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Liyah got on my last nerves. With that being said the story was till very cute and I'm so glad I read this book.

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Thank You For Sharing by Rachel Runya Katz
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Daniel and Liyah meet again for the first time in 14 years on a plane and clash. Now they have to work together on a work project. Can they put the past behind them and ever be friends again?
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This story was just ok. There was a lot going on: Liyah with her project and hopeful promotion, Daniel just trying to make nice with Liyah, they are both part Jewish and dealing with other peoples views, as well as Daniel recently lost his father and is grieving.

I found Daniel’s character very likeable, but Liyah’s character was a bit hotheaded. I was glad when they finally got to having a serious conversation and dealing with all the misunderstandings.
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3⭐️⭐️⭐️ Yeah, just ok.

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Thank you NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review!

This book is a childhood friends to a dislike/enemies to lovers. It follows Daniel and Liyah and them navigating being assigned a project together with their past together.

I really enjoyed this book and watching the main characters really work through their internal struggles while also grappling with this new relationship that they are building and the relationship that went south when they were younger. I also really enjoyed the writing style.

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I'm obsessed with this book. I loved the friends to romance trope that mixed in a little bit of enemies to lovers. I also love how it explored multiple races and religion, it's uncommon to have a novel focused around Jewish characters, which was quite refreshing. The characters were well developed with both good and bad qualities that they maturely worked through during the novel. I couldn't wait until I had down time to be able to pull this back out and read more of it.

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The dialogue in this feels so unnatural and stilted. The premise is fine, but the execution is clunky and juvenile.

**Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Griffin for the eARC**

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This was a good enough romance for me to want to finish the book, but I felt just meh about it after I finished. I'm a hard sell when it comes to likeable main characters and Daniel and Liyah were just... not it. To be mad at someone for what they did when you were 13?? C'mon girly. I won't lie, they did have the chemistry though, loved the Chicago setting, and the friend group.

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First time reading this author. This one started out not great for me. I struggled to get through it, even with some of the really good parts to it. While the story itself was interesting, and the characters were likable for the most part, I just struggled for some reason moving through it quickly. I just strugged a lot I think with the back and forth of their issues about the other one not really being interested. I feel like how hateful Liyah was to Daniel was a little over the top for what it was about, especially after he apologized to her. Even with knowing what part of her trauma was, it still was a little more than I felt was necessary. In my opinion, there’s a controversy in this type of writing which makes it difficult to connect to a story and its characters. Third-person writing is somewhat distant and tends to be more telling, while present-tense writing makes you feel like the events are happening in real-time. Just something about the writing style really prevented me from engaging in this book it did not resonate with me. Thank you for the opportunity to Netgalley, the author and publisher.

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This debut novel by Rachel Katz is super sweet and romantic. The author wrote an engaging story full of heartbreak, hope, healing and forgiveness as Daniel and Liyah each dealt with their past to be able to move forward. Well done.

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sigh. a tired trope but one that i usually enjoy. appreciate the attempt of walking through past trauma.

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I liked the book ok. It was a fun read. I really liked Daniel but I didn't feel Liyah was especially likeable. I also felt the book didn't combine the fluffy cute elements with the more dramatic and heavy topics that well - it felt the story stopped sometimes for a sadder scene.

Thank you Netgalley, author, and publisher for the ARC.

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Thank You for Sharing by Rachel Runya Katz is full of representation, which is what we need in publishing and is great to see in the romantic comedy genre.

Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for sharing this book with me.

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Omg this book... I really was feeling it. like I feel like I was being stalked because omg... I knew what emotions were on that moment and I am someone who is not very emotional but wow.

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Thank you to St. Martin's Press for providing me with an eARC of this book. Unfortunately, it was not for me.

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This was a cute second chance romance with diversity representation. I enjoyed the characters, and felt that sensitive topics were handled with care and depth, while still remaining in the romantic category. It was a great read for something simultaneously light hearted with some added depth of real humanity.

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I have a hard time eating this book because it’s cute but not swoon worthy for me. I loved getting to know the characters and the banter between liyah and Daniel but it just didn’t give me any crazy emotions I normally feel when reading. There was no outwardly giggle moments of cutest overload or anything along those lines for me.

*I received a free ARC from Netgalley*

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Cute second chance enemies to lovers debut. Heavy on the representation of all kinds which is amazing but some times it made me feel like I wasn’t the target audience for the book. Still liked it

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I wasn't sure I would enjoy this one, but I liked it a lot. I can't wait to read book 2. This author brings the emotion into these characters and you can feel everything these characters went through. I'm excited to read more from this author in the future.

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Fabulously Jewish! I was so excited to hear that Rachel is writing spin offs about side characters from this book, too.

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I liked this opposites attract romance and they had good chemistry. I liked the writing and I do look forward to more from Rachel!

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My favorite thing about the book was the representation provided by the main characters and that's literally where the book starts. It's not a hidden part of the story or just something the author threw in last minute. The identities of these characters are deep and present throughout the story. A fantastic debut!

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