Thoroughly enjoyed this romantic comedy with all the witty characters and suspense of an "enemies to lovers" book!
Liyah's sharp sense of humour and insights made the book for me, I also absolutely loved Siobhan, Jordan, Neen and Daniel who are fantastic characters. The author celebrates an honest insight in to American Jews of colour and also the inclusion of multiple LGBTQ+ experiences, which enriched the storylines.
I felt so invested in Daniel and Liyah's passion for their families, careers and each other (and especially Sweet Potato the cat), this was a page-turning hit for me.

The last interaction between Daniel Rosenberg and Liyah Cohen-Jackson occurred during their teenage years, marked by an inaugural kiss they shared. Yet, the course of their young love encountered obstacles, leaving Liyah wounded by Daniel's actions. Their paths diverged irreversibly... until destiny seats them together on an airplane, fourteen years later. However, the reunion is fraught with clashes, although they take solace in the belief that their paths will remain separate once again.

Yet, fate has different plans when Daniel's marketing company secures a contract with the museum where Liyah serves as a junior curator. Inescapably, they find themselves collaborating on a transformative project that will reshape their professional trajectories.

As their interactions accumulate, the dynamic between Daniel and Liyah becomes increasingly charged with both tension and chemistry, compelling them to confront unresolved issues from their shared past.

Unexpectedly, their camaraderie resurfaces, fostered by a shared identity as Jews of Color. Amid their efforts to suppress their intensifying emotions, Liyah confronts long-evaded fears and unveils her heart to the prospect of love.

A delightful, breezy, and rapid read, this book is tailor-made for leisurely holiday escapades—ideal for sun-soaked vacations, poolside lounging, or beachside reverie. A debut encounter with the author, and one that left me content; I'm eager to explore more of their literary creations. The book's captivating and enticing cover design would undoubtedly seize my attention in a bookstore. Many thanks to the author, the publisher, and Netgalley for providing this advance review copy.

General plot (no spoilers): Liyah and Daniel used to see each other at Jewish camp every summer, until one year it all went wrong and they never saw each other again… until a chance meeting on a flight back to Chicago, where they both happen to live. Still bitter enemies after 14 years, the encounter doesn’t go well, and things go potentially more south when the odds are against them and they have to work together! However, a truce soon forms and they begin to trust each other again, falling into a friends with benefits relationship that will surely implode at some point.

Thoughts: The characters were written in such a way that I ended up staying up as late as my eyes would allow to read their journey and find out their ending. The relationship between Daniel and Liyah is at the forefront of the narrative and, although in the third person, written so that you gain an insight into each of their thoughts in each chapter. Woven into the story, struggles of prejudice, loss and sexual assault are heavy themes but they were dealt with sensitively and somehow - although not taken lightly - they didn’t weigh the book down, rather they gave it a subtle depth. I wasn’t sure in the first couple of chapters whether I’d get on with the book as the characters seemed to be worlds away in terms of their experiences, but I was very quickly sucked into their world and I hope that future endeavours focus on the story of some of the secondary characters.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this eARC of 'Thank You For Sharing' by Rachel Runya Katz.

'Thank You for Sharing' has a gorgeous format and I love Rachel Runya Katz's writing style. However, I absolutely couldn't connect to Daniel. I don't know why but I just didn't like him. I adored Liyah though.

This romance novel by Rachel Runya Katz had everything that I wanted in a romance novel and more.
The story was easy to read and the two main characters chemistry was steamy. I really enjoyed the novel and I highly recommend it.
Thank you to netgalley and the author/publisher for my ebook copy of the book in exchange for a honest review.

A big thank you to NetGalley and Rachel Runya Katz for the ARC!

An absolute banger of a debut novel by Rachel Katz! It kept me entertained the entire time! My emotions were on a roller coaster it seemed, between tearing up and laughing so dang hard! I loved that it was dual pov since it is so nice to see what both of the characters were thinking and feeling! The chemistry between Liyah and Daniel was great and they were both so likable. It touched on a few heavy topics however, they were all handled beautifully.

Thank You For Sharing was a wonderful slow burn, fast paced, fun read with some of my favorite tropes like enemies to lovers and forced proximity. It also featured BIPOC's, supportive/found family and a nonbinary character. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I'm hoping for a sequel!

I have some complicated feelings after reading Thank You For Sharing.

In Thank You For Sharing, we meet Liyah and Daniel, who unexpectedly reunite after more than a decade of meeting when they were pre-teens. Thrown together for work, they struggle with hurts of the past while they slowly lower their guard and start to learn what it means to be an adult who lives with a lifetime of history and background between them.

“Jordan had tequila and did not take any notes. “Because he is a dumbass” - Daniel”
This was a genuinely funny book - there were so many moments that made me smile stupidly and actually laugh out loud. The banter between Daniel and Liyah, and the rest of the Speakeasy Survival Club, was perfect and showed a realistic portrayal of trying to survive becoming an adult. Speaking of the SSC, the meeting notes from their regular Friday night drinks was a brilliant plot device. It helped move the plot along without having to go into unnecessary detail.

I struggled to feel a connection with Liyah - she regularly self-sabotaged and willfully hurt or dismissed those around her. I appreciated her commitment to her work but got tired of other aspects to her character - how rude and hurtful she was to her friends, her blaise approach to being continually late and generally refusing to grow and evolve - and let others do the same.

After her and Daniel eventually get together, I started to enjoy the story a lot more. I felt like it helped Liyah show more aspects of her personality. This helped the story, and Liyah start to move forward. We spend a lot of the story dealing with the past but not seeing any of that play out. I think some flashbacks or context would have helped the reader feel the weight of Liyah’s hurt.

“You’re seriously still mad about Maccabiah?”
Oh, Liyah. It’s time to move on and accept that who someone was and the decisions they made when they were a pre-teen, isn’t who they are now. Liyah refused to move on from previous hurts and refused to let others do the same. This was a really frustrating thing to read and meant that I struggled to like Liyah as a person. The conflict at the end felt unfair to Daniel and made me dislike Liyah more - she dealt with the situation in an immature way, in particular her conversations with Neen made me frustrated with her as a character.

“Kayla - my sister - says that everybody should go to therapy, and I’ve got insurance”
There were so many things I loved in this story. The LGBTIQA+ rep through Neen, the way Daniel and his family dealt with their grief, and the therapy advocacy were all brilliant. I struggled to reconcile this with the other not so great aspects of the story - the drug use, the unexpected way that Liyah dealt with her past sexual assault and others. This combined with a lack of background into Liyah and Daniel, made me struggle to really enjoy this book.

Thank You for Sharing is a forced proximity, enemies-to-lovers romance that follows Aliyah Cohen-Jackson, and Daniel Rosenberg after they meet on a plane fourteen years after their friendship ended.

Liyah and Daniel part from the plane, with Liyah hoping never to see Daniel again, only for the Chicago Museum, where she’s a junior curator, to collaborate with Daniel's marketing firm, resulting in the two being pushed together to keep their jobs and the promise of promotion on Liyah’s end.

What I really didn’t like about this book was Liyah’s attitude and interactions with Daniel through the start and middle of the story. She was incredibly harsh, constantly roasting him at any given opportunity, and often, it was not playful. However, the development of their relationship and how Liyah softens towards Daniel soothed the sting a bit.

Thank You for Sharing delves into the Jewish culture and religion as both Liyah and Daniel are Jewish and Black and Korean, respectively. It deals with the issues that are faced by the main characters, especially the racism surrounding Jewish people of colour. There is also mention of SA within the book.

The friendship group that Liyah and Daniel form with two of their work friends and the meeting notes that pop up within the book are so funny, and I loved the deepening of friendship within the story. Overall, Thank You for Sharing was an interesting read.