This writing duo hits it out of the park again! Every year, Maelyn (Mae), her family, and the families of her parents' oldest friends return to the same cabin to celebrate Christmas. It's a week steeped in beloved tradition. This year, things end differently. Mae shares a drunken kiss with the brother of her long term crush and the family who owns the cabin announces their intention to sell. As her family drives to the airport, Mae throws out a plea to the universe to show her what will make her happen. A moment later their car crashes and Mae wakes up on the plane on day 1 of Christmas vacation. Mae is now stuck in a time loop until she figures out the who and what will make her happy. This was a fun read filled with holiday coziness that readers will enjoy no matter the season.

After hearing the news that this is the last Christmas Mae will be at her favorite place in the world—the snowy Utah cabin where she and her family have spent every holiday since she was born, along with two other beloved families, Mae sends a wish into the universe - 'show me what will make me happy'. She immediately gets into a car accident, and wakes up to the arrival day at the cabin, 6 days before. What follows is a Groundhog Day situation, a series of hilarious hijinx, and a journey of discovery what Mae truly wants out of life.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! It was such a great kickoff into holiday reads. This story pulled me in from the first chapter and didn't let go until the last page.

I loved the family dynamics between the old college friends and all their offspring. It felt a little Family Stone-esque and had me dreaming of 20 years from now, how I want our friends to raise our kids for these amazing relationships and memories.

We don't actually get re-dos in life, but I loved the concept of going after what you want. It really made me contemplate what would make me happy, and how do I make that happen for myself?

Christina Lauren does it again - an obvious autobuy for me, and will continue to be so.

Oh my, I loved this one so much!! I honestly didn't expect to love this one quite as much as I did but it was just so wonderful and fun! I didn't read the description going in and was soooo confused at the beginning. But once the plot really got going, I had so much fun with this. It definitely has Groundhog Day vibes at the beginning but I loved that, especially in a Christmas setting.

Plus all of the characters are so fun and I loved getting to know them, especially Andrew. I love his relationship with Mae. They are just so adorable and I loved their banter! I also really love Benny. He's hilarious and I loved his role as Mae's confidante. It made for some very hilarious situations.

So overall, this was just a wonderful, fun time. It made me really excited for Christmas and is definitely the perfect fun romcom to get you in the Christmas spirit so if you're looking for something fun to read in December, I highly recommend this one! It's my first Christina Lauren but I already love this duo and I will definitely be picking up some of their older books!

Thanks to NetGalley and Gallery Books for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review!

Such a wonderful read. The characters are so realistic, that I could easily imagine me as part of the group. Mae’s family and friends have a Christmas tradition of meeting a week in Ricky and Lisa cabin near Park City. And there are many traditions that they all enjoyed year after year. Snow creature day, sledding day, etc, etc. The kids now are grown and Mae has had a crush on Andrew, Ricky and Lisa son, half of her life. Even though his brother Theo seems to be the one who likes Mae. There are a lot of characters, many crazy twists and turns. I just didn’t want the book to end!

This book gave me all the holiday feels. I wanted to cozy up by the fireplace with a big cozy blanket and some hot chocolate to read this. Of course its September in South Florida so I didn't do that. But still. When I first picked this book up and realized the Groundhog Day vibes, I was like oh gosh this is gonna be so stupid. But as I got deeper in the book, I fell in love with the characters! I should also point out that this is my first time reading Christina Lauren and I'm definitely going to be picking up more of her books!

Mae grew up going to the snowy Utah cabin and spending a week during Christmas with her bonus family. Her parents' friends and their families who Mae considers her own. But this year is the last Christmas they will spend at the cabin. While going through all the emotions on the drive back to the airport after leaving the cabin for the last time, Mae asks the universe: Please. Show me what will make me happy. And at that moment a Truck is heading straight for her car. Everything goes black, and then she wakes up on the airplane next to her brother, reliving the same week. Again and again she gets sent back to the plane until she can figure out how to stop the time loop. Mae won't find true happiness until she stops being a people pleaser and starts doing what she actually wants to do.

I’ve never read a Christina Lauren book before, so when I saw the opportunity to read an ARC of this one through @netgalley, I was excited to do so. I don’t know if I’ll read any other of their books though. I am just not the target market, I’m sure.

I enjoy a rom-com now and then, but I’m not up for open door romance and this was for sure that. I also don’t like gratuitous language and there were some unnecessary f-bombs dropped.

I liked the premise of Groundhogs Day-meets-Christmas and I was definitely surprised by the first time travel experience. I also liked not knowing when/if another re-do was coming.

If I was ever to create a GoodReads shelf called "warm fuzzies," it would have been for this book.

A big thank you to NetGalley, Gallery Books, and the lady authors for the opportunity to read this ARC copy of the book. An honest review was requested but not required.


So in a way, I'm kinda bummed, because this IS EXACTLY THE SORT OF BOOK I deliberately seek out at Christmas to give me all those warm fuzzy Christmas feelings. It checked all my holiday reading boxes: warm, Check. Funny, Check. Irreverent, Check. Sweet, Check. Christmas feelings, Check. Holiday atmosphere, Check. Steamy, CHECK CHECK CHECK. It's almost a shame to waste such a perfect Christmas book as *this* on the month when I do my scary "Halloween" reading.

It wasn't absolutely note-perfect:
-the beginning started a little slow, for me
-at the pace the Groundhog's Day shenanigans were unravelling, I was frankly a little surprised when the third time around stuck and just kept going. I thought the authors would stick yet another one in there.
-The misunderstanding <spoiler> seemed a little excessive on Andrew's part. So he can buy into literally all the rest of it, but Mae's confession about his brother was the one thing that stopped him cold?!
-and yes, that epilogue was a tad saccharine if you're being a real stickler. But honestly! When could an ending like that fly if not in a Christmas romance? Please! Have a little holiday spirit! (she says, as she puts up bats and ghosts and vampire blood gel clings on the windows.)

Christina Lauren's patented sparkly dialogue, relatable characterization, good pacing and spot-on plotting is out in full force here. It 100% made me forget the sad sack that was The Honey Don't List. This is probably up there in my all time favorite Christmas romances. To be completely honest, I will be revisiting this in two and a half months to give me all those seasonal warm fuzzies, in, uh, the correct season. Ho Ho Ho!

This was a cute holiday story. Mae is having a “ Ground Hogs Day” experience. She keeps reliving the same week until she gets her HEA with Andrew.

I've read every Christina Lauren book - they never fail. This is a departure -- because there's magic in this book. And it works. It's a delightful read. A hopeful fairytale. Just what I needed. Fun, sexy, hot, sweet and pitch-perfect.

Cute holiday love story, Groundhog Day theme. New author to me. Fast, easy romance read. Story comes together nicely, perfect ending. Characters are mainly likable, but can be semi annoying (Mae). Close knit group of college friends that become family and spends every Christmas together. Enjoyed the tradition of the group...sledding, snowman building, scavenger hunt. I was looking for more out of the story, fairly predictable, just an ok read for me.

Will try the author again as I enjoyed the way she unfolds a story. Thanks to Ms. Lauren, Gallery Books and NetGalley for this ARC. Opinion is mine alone.

I was ridiculously excited for this - it checks so many of my boxes - holiday romance, friends to lovers, Groundhog Day time loop, and Christina Lauren. What could be better, really? I made myself hold off until closer to publication date, but when I realized I only needed one more book to hit my Goodreads goal this year, I knew that it had to be this one! And it didn’t disappoint! It was sweet, fun, and just enough heart wrenching sprinkled in.

4.5 stars.
Overall I have to say I enjoyed this book a lot. Everything from the cozy Christmas atmosphere, holiday traditions, family, and romance. I also enjoyed the Groundhog Day spin on things and found it super unique. I find this book gets better as you read and at times in the first half or so I wanted a little more romance from it but all in all I think the authors did a great job and this will appeal to many readers especially those who love the holidays and winter!

What a great holiday themed romance! It made me want to go to a cabin too! The time travel element threw me a bit but I ended up really liking the book.

Terrific holiday romance from an author duo whose books never let me down! Perfect book for the holiday season, with cozy romance and awesome holiday traditions.

Only Christina Lauren could make a holiday repeat a hit. This was better than 24 hours of a Christmas Story!

Channeling a Bill Murray classic, my favorite romance duo gives us Maelyn, set to repeat the same trip till she gets it right. Stuck in a rut, she has to come clean with what she truly wants in life. It’s kind of like practice makes perfect but with Christina Lauren’s comedic humor and heart. In a Holidaze is the perfect read as we slide into the holiday season. You may pick this one up for the author duo but you will soon fall in love with the story and it’s characters.

I loved this time-travel / Groundhog's Day story and have been counting down the days until I could read it. I will say, I was slightly lost at the beginning. I felt like I had missed something, but by the end of the first chapter I was fine. I read the book in one sitting. I think one of the things I enjoyed the most was, while the books focus was on Mae and Andrew, we got to know everyone else and they didn't feel like side characters. I would definitely recommend this book for fans of Hallmark or Lifetime holiday movies, it gave me those kind of vibes.

She asked the Universe to show her happiness. So it did, but the problem is, she doesn't know how to get the happiness she asked for.



Maelyn has a wish. She wants to be happy. To catch her own happiness when she doesn't feel right in the world she's living in.

She doesn't like the job she has, or about her parents divorce. And she really doesn't like how her love life is tangled. The only thing that can truly make her smile is spending time in the cabin when it's her Christmas holiday, along with her other loved families in Utah. She's always spent her winter time in that cabin, feeling all of the childhood she had.

But when she's in a car accident, she is seriously confused when she's on an airplane, back to Utah. But the thing is, she's already been to Utah and the last thing she remembers is riding a car to go to the airport with her family then going home. But instead, she's in her holiday all over again.

So when she sees that the Universe is trying to show her happiness by being in the holidays she had all over again, she's determined to do it right. And maybe even get her true love under the mistletoe.

To be honest, I didn't get the 10% of this book because it didn't really make sense, but when I kept reading, I was like, SO INTO IT. I think the most confusing thing was that Maelyn was time-travelling and going back over and over to when she was on the plane. I didn't quite understand why her family was acting around her like she's just grown another eye on her forehead, that they were NOT in a car accident and that it's Christmas time.

But when I finished the book, I was thinking that it made PERFECT SENSE since the whole story line I was missing clicked into place. It was like, my head just lighted up a light-ball and I was just in awe that Christina Lauren thought of this amazing story. It was heartwarming, cute and definitely romantic. And I was laughing my head off at conversations between characters because oh boy, this author has a talent to write a rom-com.

And just after finishing this book, I felt that 'In a Holidaze' showed happiness will be earned but there still will be mistakes that wouldn't be rubbed off. Because everyone deserves some happy things in their life.

Thank you so much to Gallery Books and Netgalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I enjoyed it so much and I am very grateful that I read it.

I think this is a year that no one can argue with anyone when they say they need Christmas joy a little early, and Christina Lauren’s IN A HOLIDAZE did that for me.

Maelyn is 26 and stuck. She lives at home, her love life is zero, and she hates her job. I think anyone who has lived through their 20s can relate to her in some way.

Her family has spent the holidays at a family friend’s’ cabin in Utah for decades, but at the end of their most recent trip, and following an embarrassing make out session with her friend, Theo, they find out the cabin will be sold and Christmas at the cabin will be no more. On their way out of town, Maelyn’s family gets into a car crash and she wakes up on the plane to Utah 6 days earlier. For some reason, she is traveling back in time. She sees this as the universe telling her to go after what she wants—a job, saving the cabin, maybe her secret love for her friend Andrew (who just so happens to be Theo’s brother), but she had to figure it out in her own.

I really enjoyed this book. It’s a very character-driven book, which I enjoyed because the characters were so well developed. Maelyn was a relatable narrator, and I could see 20-something me in her. It has all the things we love in a good romance, with the added bonus of being centered on the holidays!

In a Holidaze is a cute time-travel romance that’ll get you geared up for the Christmas season. I enjoyed the extended family aspect of the plot and found the characters genuine. I wish Mae and Andrew’s romance would have been a bit more fleshed out and I did think the love triangle aspect was a bit clunky. If you’re looking for a quick holiday romance, this one checks the boxes.

Thank you to Netgalley and Gallery Books for providing an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

4.5 rounded up. I fell in love with the setting and with the roundup of characters in this book. With so many names, it would’ve been easy to get lost but I felt everyone was well developed and distinct. I sincerely hope Netflix buys the rights to this because I’d love to see this play out in a movie.

My one minor issue: the time travel/groundhog day storyline didn’t seem resolved, or really fleshed out. I didn’t need a supernatural reasoning as to why it happened, but I don’t feel the resolution was satisfying or believable enough.

I also wish holiday books came out a little closer to Christmas. I kept putting this off to try and wait until I felt more christmas-y but the pub date approached much too quickly.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Looking forward to the next Christina Lauren title!