Me at the beginning of reading this: this rivalry is a little over-exaggerated to be realistic.

Me 10 minutes in: I can’t stop reading until these two GET TOGETHER.

The characters still felt exaggerated at times but overall I was rooting for them. I love a good high school rivalry. I love a perfectionist learning things don’t always go to plan. I felt like there was maybe one too many “it’s all over” moments but that could always be my desire for everyone to just talk it out. I also liked the best friend character.

Firstly, thank you Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC copy of this book in return for a voluntary review.

I really want to be cautious with what I say in this review as I do not want to give any spoilers away, but I will say that i really enjoyed this book. If you like enemies to lovers, polar opposite, witty books then this one is for you. Lots of banter, interesting twists and family drama, and the first half of the book had me gripped. I definitely went through a rollercoaster of emotions when it came to my thoughts on the MC's.
Although fast paced, it didn't take anything from the story- definitely recommend the book/add to your TBR piles now!

For me this book is a 4/5

I always know when I open a Meredith Schorr book that I'm in for smiles, giggles, and swoons! If As Seen on TV was her Gilmore Girls book, Someone Just Like You is her Friends book. Between the perfectly portrayed NYC setting and the warm depictions of family and friendship, this was an absolute joy to read.
I'm a sucker for a big family story, and I got that here in spades with the Stark and Blum sibling rivalries. Lovers of flirting in the form of ruthless pranks and teasing are going to love Molly and Jude's journey from enemies to friends to so much more! Highly recommend for fans of Abby Jimenez, Kerry Winfrey, and RomComs with plenty of heart and comedy!

This one is kind of tough for me to review. At the beginning of the book, I absolutely hated Jude, and honestly, it never fully went away. He was so unnecessarily mean to Molly at the beginning that I couldn't get over it, even after he started being nice to her. I know we were supposed to swoon later when he brought her soup and started doing nice things for her, but it was a no-go for me, personally. The whole idea that a grown man would still act like a seven-year-old who pushes the girl he likes off the swing was just not okay with me. And Molly wasn't much better in my opinion, though at least she seemed willing to let everything go and move on if he was. Honestly, the two of these characters acted like children for the first 50% of the book that it turned me off most of the rest of the book. The two characters just did not fit together at all to me.

Overall, I'd give this 3, maybe 3.5, stars. The story was well-written, it just fell a bit flat for me, personally. It was very easy to read, and I finished it in around a day and a half. Even though I didn't enjoy this specific story, I'd definitely give the author another read because I enjoyed her writing style overall.

Read if you like:
- Enemies to Lovers trope
- Witty banter
- Opposites attract
- Quick, easy reads

Thank you to NetGalley and Forever for gifting me this eARC in exchange for my honest review.

This book was so much fun! I've heard such good things from this author and was so excited to have access to this title early. The banter between the characters was so great and I was just rooting for them and their love the entire time. The book is short enough that I was able to read in one sitting and just loved it!

Thank you to NetGalley, Meredith Schorr and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for an arc of Someone Just Like You in exchange for an honest review. This review is wholly my own & may not be reproduced.

This is the first novel I’ve read my Meredith Schorr and this sweet little romance is set to drop July 25, 2023 and I recommend you not miss it!

This is a fabulous enemies/rivals to lovers trope. Jude & Molly are former neighbors and rivals all through school continually one-upping each other on pranks. Now, 10 years later, they are forced to work together to plan a surprise co-wedding/anniversary celebration for their parents.

Soon, sparks are flying and sexual tension is heating up. Apparently over the years, they have dated each other’s doppelgangers, so why is that they can’t just date each other? They finally give in to their feelings, but will their intense a decades long rivalry win out over true love?

This story was very cute, quirky and funny. I really enjoyed it. It was fast paced and I love the development of characters as well as the characters themselves. I stayed up way too late on a work night to finish this story. I just couldn’t put it down!

I highly recommend giving this one a go. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed!

4/5 Stars

I debate between giving this book a 3 or a 4. I went with the 4 but it was probably more like a 3.5 for me. Overall, this was a fun, easy to read romcom. The pop cultures references felt very current but included enough older references as to not feel dated if someone reads it a few years from now. Honestly, my biggest complaint was the use of the phrase “get it done” in the way you typically hear “get it on.” I’m not sure if this a regional thing but many characters said it and it drove me a little bit nuts. The last quarter or so of the book felt like it dragged on a bit but it wasn't a dealbreaker for me.

Though I seem to be in the minority on the reviews page, this romcom wasn't quite my favorite. As with most romcoms, you know where the story is headed, but I just did not enjoy the journey to get there. I loved the concept, and that the characters had this longstanding psychological tilt toward each other, but the actual chemistry between the two just didn't grab me as much as I'd hoped. I loved the concept, and liked the characters. I just didn't have that fireworks feeling.

Oh how I loved this! I tore through As Seen on TV last Summer so I was definitely excited to get the chance to read this title several months early, I read this one even faster! Such a sweet romantic comedy.

If your type is “people who look, dress, and act just like that person I claim to hate,” your subconscious may be trying to tell you something. I enjoyed the way Molly and Jude were experts at getting under each other’s skin, pranking and teasing each other just like they did as kids. It felt very true to their history as longtime family friends. The progression of their relationship and the issues they faced along the way also felt realistic. Their families and friends (Nani! Alex and Jerry!) were great and made me laugh. And I liked watching Molly handle her career dilemmas. This book was such a fun ride!

Highlights:
- enemies to lovers
- polar opposites
- witty banter
- Jewish representation

Triggers:
- career-ending injury
- male pressure (very brief)
- parental separation/divorce

Molly and Jude have been enemies since first grade and their animosity has been a sideshow for their close families for the past 20 years. Both MC's are the youngest of three siblings and have been constantly thrown together throughout their lives, including the most recent time of planning a joint anniversary party for their parents. But doing anything together seems impossible as the two have been hating one another with ever-intensifying pranks since they were kids. Now, in their 20's, Molly is a Type A planner and Jude is a laid-back joker. I enjoyed the witty banter between Jude and Molly, as well as the banter directed their way from their siblings. My favorite part though was the trope in which both characters unknowingly dated those that were similar to one another each time. I could not stop laughing at the constant comparisons and snide sibling remarks on this! My only complaint was a month skipped between the two MC's that I believe could have been a lot of fun and given me a strong connection to each. Last but not least, Schorr never disappoints with her pop culture references and I adored the Beatles lyrics in coversations as well as one memorable scene talking through Hart of Dixie and its character highlights!

Great inter-family dynamics make this a fun to read rom-com.

The Three Blum girls; Michelle 34, Nicole 32, Molly 27, have grown up with their across the street counterparts The Three Stark Siblings; Alison 34, Eddie 32, Jude 27. When Blum parents are about to celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary the Stark parents will be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. The six 'children' decide to plan a surprise joint celebration, each being assigned various duties.

Jude & Molly have always had an aggressive relationship since first grade. As young adults their careers are not what they had planned. Both have very different outlooks on life as well. Working together to find a venue involves their joint cooperation which is not fortunately easy to accomplish.

The twists and turns are fast-paced, one-up-man-ship laden, There are a few intimate scenes that are well handled, and one is laugh out loud funny. All of the characters are enjoyable and make the novel easy to relate to.

Another hit from Meredith Schorr.

What a delightful book! I loved this conceit: "I hate everything about you but everyone I've ever dated is exactly like you, oh fuck." Also known as nemeses-to-lovers AND one shared brain cell. Throw in a soupçon of forced proximity and you have Someone Just Like You!

My favorite things about Meredith Schorr's writing include the genius-level character names and more importantly, character nicknames they come up for each other (even more believable that the characters came up with them for each other as children iykyk). As a New York resident, the details about microneighborhoods are thrillingly accurate. And, pssst, this is not-so-secretly a baseball book!

I loved it. With delightful banter and unexpected twists, swoony romantic antics and outrageous family drama, Meredith Schorr confirms her place on my bookshelves as an auto-buy author. Someone Like You is an enchanting tale about the power of forgiveness in forging our happy endings. I read it in one sitting.

The first half of this book had me in a chokehold. It is compulsively readable. Two childhood neighbors, Molly and Jude, who spent most of their childhood disliking and constantly pranking one another, are paired up to help plan their respective parents' anniversary parties. I enjoyed reading about the pranks, because there was some fun banter there. Molly is a lawyer-turned-legal recruiter who is starting to realize that her plans for her career haven't matched up to reality, and Jude is a bartender whose dreams of making the big leagues as a baseballer had been dashed after an accident in high school.

Eventually, we are told that the two continuously date people who have a lot in common, both looks and personality-wise, with the very person they despise-each other! The reason this ended up falling a bit flat was because it was more in the telling. The pranking had the potential to up the flirtation, and Jude helping Molly when she was sick was very cute. But things didn't really kick into gear for these two until everyone kept telling Molly how much she kept dating people who were like Jude (why did she need so many other people telling her that?)

But what took me completely out of the story was when (spoiler) the two main characters hook up for the first time. It was written in such a goofy ass way that I lost most of the interest there. Like I could honestly picture the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme song playing over it. It was like the opposite of romantic and sexy. And then later, there's drama because of course there is. Molly finally reveals the big secret at around 70% or so, the two make up, and I'm thinking to myself uh-oh it seems like these two characters who are so dissimilar to one another need to have more conflict because there's a full 30% of the book left. And they did, again, and it was dragged for most of that last portion of the book. And I couldn't help but think like yeah Jude was kind of right. They had the potential for friendship, but the romantic spark was lost for me when they did and said terrible things to each other. Overall this was a bit of a disappointment for me, but this is great for people who enjoy childhood friends to sort of enemies to lovers. And there's goldendoodles, for dog lovers.