I think this book had great representation and had a good premise but I just couldn’t get into this one. Liyah is not even remotely likeable and so much of the story felt forced. It was advertised as a romance and it just fell flat for me.

Thank you to NetGallery and St. Martin’s Press for this eARC!

"Thank You For Sharing" disappointed me. This novel has good (maybe even great) bones but I believe it is too constrained by its genre.
Liya began as unlikeable. I enjoyed this aspect because it ultimately made for richer development and interactions between characters. But ultimately it also caused my major grievances with this novel; the romance was undercooked and the pacing was uneven. The male main character never gave as good as he got. Liya's backstory was revealed too late in the novel and was such that I began to wish we could focus more on her moving through her life, struggles, and trauma rather than the romance.

Daniel was great. Too great. So great that honestly, the characters felt mismatched. He was almost always perfectly sweet and accommodating and never really seemed able to rebut Liya's more acerbic moments. They did have chemistry and I do believe that they did grow to love each other.

The plot felt restrained to the back half of the book and the deep internal character development felt at war with the by-the-numbers romance and workplace shenanigans.

I believe this author can tell a truly moving and gripping story of living with trauma and the burden that plays on the individual. I wish this was just Liya's story and that the romance with Daniel was one step on her journey to self-love. Is it fair to wish this novel was other than it is? I don't know. But that's all I got.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this ARC. This review contains my honest thoughts and opinions.

While I find the title of this book a little uninspiring and it probably wouldn't have grabbed me from the shelf, I am so glad I had a chance to read an ARC of THANK YOU FOR SHARING! I was happy to be proven wrong by the so-so title. I loved the perspective of two biracial Jewish main characters, which I can't recall ever having read before. While some of the miscommunication aspects of the book felt too predictable, this was overall a really enjoyable read and I'd recommend this book to any romance reader!

Give me a curator chatacter and I'll be happy. Give me a Jewish FMC who's a curator and I'll be estatic! Katz provides both in her debut novel. And I couldn't be more grateful.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press, St. Martin's Griffin, and NetGalley for providing an eARC for a honest review.

This book was just so good and I just lost myself in the story. I will most definitely be reading more books by this wonderful author.

A romance with strong representation I am so here for it!! So relatable and I think many people will find a way to connect to this story.

At first I had trouble downloading the book file onto my laptop -- for whatever reason it wouldn't let me open the file in any of my laptop apps. Luckily though I got it to work on my Kindle.

The book itself was very cute! An engaging and sweet romance which I liked a lot.

Overall I really enjoyed this book! I loved the Jewish representation AND that is was poc Jewish representation. Even better. The story didn't have much plot to it, but I was never bored.

I could not finish this book because of how annoying I found Liyah. Her character was whiney and didn't develop until the end. There wasn't much plot or fun scenes like where they go away on a business trip. Idk I didn't like the characters.

So grateful to be able to read this ARC! I’m not exactly sure how I felt about this book though! There were some aspects I really liked and others I just wasn’t quite sure about. The idea of childhood friends meeting again later in life is so fun! I didn’t love the character of Liyah though; she seemed to have such a “poor me” attitude, and holding onto anger from summer camp when you were 13? Seems a little over the top! I did really like Daniel though. He was such a chill and kind character. I also liked the representation in this story; Jewish, queer, colored, Asian, plus size, it had a lot! The idea of a weekly friend support group was fun too. I enjoy reading about genuine adult friendships. One last thought.. I don’t understand why Neen calls Liyah C-J?? Need some explanation there!

Enemies to lovers? He falls first? Dual POV? Second chance? AND a cute cat? Thank You for Sharing met all of my expectations and I had a really fun time reading it. Liyah and Daniel were very cute. I enjoyed the supporting characters and thought the character development was well done.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you St Martin's for Thank You for Sharing. I really valued this book not just for the fun tropes and banter, and I do love a second chance theme and banter, but for it's honest take on how past relationships do matter, relationships can be hurtful, and trust is key to intimacy but also well-being and mental health. There is a lot to appreciate in this romance read and I love that Rachel Runya Katz took the opportunity to use her writing to bring in inclusive themes as well as attention to broader themes; her writing and character development gave depth and drive to the narrative and made it a stand out romance read for me (in a year of many romance reads to date). I really appreciate the chance to support this book!

A stunningly tender and effervescently queer story, this book somehow has managed to find the bullseye on portraying the quintessential queer leftist experience of Chicago. It's raw in its emotional honesty and handling of grief and trauma, loving as our foursome of friends become found family, and so so electric as Liyah and Daniel move from enemies to friends to lovers. To say this book speaks to my soul is an understatement. I may only identify with the queer and Chicagoan labels of this book but this book feels so ME it's a little painful to look directly at it. Stunning debut and I cannot wait for more from Rachel Runya Katz.

Liyah and Daniel met years ago at a Jewish summer camp and kissed. The next time they saw each other, on a plane from California to Chicago, the meeting wasn’t quite as nice. Despite this, they end up working together for a few months, forming a therapy/commiserating group with a couple of other friends/coworkers, and end up growing closer. They each have their own issues, though: Daniel lost his dad last year and is still reeling, and Liyah doesn’t believe in love. What happens when their friendship starts to develop into something more?

I thought this book was really well written. I really enjoyed being able to see into the minds of Liyah and Daniel. Even when Liyah started to be a bit much and repetitive after a while, I liked seeing their thought process and watching their characters develop.

I feel like, as with any romcom book, it was a bit predictable, but still sweet and fun to read. I enjoyed the side characters as much as the main characters. Overall I really enjoyed this book and thought it was a nice read.

3.5/5 stars! Thank you to St Martins Press, Rachel Runya Katz, and NetGalley for the eARC!

This was not my favorite contemporary romance. The heroine, Liyah, was not easy for me to learn to love. The hero, Daniel, on the other hand, was so lovable and sweet and he loved her so well that I stuck it out to the end; but without him, I really would have given up on her before she became bearable to read. She does soften and have a good character arch, I just struggled with feeling attached to her story. I'm sad I didn't like her more because the representation was great. This is definitely a population I have not encountered before and I wish I enjoyed reading about more. I have read some really fun Jewish romances and some really fun BIPOC romances and this could have been a great BIPOC Jewish romance, but I really struggled to get into this one. Also, I just struggle with the sentance structure, especially in the beginning, There were so many disjointed sentences, parenthetical and em dash clauses, that I struggled to stay focused on the story.

This is a new-to-me author and I will say that I really liked this story. The romance is very well written, I absolutely love how candid this circle of friends became. The story is also very informative. I have to admit that Liyah did rub me the wrong way on several occasions but that's not abnormal with fiction, one character or the other should get the reader riled up a bit ;). Daniel is an absolute sweetheart, it's impossible not to fall for him. Their second chance flushes out the old and builds something new, emotional, inspiring and entertaining novel.

I did enjoy this book, but I'll admit that it took me about halfway through the book to like the main character, Liyah. She was so strident about everything, all the time, that even her softer sides seemed too brash - to the point of rudeness. However, just when I was to the point of wanting the main male character, Daniel, to look for someone more deserving, Katz pulled me in. There is a very powerful and unique scene that takes place in a synagogue. While I was unfamiliar with this custom of specific prayers of those lost, it made me google to learn more about it. Great book and I'd recommend it to friends.

Liyah Cohen-Jackson reunites with her childhood crush on a plane ride home to Chicago, but everything is not roses. Liyah can’t let go of the anger and betrayal she felt at 13 when she and Daniel kissed and then suddenly everyone knew about it. Fate intervenes and the two end up working together on a project and rekindle their friendship and maybe something more too.

I liked this story a lot. It has lots of representation (biracial main characters, lgbtq2+ characters, gender-fluidity, sex positivity, body positivity, mental heath rep, and the two main characters are jewish too). I had trouble in the beginning with the unfamiliar jargon that goes along with jewish summer camp but once I got a quarter of the way into the book it really got going. The spicy scenes were great, I just wish there were more of them. The emotional pieces were all there but Liyah is so traumatized that she can’t acknowledge them. I became super invested in the side characters of Jordan (the serial monogamist) and Siobhan (the peppy plus-sized Irish coworker). Here’s hoping those two crazy kids figure things out.

All-in-all a solid four star read.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the free ARC in exchange for my honest review of this title.

There is a lot to like in this book — great representation with both MCs being biracial, solid Jewish representation, a good sense of place in its Chicago setting, excellent mental health rep. I thought the “social club” meeting summaries at the end of chapters was super cute too. The FMC is a little too prickly for my personal taste — once an MC crosses the line over to “obtuse” is when it’s too much for me, personally. However, this does make sense given her background. Another thing that bothered me a bit was that the MCs and their friends in the social club drink a LOT, every week. It’s probably because I’m in my 30’s now, but reading about them taking multiple tequila shots in between whiskey cocktails made my stomach churn. This is one of those books that I think objectively is good, but it just didn’t work out for me specifically.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!
This is a great book. Daniel and Liyah know each other from a Jewish summer camp when they were preteens/teenagers. Things did not end well back then, so when they run into each other as adults there is a lot of animosity/tension (mostly from Liyah). They end up being forced to work together on a project and have to get over their past in order to make the time spent together less terrible.
This story has a lot of great characters and I'm already hoping for a series so I can find out if Neen, Jordan, and Siobhan ever find love! I like how a lot of things about the Jewish faith were put in the story because I learned so much about certain holidays as well as their mourning/dealing with grief rituals. This was a slow burn enemies to lovers romance and it did not disappoint.