2.5 stars. It's not awful, but the romance and family stuff felt way too vanilla for me, and the story totally wasted the time loop idea. The main character loops through time in the first third of "In a Holidaze" by Christina Lauren, but then the rest of the book just sticks to one timeline and never mentions it again. Why not just make it a normal story, then? This concept had so much potential for drama and tension, but the author didn't really go anywhere with it, leaving us with a boring pl...

Feeling Like the Grinch! In a Holidaze is a romance about a woman who is granted a wish that enables her to change her future and find happiness with her one true love. Maelyn Jones finds herself reliving Christmas over and over again in a groundhog day style narrative. In each version, Mae must make choices that lead to happiness. If she makes the wrong choice, it all begins again. Her choices involve admitting her feelings to her childhood crush, reevaluating her career, and keeping her famil...

(2.5) Yup, you read that right. I'm reading a holiday romance...

In my defense, the main character is reliving her week, so it's kinda *sci-fi* (not really, lol).

The romance made me cringe a few times, but I expected that. Not terrible, but I felt like the concept of "In a Holidaze" by Christina Lauren could have been used in a more interesting way. Looking for a light holiday read? This one's okay, but don't expect too much.

In a Holidaze by Christina LaurenI'm going to qualify this review by saying this genre is so far out of what I'm used to reading that I had to stretch to take it all in. It's got a Groundhog Day thing going but after a few bumps back to Dec 20, that's about it and in no way is there any kind of explanation for what takes place. Apparently Maelyn just had to get a few things right to set her on a path of "what makes her happy".  The story is so sappy, so cute, so happy (between worrying, fretting...

To me, In a Holidaze is a perfect book. Now give me the movie adaptation immediately!

I'm giving this sweeter-than-Hershey's kisses, entertaining, heartwarming, feel-good, lovely holiday spirit-filled, refreshing, romantic story four absolutely well-deserved stars!Maelyn Jones has one wish: she wants to figure out how to find her own happiness! After her parents' divorce, she moved back to her childhood home, is stuck in a job she truly hates, and her love life is a mess. She even dumps her last boyfriend because he tasted like ketchup (and by the way, I'm giving a small spoiler ...

4.5 stars



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the word that comes to mind is serviceablewhich i'm sure isn't what they were going for when they decided to write this romance. it just wasn't anything special. i appreciated the warm christmas setting & the traditions that our characters have. but the romance didn't blow me away. i don't like when our heroine has been pining for the hero and when she admits her feelings he's like "oh wow i didn't even realize you were an option. but a ha ha you're so sexy." i don't mean that just for this ...

okay. im super surprised by how much i enjoyed this. i was almost positive i wouldnt like it - ive seen quite a few negative reviews, i usually find the whole ‘time loop/repeat the same day over again’ plot device monotonous, and i really try to avoid christmas stories (so not a fan of cringey hallmark romance). so this is definite proof that CL can write anything and i will enjoy it. personally, im relieved that time loops are very minimal. it only happens a few times, enough to establish it as...

This was Groundhogs Day meets The Family Stone meets The Summer I Turned Pretty and I ATE IT UP. I've been in a pretty hardcore reading slump for the last few months, but this book was EXACTLY what I was in the mood for and it pulled me right out of it. The holiday hijinks and the angst were strong in this one, so if that isn't your thing I would give it a pass, but I thoroughly enjoyed them and this is definitely my favorite of the last few years worth of Christina Lauren releases. So Christmas...