Recommended for You by Laura Silverman

Recommended for You

by Laura Silverman

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets You’ve Got Mail in this “cozy, swoon-worthy” (Ashley Poston, author of the Once Upon a Con series) 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…

Reviewed by Julie @ Struck by Stories on

5 of 5 stars

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WHAT I LIKED:

• To begin, I absolutely adored Shoshanna, our bookish, highly extroverted, proudly Jewish, passionate, quirky main character. In the beginning, she did come across as a tad immature (particularly in a scene where she used the bookstore PA system to broadcast a “Code Purple” when she found out that Jake wasn’t a reader) but as the book went on, I really warmed up to her. I especially loved all of the infectious passion and excitement she brought to working at Once Upon, as it showed a different kind of bookworm than just the cliche shy, introverted girl we tend to see a lot of in books.

• I also really loved all of the diversity that was woven ever so carefully and gracefully into it. For one, Shoshonna has two moms, which was really nice to finally get in a book. There is also queer and BIPOC representation with Shoshonna’s friends, but the real icing on the cake was the disability representation that came with Shoshonna’s boss, who uses a wheelchair. I especially liked the way in which disability in general was discussed throughout the book, as I feel like there is a lot of value in having those very real conversations.

• JAKE!! Omg, he was such a literal cinnamon role, and by that I mean while he was a tad spicy and sarcastic at first, as the book goes on, he completely transforms into the warmest, sweetest, and most big-hearted character ever. My favorite thing about Jake comes from the true motivation he had for wanting that holiday bookstore bonus. No spoilers, but I will say that it is something that will easily make your heart grow three sizes.

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