2.5 bintang. Tidak jelek, tapi romansa dan dinamika keluarganya terlalu hambar untuk seleraku, dan ceritanya sama sekali tidak memanfaatkan konsep *time loop*. Sang protagonis mengalami *time loop* di sepertiga pertama buku, dan kemudian selama sisa cerita, semuanya berada dalam garis waktu yang sama dan tidak dibahas lagi. Kenapa tidak menjadikannya cerita biasa saja? Ada banyak potensi untuk lebih banyak drama dan ketegangan dengan konsep seperti ini, tetapi tidak ada jalan yang benar-benar di...

(2.5) Yup, kalian nggak salah baca. Aku lagi baca novel romantis Natal...Sebagai pembelaan, tokoh utamanya mengulang kembali minggunya jadi ada unsur *sci-fi* (nggak juga sih, hehe).Adegan romantisnya bikin aku meringis beberapa kali, tapi ya sudah kuduga. Nggak jelek-jelek banget, tapi aku merasa konsepnya bisa dieksplor lebih dalam lagi. Judul buku ini adalah "Terjebak di Liburan Natal" karya Christina Lauren. Buat kalian yang suka baca **ulasan buku** atau **review novel**, mungkin bisa coba ...

Saya memberikan empat bintang yang pantas untuk buku ini! Lebih manis dari ciuman Hershey, menghibur, menghangatkan hati, memberikan semangat liburan yang menyenangkan, menyegarkan, dan romantis!Maelyn Jones memiliki satu harapan: dia ingin menemukan cara untuk meraih kebahagiaannya sendiri! Setelah perceraian orang tuanya, dia kembali ke rumah masa kecilnya, terjebak dalam pekerjaan yang sangat dia benci, dan kehidupan cintanya berantakan: dia memutuskan pacarnya karena dia terasa seperti saus ...

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...

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...

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...

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, this is a perfect book. Now give me the movie immediately.