies-to-lovers trope, with some added fun from the siblings. I enjoyed this one, very much. Without too much in the way of spoilers, I'll say that one storyline with the parents brought back some feelings for me since I've gone through that particular situation and it's not easy.

The only thing that would have made me love it more was a bit more of the families' Jewish heritage and practice.

DNF at 38%

I really thought this book was going to be for me. I couldn't connect with the characters and the writing was very hard to get into.

If there's one thing i love about Meredith Schorr‘s books it's about how painfully realistic they are. the characters all have well defined personalities, dreams, hopes and fears that make you see why the relationships work, and why there can be no one else. And Someone just like you was no exception.

Another quick and entertaining book by Meredith Schorr. Molly and Jude are complex characters that are life-long enemies but have to work together to plan a joint wedding anniversary party for each of their parents. The supporting characters of Ester, Jerry, Alex and the adorable dog Yogi are fabulous! I loved when they were brought into the storyline.
This character driven book had a good start, but drug a bit through the end. The conflicts felt a bit forced and I did not really think Molly and Jude were going to find happiness, and that was okay with me. Their flirtatious antics were childish at times and although they were happy together I was not convinced they were good for each other. But the ending was satisfying and redeemed some of my negative feelings about the characters.
Overall, this was a good carefree book that I would recommend to someone looking for a book full of colorful characters.
I am grateful to Forever Publishing and Netgalley for the opportunity to read a digital copy of this fun bòok.