I really loved reading this book. The representation was top notch and the characters and story line were entirely entertaining. Liyah is a prickly, overthinking heroine and Daniel (who overthinks in his own right) loves her for it... as did I, the reader. This is a slow burn, mild enemies to lovers, with a full exploration of the only one bed trope kind of book with representation of multiple communities not often seen in media.

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for providing an advance copy of this book.

As someone who is delving into her Jewish ancestry I really enjoyed how well parts of the Jewish faith were explained.

Daniel and Liyah met each other at a Jewish summer camp when they were preteens/teenagers. Things didn't end well back then, so when they run into each other as adults there is a lot of tension between the two. 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.

What a modern day love story! In real life, people come into relationships with baggage, and working through your own as well as your partners can be challenging.  'Thank You For Sharing' follows both Liyah and Daniel as they do just that. What an amazing debut novel for Rachel Runya Katz.

Thank You For Sharing is one of the best contemporary romances of 2023, with its quick wit and soft-hearted love story. I adored the central protagonists, and I loved the way they move with aching slowness toward attachment after years of bitterness.

Liyah Cohen-Jackson hasn’t seen Daniel Rosenberg since they had a huge blow-up fight at summer camp when they were thirteen. Bumping into one another on a flight to Chicago, they find themselves hashing out old wounds an in uncomfortable way. They think that’s the last they’ll ever see of each other.

Then Liyah learns that Daniel is the marketing guy helping out the museum at which she’s currently a junior curator. If her latest project comes off without a hitch then Liyah’s looking at a promotion. She and Daniel spend time together on the job, and soon they’re spending time together off of it. Picking apart their old wounds and fostering new connections is all well and good, but will Daniel and Liyah truly last forever?

There is a painful, wonderfully wounded tenderness to Thank You For Sharing that makes it a cut above most other contemporary romances. Liyah is understandably self-defensive after all of the things she’s been through and experienced (she’s a sexual assault victim who was raped by her college best friend, and constantly battles prejudice and stereotypes as a bisexual Black Jewish woman working in a museum setting), while Daniel is apologetic. He’s a bisexual Jewish man, and is carrying baggage of his own into the relationship. Your heart will ache for them, and you will smile and laugh and cry as they take the long, winding trip toward true love together.

How they settle into this relationship – and how Daniel learns about Liyah’s rape – is both touching and heartbreaking. The book handles her growth as a human beautifully. I did feel as if her fear of settling into a relationship came a bit out of left field, but it makes sense due to her past. And a special shout-out to Daniel and Liyah’s friends, Jordan and Siobhan, who are wonderfully developed.

The book also does an excellent job of capturing life in Chicago, and life within the Jewish community when one is a PoC, and in the museum world. But the romance is what’s going to keep people coming back to Thank You For Sharing, and it is wonderful. Pick this one up and read it to your heart’s content - you’ll be glad you did.

Thank you NetGalley and the author for this ARC!

I was entertained with this book! It was a good read and I would absolutely recommend reading it to my friends. Quick easy read for. I liked it more than I thought I would.

Thank you to the publishers and netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I LOVED the representation in this book. I also loved Daniel and Liyah's relationship. I like how their relationship progressed throughout the book. This book is so much more than just a love story. I really enjoyed seeing the characters grow throughout the book. Also a book set in Chicago?!? LOVE!

Overall, an enjoyable book!

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!