I don't know what took me so long to read this. I LOVED The Ex-Talk and liked Weather Girl so was really excited to get her latest book last year. This month I'm on a mission to catch up on my backlog of ARCs so I picked this one up first. I went in blind and didn't realize it was a YA or maybe NA, which made me sad at first because I loved the spicy scenes in the other two books. I also didn't realize it was a magical realism book which I don't typically seek out. HOWEVER, once I got into this book, I was IN!

Barrett Bloom is starting her first day of college determined to have a better start than how high school ended. She realizes her new roommate is her once best friend/now enemy and it starts the day off rocky. She goes to her Physics class and sits next to a guy that isn't the nicest, messes up her interview for the school newspaper and then sets fire to a frat house! All in all, not a great start. So when she goes to bed and wakes up the next morning, reliving the same day over, she's not sure what is happening!

Barrett gets to relive the day over and over and finds her rude Physics buddy is actually a fellow time traveler, Miles, who is also stuck in this infinite loop. They work together to try and get to a new day!

This was such an interesting concept and I wasn't sure I would be on board at first. But then the writing and what happens each repeat day and the blossoming friendship hooked me. This was such a delight to read and was humorous and real and I just loved it. The book also dealt with some more serious issues like bullying, drug abuse, first sexual encounter, and dealt with body issues but also had good Jewish and LGBTQ representation. I loved Barrett's relationship with her mom and the friendships that formed throughout. The only thing I didn't like was how Barrett thought the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice was better than Colin Firth's version!

4.5 Rounded up! Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for an advanced copy. Opinions are my own.

I love the "Groundhog Day" trope, and this book was enjoyable to read. It was sweet, entertaining, and a quick read.

A fun read about a high schooler stuck in a time loop. The characters were fun and easy to root for and relate to. The pork has great representation and will definitely be enjoyed by high schoolers.

I adore Rachel Lynn Solomon. She always creates a sweet love story with diverse characters. I learn a lot from reading her book. This book gave me all that with her quirky sweet characters.

This is a cute story following two college students. I really appreciate having not only diverse characters, but really dynamic characters. They felt like college students, but this book really captured how much life happens to kids at that age. Sexual assault, family members with addiction, bullying, trying to fit in, etc. The middle felt long, so by the time the book finished I was ready for it to be done.

After Barrett Bloom’s high school experience ended in humiliation, she’s more than ready to hit the reset button in college. But on the very first day, Barrett finds anything but a fresh start, waking up to find her roommate is her high school nemesis, her physics classmate is obnoxious, and her dream interview with the school newspaper is a disaster. Oh and she also sets her first frat party on fire. Yes, it’s the sort of day you can’t wait to crawl into bed and forget all about it.

The only problem is when Barrett wakes up the next morning, it’s not…the next morning. It’s the same morning, all over again. As Barrett tries to puzzle together what and why is happening, she quickly comes to realize she’s not alone in this redo. It turns out Miles, the annoying guy from her physics class, is stuck, too. In fact, he’s been stuck even longer, just waiting for Barrett to figure out their mutual, unfortunate fate.

While neither Barrett or Miles are used to life going their way, this is beyond ridiculous. And although they got off on the wrong foot, after multiple take twos on the same day, they ultimately decide to join forces in their efforts to break the spell. But in their quest to breakout of September 21st, they start to see the redo as a chance to breakout from the norm, period. After all, if there’s really no tomorrow, why not make the most out of all off the todays? The more they learn to approach the same day with fresh eyes, the more they fall for each other. But with the possibility of finally making it to the next day, one has to entertain the age old question, will you still love me tomorrow?

See You Yesterday is a fun young adult rom com with a time bending slant. It’s a departure from the previous Solomon novels I’ve read, which only speaks to her talent. However, it is hard to make stories about the same time frame fresh, and for obvious reasons. Groundhog Day might be the most notable of this genre, but even that wasn’t my favorite. I enjoyed getting to watch Barrett and Miles navigate their first day of college, but the ending payoff wasn’t as satisfying as I’d hoped it would be. See You Yesterday was well written fun, but I personally look forward to Solomon’s future reads.

This author is a hit or Miss for me. I thought this was well written but I still wouldn’t reconcile it.

What a lovely book! Funny, heartwarming, with layered, in-depth characters. I believed in the characters and their love story. It was a story plotline that I've heard before, but done uniquely. Such a great read and one I will re-read in the future.

I absolutely adored Weather Girl and The Ex Talk, so I had high hopes going into this one. Unfortunately, I didn't connect with the characters the way I had hoped. I think the repetitiveness got to me along the way but that's just me and I think plenty of people have and will enjoy this book!

Barrett and Miles are stuck together in a time loop, living September 21 over and over and over again. At first they can’t stand each other, but as time goes on (and on and on and on), their feelings for each other begin to grow and change, despite the date staying the same. This book was so cute—I laughed out loud several times. The characters were lovable and unique and sweet. I also loved that there was good representation here—Miles is biracial (Japanese and Jewish), Barrett is a Jewish plus-sized woman, her mother is queer. Although the plot was a bit cheesy and predictable, the quirky dialogue, the endearing characters, and the pacing of the book made up for it.

SUMMARY: In Rachel Lynn Solomon’s See You Yesterday, Barrett Bloom is determined that college will be her chance to start over. But within the first 24 hours, everything goes horribly wrong and she seems doomed to repeat old patterns. However, when she wakes up the next day, she realizes that the universe is giving her a do-over…and she’s not in this time loop alone!

RLS is a fantastic writer. I love everything I’ve read by her, but at 10% I almost DNF this book. The initial section, in which it seems like Barrett is doomed to be sad and friendless throughout college, was almost too agonizing for me to push through.

But I’m glad I did because the book ended up being a fun and interesting read that made me think a lot about second chances and taking risks. I warmed to Barrett and her unapologetically authentic self and fell hard for Miles, her smart and sensitive time loop companion. Read it if you like:

💖YA/New adult romance that is true to life
💖Plus-size and/or Jewish main character rep
💖Fantastical elements in your contemporary fiction (it’s a time loop, after all!)

⭐⭐⭐⭐

A funny, swoony romantic comedy from a favorite author. Solomon is once again in top form with this story centering Jewish teens and some fun romance tropes with light time travel (science fiction) elements perfect for fans of time loop stories.

Time loop books are tough stories to tell! To have to make them interesting despite the repetition within the plot? Not an easy feat. And yet, Rachel Lynn Solomon pulls it off effortlessly. (At least it feels effortless from the reader's perspective!) As with every RLS character, I adored both Barrett and Miles and found myself quickly absorbed into their story. Another brilliant book from one of my favorite authors! Highly, highly recommended.

Did you know that if you never, not even one time, stop talking about The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon, you might manifest something nice for yourself? Because somehow I was approved for an ARC of this gem via NetGalley and Simon & Schuster.

This is a time loop rom com! Where we’re following Barrett Bloom on her very first day of college. She had a really rough time in high school, and is determined that College will turn her into a new person. Except that her first day is absolutely terrible. She wakes up to find out that her new roommate is one of her high school bullies, some random jerk embarrasses her in her Physics class, and then she accidentally burns down a frat house during her first college party. She gets locked out of her dorm and ends up falling asleep in the common room, only to wake up back in her bed and it’s the first day of college again.

She proceeds to repeat this day a couple more times before realizing that random physics jerk, Miles, is stuck in the same loop as her, and he’s been here for months.

Together, they team up to try to find a way out. And mayyyyybeeee? Fall in love??? In the process????
This is so freaking cute. First, this is categorized as either YA or NA, but I do want to say that this feels more mature than your standard YA contemporary. Mostly in terms of the writing, but there is some sex. Nothing super explicit or graphic, but it’s definitely there. All of this to say that if you typically have trouble connecting with YA as an adult, you may still want to give this one a shot.

If you, like us, were extremely into Dominic from The Ex Talk, you will likely also love this book boy Miles. A slightly pretentious nerd boy who has a way with dogs? Say less. I loved him VERY much.

I also really loved the relationship progression. We go from antagonists to friends to maybe more? It’s a slow burn, but we get a lot of really satisfying pining and tension to see us through.

Again, this is not groundbreaking. Presumably everyone is familiar with Groundhog Day, and the more recent iterations of the time loop rom com like Palm Springs and The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, and this stays true to the format while acknowledging Groundhog Day specifically. So if you like those movies and want more of that, definitely pick this one up, you won’t be disappointed. I would also recommend this for anyone who just enjoys a romcom with a sci-fi twist.

Truly a delight. I think this is like 4.5 stars for me, but I rounded down to 4 just because I think it was ever so slightly too long, and it felt like a few of the days we repeated could have potentially been condensed.
4.5 stars for See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

I loved this book so much! Her writing is always spot on and this was no different! Such a great story and strong characters

Rachel Lynn Solomon has written a modern, YA, Groundhog's Day, which begs the question-- what would you do if the first day of college was one of the worst days of your life?

The story follows Barrett Bloom, incoming freshman ready to start a new life in college. All does not go to plan when she awakes on the first day of classes to the sight of her new roommate . . her old high school nemesis. She then bombs makes waves in a physics class and bombs an interview to work on the school paper. The day is topped off by her setting a fire (accidentally) to a frat house. The next morning, when she wakes up to the same scene repeating itself, Barrett starts to freak out. She soon discovers the grumpy guy in her physics class is ALSO stuck in the same time loop, and they ban together to figure it out,

This is a sweet romance with a Jewish main character and an Asian-Jewish love interest. Recommended for fans of Rainbow Rowell and Jennifer E. Smith.

It's Barrett Bloom's first day of college and absolutely everything goes wrong. She's publicly embarrassed in her physics class, botches her interview for a journalist spot on the school paper, and at night she attends a frat party and accidentally sets the house on fire. After getting locked out of her room she curls up on the dorm couch in defeat, only to wake up the next day to discover it's the first day of school again. And again. And again. Barrett sees it as an opportunity to right the wrongs of her first day, or to become a better person, or any other number of time travel movie clichés. The only problem is that Miles, her first-day physics nemesis, is trapped in the time loop with her.
SYY has all the hallmarks of Solomon's books that I've come to expect. High-quality Jewish rep, a diverse cast of supporting characters including queer and mixed-race rep (Miles is Japanese-Jewish!), and an exploration of mental health issues, sprinkled throughout with fun banter and swoon-worthy romance. I'm always floored by the creativity in Solomon's plots, like when you distill them to a single sentence they're truly bonkers. And SYY is perhaps her most out-there book yet, but I thought this was really well executed for such a structurally complex narrative. While I do have some outstanding questions about how the loops work (Do alternate versions of our Barrett and Miles have to deal with the consequences of their actions in the other universes? What happened to the puppies?? 😭), it didn't detract at all from my enjoyment of the story.
Between SYY and season 2 of Bridgerton, I think I'm finally coming around to the slow burn trope! 4/5⭐

I loved everything about this book from start to finish. This is your classic Rachel Lynn Solomon doing THE Rachel Lynn Solomon thing. And I loved it from start to finish.

Barrett is starting her freshman year of college and after a disastrous first day… wakes up and repeats it again. She finds herself stuck in the First Day from Hell with a student from her Physics 101 class named Miles who has been stuck for longer than she has. The two decide to work together to figure out how to make it out and if they can, how they can make their relationship work.

I could wax rhapsodic about this book for days, weeks, months. Even after finishing the book, I found myself returning to it to flip through its pages and revisit parts I especially loved. Solomon is top tier at writing the deepest characters who feel so lived in and so real. Barrett and Miles are incredible.

I also bought every part of this, from the wonky time loop travel mechanics to this slow burn of them falling in love with each other.

Much like the time loop Barrett and Miles found themselves in, I didn’t want to leave this book.

This book was cute and I enjoyed it! It took me a while to get into at first, but once I did, I was invested in the characters and the story. Thanks for the ARC!

Rachel Lynn Solomon is just one of my favorite romance authors. There is just something about her writing that makes my soul happy. ‘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.’ This quote just is so cute, and a perfect example of the joy that can be found within the pages of this book. I think that this book is a perfect book when you want something light and sweet, but also when you want to believe in love again. Overall I enjoyed immensely.