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callenmecait's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Adorable romcom, first book I’ve read by Lynn Painter and so worth it. Did it as a buddy read with my best friend, tore through it. Very cute, heartfelt, funny, and inspiring. Might need a new tattoo 👀 iykyk

No spice! Appropriate for younger readers

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cccarinacc's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

“I had a marvelous time ruining everything”

SWOONING. I am swooning. Just a few very specific things that ripped my heart out in this book in the best possible way:

- The sparkly purple unicorn cake
- The jacket
- Rooftops/balconies
- The closet
- Confession box
- 7 minutes
- The DONC

I am OBSESSED with this book, with this, with Nick, with Emilie. I’m not going to lie, when I first picked this up I was a little nervous about the whole loop-day thing, but this was so well done. It never felt like the story was dragging because of Emilie’s multiple valentines days, but also never felt rushed.

In some ways it reminded me a bit of Today, Tonight, Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Soloman, specifically with how much of the book takes place in one singular day. I feel as if most books with such a short period feel either under developed or rushed but this was amazing.

I loved getting to learn why Nick acted the way he did and seeing different sides of her personality on each Valentine’s Day. I loved Emilie learning how to speak up for herself and stop living to please everyone else. I loved how the two of them related to loneliness but in two different ways.

One quote in particular that stood out greatly to me was “I had no idea what I was doing, but I kissed the tip of his nose. Because this wasn’t about boys and girls and love and attraction, this was about a human soul needing to feel seen.”

My heart broke for both characters so many times, and I squealed with joy from the oh so romantic fluff throughout the entire book.

I also particularly love how she didn’t have to have the “perfect” Valentine’s Day to break out of the time loop - she simply had to stand up for herself and stop living for the pleasure of others. I thought that that message way just as strong as the romance between Nick and Emilie, and provided a lot of really strong character development.

This was a super quick, super adorable, and surprising read and I’m SO HAPPY I was drawn to the cute blue spray painted edges on the Barnes and Noble special edition (I know judging a book by its cover isn’t the best move but hey it worked quite well here). I will be reading more books by Lynn Painter, this was so fun.

The playlist at the end of the book and Nicks bonus chapters were also a fun plus too!

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lindseyhall44's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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purplesteffi's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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chloelj27's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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hannah_peterson's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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cady_sass's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Kiki’s book club pick 📚
Groundhog Day but make mean girls! Thoroughly heartwarming and fun with fantastic banter, while not a wholly original idea it was definitely executed well and felt fresh.

I am, however, nothing if not consistent and it will cause my physical pain to not point out the heinous and unaddressed continuity issues. This is a story predicated on the fact that our protagonist is living the same day over and over again, as we’ve established this is not a new idea and we ALL know that the same things should be happening every day unless our MC specifically effects them. So then riddle me this, LYNN: (spoilers below)

1. If Em gets into a car accident every day she tries to take her van to school, which car (she actually says “my car”) is she sitting in in the school parking lot the day she honks at Josh and Macy?
2. Lisa makes chicken for Valentine’s Day dinner and gets mad that Em leaves to go to grandmas. Then another day Tom is making spaghetti and meatballs?
3. Why does Chris’s car get towed one day and no other days?
4. Why does Nick’s truck randomly not start one morning and then one afternoon?
5. Why does the content of the chemistry class change every day? Why are they not getting the same quiz or assignment every day? they’re constantly doing something different and it makes no sense

I understand that these things truly do not matter, okay, and mostly exist as plot devices to keep the story moving. I’m not deluded (entirely) but they do matter to ME and an editor should’ve caught it. Sure it’s YA but young adults aren’t idiots, this is blatant lazy storytelling IMO.

Anyways this was fun and I give it 4 strong stars even considering my list of grievances. high school me would’ve LOVED this but still would’ve been pissed about continuity (some things never change) so definitely recommend this to the YA fan in your life. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

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alisonreadsitall's review against another edition

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emotional funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Ughhh this book had me in my feels. 🥰🫠

TSwift references + groundhogs day scenario + emotional family dynamics + happy ending makes the perfect kind of book!! 😍🥰🥳

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