I was provided an ARC of this book via Netgalley, all opinions are my own.

This is a tough one for me to review because I thought the book was well written and I enjoyed the storyline. On the other hand I had I really hard time connecting with the main character Liyah. I felt like she went out of her way to make herself unlikable. She was rude to her friends and was constantly insulting the love interest under the guise of teasing. Her character felt over the top and forced at times. As we get to know her better we learn that it is both a defense mechanism and a coping mechanism that she has developed. Towards the latter half of the book we learn about some of the experiences and trauma that causes her to act the way she does and some of her actions and reactions begin to make more sense. On the other hand I did like Daniel. He was patient and kind and willing to put up with Liyah's antics and support her when she needed..

I will say I enjoyed the representation in this book. Not only do we have a diverse cast of characters who have regular lives and jobs, we also get a good representation of therapy and normalizing taking care of your mental health. The friend group was great! I loved that the four friends formed their own club to vent about life and work and whatever and they took minutes and had club rules.

Overall, this is a cute slow burn, second chance romance. I don't think I'm the target audience for this particular book. I think I would have really loved it if I had been able to relate to Liyah a bit more. Someone out there is going to love her character and really love this book.

A really fun romance that was full of plenty of heart. I enjoyed the couple's back story and how they found each other again. I also really enjoyed the how they became best friends first. The author did a great job incorporating in their religion, their work and personal demons - making this love story more than just a romance!

Such a good read. This is a great novel and was a cute, fast read. These are my favorite types! I had never read Rachel Rumya Katz before but I plan to read more of her books because I know she will have more coming out in the future!

Funny, Emotional, Relatable, Heart Wrenching, Beautiful

I met romance author Kelly Caine on the first day of the Steamy Lit Book Convention. Instead of telling me about herself or her own books, she praised Rachel's book and encouraged me to read it.

I am so glad that she told me about it and highly suggest this book for romance readers looking for a solid story that takes you on an emotional journey. I would compare the reading experience to watching an episode of Grey's Anatomy. You will laugh, cheer, hold your breath, and maybe even shed a tear.

Liyah and Daniel parted ways 14 years prior on bad terms. He has no idea what he could have said or did wrong to lose her, and she is a woman that can hold a grudge like no other. Pretty sure she's a Scorpio lol. After the universe has them cross paths on a plane the two are forced to work together.

This is a slow burn. Both MCs have emotional baggage that they need to work through, forgiveness and intimacy are very big themes. There is a high level of interpersonal communication, support, and vulnerability in this. The platonic love, family and friendships formed are incredibly admirable.

The spice level is low but again the intimacy is high. It's like sipping a full-bodied wine, listening to R&B, slow dancing in the kitchen with the one who makes you feel safe. (Those are my personal memories/feelings I tapped into while reading)

Highly Recommend
  
Trigger Warnings: SA/Rape Survivor, Therapy, Loss of a Parent, Anxiety, Depression, and Grief

I love a lot from this book: the humour, the friends to lover troop. A second chance at love trope, but the main thing I love is that this book shows us the Jewish people of color and their experience.

The story has many levels to Daniel and Liyah's journey. They went from enemies, friends to lovers to enemies to lovers for life,
I loved this journey for them, and I was happy to be along for the ride.

The supporting characters were also very well written and added a nice cherry on top; I wouldn't mind a story with them as main characters.

Anyway, this a great romance that gave me everything I was looking for

Forced proximity
One bed,
Second chance
Found family

This book was so cute! And full of diversity and representation that we don't see enough of.
I loved the banter and chemistry between these two, and thought overall, it was really well done!

“House Rules:
1. Meet: Friday nights (…) at Prohibition
2. Anything said here stays here
3. No toxic masculinity
(…) And thus, the Speakeasy Survival Club is born.”

Genre: Romance
Actual Rating: 5 stars
Spicy Meter: 3 fire emojis
Content Warnings: Mentions death of a parent, cancer, and discusses sexual assault. Contains sexual content.

“Thank You for Sharing” is comically full of mishaps and screw ups, and I was there for it. Told in the third person, we get to see various points of view, making this novel even more engaging. “Thank You for Sharing” follows Liyah Cohen-Jackson and Daniel Rosenberg, two childhood frenemies that run into each other in their late twenties and are forced to collaborate in a project that is very important for both of them, for different reasons.

Liyah’s and Daniel’s text flirting was the absolute sweetest—I just loved how Liyah teases him, their chemistry was so palpable throughout the whole novel. The different ways they live and celebrate their religious believes, the way they found their chosen family through their friend; I simply wouldn’t change a thing about this novel.

I would highly recommend this novel if you’re looking for a sweet childhood friends to strangers to enemies to lovers romance read.

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Publication Date: September 12, 2023

I want to start this feedback with I don't think this is a bad book, but this book was definitely not for me.

Now for my thoughts: I think this one is going to be for a very specific audience. I'm only 34, but there was a lot of very "hip/trendy" colloquialisms that at some points I had to reread a sentence a few times before I understood what they were saying. Once I got used to it, it was okay and I could continue reading, but it made it difficult to get into the story in the beginning. On that same note, the first 7 chapters were incredibly hard for me to get through. I didn't vibe with how Liyah was written. I felt this went a little beyond enemies to lovers because the "enemies" part of it seemed very one sided. Liyah treated Daniel so poorly and was downright mean. To me, it wasn't cute, sarcastic, witty banter going back and forth. She was just mean and Daniel just took it. It made me sad that Liyah was written this way and there wasn't a lot of growth on her part to make up for it. I know that there was deep seeded trauma behind a lot of it (which still, just communicate openly) and she was aware of how mean and difficult she could be, but there was no genuine change/growth.

The second thing that really bothered me was how Justin was written. As a Black American, I feel that he was written in a bit of a stereotypical manner. I had a feeling he was Black before it was explicitly stated solely because of the language that was used (e.g. "gone" instead of "going to"). His character could have been described without making him a stereotype. There is one part late in the book where he uses the N-word in casual conversation and it made me very uncomfortable. Had I not been so far in the book, I likely would have stopped at that point. I know this is common in my community, but I don't think it was necessary for a book that people from all backgrounds will read. It's different when used in books that are discussing racism and racial slurs but this was just used in his casual conversation and it really gave me the ick.

Thank you to the publisher for providing this e-arc. Even though this one didn't work for me, I'm sure it will be enjoyed by lots of readers!

This was such a cute book! I absolutely loved the banter between Daniel and Liyah and loved the healthy dialogue between the two. The only thing that I didn’t like—and this is less about the book and more about my preferences— is that the book is written in third person present tense which was a struggle to get into. However, after awhile I got used to it and it wasn’t an issue!

This was an excellent execution of a second chance romance (with a smidge of enemies to lovers). This is one of the few books (if not the only) I've seen in the genre representing queer jewish WOC. That experience is treated so well. There is heavy content related to their past, but it does have the light humor of rom-coms.

The dual POV adds so much to this story!

I adored every second of this one. I loved the writing and loved the way that the characters dealt with everything throughout the book. This was so eye opening to the experience of Jews of Color and I loved the way it showed different types of Judaisim. I loved the different sibling relationships in the book. I adored that it was friends to lovers to enemies to friends to lovers, it had so much depth to their relationship. The banter was great, I loved all the fun settings in the museum. I adored the SSC. This was an amazing debut and I very rarely rave this much about debut novels!

This was such a cute romance to read! When Daniel and Liyah happen to sit next to each other on a flight back to Chicago, they realize that there’s a reason they feel like they’ve met before. It’s because they have - when they were 13, at a Jewish sleepaway camp, where the events of the last few days at the camp fractured their budding romance and split them apart.

Now, Daniel and Liyah not only find themselves seated next to each other on the flight back to Chicago, but also find out that they must work together to promote the museum where Liyah is employed. Liyah must rely on Daniel’s marketing expertise in order to boost membership, so she can be promoted to her dream job as a curator. But how can she trust him with this, when he betrayed her trust at camp? In the meantime, the feelings Daniel had for Liyah as a teenager return, but he’s at a loss as to how to bridge their troubled past and show her that he deeply cares for her. As they spend time working together, they learn more about each other, including what happened during that fateful night at sleepaway camp, and the traumatic events that both of them have endured since then. As sparks begin to fly, they must figure out if they move beyond friendship to something more, something that requires them to open their hearts and be truly vulnerable with each other.

I loved the authenticity of Daniel and Liyah’s relationship…how the author portrayed them with a natural progression of friends to lovers. There are heavy topics that are addressed and discussed throughout the novel, and these are handled with care, with a deep focus on therapy and counseling. Both Daniel and Liyah have a solid support system of friends, whom I adored. Their regular group meet-ups and “meeting notes” cracked me up! Neen may be my absolute favorite friend character ever… everyone needs someone like Neen in their life! I also learned so much about Jewish culture and traditions, and truly enjoyed that aspect of the book. I was blown away by the level of representation and inclusivity in this novel, as well. This is a deeply heartfelt and genuine romance that you should add to your TBR!

CW: previous loss of a parent, mentions of a previous sexual assault

Read if you like:
-Jewish rep
-BIPOC and AAPI rep (biracial MCs)
-LGBTQ+ rep (including nonbinary and bisexual)
-therapy and counseling
-Chicago references!!
-solid friend groups
-2000s rom com references (She’s the Man, etc)
-museums
-second chance romance
-enemies to friends to lovers

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this advance copy, in exchange for my honest review!

I enjoyed this one. It’s a friends with benefits to more. I liked seeing the relationship between Liyah and Daniel develop. I really liked the club the friends created to discuss their lives. I also really liked Liyah’s friends, especially her BFF, who helped her navigate her feelings.

It was nice to see how Liyah went to therapy to address her trauma and continued to recognize her need for support. It was great to see them discuss her progress.

Of course I loved the Jewish representation. Especially since it’s diverse Jewish representation with two characters who don’t “look Jewish”.

Def a fun romance and enjoyable read.

dnf it's me problem. I love the set up for this book and really like both of the characters but I cannot stand the third-person present tense writing. It feels like I'm reading a movie script and I can't make myself continue to read the book. I may be able to get through it when I have more brain capacity, but every time I pick it up, I last about three pages before I have to put it down. I'm giving it 4 stars because I do really like the characters and story, and the pacing is good, but the writing style is a no-go for me.

This book was a very sweet and enlightening romance . I truly enjoy it and could not put it down once I started . I love how the characters were brought together and I love the back story from camp. Love how the freud from summer camp went on after being place as set mates on a plane. I was hoping that love bring them together and they could mend the fence. love were this story took us and look forward to reading more from this author in the future. I will make sure to recommend to family and friends. Must read !!

Thank You For Sharing by Rachel Runya Katz is a fun rom com with some serious and emotional themes. A random encounter and joint work project brings together old friends who haven't spoken in 14 years after their friendship ended at summer camp. Now forced to work together, past hurts come to the surface. The characters are diverse, loveable, and relatable. There is sass and tenderness, and I can't help to root for the main characters. There are some great side characters as well, and I hope to see their stories continue. The minutes from the Speakeasy Social Club is a fun touch that adds a bit of humor to the story. I enjoyed the first half more than the second. The flirtatious banter and sassy quips were fun and the spice was just enough. Towards the end, Liyah got too much in her head and while I understood her flawed thinking it was frustrating.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for an advanced digital copy in order for me to read and review.. Thoughts and opinions are my own.

When Liyah runs into an old friend some summer camp on a plane, the way their friendship ended all those years ago makes things pretty uncomfortable. Things devolve further when they learn that they'll be working together for the foreseeable future. Liyah and Daniel will have to move past their history in order to have a productive working relationship.... but that might not be the only thing that comes out of their chance encounter.

I loved that right off the bat this book had a diverse cast of characters, though I do feel like maybe they mentioned a few too many times that Liyah is both black and Jewish. If her name (Cohen-Jackson) didn't give it away, I got it after the first mention :) I also really liked the seamless inclusion of a person with they/them pronouns. Sometimes I find that when those characters are in novels their gender identity. it's often the primary focus and makes a spectacle of it when the whole point is to include them as part of everyday life, but this author did an awesome job making the characters feel authentic.

My only hesitation with this book is that based on the description I thought it was a second chance romance, and while I guess technically it is since the characters had met before, it definitely lacked the uncomfortable getting-to-know-you-again vibe that makes me love SCR. It was however a very cute, compulsively readable enemies to lovers situation that so many romance readers love. I would definitely read more from this author!

What a great debut novel. I loved the diverse, realistic and relatable characters. The friendship group was solid as they dealt with serious, real life issues. It was fun to read about the main characters' relationship as it grew from childhood through adulthood and from friendship to more. Thanks #NetGalley

2.5 stars rounded to three. If you like books with queer representation then you might love this book more. For me it took me out of the story a little to much then I would have liked. The writing was very good. The burn was supppeerrrr slow. And the HEA was adorable.

This was very cute!

Big thanks to NetGalley and St.Martin's Press for the ARC to read and review.

Enemies to Lovers is one of my favorite tropes, and to couple it with very cute re-meet cute, plus lots of mid-20s angst? yes please!

Daniel and Lilay were easy characters to be captivated by. They were smart, witty, nuanced and vulernable.

I loved how diverse and inclusive this book was. More of this, please!

I don't read a ton of New Adult, mainly because the conflict in those romances is often communication, and I find that to be frustrating. That was the case here - I lost my enthusiasm in the last 1/4 of the book, but that is just a personal preference.

Overall a delightful, utterly enjoyable and very quick read!