See You Yesterday, Rachel Lynn Solomon’s latest YA novel about two freshman college students forced to repeat their first day of college when they find themselves stuck in a time loop, never grew repetitive despite its ‘groundhog day’ trope. I found myself excited to watch these two sweet characters discover something new each day about themselves and each other.

Ever since I worked in a video rental store as a teenager, choosing to play Bill Murray’s hilarious film Groundhog Day on repeat, I’ve been drawn to time loop stories. I tend to find the repetition comforting and the concept fascinating. The idea of the universe giving us second, third, multiple chances to redo our mistakes is a tempting one.

This was my first book by Solomon, despite having several of her other books waiting on my to-be-read list. Well-written with endearing characters, Solomon has created a story that brought back memories and feelings of my own youth, graduating high school and entering college.

Barrett is a character to cheer, she’s brash and brave and real. My heart hurt for her as her past was revealed. And while Miles is much more of a puzzle, by the end he’s a teddy bear I want to hug and protect. Solomon delicately reveals each layer of these characters with an expert hand, building on what they discover each new “day”, and by the end I felt like I knew them so very well.

I love the freedom the time loop storyline lends to the plot. The characters can explore this strange universe, testing theories, playing with possibilities, and the reader gets to tag along. Mistakes and bad decisions will be made, but we know they can start over and try again. And Barrett and Miles have plenty of fun, as well, as they try to figure out what the universe is telling them.

See You Yesterday also had a bit of a twist at the end from what I’ve seen other time loop stories do and I appreciated the surprise! This was a fun one to get lost in, full of heart and charm!

Loved every moment of this book! Stayed up way too late cause I couldn’t put it down! One of my favorites of this year. Funny, relatable and witty. Slow burn enemies to lovers. A warm feel-good read with lots of depth and emotion. A perfect summer read.

Things I loved:

- A time loop!!! I mean what more could you want?? Imagine the possibilities!
- Slow burn enemies to lovers…and the fact that they are trapped in a time loop together HELLO!
- Excellent character development and build up.
- Jewish representation and (specifically) Asian Jewish representation.
- College setting.
- All the nuances of female friendship represented so well.
- Sex positive.
- Positive mother-daughter relationship.
- Includes themes and mentions of bullying, addiction, panic attacks and coping with past trauma - all represented really well and tactfully.
- Loved the ending!

Highly recommended! Bravo Rachel Lynn Solomon!
Thank you Netgalley, Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing and Rachel Lynn Solomon!

This book was honestly just so much fun. Miles and Barrett couldn't be more different but their relationship and how it evolved was so amazing. I often get bored with Groundhog Day style books, but this kept my attention the entire time. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 read this if you want a YA that doesn't feel like YA.

“I could wake up on the same day a thousand times, and every single one would be different because of you. Every single one would be life changing. Because of you.”

I like to go into most of my books pretty much blind and did so with this book. It was so cute, this author is quickly becoming a favorite of mine!

If you’re looking for a cute, fun, and unique romance-this one’s for you! I loved these characters and seriously felt for Barrett with her struggles and her desperation to not let her past follow her and define her.💛
Most Groundhog Day story’s can get repetitive and boring but this one did a great job at keeping my interest, kept me turning the pages, and having me on the edge of my seat rooting for these characters. A cute story I’d recommend!

Barrett Bloom is living the first day of college over and over again. Does the universe want her to get on the school paper? Go to physics class? Settle unfinished business with her ex-friend now nemisis and also her new roommate? It isn’t until she meets Miles Kashe-Okamati that things get even move confusing.

Rachel Solomon is one of my favorite romance authors in either YA contemporary or adult genres and she’s truly topped herself in See You Yesterday. See You Yesterday is incredibly ambitious and deals with so many issues as Barrett and Miles try to find their way out of the time loop while also reckoning with themselves and those around them who may or may not have influenced their time conundrum.

Time loop stories aren’t my favorite but ultimately it isn’t the time loop itself that’s the interesting part of this book, but what the characters do about it and what they find out about themselves through it. I love college stories so so much- college is just such a fascinating time for young people when the amount of possibility is so overwhelming just as it is exciting. Not enough YA and NA stories talk about this part of life and See You Yesterday shines when it delves into the chaos of this time in these kids’ lives.

Rachel writes such wonderful Jewish rep. It isn’t germane to the plot so much as it is important to the characters in a way being Jewish is important to me and I love seeing that on the page.

It takes a bit for the wheels to come off, but when this book gets going, it speeds to a tremendous and emotional conclusion that had my heart racing and me feeling all my feelings.

Rachel has done it again and I want to thank her so much for giving Jewish reviewers opportunities to read her books. Thank you Rachel and NetGalley and the publisher for letting me read an E-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I will forever buy and read anything Rachel Lynn Solomon writes.

CW: Anxiety, Panic Attack, Car Accident, Bullyihn (past), sibling with addiction

I was blown away by how RLS captured the feelings of going off to college, especially after having a rough go of it in high school. I loved how chaotic and wild this book was. Barrett was my absolute favorite and I loved all of the random things that came out of her (also probably because she reminds me of me a lot). I appreciated that she was determined to travel a new path in college and not let her high school experiences hold her back.

Miles was such a sweet grump. I loved how Barrett coaxed smiles out of him and how they helped each other break down their walls. The way that they pushed each other outside of their comfort zones so that they were truly living was *chefs kiss*

This was romantic, hilarious, emotional, and just beautifully written.

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, for providing me with an advance copy in exchange for an honest review

Rachel Lynn does it again! I adored See You Yesterday. I was skeptical how a Groundhog Day plot would work as I don’t want to read the same thing over and over. However, it was done so well that I never felt it was repetitive.
Barrett is looking forward to the college. Looking forward to a fresh new start where the nightmares of highschool are over. But are they?
On her first day of college, she finds out her roommate is her highschool nemesis. Then she meets Miles. And he’s annoying. He’s a know it all and he purposely calls her out in class. She also bombs her and interview with the college newspaper. All. On . The. First day. This isn’t going great. Then, she tops it off with setting a frat house on fire. I mean, she set fire, yes, set literal FIRE to a frat house. Can’t possible get worse…right? But it does. She then wakes up to discover it’s the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! Again!

This was a fun and quick read and definitely kept me interested to where I wanted to keep reading. I felt for Barrett so much. She was carrying around a lot of emotional baggage. And so was Miles. Nothing makes a story better than two characters for which you are rooting for

I do not often read YA novels, but this one really blew me away! This book checks so many boxes, and gives such a great look into rea life. It takes place on a college campus and focuses on an enemies to lovers romance. The groundhogs day concept has been done so often, but RLS does an amazing job at pulling it together. I loved the concepts of loving yourself in the body youre in, bullying, and addiction. Solomon does an amazing job representing mental health in both her adult novels as well as YA! This was a quick and easy read- absolutely perfect!

Have you ever seen the movie Groundhog Day? Its about a guy who kept reliving the same day over and over and over again until he could figure out how to end the loop.
This book is very similar. Barrett is a college freshman who had a miserable high school experience. On her first day of college, one of those who taunted her is assigned as her roommate and Barrett manages to burn down the popular Frat's house. On day 2, she realizes she is repeating day 1 again. As Barrett is stuck in this time loop, she finds another person stuck. Unfortunately, Miles annoys her to no end. However, they both want out of this and must work together to figure it out.
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Groundhog day is one of those movies that I watched as a kid that stuck with me. Time travel, at least to me, is an interesting concept. I'd love to be able to jump back in time and change a few things. Being stuck in a loop sounds like the freedom to do what you want with no consequences.
Solomon did a great job in presenting this story. (I even went to my science people and asked them questions about possibilities.) The story, though repetitive by concept was anything but. The characters learned and grew. Each day afforded some new(ish) experience which helped them to evolve.
Though this book is a bit too much for middle school (talks of sex), I think this book will be a fun favorite for young adults. Any fan of Groundhog Day will also enjoy it.
Many thanks to Net Galley and Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing for providing me with an ARC of this book.

Wow I loved this book! After loving Today Tonight Tomorrow, I was so excited for this book. I’ve never read a book where the characters are stuck in a time loop so this was very fun. I love picking up books with plots that aren’t too common. Miles and Barrett are so freaking cute and I loved their character development. Their relationship progressed realistically and it really felt like I was a experiencing the time loop with them. I recommend everyone pick this book up!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I'm not usually the biggest fan of the Groundhog Day trope, but Today Tonight Tomorrow is quite possibly my favorite YA romcom of all time, so I trusted Rachel Lynn Solomon to deliver. And deliver she did! See You Yesterday is an adorable novel about a time loop with forced proximity, Jewish, Japanese, and plus-size representation, and easy-to-love characters with plenty of depth. I loved watching the relationship between aspiring journalist Barrett and physics nerd Miles blossom over the course of the story, and appreciated that Solomon set up the time loop early on so that we as readers could spend more time focusing on their character development. The book also tackles serious topics in a realistic manner (content warnings for mentions of addiction, on-page panic attacks, PTSD, and references to past bullying and sexual harassment) without becoming too heavy, which I really loved. Overall, I really, really enjoyed this book and would highly recommend!

Rachel Lynn Solomon is one of my favorite romance authors and this book did not disappoint! Barrett is starting college and has a disastrous first day, only to wake up the next morning to find herself trapped reliving September 21. She meets Miles in her physics class, and soon learns that he has also been stuck in a time loop reliving the same day. There was great chemistry between Barrett and Miles and the time loop made this book so fun! I was so excited to read this after Today, Tonight, Tomorrow and it lived up to my expectations!

4.5⭐️ Another amazing book written by Rachel Lynn Solomon. I have been reading a lot of her books recently and she knows how to draw you in from the very first page. Also can we talk about how cute the cover is??? I can’t wait to buy the physical copy of this book to add to my shelf.

actual rating 3.5 stars

SEE YOU YESTERDAY is a transportive "Groundhog's Day"-esque adventure!

I adore Rachel Lynn Solomon's writing! THE WIT! THE BANTER! She is a queen! You also get Jewish characters against a PNW backdrop which Rachel brings to life like no one else can! Barrett is a pistol and Miles is like one of those chocolates that is gooey in the middle -- once you get to that center, you can't get enough of him! (That's a lot of exclamation points, but I promise they are all warranted.) Their dynamic is so great, though. There is a lot of growth for each of them while they're stuck in the time loop together, and that is what spoke to me most. Rachel handles some tough topics (bullying, panic attacks, familial substance abuse) with grace in this one!

I feel like these "Groundhog Day"/stuck in a loop stories can be tricky because you run the risk of being boring because of the repetition or being too much. For me, as much as I love Rachel's writing, there are parts of the storyline I felt were unnecessary and prolonged the inevitable. I still found a lot of it super enjoyable, largely because of the usual things that make me love a Rachel Lynn Solomon book, but I also didn't feel that pull that makes a book unputdownable for me.

Overall, SEE YOU YESTERDAY is a lot of fun! Come for the humor but stay for the character development!

Once again, Rachel knocks it out of the park, and I expected nothing less. You've got all the elements that make me love a book Jewish rep, sex positivity, body neutrality, and smart writing. As the pages dwindled I got nervous there was a way to have a satisfactory ending, but she pulled it off.

As I was reading, I was pondering why her YA books are as enjoyable as her adult books. I realized it's because she doesn't pander, or "dumb down" her YA books. These characters experience the same emotions, and life altering moments and decisions, as her adult books and it matters. Teens are so often dismissed as overly emotional or too young to understand, but also are deciding their entire future at the same time.

I will always promote a book with body neutrality because it's hard to do right. Barrett's body is never explicitly described, and that's paramount in this. She is curvy, she is bigger, she is round, she is soft, she is more, and those words can describe any body that does not fit to social norm. Her moments of insecurity are natural moments, like worrying a shirt that fits her will be huge on Miles, or being naked in front of another person.

You know I can't pass up a moment to talk about the sex positive encounters. I feel like I recognize it more in Rachel’s books, as we've both read and discussed Girls & Sex by Peggy Orenstein. I think teens are blessed to have these books where sex is fine, and the female lead is always comfortable saying, "This feels good, but let me show you what I like."

The only point where I disagreed, was naming Toxic the best Britney Spears song. I hope we can still be friends, Rachel. Best commercial hit, yes. Best in her discography, no.

This book was a delight and a half. This Groundhog Day (1993) retelling finds Barrett Bloom reliving her first day of college over and over and over again. At first she thinks she is alone in the time loop but soon finds that Miles, the cute guy who embarrassed her on her original first day of school, is also stuck in the loop. The pair must work together to figure out what is keeping them in the loop and how to escape. I say this is a Groundhog Day retelling because that’s the classic story, but I think it could be more accurately described as a Palm Springs (2020) retelling.

This is a plot that either works or it doesn’t and it absolutely worked in this book. Both Barrett and Miles are complex characters with their own baggage to work through. I do wish the book had been dual POV, but Miles was on page enough for his story to be complete. One thing that really works for me is the forced proximity aspect of the novel. They are the only people this is happening to so they are essentially stuck together even on the days when they’re mad at each other. I liked that we saw a lot of their fun daily adventures like adopting all the shelter dogs and renting an ice cream truck and serving free treats in addition to the more serious days of trying figure out what is going on. The book struck a wonderful balance of humor and heart that was just a delight to read.

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

5/5 stars
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This book was INCREDIBLE. It executed the premise really well, and it was packed with some of my favorite tropes. I might be a bit biased because Rachel Lynn Solomon is one of my favorite authors, but See You Yesterday was an amazing read.

The main characters in our story, Barrett and Miles, were pretty likeable and had great chemistry. The romance in this book was also great, except it felt a little bit like instalove.

The setting and pacing of See You Yesterday were also done really well. I read this book in one day. The setting of a college campus was also nice and not a regular setting for ya novels.

My only problem with this book was the ending. While it was great, it was too rushed and it felt like some last minute conflict was added in there for no reason.

Overall, a fantastic book! I highly recommend this if you’re looking for a lighthearted and interesting ya contemporary.

Okay....this is a groundhogs-day-style-time-loop book including an enemies-to-lovers plot and a plus size woman as the main character...so basically, I was hooked from the get go. I had not read another Rachel Lynn Solomon book before, though I have been intrigued by many of her novel synopsis and have added them to my "want to read" list in the past, but will be moving it to my "TBR" list because I love her writing style so much.

Barrett and Miles are both very likeable, and the relationship developed between the two is gradual, yet realistic...well, as realistic as can be for a fictional time loop situation. It definitely doesn't start to feel ooey gooey romantic until just past the halfway mark, so I'd say if you're reading this, get ready for a slower burn.

I suppose my one complaint is the fade-to-black of it all. I'm not letting it deter my rating as I still enjoyed it...I just would have enjoyed more spice personally, but I know that's not everyone's preference.

This was such a sweet young adult romance where two teens find themselves repeating their first day of freshman year of college in a Groundhog’s Day loop. Rachel Lynn Solomon is an auto-read author for me and she perfectly captured the excitement and nerves around going to college with the hopes of unlimited possibilities and opportunities to reinvent yourself.

Barrett was a relatable leading lady as she is imperfect, lacks a filter, and is trying to move beyond her high school past, and Miles is a charming nerd with a hard exterior but soft heart. I loved watching both characters grow and their friendship bloom as they open up to one another while navigating their time travel. This book has so much heart and you can’t help but root for the characters.

I really enjoyed and highly recommend picking it up! Be warned, you may have Earth Wind and Fire’s September on repeat in your head while reading.

Thank you Simon Teen and NetGalley for my copy!

Barrett Bloom just wants to go to college and have a fresh start after a terrible high school experience. Except on her first day of school, everything goes wrong—including a botched interview and her burning down a frat house. And to make matters worse, she wakes up the next day and is reliving it, stuck in a time loop on that very Wednesday. When she learns that Miles, a boy from her physics class, is also stuck, and has been for a while, they set out to find a way to make it to Thursday. Over the course of 30+ Wednesdays, Barrett and Miles come to not only know each other but also to fall for each other. So when they’re finally faced with a possibility of getting out of the loop, they must decide if getting out is worth potentially forgetting everything they’ve built between them.


Rachel Lynn Solomon killed it yet again. Barrett is messy and sarcastic, and Miles is serious and studious. But when they take off this armor, these kids are soft and scared. I love them and their relationship. This book was fun and sex-positive, with fat-positive rep. It really grabs you from the beginning. I loved the way the time-travel aspect of the story unfolded but also how we slowly got to see glimpses of the characters growing and helping each other see themselves for who they really are. This book was an absolute DELIGHT. Highly recommend!