I love a lot of Christina Lauren books, and I LOVED the movie Tangled, so I wanted to love this book with all my heart! While it didn't quite live up to my admittedly sky-high expectations, it was an enjoyable read and a cute book!

A modern retelling of Tangled. This is fun, sweet, and is a great break from the Disney story.

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I just think Christina Lauren could write a phone book and I’d opt to read it. Everything she writes is pure gold and this was no different.

A cute tangled telling. I loved the characters from this book they were so cute. This is a cute, clean romance with no smut.

Love Christina Lauren (they were one of my first "auto-buy" authors) and I really do enjoy seeing how they've grown and changed over the last few years in regards to their writing! I am very excited as they foray into new genres (such as here, with magical realism/fantasy) and definitely had a great time reading this! This is CLo at their creative best - while definitely a bit formulaic, this retelling of Rapunzel (and, by extension, the Disney film Tangled) is still a very fun and quick read, filled with charm, magic, and engaging characters with real motivations. I definitely would recommend this book as a top contender for this summer's relaxing beach reads!

A fun take on the movie Tangled. The similar scenes had me laughing and loving how it all played out. Even knowing the story, I didn't quite know how they would bring everything together. Tangled up in you was a book I can pick up and read over and over.

Christina Lauren does it again! Extremely loveable characters with a great storyline! Ren is endearing and you root for her the entire novel. It was a quick easy read with an intriguing storyline.

Thank you, Netgalley, for the ARC!

They did a fantastic job, in my opinion, with this tale. However, the plots of Tangled and this one are similar. Even so, they did a fantastic job of adding their touches. I would admit that I occasionally got a little bored in the middle. Maybe it's just me because I've read a lot of thrillers before. All in all, I loved the book, especially the first third of it. incredibly adorable and unique from their usual.

Sheltered Ren enters college and crosses paths with golden boy, Fitz. Soon enough, Ren needs a way out of town and Fitz offers her that escape. On a cross-country journey, Ren shares about her unconventional upbringing with two extremely overprotective parents while Fitz tries to evade sharing his own personal details.

Although a reimagined telling of Disney's Tangled, there was just very little to like in this story. It was fantastical, sure, but borderline insultingly unbelievable. Neither character was particularly charming, and the wrap up came far too fast and easy. I normally enjoy Christina Lauren books, but this was a flop for me.

Overall: 2 stars (It was fine; won't reread it)

I'll tell my students about: kidnapping, mental abuse, language

**Thank you to Hyperion Avenue for the free ARC. All opinions expressed are my own.**

A romantic retelling of Tangled by two of my favorite authors?! Sign me up! Absolutely loved it and I couldn’t put it down! If you love laugh out loud romance stories this one’s for you!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

What a dreamy book! If this book doesn’t put a smile on your face, I don’t know what will. I flew through this book and it made me feel allllllll the feels.

Ren, 23, has been living in mostly seclusion on a homestead with her parents. She convinces them to let her go to college, while still following her “rules” and coming home every weekend to do her chores.
In one of her classes she makes a shocking discovery and blackmails Fitz, a fellow student she caught cheating, to drive her to Georgia on spring break. While on her road trip, her and Fitz get to know each other and learn valuable lessons.

Christina Lauren does it again with another feel good book! An auto buy author for me, they never disappoint. You will fall in love with Ren and this book! It has some of my favorite tropes, grumpy / sunshine and forced proximity. This one is not really spicy for Christina, Lauren, but it’s still amazing and didn’t need spice at all. Definitely a must read! I loved this book so so much!

📘: Tangled Up In You by Christina Lauren
🗓️: June 25, 2024

Thank you to NetGalley, Christina Lauren, and Hyperion Avenue for this ARC!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

*Reviewed on NetGalley and Goodreads.

The biggest problem that I have with this series is that the books aren't long enough! Tangled Up in You took all of the best parts of Rapunzel and modernized it. Ren starting college at 22 after a severely secluded and protected up-brining has her cross paths with Fitz, a handsome and charming college senior with a past. The opposites attract, a somewhat forced cross country road trip - including a stop at the Screaming Eagle (a stand in for the Snuggly Duckling perhaps?) - causes our two heroes to fall in love! It's everything my disney loving heart could want and more.

I wanna start by saying I'm a huge Christina Lauren fan, and had high expectations going into this book. That being said, it let me down a bit. I loved the nods to Tangled, like the endless chattering/juvenile attitude of Ren, but honestly it was pretty boring. It lacked the quip/banter I'm used to from CL and just felt as if they wrote it due to a contract not due to vision yano? It read a lot like YA, if not middle school, book which maybe it was, but for me it wouldn't make the top 5 of their books, prob not even top 10. It reads super fast however, and can be finished in an afternoon, which was nice.

Let me start off my by saying I LOVE CHRISTINA LAUREN. This book, however, just wasn’t my favorite. It was a spin on the Disney movie tangled. I had a difficult time connecting with characters or finding anyone very likable in general. Just “meh” for me.

Maybe it's because I've never seen "Tangled," but I just couldn't get into "Tangled Up In You." This pains me to say, as I'm a huge fan of Christina Lauren. Typically, I can't bear to put their books down, but I felt like I was slogging through Ren and Fitz's story. It just felt so unbelievable--perhaps because it was a fairy tale? For whatever reason, I had to slog through it in order to finish.

Thank you to NetGalley and Hyperion Avenue for an ARC in exchange for my unbiased review.

Tangled Up In You is a modern-day romance retelling of the animated movie Tangled. Christina Lauren did a fantastic job with delivering the retelling. It was fun seeing all of the elements from the film in the book and the additional details they put into the story. I loved Ren and Fitz’s grumpy/sunshine relationship and watching them fall in love as they road trip to Nashville. I got a kick of the bar scene while they were on the road. Their chemistry is a little spicy, but I do not think anything was too inappropriate for a young adult to read. The ending was action-packed. This a fun and cute book for a Disney adult or a young adult alike!

Thank you to NetGallery and to Hyperion Avenue for giving me a copy of the book

I have been a Christina Lauren fan for a while now. This book did not disappoint! Not my favourite by this author duo but a great story. That kept my interest the entire time.

The writing duo of Christina Lauren does it again! Their writing had me starting a story I didn't want to put down. In Tangled Up in You they wrote suspense and intrigue so spectacularly that the first page had me hooked.

It wasn't too long before I suspected the outcome but I do a lot of reading and there are only so many twists and turns available. But where this duo had this seasoned reader was their character development even while holding back details because their writing is that good.

Ren is an overachiever and so sheltered that there is not just a naive about her she is the epitome of unpretentious and loveable. I adored her love of learning, being a walking encyclopedia and so brilliant that she isn't aware of how bright her star is.

Ren meets Fitz another unbuffed gem who comes in gorgeous packaging but there is so much beneath the surface to this guy he's an iceberg. What you see is only the tip of the iceberg. He is an anomaly with a chip on his shoulder, a goal where he is not just driven but singularly forcued on it and incredibly annoyed by Ren. Not even Ren's beauty can penetrate his irratation he has when she is around. He's letting people think what they think they know about him and Ren is going blindly taking it day by day just trying to stay in college hoping her parents who are not wanting her to go to college recends. Our first clue is how much control the parents have over 23 year old college freshman Ren but with her growing friendship during a road trip with Fitz she gains not just awareness about the world around her but about why she didn't challenge the status quo of her life.

Christina Lauren has my heart. They always will. I've read everything they have read because they never disappoint but how their steamy romances started to how their writing has evolved they are becoming one of my favorite storytellers.

If you're looking for a book to escape in and get tangled in this is it at the finest. I thoroughly enjoyed Tangled Up In You by Christina Lauren so much so that lines that were written or wondering how the writing duo created such wonderful intrigue to keep this seasoned reader so engaged was lovely. Great writing, character development, and an impeccable delivery of two people getting to know each other and now fighting for their well-being.

It's not an enemies-to-lovers troupe that's too simple for this writing it's a you think you know someone but you don't to I have your back no matter what. Who can't love that?

I would like to thank NetGalley, the publisher Hyperion Books for the opportunity to read and review Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren.

“She has a dream. He has a plan. Together they’ll take a leap of faith.”

Personal review : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

What a fun retelling of the classic Rapunzel in a modern day Tangled - the only thing missing was Pascale the Chameleon! This book was the fourth in the Meant to Be Disney retelling collection by multiple romance authors and was probably my favorite so far! These authors really encompass the essence of modern day princesses! I loved how the author developed Ren, so naive, just like the classic princess and Fitz-the perfect Flynn Rider. REN’s mother was the ultimate Mother Gothel and the plot that came from that relationship was mind blowing! I didn’t know how Christina Lauren would make this tale modern, but boy did she do it! At one point near the complex it even went from romance to thriller. I really enjoyed this book and am so appreciative of @netgalley and @hyperionavenue for the advanced review copy in exchange for my honest opinion, this book is available on June 25.

Synopsis:

Ren has never held an iPhone, googled the answer to a question, or followed a crush on social media. What she has done: Read a book or two, or three (okay, hundreds). Taught herself to paint. Built a working wind power system from scratch. But for all the books she’s read, Ren has never found one that’s taught a woman raised on a homestead and off the grid for most of her twenty-two years how to live in the real world. So when she finally achieves her lifelong dream of attending Corona College, it feels like her life is finally beginning.

Fitz has the rest of his life mapped out: Graduate from Corona at the top of his class, get his criminal record wiped clean, and pass himself off as the rich, handsome player everyone thinks he is. He’s a few short months from checking off step one of his plans when Ren Gylden, with her cascading blonde hair and encyclopedic brain, crashes into his life, and for the first time Fitz’s plan is in jeopardy.

But a simple assignment in their immunology seminar changes the course of both their lives, and suddenly they’re thrown out of the frying pan and into the fireon a road trip that will lead them in the most unexpected directions. Out on the open road, the world somehow shifts, and the unlikely pair realize that, maybe, the key to the dreams they've both been chasing have been sitting next to them the whole time.

This book was so cute! A Rapunzel retelling by Christina Lauren - immediate yes!

Ren has been home schooled her whole life and actually hasn't really left the family homestead aside from a few trips to the neighbouring town. Until now. Now she's enrolled at Corona College and her world is turned upside down. First by the news that her parents seem to have been keeping Ren in the dark on many things and the handsome, popular Fitz.

As they embark on a road trip they find themselves falling for each other while navigating the road and all the new information they learn on the way.

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Hyperion Avenue for an advanced copy of Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren. Solid 4 stars!