Romance
You, Again
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Let your faith in love be renewed by a commitment-phobe and hopeless romantic who go from enemies to friends to lovers.
400+ pages
Multiple viewpoints
LGBTQ+ themes
Salacious
When Ari and Josh first meet, the wrong kind of sparks fly. They hate each other. Instantly.
A free-spirited, struggling comedian who likes to keep things casual, Ari sublets, takes gigs, and she never sleeps over after hooking up. Born-and-bred Manhattanite Josh has ambitious plans: Take the culinary world by storm, find The One, and make her breakfast in his spotless kitchen. They have absolutely nothing in common . . . except that they happen to be sleeping with the same woman.
Ari and Josh never expect their paths to cross again. But years later, as they’re both reeling from ego-bruising breakups, a chance encounter leads to a surprising connection: friendship. Turns out, spending time with your former nemesis is fun when you’re too sad to hate each other—and too sad for hate sex.
As friends-without-benefits, they find comfort in late-night Netflix binges, swiping through each other’s online dating profiles, and bickering across boroughs. It's better than romance. Until one night, the unspoken boundaries of their platonic relationship begin to blur . . .
Kate Goldbeck’s You, Again starts out with a classic rom-com bang: our two leads meet on an epically bad foot but then can’t seem to stay out of each other’s way. As their lives continue to intersect, annoyance turns to loathing turns to friendship turns to romance in this delicious slow burn, sex positive love story.
But as much as we appreciate and find comfort in tropes, this is where we leave classic rom-com conventions behind. While You, Again offers up all the laughs and butterflies we’ve come to expect from the genre, rarely does a debut novel also give characters with such depth. People in real life can be messy and flawed, and sometimes we love them because of those things, not despite them. To capture those layers on the page and let the reader see through to what’s underneath takes real mastery. Ari and Josh are their own worst enemy at times and each a little broken, but as years pass, we watch them grow and reconnect and build a genuine friendship that evolves into much more.
Under Goldbeck’s careful hand we see two people realizing that sometimes the right person comes at the wrong time, and that the stumbles that make life hard are necessary and make the ending that much sweeter. Funny, timely, full of banter and steam with the right amount of heart-clenching angst to keep you reading long into the night.
Madison M.
Nashville, TN
I really loved reading a love story that felt real. Two imperfect people who aren’t wildly successful or perfectly beautiful. I wish I could get more of Ari and Josh!! I love them so much. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Emma B.
Maquon, IL
This book made me reconcile my own feelings of self doubt and trust in relationships. Not everything is made to last but that doesn’t make it any less wonderful. This book was beautiful ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sarah D.
New Bedford, MA
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I enjoyed the banter and the text messages. There was a good character build up but the storyline was predictable. But I would be unhappy if it ended in any other way. Good love story.
Taylar P.
Nashville, TN
For lovers of ‘When Harry Met Sally’ & ‘The Bear’, this is the perfect RomCom. It’s hilariously witty & kept me laughing page after page. The enemies to lovers storyline was well balanced. I loved it!
Makayla B.
Dewyville, UT
I’m not usually a contemporary romance girl but wanted to try this because I love When Harry Met Sally and I’m so happy I did! It’s so sweet with enough modern changes to feel unique. 🌶️ level: 1.5/5