this was some childhood pals that grew up and had a realization. This was a good read and like this book a lot. i liked the other book and this was another hit. I will read more of her books.

I just reviewed Someone Just Like You by Meredith Schorr. #SomeoneJustLikeYou #NetGalley

The premise and cover are adorable. Two childhood frenemies, Molly and Jude, discover what their families have known for years - Molly keeps dating men who resemble Jude physically and have similar professions and Jude keeps dating women who look like Molly and have similar personalities. Will this discovery lead them to question their current status as enemies for life?!

This has some cute moments but I didn’t feel the click between Molly and Jude, unfortunately. Jude seemed irredeemably mean at the start and I’m not sure his nice behavior in the present made up for all of his earlier misdeeds. In general, the characters seem less mature than what we might expect from people in their late 20s. One other note - at one point we are told two characters exchange witty banter all evening but I would have loved to witness the witty banter firsthand. I think people who enjoy childhood crush plots and flirting disguised as pranks may enjoy this. 2.5 stars.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance copy.

Molly and Jude were childhood friends, the youngest siblings of sets of three who grew up next door to each other and were inseparable...until they became sworn enemies. Fast forward through twenty years of rivalry, pranks, and hating each other, and they are thrust together as the two families plan a party. Over the years, they've each dated carbon copies of the other, unwittingly, which humors their siblings. The story comes together at the party, with a scene you can't help but picture in your head, and then they have to go through their ups and downs on their journey from friends to enemies to finally lovers.

Thank you Netgally and Forever Publishing for the arc! Someone Just Like You follows childhood rivals Molly and Jude who are forced to work with each other to help plan a joint wedding anniversary party for their parents who have been neighbors and friends for years. I really enjoyed the dynamic between Molly and Jude and learning about their long history. The banter in the beginning was some of my favorite and really funny. Although Molly and Jude couldn’t be more different, throughout the book they kept dating people who were like the other. Slowly realizing there might be something there they actually like. My one complaint would be the 3rd act, the conflict felt a little forced but I understood why it had to happen. Overall, I flew through this one and found it so funny and enjoyable. Highly recommend!! Thanks again to Netgally and Forever Publishing

Someone Just Like You is a cute childhood friends-to-enemies-to-lovers, a trope I love. I loved the sibling dynamic between the two families and how that was always in the background and influencing the MCs. What I disliked and what made this a 3 star read for me was the amount of backstory/telling in the first 20% of the book. SO MUCH TELLING. Everything had an explanation, an aside. It took me out of the story; it could have been woven in better. Not sure I’d recommend this, but thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

Someone Just Like You by Meredith Schorr is my second read from this author, and while I was initially drawn to the cute cover and the promise of a sweet rom com, I found that I was left slightly underwhelmed.

Molly and Jude grew up as neighbours and somewhere along the line moved from being friends to enemies. So when a plan hatched by their siblings to host a joint anniversary party for their parents reunites them in their twenties, the old rivalry flares up, and childish antics ensue until the two realize that, in fact, they might just be the perfect match,

I flew through this one and while it will certainly appeal to those who are seeking out standard rom com fare, I just could not empathize nor relate to either of these protagonists, and became quite frustrated throughout by their juvenile pranks. Sadly, this was a swing and a miss for me, though I do believe it will be quite successful with a younger audience. 3.5 stars

Many thanks to Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for an ARC.

3.5 stars*

Thank you to NetGalley, Forever (Grand Central Publishing), and Meredith Schorr for the opportunity to read and give my own honest review this ARC of Someone Just Like You.

I was initially attracted to this book because of the cover, it is so well done and the imagery is great!

Now on to the review, I struggled with this one because although I enjoyed the storyline it felt like it jumped around a lot - and it felt slightly unrealistic. I thought that the intent and idea of this book was really really great, just some of the plot dragged on a bit. HOWEVER, this was a very quick and easy read for me which I really enjoyed and appreciated.

I will definitely recommend this to others, and will be checking out more from this author in the future

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.

An enemies-to-lovers, pining for 20+ years, childhood friend, forced proximity classic. Jude & Molly were so much fun to read, and I really enjoyed the overlapping storylines of their families and friends/roommates. I do think that Molly’s work storyline muddied the plot a bit, but overall this was such a sweet story. Someone Just Like You will be available July 25th!

Thank you to Netgalley and Forever for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!

Honestly, this book did NOT do it for me. It very hard to pin point exactly why but I can tell you it read very young, immature, repetitive and the physical parts were just so boring and, if I'm being honest, so cringe (although not every love story has to be smutty, I just did not feel ANY of the connection during these parts!)

The book has a cute background with 6 siblings from 2 families that lived across the street from each other. The siblings (now grown up and living out of their parents homes) get together to plan and throw the parents a joint anniversary surprise party. I would have liked to have seen the story get to the point much faster. I found myself checking the progress of this book and being so bored and not wanting to continue.
I almost felt like there were two different plots.
First, of course was the love story unfolding between the two main characters, Jude and Molly. I was truly bored with the back and forth reminiscing of the old pranks pulled between Jude and Molly from years past while growing up. Also repeated throughout the book multiple times was the similarities in Jude exes and current girlfriend to Molly. Between the looks, height, job, etc. everyone reminded Molly how similar Jude's type was to her. And vice versa. Molly always dating baseball players or her current boyfriend and Jude having the exact same dog named after you guessed it, baseball players. It got old so quickly, like we have already discussed this, let's move on.

Secondly, Molly's parents enter the surprise party thinking they're going to dinner with just their three daughters and are completely blindsided by the party. Which would be fun and exciting under general surprise party terms, but the parents had actually separated and wanted to talk to their children face to face about it. As many children of loving families, this separation causes some heartbreak. I thought the level of upset was not needed. Molly doing small things like locking her parents in the basement at Thanksgiving to try and get them back together felt so childish to me and nd not productive at all. Not that anyone experiencing their parents going through a divorce should just get over it, but I couldn't understand why it was something brought up so often in this book.

I don't know, maybe I'm being too harsh but truly this just did not hit the spot for me.

This is my second time reading this masterpiece; it was just as good as the first time! I love everything about this book, and I CANNOT wait for more from the author!!

It was lovely, intriguing, sweet, and even witty at times. Absolutely stunning. I don’t think I’m capable of coming up with a cohesive and well thought out review. There is so much to love in this book.

Diving into the found family I find myself incapable of putting feelings into words. I wanted nothing to happen to all the characters because they are all so near, dear, and precious to my heart.

I have so many more thoughts but it’s hard to put everything into words. This book was perfect in so many ways and I will greedily snatch up multiple copies!!!

Someone Just Like You by Meredith Schorr was a hilarious childhood rival rom-com.

I loved everything about this book!
The humor and great characters. And the characters were fantastic. They are sweet and complex.
This book had me laughing, smiling and swoony the whole time.
Someone Just Like You will make you smile and leave you eagerly wanting more.

"I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own."

Thank You Netgalley and Forever for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this eARC.

Molly and Jude have been mortal enemies since childhood. Their families are close friends, and at a family dinner, they are roped into planning a party together. Both Molly and Jude pull pranks on each other while trying to also plan a special event. In between pranking and arguments, they both seem to realize that they have a very particular type… and it might be each other.

I really enjoyed this book! Enemies to lovers is one of my favorite tropes, and the banter between Molly and Jude was top notch. The prank wars and flashbacks to childhood antics were so funny, but what I really enjoyed was each of them dating doppelgängers of the other. Plus, as a fellow doodle owner, I really appreciated the adorable goldendoodle additions to the story. The conflicts were uncomfortable but provided good opportunities for forgiveness and moving forward, which I think were important to the character arcs. Overall, this was a fun rom com that I’d recommend!

Thank you to Meredith Schorr, Forever Publishing, and Netgalley for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

After thoroughly enjoying As Seen on TV (Schorr’s previous novel), I was thrilled to discover an ARC of Someone Just Like You. It didn’t disappoint! If you love a good rom-com with some opposites attract characters I definitely recommend this book.

This was so good! It was well-paced, dramatic, and romantic. I connected with both characters and I find them cute and sweet. Overall, this book was super fun to read. Highly recommended!

ARC kindly provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Jude and Molly are childhood frenemies who are put together to plan a joint surprise anniversary party for their parents. They have a long history of pranking and one-upping each other since elementary school all the way through high school, and haven’t really kept in touch since going their separate ways after high school. They get back into their pranking and bickering ways soon enough during the party planning, but after they call a truce so they can actually plan the party their relationship develops into something more.

I was a few pages in to this book and was already hooked. I loved the big family + found family dynamic and childhood friends who continue to keep in touch. I think the author does a very good job of placing everyone in the family, introducing all the characters, and establishing their personalities all in the first chapter.

I liked the contrasting personalities between Molly and Jude. Molly is very type A, feels immense pressure to be the perfect daughter, and feels like there needs to be a perfect plan for everything. Jude is laid back, easy going, and enjoys joking around. They compliment each other well without it feeling like one is trying to change the other or bring them more toward their own personality type. I do think it was a realistic concern for the third act breakup to be related to their personalities and if they were too different to make it work.

The whole ‘I say I’ve hated you since we were little kids but everyone I’ve dated in my adult life looks like you and has the exact same interests as you’ was SO good. I also liked the comments and conversations from friends and family that they clearly knew what Molly and Jude were doing by dating people that were exactly like the other.

In the beginning the handful of chapters of constant pranking and looking at restaurants did get a little old. I did enjoy the sprinkling of them clearly knowing each other well and getting into very brief emotional conversations during these trips and pranks, but it wasn’t enough to cover up the repetitiveness of their overall actions and plans.

There were also some pop culture references and brief moments that made me cringe, but that’s likely more of a me thing than anything else.

Overall, a very cute romcom that was enjoyable and easy to get through! The characters and their developments were well written, the pace and tone of the story was good, and the tension and build up between Molly and Jude was fun and realistic. Small things brought this down to 4 stars for me, but definitely nothing that would keep me from recommending this book to others.

Thank you NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for the arc! All opinions are honest and my own

'Someone Just Like You' is the second book that I've read by Meredith Schorr. She is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors because I can expect laughs, tears, and love when I read her book. The main character is Molly, who is the youngest of three sisters. She and her sisters grew up as neighbors to the Stark family. The Starks also had three children, and the youngest, Jude, was a rival to Molly. Molly and Jude used to be friends, but as they got older, their friendship turned into a bitter rivalry with each one trying to prank and one up the other one. Both families get together to plan an anniversary party for their parents, and Molly and Jude are forced to work together to find the perfect venue.

When they spend time together, Molly and Jude fall back into their old childish habits, and they start to prank each other again. Eventually, they decide to come to a truce and work together to find the perfect venue for the anniversary party. Molly starts to rely on Jude and she goes to him for advice. Does Molly have feelings for Jude? Does Jude have feelings for her?

One of the funniest aspects of the book is that Molly and Jude keep dating doppelgangers of each other. They have always dated someone who has the same job, appearance or personality of their sworn enemy, but they don't realize it! Everyone in their family knows their dating pattern, but they don't see it. The book had so many laugh out loud moments, and it really made me smile.

I loved the dynamic between Jude and Molly. They had a history together, but as they reflect on it, maybe they didn't see what was right in front of them the whole time. There were some unexpected twists and turns, and I was excited to see what happened as I turned to the next page.

Thanks to NetGalley and Forever Publishing for an ARC of this book. I definitely recommend it!

”I think you’re perfect just as you are. Well, perfect for me, at least. And I promise to always have your back against bratty girls who think you have the cooties, against your parents, against anyone.”

-childhood rival, enemies to lovers, forced proximity from having to plan an anniversary party for both sets of parents
-what does it mean when they find themselves constantly dating each others doppelgänger? 🤭
-they had a lot of cute moments, from finally tolerating each other, to becoming friends, then more
-however, the third act break up was dragged in a bit too long, the back and forth had me 😵‍💫
-thank you NetGalley for this ARC ❤️

Molly Blum has been at odds with Jude Stark for as long as she can remember. The former neighbors and polar opposites engaged in a relentless feud throughout their school years, involving pranks, fights, and constant attempts to outdo each other. However, an elaborate prank changed everything between them. A decade later, their siblings coerce them into collaborating on a surprise co-wedding anniversary for their parents, and soon Molly and Jude are up to their old tricks.

This is enemies to lovers done right! This actually has animosity and frustrations and the transition to relationship wasn’t always easy. I also appreciated that it remained a center part of the conflict in that how do you get over 20+ years of being enemies and reconcile the past with the future?

This is full of side characters but they are handled well and the main story does not get lost in the shuffle. There were some interesting time jump and pacing choices that I wasn’t sure were necessary but the story still flowed.

I enjoyed Jude and Molly thoroughly. The initial premise of the title also wasn’t overdone and did end up being humorous which I greatly appreciated, this actually stayed realistic. By the way, you get an actual traditional epilogue with this one (aka major time jump), I feel like I never see those anymore which was really fun!

Thank you to NetGalley, Forever, & Meredith Schorr for the ARC!