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People Like You: A Novel
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Expected 27 Apr 27 Two former rivals explore the tenuous line between loathing and lust when they are thrown back together over the course of one steamy summer in the Hamptons, in this tantalizing debut rom-com for fans of Emily Henry, Carley Fortune, and Annabel Monaghan.
Charlotte Parker is undeniably in a rut. Newly out of a long-term relationship, she’s also stalled out at her non-profit job and desperate for a change. So, when her coworker extends a last-minute invitation to join her at a friend’s cottage in the Hamptons for Memorial Day weekend, Charlotte sees her chance. What’s better than potential new friends, poolside drinks, and a long weekend in the sun to mix things up?
What Charlotte didn’t expect is that the “cottage” in question is more like a mansion, and her coworker’s friend is none other than Jacob Morgan—Charlotte’s former high school nemesis. But as one weekend turns into a summer, it becomes clear the Jacob is not nearly the same person he was a decade ago, and the anger Charlotte has carried for years may be dangerously close to something else. As the crackling tension between them grows, Charlotte begins to wonder: can a summer fling be the answer she’s been looking for? And if Charlotte can accept that even Jacob Morgan, of all people, has changed, could the same thing be true for her?
Emotionally rich and devastatingly sexy, People Like You is a fresh, incisive take on identity, reinvention, and the ways our past selves continue to shape our futures. Because sometimes one summer, and one person, can change everything.
Charlotte Parker is undeniably in a rut. Newly out of a long-term relationship, she’s also stalled out at her non-profit job and desperate for a change. So, when her coworker extends a last-minute invitation to join her at a friend’s cottage in the Hamptons for Memorial Day weekend, Charlotte sees her chance. What’s better than potential new friends, poolside drinks, and a long weekend in the sun to mix things up?
What Charlotte didn’t expect is that the “cottage” in question is more like a mansion, and her coworker’s friend is none other than Jacob Morgan—Charlotte’s former high school nemesis. But as one weekend turns into a summer, it becomes clear the Jacob is not nearly the same person he was a decade ago, and the anger Charlotte has carried for years may be dangerously close to something else. As the crackling tension between them grows, Charlotte begins to wonder: can a summer fling be the answer she’s been looking for? And if Charlotte can accept that even Jacob Morgan, of all people, has changed, could the same thing be true for her?
Emotionally rich and devastatingly sexy, People Like You is a fresh, incisive take on identity, reinvention, and the ways our past selves continue to shape our futures. Because sometimes one summer, and one person, can change everything.
368 pages, Paperback
Expected publication April 27, 2027
About the author
Tyler McCall
1 book183 followersTyler McCall is a freelance writer and former fashion editor with more than a decade of industry experience. Her work has appeared in Elle, The Cut, WSJ, Refinery 29, L’Officiel, GQ, Glamour, InStyle, Town & Country, and she’s profiled celebrities including Emily Blunt, Anne Hathaway, Nicole Kidman, and Zoë Kravitz. She has also written three original audio erotica series for the popular app Quinn: THE QUEEN’S GUARD (narrated by Andrew Scott), THE TRIALS and THE TRIALS: WINTER SOLSTICE (both narrated by Jamie Campbell Bower). She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Review of advance copy received from Author
Enemies to lovers beach read of your dreams. Truly impossible to dislike. Friendship, love, sex, good banter, all of it. A very fun book that made me happy to be reading. Yay!!!
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
I have a lot of thoughts about this book, so I'm going to try to consolidate as much as possible and try to keep my personal feelings out of it as best as I can.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I don't know if I would categorize it along the likes of Emily Henry or Carley Fortune, but for a debut, it is a really strong start. There was a full cast of characters, but they all had their own personalities and stories that didn't overshadow the main dynamic or become too confusing, and I'd actually really like to read Lily and Alex's book and also learn more about the Noah-Eve-Victoria triangle. The central love story was compelling, at times heart-wrenching, and overflowing with chemistry. I also appreciated the slight twist with the real conflict behind the scholarship... The real reason broke my heart a little bit.
The reason this book is only a 4-star read for me is mostly because of the enemies-to-lovers trope. I just don't believe they could've fallen in love with each other based on what I read. The first few weekends they were together, they were still incredibly antagonistic towards each other and only rarely had real conversations where they weren't sparring. Even those conversations, though, weren't all that deep, as they weren't opening up to each other in a way they couldn't do with anyone else. It just sort of felt like a switch was flipped that had more to do with physical attraction than romance, and I would've liked reading more softer moments between the MC's before we were meant to believe they loved each other.
I also just didn't really love Charlotte. As someone who also has a lot of anxiety around whether people actually like me and trust issues for days, I absolutely understand where all of her bite comes from, but she lets that, and the GIANT chip on her shoulder, excuse her not-so-great behavior towards people who genuinely care about her. She's a little too mean and combative for my liking and it made it hard to root for her sometimes.
Lastly, I wish the MC's had avoided the third-act breakup by just communicating with each other - they had a great opportunity to do so and I felt like their regression into their former selves cheapened their reconciliation a little bit. I found the way they got back together just a little too messy.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I don't know if I would categorize it along the likes of Emily Henry or Carley Fortune, but for a debut, it is a really strong start. There was a full cast of characters, but they all had their own personalities and stories that didn't overshadow the main dynamic or become too confusing, and I'd actually really like to read Lily and Alex's book and also learn more about the Noah-Eve-Victoria triangle. The central love story was compelling, at times heart-wrenching, and overflowing with chemistry. I also appreciated the slight twist with the real conflict behind the scholarship... The real reason broke my heart a little bit.
The reason this book is only a 4-star read for me is mostly because of the enemies-to-lovers trope. I just don't believe they could've fallen in love with each other based on what I read. The first few weekends they were together, they were still incredibly antagonistic towards each other and only rarely had real conversations where they weren't sparring. Even those conversations, though, weren't all that deep, as they weren't opening up to each other in a way they couldn't do with anyone else. It just sort of felt like a switch was flipped that had more to do with physical attraction than romance, and I would've liked reading more softer moments between the MC's before we were meant to believe they loved each other.
I also just didn't really love Charlotte. As someone who also has a lot of anxiety around whether people actually like me and trust issues for days, I absolutely understand where all of her bite comes from, but she lets that, and the GIANT chip on her shoulder, excuse her not-so-great behavior towards people who genuinely care about her. She's a little too mean and combative for my liking and it made it hard to root for her sometimes.
Lastly, I wish the MC's had avoided the third-act breakup by just communicating with each other - they had a great opportunity to do so and I felt like their regression into their former selves cheapened their reconciliation a little bit. I found the way they got back together just a little too messy.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
I couldn't stop reading. The only reason it's not five stars is because I would have preferred more of an epilogue at the end. In this case, I appreciate the complexity of these characters in that they are not always likeable. This made me almost quit in the beginning, but I was glad I hung on.
Reference to drug use, and loss of parents off page.
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