To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets You’ve Got Mail in this charming and hilarious rom-com following two teen booksellers whose rivalry is taken to the next level as they compete for the top bookseller bonus.
Shoshanna Greenberg loves working at Once Upon, her favorite local bookstore. And with her moms fighting at home and her beloved car teetering on the brink of death, the store has become a welcome escape.
When her boss announces a holiday bonus to the person who sells the most books, Shoshanna sees an opportunity to at least fix her car, if none of her other problems. The only person standing in her way? New hire Jake Kaplan.
Jake is an affront to everything Shoshanna stands for. He doesn’t even read! But somehow his sales start to rival hers. Jake may be cute (really cute), and he may be an eligible Jewish single (hard to find south of Atlanta), but he’s also the enemy, and Shoshanna is ready to take him down.
But as the competition intensifies, Jake and Shoshanna grow closer and realize they might be more on the same page than either expects…
REVIEW: Watch out Hallmark channel! This is the bookstore, LGBTQ, rom-com that everyone needs in their lives. Shoshanna is a lovable character who is always trying to fix everything for everybody else, which always seems to go awry. She has some great friendships with Geraldine, the budding YouTuber, and Cheyanne. Her co-workers at the bookstore are just as lovable. Having worked at a bookstore, I love the very realistic cast of characters that work at Once Upon. New hire Jake Kaplan is the ever charming, non-reader, who totally makes up for it with his other charming skills. I love that this holiday read includes both Christmas and Hanukkah. This was definitely a 4 out of 5 for me. I had to dock it one star because I wanted more of Shos and Jake!! This was a great start to the holiday book season and no better setting than a bookstore.
Thank you to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing for the advanced reader copy in exchange for a review.
Publication Date: September 1, 2020
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