My absolute favorite authors on the planet are back with another book and I had such high expectations. & they did not let me down! To be honest, I remember skimming a few reviews and the term "sci-fi" jumped out and my heart dropped. Oh no, romance authors writing sci-fi!? That's not what I want! But it's Christian Lauren, so I went into it with an open mind and I'm glad I did!

I definitely wouldn't classify this as "science fiction." Yes, there are some elements that are not realistic and thus, more "sci-fi" but over all, it's still very much a contemporary romance book (with a groundhog day twist to it :)).

Christmas is my favorite time of year so I loved reading about these characters and their story during that time. It gave me all the warm & fuzzy feels.

Overall, this book was not as predictable as many often think for a romance book and I loved that about it. My initial guess for what was going to happen in the beginning was totally wrong and with the groundhog day element, it keeps you guessing.

5/5 stars and I can't wait to read this ahead this holiday season and buy a hard copy of it!

**Thank you to NetGalley for providing me an ARC in exchange for an honest review**

In A Holidaze is my favorite book by Christina Lauren to date! There was so much heart and soul in this book. I laughed, I cried, I got angry and I fell in love with this blended family.

Christmas is one of my favorite holidays, and a lot of that has to do with very fond memories growing up. If I could describe this book, it would be just like that. It's a family spending a week together to enjoy their holidays, adding new memories, except this year there's a twist.

The whole Groundhog Day twist was wildly entertaining. I got so invested in Mae's life and her road to figuring out what would get her out of the loop. By the end of the book, I wished these people were real and that I knew them. That's the result of some excellent writing from this author duo.

I’ll automatically pick up any book written by this author duo, but when I started this one I thought the premise was maybe just a little too “out there” for me. Luckily, by the time I was 25% into it, I’d fallen in love with the characters and only focused on their story and not how improbable the beginning of the book was. This is such a great story about not being afraid to go after what you want and changing your life. Another great story by these authors.

Merry early Christmas to me! It was so fun to have a snowy holiday escape in July courtesy of my favorites, Christina Lauren. In A Holidaze comes out October 6th and you are going to LOVE it! This was a super quick read with everything you would expect from one of their books: lovable characters, witty banter and lots of romance.
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This one has a plot similar to one of the best movies ever, Groundhog Day (Bill Murray is everything!). The main character, Maisie, has a disastrous ending to her family's annual Christmas vacation and has to go back and relive it a few times until she gets it right. There are a whole lot of crazy family and friend shenanigans paired with a hidden love affair. This would make a great movie! Can't wait to hear everyone's thoughts when it comes out. Pre-order it now! ❤🌲☃️❄
Thanks, @netgalley and @gallerybooks!

Christina Lauren knocks it out of the park again with this heartwarming story! A yearly Christmas vacation with family and friends turns into a sweet groundhog day romance. Perfect holiday read!

Arguably their best book in years. This is classic Christina Lauren, doing what they do best - friends to lovers, deep, emotional romance. Plus pithy adorable banter and a quirky cast of characters.

It you loved Love & Other Words, Josh & Hazel, and My Half Night Stand you’ll love this one too.

Plus as an added bonus there’s Christmas and a little bit of time travel!

This light, immensely entertaining read was a perfect weekend escape from reality. I loved the full cast of characters and found their interactions and struggles realistic and relatable (okay, the groundhog-day thing was out there, but everything felt genuine, and who knows, maybe that could be too). I was rooting for Mae and Andrew, and I wasn't even sure who to blame for the temporary relationship meltdown. I found this story to be refreshingly different, and I highly recommend it.

A sincere thank you to NetGalley and Gallery Books for providing an ARC for review.

Huge Christina Lauren fan! Must Read author for me. This book blew me away! I was unable to but it down. Perfect, dazzlingly, very well written. The details the author described throughout the book was so amazing. The characters and storyline were fantastic. The ending I did not see coming Truly Amazing and appreciated the whole story. This is going to be a must read for many many readers.

This is a fun romantic Christmas story! It's a tradition for Maelyn to spend Christmas at a cabin with her parents and their friends from college along with their children. Mae gets drunk with Theo one evening and the next morning is awkward. Flying home she wishes for happiness and is given many chances to redo the Christmas vacation and to rethink her life decisions. Mae's real crush is Theo's older brother Andrew. Can Mae fix things to end up with Andrew? I enjoyed many things about this book, the unconventional Christmas spent with family friends and all the traditions they have every year and the friendship Mae has with Benny, one of her dad's college friends. He is her confidant. "It's just hard to know which choice is right until it's all over."

Christina Lauren books have a way of brightening my day every time I pick them up.. In A Holidaze was a light and magical experience.

Maelyn, her family, and their friends get together every Christmas at on of their cabins. The week is filled with traditions, laughter, and drinking. This year however is different, Maelyn is frustrated with her job and is about ready to tell her crush that she is into him (he is the son of one of the families at Christmas). Andrew is funny, kind, and beautiful. Things start getting weird when she realizes she has been living the same day over and over. Will things change this day? Will she get the courage to tell Andrew how she feels?

Thank you to Gallery Books, NetGalley, and Christina Lauren for the ARC!

This has easily become my favorite Christina Lauren book of all time! I absolutely adored the new take on an old story. Mae is one of the best romance characters that I have read in a long time; she is so authentic and I loved hearing her story. My favorite aspect of the book is the overall setting during Christmas time. The descriptions really helped paint the full picture and I hated having to put this down! It made me want Christmas in the summer! I will absolutely be pre-ordering a copy and recommending to everyone.

What a sweet book! I have loved everything I have read by Christina Lauren, and this was no exception. Maelyn Jones finds herself on a strange Groundhog Day-like time-traveling adventure after an accidental hookup with a longtime family friend (and brother of her longtime crush) at the family Christmas gathering. What follows is a journey to finding herself as well as what she really wants out of life. The time-traveling angle was a little rough for me - I wasn't always sure exactly where it was taking the story - and the way it ended seemed a bit abrupt. Th characters were all really relatable and felt like good friends. I will say that Maelyn often frustrated me when she was slow on the uptake, but that's from an outsider looking in... A very fun story you will enjoy any time of the year, even if it is based at Christmas.

Thank you to NetGalley for my ARC of this book.

Interessante Idee, die Umsetzung war ok

Der Liebesroman des Autorenduos Christina Lauren spielt damit, dass die weibliche Hauptfigur ein paar Tage immer und immer wieder erlebt. Daraus versucht sie sich zu befreien und dabei auch noch mit der Liebe ihres Lebens zusammenzukommen.

Die Grundidee der Geschichte empfand ich als durchaus interessant, wenn so etwas auch nichts ist, was ich unbedingt in Liebesromanen brauche.

Das Buch bewerte ich mit 2,5 Sternen (auf drei aufgerundet) und zwar nicht wegen der für mich nicht idealen Grundidee, sondern weil ich überraschenderweise überhaupt wenig Zugang zu den Charakteren bekommen habe und ich die Dynamiken zwischen ihnen nicht überzeugend fand. Auch den Schreibstil und vor allem die Dialoge fand ich etwas holprig. Das alles hat mich doch ziemlich überrascht, da dies nicht das erste Buch der beiden Autorinnen ist, das ich in den letzten Jahren gelesen habe und bisher fand ich ihren Schreibstil eigentlich immer gut. Keine Ahnung, was dieses Mal schief gelaufen ist.

"In a holidaze" kann man lesen, muss man meiner Meinung nach aber nicht.

Christmas Holidays that Go On and On?! If I didn’t know better, I’d say that seems Magical!

Maelyn, her parents and their family friends always spend the Christmas Holidays together in an old cabin in Utah where they play games, cook, eat and drink. All year, Mae looks forward to Christmas: spending time with her family friends, especially her “Uncle Benny” and her best friends, Andrew and Theo. Andrew is her longtime crush and has no idea how she feels, while Theo has always just been there for her through thick and thin.

This year, however things are different. Mae is different and she wishes for what she wants most in this world. Unfortunately for her, she makes a mistake that has major ramifications. Mae, of course, is crushed.

Can you say do over?! Let the games begin!

When Mae gets a chance to make it right she seizes the opportunity, again and again. Enter Andrew. Funny, Kind, Gorgeous, Sweet Andrew.

Cue the Smiles and the Laughter. A Little Romance is in the House!

Leave it to Christina Lauren to come up with a lovely, sweet, romantic Christmas Story that is somewhat fresh and new in “In a Holidaze.” While there were a few parts of this novel that I think were extraneous, all in all, I truly enjoyed this story and loved the characters of Benny, Mae and Andrew. If you’re looking for a magical read that will be sure to make you smile, this is it!

This was another buddy read with Kaceey!

Thank you to Gallery Books, NetGalley and Christina Lauren for the arc.

Published on Goodreads on 7.3.20.

The duo authors do it again! I could not stop grinning throughout this story. I loved each character and the roles they each played in this chosen family they’ve created. Somehow Christina Lauren gets you so caught up in the characters and their relationships that you completely forget that this groundhogs day story couldn’t happen. You’re just too busy learning about all the Christmas traditions and rooting for a happy ending. I loved this book.

This book is different from the others that Christina and Lauren have written. It's time travel meets Ground Hog's Day. That is so not my jam but I will read anything that these two authors put out. The basic premise is that Maelyn's holiday trip with family and friends does not go as planned. She makes a wish and suddenly she finds herself back at the beginning of her trip and she has an opportunity to steer things in a different direction. This happens multiple times--she keeps going back to the beginning of the trip and starting over to try and change the course of history.

I was pretty frustrated at about 3% of the book because there are a ton of characters and I couldn't keep them all straight. The good thing about the Christmas vacation playing on a never ending loop is that you finally get to know the characters. Each time that Mae returns to the beginning of her vacation, more is revealed about the characters.

At about 28% of the book, I was a little bored with the constant return to the beginning of the vacation. But then I settled into the book and really got pulled into the story. Mae and Andrew are great characters. i wish there would have been more opportunities to read their story outside of the sci-fi time travel plotline.

I received a copy of this story from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I have enjoyed every single Christina Lauren I've read to date so I expected nothing less from this one. And yet, they were still able to surprise me in the best way.

This one is different. Wishes have real power here. The light element of time travel to the story drew me right in and had me turning pages as fast as I could. It also made it impossible to predict what would happen next. I literally had NO IDEA and I loved that almost as much as the cast of characters! It kept me guessing until practically the very end.

I'm sure lots of people will say this but I can empathize with Mae. It's hard to be an adult, particularly in a group that always sees you as a kid. All any of us really want is to be happy but it can be tricky to figure that out, too. Fear of making the wrong choice stops a lot of people from making any choice and that's easy to identify with.

This group dynamic is fantastic. I would love to be part of something like this. Benny is delightful and I would love to spend hours talking to Aaron and Kyle. I have friends like Theo and Andrew. My friends have kids like Zach and Kennedy. It was all so realistic and relatable without being boring.

The steaminess has been dialed back a little on this one and I think that was a solid move. It would not have been as sweet had it been steamier. Christina Lauren managed to strike a great balance and I appreciate the skill it takes to do so. But the romance is there in full force!

This book has been like a good hug. I'm sure I'll revisit it around the holidays...and I'll happily tell everyone else to do the same!

This is a time loop romance. At first you're a little worried about things being super repetitive, but that fades fairly quickly. The main characters are adorable and real, the family and friends isolated in this cozy cabin for Christmas are funny and sweet. You can't help but wish you were a member of this crew. I'll recommend this one for all our romance fans. Heartwarming and satisfying.

An early Christmas present from Christina Lauren.

Maelyn (Mae) and her family have been vacationing at a cabin outside of Park City, Utah for about 30 years. The group consists of college friends and their children, both grown and young. Cabin weekends, especially the Christmas holiday, with this chosen family is all Mae looks forward to all year.

Maelyn had been crushing on Andrew since she was a teen, but has a drunken kiss and grope with his brother Theo the night before departing from the cabin. This embarrassment, along with an unsatisfying job and having to move back to live with her mother, shows us Mae is not living her best life. She is the fixer, the peace maker, and stuck in the “kid” role in this group dynamic. Then, on the last morning, the owners of the cabin make the announcement that they have to sell the cabin. This devastates Mae. She reflects on the car ride to the airport about the stagnation of her life, so she asks the universe “can you show me what will make me happy”. There is a crash, all goes black, and she is back on the plane at the beginning of this holiday trip. She begins a Groundhog Day type time travel loop.

Through these loops she is given the opportunity to make the changes she needs to bring about the life she wants. She can also alter and tweak the holiday traditions she has clung to so desperately through the years.

Mae becomes more authentic with each loop, thinking that if each loop doesn’t matter and the others won’t remember, she can be more herself, speak up and follow her dreams.

The epilogue is charming and this chosen family’s moments together are heartfelt and intimate, fitting for a group of people who have known each other for so long.

Thank you NetGalley and Gallery Books for the ARC

It is only June, but this Christmas romance was the feel good story I needed to read right now. The premise may seem a little weird, as Maelyn is reliving the same few days over again, after finding out that one of her favorite things in life is going to change. What ensues is a series of events that finds Maelyn discovering herself and trying to find out what will make her happy. I didn't mind the time travel in the book at all, but I know that may be off-putting to some people. Also, I thought this book had a great cast of characters, who all add something interesting to the story. Thid is a cute, quick read and would be great to read around the holidays.

Thanks to Gallery Books and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for a review.