This was a cute read but I feel like the pranks were just too childish at times and they let their "hate" fester for too long but then the getting together and falling for each other was way to quick. Which means that the last quarter of the book dragged a lot and the conflicts were a bit too contrived so they were resolved very quickly. It just lacked tension in the end unfortunately.

Thank you to Forever (Grand Central Publishing), & NetGalley for allowing me to read this book

Meredith Schorr makes me smile once again with her newest novel Someone Like You. A young professional living in New York, Molly Blum is faced with seeing her archnemesis/childhood neighbor Jude Stark. Everyone thought the two would end up as best friends, but, they've spent their lives playing pranks/tricks on one another.
Now that they've been assigned to plan a huge anniversary party for their respective sets of parents-- it's on.

At first, they're right back to their old tricks. Right place, wrong time; mindless, annoying pranks. But, over time, the pranks become less and less frequent, and that friendship turned into something more. While Molly and Jude know how to hate each other, what they end up doing is falling in love.

Super cute, a quick read, with antics that made me LOL do not pass this one up!

Someone Just Like You follows Molly and Jude whose parents have been best friends for their whole lives. Molly and Jude hate each other were always pulling pranks on each other. Now they are adults and are forced to help plan a party for their parents. They are forced to spend a lot of time with each other planning the party. Both Molly and Jude soon realize that the other person is not as bad as they thought. They never thought they would find themselves falling in love. But yet here they are...

I really liked As Seen on TV so I was excited to read this one. I did think this book was cute. But I do think As Seen on TV is better. I found this plot a little predictable. But I still enjoyed Molly and Jude's relationship. If you are looking for a lighthearted romance book I would suggest this one. 

Thank you, Meredith Schorr, Forever, and NetGalley for the ARC of this book.

Molly and Jude are former neighbors who grew up with their siblings and families intertwined in eachother’s lives. Childhood friends turned into nemesis where they would rather prank or avoid eachother than make any attempts at civility. When they are paired together on a project for their parents, they are forced to be together but that doesn’t mean they have to get along. Molly is a planner and Jude is the opposite of that. The silly pranks and arguments turn into a begrudging alliance along with some realizations that they both keep selecting partners and dates that bear a striking resemblance or similarity to the other (the doppelgänger bit while cute, went a tad too far for me but it was a funny part to the story). The will they or won’t they back and forth was interspersed with Molly’s career and people pleasing tendencies. The group of siblings didn’t get a lot of attention but loved giving Jude and Molly a hard time. All in all, it was a cute fast read and I enjoyed it.

📖 SOMEONE JUST LIKE YOU | Meredith Schorr

🗓 Pub Date: July 25, 2023

Can we just stop and just appreciate the enemies to lovers trope. Damn!!

And this book has it in spades! If you love enemies to lovers, you'll enjoy this book!

Molly and Jude have had it out for each other since they were kids and not just verbally. Pranks upon pranks trying to one up each. I FLIPPING LOVED IT!!

The relationship starts to transform but still keeps its essence, and I absolutely was thrilled. These two don't change for anyone but learn to accept each other! The build-up of the romance was so good!

And then everything kinda hits the fan. Annnnd, this is where I was a little disappointed BUT ITS NOT THE BOOKS FAULT!!! And here's why!

When they finally come together, I wanted it to be that passion fueled fight that leads to their burst of flames between them 😏. That's not exactly what we get. HOWEVER, the way they come together is actually the right way. So I applaud you, Meredith. It wasn't what I wanted, but for the characters, it's what was needed. 🥹

Overall all I loved the chemistry and reading all the fighting these two did. The side characters were also great. Their families were fun. Just a fun story!

The second half felt a little slower to, me and I wished it wrapped up a little sooner but was still so good!

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

3.5/5 (rounded up to 4)

CW: heart attack, death of a grandparent, physical injury (recounted, ACL torn), brain aneurysm (recounted), temporary parental separation (recounted), toxic work environment (recounted), stalking, divorce

I would like to thank NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for providing me with a free e-ARC of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Molly Blum and Jude Stark have been enemies since forever… but Molly can’t seem to figure out why. They were friends when they were kids and their families were super close, but Molly and Jude have been in a bitter rivalry for most of their lives until now when Molly and Jude are forced to work together on their parents' joint anniversary party.

While I haven’t read Meredith Schorr’s prior novel, As Seen on TV, I do think Someone Just Like You is a solid read. Picking up on the snarky competitiveness from Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game, Molly and Jude have some nice banter without feeling forced or over exaggerated. For the most part, I liked Molly and Jude’s relationship and their character development was good.

Though, I wasn’t a fan of every single aspect in Someone Just Like You.

First, the pacing just felt off. When I was reading the book, Schorr seemed to adopt a fast-paced approach that almost leaned towards being jumpy/choppy. Personally, I feel like it made some parts of the book a bit discombobulated and I wish the time jumps were a bit more smoother.

Also, the whole look-alike and “our families are obsessed with our relationship” tropes just felt weird. To start, I don’t know why Molly and Jude’s siblings seem so surprised about their ability to tolerate working together for the party. I mean, they pretty much guilt tripped them into doing it. Secondly, I know the look-alike trope was a key component of the plot, but it just felt weird. Since most of the reasons why their exes could be look-alikes were based off of coincidences, it was annoying that their families were so fixated on it (even if Timothy and Charley did look that similar).

Nevertheless, despite some personal peeves I had with certain aspects of the plot and Schorr’s writing style, Someone Just Like You is a pleasant enemies-to-lovers romance and is perfect for fans of The Hating Game and Beach Read.

I quite enjoyed this book. A fun spicy read that hit all the feels. Enemies to lovers trope. Jewish representation. Molly and Jude have been frenemies since they were children. They have had an epic prank war ever since then. In planning their two families anniversary party, they are forced to pick the venue for the celebration. Chaos ensues. Then sparks fly.

An entertaining read….though a fight/break-up too much and the epilogue (8 years later…really?!) were the only downsides to an otherwise fantastic romcom.

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I was so thrilled to start this book, and I quite enjoyed finishing it! I loved watching the story unfold between Jude and Molly. I loved seeing the rivalry tension turn into sexual tension, and I LOVED the banter between them. This book is absolutely hilarious, adorable, sweet, and emotional all rolled into one. I’m only docking two stars because it’s not my usual choice of genre, and I didn’t love the prologue. Otherwise, if you love the enemies to lovers trope, PLEASE read this!

3.75/5 stars

Okay-this was cute. Enemies to lovers is always fun, even if it was a bit forced initially (and a tad immature with all the pranks). But I liked the severe personality differences between the two MC's. And that everyone else seemed to notice they were dating versions of each other...but they didn't.

A fun rom-com, with a quick pace and realistic characters with real flaws and growth. Oh, and cute dogs galore. I'll be keeping this author in mind in the future.

Read if you love:
Childhood frienemies
Enemies to lovers
Big families

Thank you Netgalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for an ARC.

This was my first time reading a book by Meredith Schorr, and I will be reading her other book after this. This book is about main characters, Molly and Jude, who have been rivals since they were kids. They are forced together to plan and organize an anniversary for their parents, who share the same date. We see early on in the book they have lived their whole life playing pranks on each other.

In the first couple of chapters, there were a lot of high school-level pranks and fights that were a little annoying and made the beginning start slowly. Once I got past that, I enjoyed the book a lot more. The found and large family dynamics that both Jude and Molly's family had. I really liked the part where both Molly and Jude dated people that were very similar to each other and didn't realize it.

There was some family and friend drama that I enjoyed. I liked the banter and romance and other plot point dealing with career paths, feeling happy and fulfilled in jobs, and past hurts. Molly and Jude are opposites in so many aspects and have to deal with navigating their strong and different personalities, which was very realistic to read. Overall this was a cute romcom that had relatable and realistic characters with a couple of steamy scenes. I would recommend it if you are looking for a heartwarming love story with emotional moments.

This romcom has;
- Jewish representation and main characters
- Rival main characters
- Enemies to lovers
- Forced proximity
-Tightknit family and friends
- Found family
Thank you, Forever (Grand Central Publishing) and Netgalley, for this arc for an honest review.

Loved this more than "Seen on TV." There was more romance and spice throughout the book. Molly and Jude are enemies to lovers but to get there involves a big adventure with a lot hurdles. There are a lot of side characters between two families and friends but not confusing to remember them all. I was happy she included an epilogue at the end.

RTC

I received an advance review copy for free through NetGalley, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I really enjoyed reading this book. I thought the last 60% of the book was really fast-paced. I loved the dynamic and the chemistry between our main characters, Jude and Molly. Their banter and the competition in the first half (and still throughout the book!) were so much fun. I would definitely recommend this book to everyone who loves romance and is on the lookout for a light, fluffy romance read.

Okay, so I liked As Seen on TV but wasn't in love with the story and characters. Someone Just Like You redeemed Meredith Schorr for me! I really enjoyed the characters, the fun storyline and it had the perfect amount of drama and tension. I truly love any book where someone gets sick and needs to be taken care of, Jude was so sweet the whole time, I also desperately want to meet Yogi and bring him some hair accessories. I thought the whole dating doppelgangers was hilarious, especially because they were so oblivious. Thank you for such a fun, enjoyable book Meredith Shorr!

This was such a fun read. I enjoyed the banter between Jude and Molly and the path the author created for these two. Watching their relationship grow from "hate" to something more after realizing they often found substitutes for the other in the relationships was enjoyable. I was rooting for them the entire book and couldn't wait to see how everything played out and if opposites really do attract.

Enemies to lovers when the whole family is involved, this book is an enjoyable read from start to finish.

Family friends for years, the children of the Blum and Stark families voluntold their youngest members, Jude Stark and Molly Blum to find the venue for their respective joint parents anniversary party.

Jude and Molly, who have been tangled up in pranks and misadventures for years, do not take to this tasks lightly, but attempt to put aside differences as they scout out locations for the party.

With shocking admissions, unexpected and unpleasant surprises, Molly and Jude find themselves leaning on each other more and more... even if it's in the form of their doppelganger partners, Jude's so much like Molly that even Molly's father mistakes the doppelganger for her!

Will these two break out of their current relationships to find their true love that has been simmering all these years?
Read and find out.

I enjoyed the back and forth banter between Molly and Jude. This was a fun book to read but I did feel that the relationship went from moving very slow to jumping into bed pretty suddenly. I would have liked more of a build up here to make it feel a bit more realistic. I did enjoy the characters in both of their families and felt they added nicely to the storyline.

Thank you Netgalley for this book! On to the review.

The Good: The pacing was well done and the writing was very fast-paced.

The Bad: The Main Character. She felt very immature and selfish throughout the entire book, and yet by the end she learned nothing. The romance was fine until there was a point where I thought the two characters should not be together and I honestly would have preferred that.

However, I think this book just didn't appeal to me because I am not the audience. There are surely people out there who would enjoy this more then me.

When two frenemies from neighboring families are thrown together to find an anniversary party venue, it is a guarantee that problems will ensue. What is not a given is that those same two people, Molly and Jude, will come to some startling realizations about each other. For example, why do all of Molly's dates tend to have goldendoodle-like dogs? And why do Jude's dates seem to be people pleasing lawyer types?

Schorr takes the reader on a fun ride of discovery as two people realize that maybe all of that passionate hate wasn't hate after all!

A fun quick read that you will enjoy if you liked the first book then toy should read this one thanks for letting me read this