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You, Again

A Novel

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “This gender-swapped When Harry Met Sally retelling is for anyone who craves romance novels with realistic and flawed characters. Ari and Josh circle each other for years in the kind of delicious, slow-burn tension that only comes from a well-executed enemies-to-friends-to-lovers arc.”—NPR

“Fresh, witty, and utterly romantic.”—Ali Hazelwood, author of The Love Hypothesis

A NPR AND GLAMOUR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Can they stop hating each other long enough to fall in love?
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. . . .
With sharp observations and sizzling chemistry, You, Again explores the dynamics of co-ed friendship in this sparkling romantic comedy of modern love in all its forms.
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    • Kirkus

      August 1, 2023
      Opposites become enemies and then friends and finally lovers in this delightful, trope-filled contemporary romance debut. Aspiring (and failing) comedian Arianna Sloane doesn't do commitment. In fact, she actively avoids it. She has a strict rule when it comes to her hookups to never stay the night. Josh Kestenberg is in love with love, a chef with grand professional ambitions who also dreams of settling down and serving his eventual soul mate breakfast in bed. Ari and Josh are like oil and water, and it's dislike at first sight. Underscoring their mutual hatred is the bombshell revelation that they're both sleeping with the same woman, who happens to be Ari's roommate. Talk about awkward. For years, Ari and Josh keep falling into each other's orbit, with each meeting more disastrous than the next, until they reunite when they're both at their lowest. Misery seems to make great company, and instead of bickering, they wind up bonding. Supportive texts turn into late-night phone calls and eventually graduate to cathartic movie marathons. The way their friendship blooms is slow and sweet and subtle, and it makes their inevitable romance happen almost seamlessly. The snarky banter between them eventually softens as Ari and Josh allow themselves to be vulnerable; it's rare to find such a perfect balance of funny and emotional scenes without either one overpowering the other. Goldbeck is clearly a writer to watch, creating and building characters that feel like people you've known and loved rather than caricatures dropped into a scene for the sake of a punchline or plot beat. Ari and Josh are thoughtfully written, layered with histories and memories that have molded their contemporary personalities. This debut romance ticks all the boxes of a must-read, with plenty of bite giving it edge.

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    • Booklist

      August 1, 2023
      In Goldbeck's debut, a slow-burn homage to When Harry Met Sally, Ari is an aspiring comedienne with a slew of odd jobs and a few situationships. She has convinced herself that she never wants a permanent, monogamous relationship, and that's exactly what she tells Josh, the man who claims to be her roommate's boyfriend. Josh is an ambitious chef from a family famous for its historical deli, and his goal for love is to find his person and marry her already. He really doesn't like or respect Ari's approach to life, especially when he learns she's been hooking up with his girlfriend. The story tracks Ari and Josh over several years as they run into each other at various points of their lives, both good and bad, until finally they meet at a moment when both are recovering from crushing heartaches. Readers who love long journeys toward love, as well as fans of friends-to-lovers romances, will enjoy Goldbeck's tale of growing up, finding yourself, and stumbling into love along the way.

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