Someone Just Like You
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4.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Two childhood rivals are forced to work together to plan their parents’ anniversary party in “this pitch-perfect enemies-to-lovers rom-com.” (BookPage)
New Yorker Molly Blum knows everything about her lifelong nemesis, Jude Stark. With their families so close, they should have been best friends. Instead, she thinks he’s a too-charming slacker, and he thinks she’s allergic to fun. After years of one-upping each other’s pranks (chocolate-dipped cat treats are not as delicious as they appear), one high school joke went too far, and they stopped speaking completely. But now that they’re supposed to help plan a massive party for their parents—together—there’s no better time to resume their war.
And it is on. Only somewhere between all the sniping and harmless hijinks, a reluctant friendship develops, along with an unexpected spark of sexual tension. It might have to do with the fact that she’s been dating Jude-lookalikes and he’s been dating Molly doppelgangers. Or the fact that neither of them is nearly as horrible as they thought. All Molly and Jude know is that they’ve mastered the art of hating each other. Falling in love, on the other hand, is a whole new battlefield.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Schorr (As Seen on TV) weaves a sweet but predictable contemporary romance about childhood adversaries who discover as adults that they've always dated people who reminded them of each other. The Blum and Stark siblings grew up across the street from each other in suburban New Jersey and were inseparable thanks to their mothers' close friendship—though the youngest children, Molly Blum and Jude Stark, never got along. Now the combined sibling sextet want to plan a joint anniversary party for their parents, and Molly and Jude are put in charge of finding a venue in N.Y.C. Though this collaboration initially consists of an immature prank war, Molly slowly confides her career angst to Jude and is surprised to get good advice while Jude learns that Molly is a real person behind her perfect, people-pleaser veneer. This newfound mutual understanding is accompanied by an ever-present attraction that they finally stop denying when they put together the truth about their previous relationships. It's a cute but sketchy premise, and though there are some charming moments (and some sizzling sex scenes), the story drags in the middle. Still, the enemies-to-lovers trope is evergreen. This will find an audience with fans of Sally Thorne and Tessa Bailey.
