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The Déjà Glitch

Holly James

3.63 AVERAGE


Thank you NetGalley for this ebook!
This will be published, Aug. 01, 2023.

This was a romance time loop trope. Slow paced.

"One hundred and forty seven redos" before the glitch that changed everything.

Gemma was you know having a normal day, she dressed in her fav outfit for work, planned to pick up coffee on the way, then she started having "déjá vu". As she picked up her coffee and making her way out, some random guy bumps into, causing her coffee to slip all over her fav shirt! Once she sees the guy, he looked oddly familiar, like she met him before or seen him before.

From there the story is like a roller coaster. She meets her fav artist. There's also a psychic and a scientist. Ex-boyfriend gets what he deserves. Family part on equal terms.

Okay, this was seriously so cute! I love a good time loop romance. What a fun read

Let me start by saying I WANTED to love this book. And in some parts, I did. But not enough for more than 3 stars.

Gemma meets a guy at her best friends birthday party. There’s something about him, she finds herself drawn to him. They kiss, she leaves,

She wakes up the next morning like any other day, but she has a feeling of deja vu, and can’t figure out why.
Until she runs into a stranger at a coffee shop. One look at him, and she knows that she’s seen him before. But she can’t remember where.
Until he tells her they HAVE met before, every day for the last five months. They’re stuck in a time loop and he thinks she’s the key to freeing them.

Crazy right? But maybe not.

Overall, this was cute. VERY predictable, even the small things. I had trouble getting interested and then about 4 or 5 chapters in, it started and continued to flow well.
Gemma is fun, Jack is a cliche lover boy, Lila is my favorite.

If you’re into cheesy romances, this is good. But honestly I probably wouldn’t read it again.
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DID NOT FINISH: 15%

Just wasn’t feeling it, after the good first chapter.

4.99 stars!!!!!!!

This book was adorable and I absolutely loved it. I really liked that it had a bit of a twist on the typical take of groundhog's day. I also really liked that while this is definitely a rom-com, there is more than romance involved. There is self reflection and even healing from past traumas. I loved that we get to watch the main character grow as well as see them fall in love in 24 hours.

You're probably wondering what the .01 star being taken away is about. It's just one scene. Literally one paragraph. It just felt weird and random. The main character drops an F-bomb, which, it's not a big deal, but up until that point, the characters didn't curse really ever. Even the characters acknowledge that it's weird and it just felt out of character? I'm not sure, but honestly, it was such. blip that it didn't even really make that big of a difference to me.

The best friend in the book? She needs her own book. She was so lovely and wonderful. I would love to see a story on her. The main character and the love interest were literal goals but I feel like her bestie and the delivery driver guy have an epic story waiting to be told.

All in all, can't wait for this book to be released because I will be first in line to purchase. I loved this book. love. LOVED. And I will bully everyone into reading it without shame.

Red flags are charming to the main character, everyone is superficial and celeb obsessed in a very LA way. But I enjoyed the premise!

Adorable and well-passed. A fresh take time loop scenario.

Note: I received this ARC from Net Galley.

A fun and charming look at the "Living the Same Day Over and Over Again" trope. Gemma and Jack are adorable, and you root for them right from the start. TI enjoyed the relational dynamics between Gemma's friends, coworkers, and family; made for a really fleshed-out story that allowed for more than their romance to be the driving force of this book.

As a Los Angeles native, it was also fun to have familiar landmarks mentioned...even if the most unrealistic element of this book for me was that they could get to them all in one day given LA traffic. :)

I really enjoyed this book. It was not a typical, predictable book. The characters were well developed, and I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next. Highly recommend!

In this book we have Gemma and Jack who get stuck in a time loop; doomed to repeat the same day over and over again. The only way to break the loop? Our main characters must fall in love in one day.

I’ve only read one other time loop book so I’m new to this type of story line but this one didn’t really feel very loop-y? However, I thought it was a cute read overall.

There were a couple things I didn’t love, and the first thing was the long chapters. It’s probably just a personal preference but any book with long chapters, I just feel like they drain me so quickly if the story isn’t high paced. But I feel like that’s a me problem?

The second thing was there was so much that happened that I would forget it was all happening in one single day and that kept me from being able to fully submerse myself in the story.

The character development was okay. I wasn’t super in love with Gemma or Jack, but I will say how much I loved Gemma’s best friend Lila. She made such a great side character. So if Holly ever decided write a story for her, I would immediately jump on the chance to read it.

Thank you Penguin Group/Dutton and Netgalley for providing this eARC in exchange for an honest review.