In a Holidaze: Review

In a Holidaze Published by Gallery Books by Christina Lauren
on October 6, 2020
Genres: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Holiday, Women's Fiction, Chick-Lit, Science Fiction, Time Travel
Pages: 336
Source: Netgalley, Publisher
Format: eBook, ARC
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Also by this author: The Honey-Don't List
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ISBN: 198212394X
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One Christmas wish, two brothers, and a lifetime of hope are on the line for hapless Maelyn Jones in In a Holidaze, the quintessential holiday romantic novel by Christina Lauren, the New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners..
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…but not for Maelyn Jones. She’s living with her parents, hates her going-nowhere job, and has just made a romantic error of epic proportions.
But perhaps worst of all, this is the last Christmas Mae will be at her favorite place in the world—the snowy Utah cabin where she and her family have spent every holiday since she was born, along with two other beloved families. Mentally melting down as she drives away from the cabin for the final time, Mae throws out what she thinks is a simple plea to the universe: Please. Show me what will make me happy.
The next thing she knows, tires screech and metal collides, everything goes black. But when Mae gasps awake…she’s on an airplane bound for Utah, where she begins the same holiday all over again. With one hilarious disaster after another sending her back to the plane, Mae must figure out how to break free of the strange time loop—and finally get her true love under the mistletoe.
Jam-packed with yuletide cheer, an unforgettable cast of characters, and Christina Lauren’s trademark “downright hilarious” (Helen Hoang, author of The Bride Test) hijinks, this swoon-worthy romantic read will make you believe in the power of wishes and the magic of the holidays.

 

I honestly can’t even tell you why this book took me so long to read–It may have something to do with the fact that, even though I love Christina Lauren, I wasn’t ready for a Christmas book when I first downloaded this over the summer.

I’ll be the first to tell you that I am an idiot. This book wasn’t really just a Christmas book. This books was a work of art.

If you think you enjoyed Groundhog Day or Happy Death Day, or any story remotely related to the whole stuck-in-time-repeating-the-same-day over and over again trope–I can’t stress enough how well this book handled that.

Mae is just one of those characters that I loved from the very first page. From her stumbling awkwardness that set off the events of the whole book, to the growth that she went through to earn her way to happiness–Mae was delightful.

As well as Mae, there was just a whole slew of characters that wormed their way into my heart. The whole premise of this book is just a large family–some blood, some chosen–who have spent every Christmas together for decades in this amazing cabin, just being a family. These characters are honestly what made this book shine. The love story, the growth of Mae–none of it would have been as successful without them all. That sense of belonging and family and rightness just permeated through the pages.

The love story was the cherry on top for me. Mae knows from page one who she wants–she just has to struggle and bumble her way to that end. And the ride is so tender and so worth the wait.

This is just one of many Christina Lauren books that I’ve come to love and know that I’ll have to re-read in years to come!

 

 

 

 

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