I found it funny, charming, and loved the New York setting as a major part of the story. I can absolutely see that not all bits of the humor will land with all readers, and it's a little chonky for a romance, but I had an enjoyable reading experience.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book.

The banter in this book is a ten out of ten. I really enjoyed the intro to the two main characters and their fraught relationship as it evolves. Yes, they are two very flawed people, with some toxic tendencies, but the progression of their relationship feels very real. Also, the cast of side characters was thoroughly enjoyable! Overall, enjoyable albeit predictable and some innovative plot points for the beloved enemies to lovers trope.

I really enjoyed the beginning of this book! Ari and Josh are a fun pair, but I felt it dragged a bit near the end. I love that it felt like watching a rom com!

Really liked this book! Love the unique characters and diverse sexuality representation, which I still find to be severely lacking in romance. I enjoyed the lacking of "alpha male" that Josh portrays, which is ANOTHER personally sought out and hard to find aspect of male characters for me. It was short and sweet, and well written—definitely gave romcom on TV kinda vibes, just a modern take on it.

This had me cackling so much. A true contemporary version of When Harry met Sally and it was so much fun. It had introspective conversations, great banter, and all the romance. I'm looking forward to more by this author.

I would like to thank the publisher, Netgalley, and the author for the ARC of this book. I read an advanced copy of this book, so the final edition of the book might be slightly different. All thoughts and opinions are my own, as always.

I’m a person who has watched admittedly few films, so I wasn’t actually familiar with the source material when starting this one. I didn’t have any expectations going into the book beyond what the synopsis told me, and I can’t provide any final comparison between You, Again and what it was sold as.

What I can say is that I did genuinely enjoy this book. It was a tough one at times, and a lot heavier than I usually expect romances to be, but it worked for me. It was heavy in a sense I haven’t seen a lot in romances. It’s not necessarily all external trauma that the MCs need to heal and recover from. Instead, even though there is still plenty of outside plot that negatively impacts the MCs, they struggle most with themselves, from their perceptions of themselves to trying to break the destructive cycles they find themselves stuck in. It means the book is far from light and fluffy, and the characters honestly suck for most of the book, but it also made the book feel more healing as a result. We get to see the characters get closer, hurt each other badly, heal from that hurt, and learn how to lessen the pain they do to those around them. It’s an incredible journey of growth set over many years, with a romance stringing it all together.

I honestly wouldn’t sell this as a romance if I were recommending this to anyone, because I don’t think it's an entirely fair representation of the book. People would expect different things than this book would actually give them, and I can see someone looking for a classic romance being disappointed by You, Again. However, if someone came into it looking more for a story about two shitty people that get a little better by the end, and fall in love along the way, then I can see them enjoying it a lot more! Overall though, I really enjoyed my time with this book, and would definitely read another book by this author.

Two friends actually take a slow approach to finding true love with each other. The characters in this book were made for each other, The book has so many similarities to When Harry Met Sally. A really fun and easy read that you will not be able to put down.

When readers said that this had big "When Harry Met Sally" vibes, they weren't kidding. It had that whole progression trope of relationship moving slowly towards love. I really enjoyed it, and I in fact, did rewatch "When Harry Met Sally" after reading it.

I tried really hard to like this book but it just didn’t do it for me. Honestly it was choppy and hard to follow at time. The breaking up the of POV mid scenes was distracting. Josh and Ari weren’t amazing characters to begin with and I never found myself routing for them in any aspect of their lives. Some of the secondary characters were nice and the only reason to keep turning the pages.

DNF @25%. I can't clear this off my Netgalley list fast enough. I attempted to read this book last fall. It was immediately a huge turn off, but I tried to give it another chance and I just can't do it. I went in with high hopes seeing the buzz and hype, but I am clearly not the intended audience here and I did not enjoy it at all. When Harry Met Sally it is not. These characters suck. Ari is immature and annoying. Josh is bleak. I felt the author was trying too hard to be hip and modern and this may relate more to the Gen Z generation, but, unfortunately, this millennial wasn't having it. You have no idea the relief I have of getting this book off my "currently reading" list.

**Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me an advanced copy of this book and in return I am submitting my unbiased and voluntary review and opinion. I am posting this review to my Goodreads account immediately and will post it to my Amazon & Instagram accounts upon publication.

This book took me by surprise, I loved the cover and the premise of meeting over and over again throughout the years. I loved how real the characters felt, they were flawed and unpredictable. I found myself genuinely laughing with them, angry over their choices, and saddened by their circumstances. I really enjoyed the build up of their relationship from hating each other, to friendship, and finally love.

A hard one to rate for me. I really liked the book and my reading experience, but the main characters were a tad too prickly for my personal enjoyment. But overall, I really liked the writing style and was engaged throughout the whole book. Definitely an author I would read again.

I felt pretty neutral about this. It’s a modern take on when harry met sally but I didn’t feel like it had a lot of that charm. It was mostly just fine.

An angsty enemies-to-lovers romance where you wonder what the outcome of this one is going to be since the two characters despise each other SO much! A cute, carefree read.

This was one of my very favorite romance novels in 2023, a year when I read a LOT of romance novels. I love the way that these two protagonists are messy and sometimes even annoying, but they are absolutely perfect for each other in a way that feels visceral. You, Again captures the magic of When Harry Met Sally while at the same time being its own distinct novel.

I cannot wait to see what Kate Goldbeck writes next! I'll definitely be gobbling it up.

This is one of the funniest books I've ever read. Kate Goldbeck has such a gift for dialogue and flawed yet lovable characters. I loved every word of this.

This book is When Harry Met Sally but spicy. So it was better !!! This book had an NYC setting but in the fall/winter so that was perfection. I highlighted so many quotes from this book. Thank you to Penguin Random House for this ARC

-m/f contemporary romance
-frenemies to friends to lovers
- Depression friends (Friends because they are both depressed)
-banging the same girl
-banter
-bi and Jewish rep
-slow burrrrn
-When Harry Met Sally retelling
-opposites attract

All opinions are my own.

So, in all honesty, I DNF'd at just past a quarter of the way through, but I truly don't think it was the book's fault. I didn't feel connected to the characters, personally, but I think the disconnect was less the characters themselves and more me. And I've enjoyed a few really great moments. That scene at the NYE party when he left the voicemail for his girlfriend and got caught? I straight up cackled for like a full 10 minutes over that. For this reason, I've been recommending it to other people and hearing great things in return, because even though it wasn't my thing, I completely believe this is going to be a favorite for a lot of people. I'll probably pick it back up later when I'm in a different space and can maybe connect better. 4 stars for the laugh and the recs.

This new rom-com picks up the baton of the queen of the genre, “When Harry Met Sally” and launches the premise in today’s landscape—wrestling with queries of romance in the modern age when marriage statistics are hopeless, the definition of love is more fluid, and everyone is just as clueless but the context has changed. Wry, grounded, and full of heart, it honors its inspiration without minimizing its own voice. A refreshing addition to a genre that can feel repetitive and shallow on its bad days; reminding us that on its good days, it gets to the heart of the human condition.