This was a fun time-loop romantic comedy. Super easy read, perfect for summer vacation. Very binge-able, I practically read it in one sitting. You have to suspend disbelief here and just go along for the ride. It is a time-loop story after all, so let's also forgive the unrealistic TSA encounters and non-existent LA traffic while we're at it. I enjoyed the two main characters, but the side characters were definitely a highlight.

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary e-ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

The way my brain works so hard to try to keep up with a time loop or time travel book :o ;) .

When a strange cute man tells Gemma Peters that they’ve met over & over again, part of her is dismayed & scared bc she’s never met him. But the other part feels this wisp of familiarity that grows as they spend more time together, with both leads running all over LA.

While most time loop books I’ve read share multiple of the days on page, The Déjà Glitch keeps it on the simple-ish side: Gemma Peters & Jack experience only two days together on page—all other iterations of the same day they’ve been living over & over again for 5 months (!) are just referred to.

Those two days they spend together are full of so many emotions: yearning & wistfulness, annoyance, broken-heartedness, pride, & love—some of it between the two of them & some of it with other people as Gemma works through some big baggage she’s been carrying—that the book itself doesn’t feel superficial. It feels like a microscope has been pointed on the things weighing Gemma down & she’s ready to finally tackle all of them.

But the romance arc doesn’t have the same effect for me, unfortunately. While the growth Gemma experiences is heartwarming, I was overall a bit less convinced by the romance.

Still, this is a sweet read—closed door—with a heroine who goes through a lot of emotional work on this time loop day & who finds her way to something—dare I say, even more magical: love ;).

3.5⭐️. Out now!

CWs: Gemma’s dad cheated on mother previously & has been emotionally negligent in past. Jack’s dad died previous to action in book.

[ID: Jess’s white hand holds the ebook next to zinnia flowers. Off to the right a black & blue & yellow butterfly drinks from an orange zinnia.]

It's been 147 days of the same random Thursday over and over on a time loop and Jack seems to be the only one aware of it. He's tried so many things to break out of it until he discovers that Gemma is the key. If he can make her fall in love with him in 24 hours, maybe time can move on. But every morning, it's the same thing with her looking at him like a stranger as he falls even more in love with her. Until one night at her best friend's birthday party, he leaves her with a kiss and the plea to "please, remember me!". The next morning, Gemma has an odd feeling of déjà vu as she goes through her morning routine until she crashes into an oddly familiar stranger. She has no memory of who he is, but as she looks at his face, she can picture the best kiss of her life while her favorite song plays. Could the 148th Thursday be the day they fall in love?
My problem with time loop books is the repetitive scenes and the feeling of wasting my time reading the same thing over. This book didn't do that. The story starts with the kiss that shocked things out of pattern, and Gemma and Jack's decisions the next day that change everything. We don't have to slog through 147 things that didn't work, although some are briefly mentioned. I love Jack's determination to start over every day trying something new and living with the heartbreak of Gemma looking at him like a stranger. I thought the book was a sweet and unique clean romance.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

The Déjà Glitch is as if The Time Traveler’s Wife and Groundhog Day had a baby.

The book follows Gemma as she realizes things throughout her day seem familiar, like they have happened before. Jack, on the other hand, remembers every single day of the never ending loop. After reliving the same day for months, he realizes Gemma is the key to breaking it.

This insta love romcom was incredibly cute! I instantly fell in love with Jack and Gemma, and I loved getting to know about her family and ex boyfriend. Lila is such an amazing best friend and a wonderful addition to the story. By about the 25% mark I was obsessed and sped through it!

Thank you you to Holly James, Netgalley, Penguin Group Dutton, and Dutton for a digital ARC copy of this book.

I had so much fun reading this book. I typically enjoy time loop stories, but it can be difficult to keep me interested throughout. This book kept me interested because, while it is a time loop, our narrator, Gemma, isn't the one who is aware of the time loop. Instead the love interest, Jack, is the who who has been living the same day over and over again. In this loop, he's been falling in love with Gemma.

I loved Gemma and Jack together, and I loved that their personal journeys were just as important as their love story. I did find it frustrating how Gemma continually walked away from her problems and Jack, but I loved how resilient Jack was. It just made me like him even more. It also made me appreciate Gemma's arc from the beginning of the book to the end.

I’ve always been a big fan of the Groundhog’s Day-esque time loop trope & what that entails. The amnesia-adjacent plot line & the discovery of what is actually happening I feel like always adds an air of mystery & intrigue, which I enjoy. I also appreciated the twist on this trope with the hero being the one in the loop & fully aware & the heroine slowly discovering what is happening.

It’s a story that’s outrageous & almost unbelievable but has enough science, heart & entertainment that if you give it a chance, it is a fun ride.

I will say that because the majority of the story only takes course over one really long day, I didn’t get to know the characters as much as I would’ve like. I would’ve enjoyed developing a deeper bond with them through more of their story/history at the beginning perhaps, but I still thought it was a cute story & I was definitely rooting for them.

To my fellow time loop fans & anyone looking for a quick & cute read, this would be a good recommendation for you!

Massive thanks to NetGalley & Dutton for the gifted arc, which I voluntarily read & reviewed.

This book is a romance novel about Gemma and Jack who get stuck in a loop, repeating the same day over and over again. Gemma and Jack are left to fall in love in one day in order to break the loop. Along the way, both have made personal growth. There are moments of love, sadness, confusion, grief and acceptance as well as forgiveness.
I really thought this was a cute read. This is the first time I have read a time loop trope book. I really appreciate the way the author,
Holly James, wrote the time loop trope. It didn't get repetitive at all for the readers, although there was a loop. I also wish Rex was more present in this story, dogs always make everything better and he was just everything.
Though, I did really enjoyed this romance novel.

When I decided to read this I thought I would get a cute entertaining story. What I got was the sweetest, most delightful, touching, rom-com I have read in a long time!

Gemma doesn’t know that she is stuck in a time loop until Jack literally crashes into her! He has one day to make her fall in love with him! He’s been reliving the same day for months. He remembers them all, Gemma does not.

Gemma has a history of being burned by men. First her father, a music industry mogul, and her ex. She’s not in the market for a man.

I also loved Gemma’s best friend Lila, a social media influencer. She added so much comedy and charm to the story.

This story was a lot deeper than I was expecting and it did it in such a light way that didn’t make it feel too serious. It touched my heart while keeping the fun. I want this as a movie!

This might be one of my favorite rom-coms of the last few years!

Definitely pick this up, you won’t regret it!

Thank you not NetGalley and Penguin Group Dutton for this advanced copy.

The Déjà Glitch by Holly James is a captivating and innovative twist on the time-loop trope. With this cleverly constructed romance, James puts a fresh spin on the concept of a time loop.

When Gemma meets Jack at her best friend Lila’s birthday party she feels a strong pull towards him, like she knows him somehow even though this is the first time she remembers them meeting. Jacks asks her to remember him before she leaves for the night which Gemma thinks is odd but endearing. Then she literally runs into him at the coffee shop, the “next day” and he explains he has met her before and has been reliving the same day for months trying to figure out how to get out of the time loop. The key to the time loop Jack thinks is Gemma. Gemma doesn’t know what to think but can’t deny something weird is happening. As things come together and fall apart at the same time Gemma has to decide whether to be vulnerable and let her walls down again.

The premise of the book was fine, but after a third of it I just felt the pacing slowed and the story kind of got lost amongst all the different situations and characters. I especially was turned off by Gemma’s best friend peer pressuring her to drink in the first chapter. But I did like how Gemma finally expressed her feelings to her dad and addressed their relationship. The story was alright but I felt could have been elevated.

The love story of Gemma and Jack is perfect If you’re looking for a fun Rom-Com with a bit of magic 💫

I loved that I was able to finish this book in one weekend - it’s the perfect cozy weekend read. I wasn’t too sure how the aspect of a time loop would work into this story, but it ended up being the best part of the plot! I never once felt confused with their relationship timeline.

The POV is coming from Gemma, who is just living what she believes to be another normal day in her life. But for Jack, he has met her 100+ times and has been living the same day trying to find new ways to help Gemma remember that she’s in love with him. I think this really helped to keep the storyline clear for readers and was a good way to incorporate a “meet-cute”

Jack has just 1 day to have Gemma remember him and realize that she has been in love with him for longer than she believes. Even though we are only see just one day in the loop, I felt like I had gotten enough information of their relationship to know how much they truly love each other.

I loved this major spin to a Groundhog Day-esque storyline!

Throughout reading, I often thought I had figured out which direction the story was going, only to get thrown off and completely surprised.

At first, I wasn’t sure whether I would like the main character, Gemma, but I quickly realized she’s very relatable. She has a lot of insecurities because of things that took place in the past, gets stuck in her head, and self-sabotages on the regular.

Thankfully, she had a quirky best friend named Lila to help her navigate this unusual situation without a blink of an eye. And the adorable love interest, Jack, was a total swoon throughout the story.

Thank you Holly James, Dutton Books, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book!

I was so impressed with how fast-paced this one was! I absolutely love a man who falls first, and even though insta-love isn't usually my fave, the twist came from the fact that only ONE of our two love interests was experiencing it, which was fun!

This one was dripping with Hollywood flair, fun side characters, and bright optimism. A super fun read for anyone looking for a rom-com that will grip them from the first chapter.

I'm not sure how Gemma managed to cram going to the gym, going to Starbucks, running into Jack, leaving work, going to Lila's, going to Lila's psychic aunt, meeting Jack again, going to Caltech to talk to the mad scientist about time loops, ubering home, and then going to work again all before lunch while living in LA. Isn't traffic supposed to be heavy?

And the whole coercion of we're stuck in this time loop you don't remember unless you fall in love with me was definitely a choice.

I didn't like what I read after getting through 1/3 of this book. It just doesn't work for me at all. Time loop stories really work when you see the same day over and over, not one day from the perspective of the character who doesn't know she's in one.

I received an ARC copy of The Deja Glitch by Holly James in return for an honest review. Everything that I write here is completely my own thoughts and opinions. Before I start though I do want to take a moment to thank Netgalley and Holly James for a chance to read this book and review it.

I read this book in a matter of just a few days and at first I was like this is just another Groundhog Day type book but I can say that I was pleasantly surprised. I loved getting to know Gemma Peters, her love of music, and the fact that she was a dog mom. Now these two aspects are not what the book is about but they are two of the things that I loved. Maybe that is because I myself am a dog mom and obsessed with music.

Gemma has a lot of crap in her past having to do with a previous love and the divorce of her parents which in turn make it difficult for her to trust men and fall in love. Oh yeah, it also makes it difficult for her career because she does not want to use her father’s career or reputation to boost herself in any way. I should probably explain that Gemma works in radio on the music side of things and one day she wants to host her own show. Her father is a big wig in the music industry and he has the power to turn people into musical stars or break their careers. He is a very self-absorbed man and one that Gemma is not able to forgive.

Gemma happens to be besties with Lila who is a popular L.A. influencer and they have been friends for years. Lila knows exactly what happened between Gemma and her father not to mention Gemma and her ex-boyfriend. Now Lila is one of the only people that Gemma can confide in about this time loop that she has been in for the past one hundred and forty-four (I think it is 144) days. She has been stuck in it with a man named Jack. He runs into Gemma one morning at the coffee shop causing a huge explosion of coffee to splash over everything including Gemma herself. This happens to be how Jack gets her attention so that he can explain for what seems like the millionth time to him what is happening to them. He has a theory that they are stuck in this time loop and the only way for them to get out of it is if she happens to fall in love with him in one day. She obviously thinks he is gorgeous but possibly crazy as well. She has too much on her mind to take him seriously with her brother traveling back home from across the world and her favorite musician Nigel Black coming to her work for an interview that same day. It isn’t until Jack starts saying things to her that he could not possibly know that gets her rattled and perks her interest.

This is the story of Gemma and Jack. It is a story of them trying to figure out what got them stuck in the first place, dealing with the issues, and trying to stay awake for twenty-four hours in hopes that they magically make it to the next day. This is the story of Jack trying to convince Gemma to fall in love with him the way that he has fallen in love with her during those one hundred and forty-four days. It is also the story of Gemma coming into her own and making discoveries along the way that will change her life forever. So if you are looking for a time-loop romance story then definitely give this one a go because I do not think you will be disappointed.

Trigger Warnings:

- Parental Death
- Divorce
- Infidelity

Dear Fellow Reader,

So much to read and so little time! I feel that way all the time. I see books and think “oh, I need to read that.” But then I have such a long list of those books.

Do you get the daily email from Book Bub? It is a horrible thing is you are a book buyer! I say that because most of the books featured are $2.99, $1.99. or $0.99. So easy to spend that small amount of money, right? And that is how my Kindle reader is so full of books to read!

Just to break out of the genre “rut” I have been in lately, I have a book for you that is not a cozy mystery. I don’t think I would call it a romance novel although it might be a romantic comedy.


The Deja Glitch opens with Gemma in a bar celebrating her best friend, Lila’s birthday. Gemma is more of a homebody than her friend. She is thinking of leaving when Lila points out that Gemma has an admirer that she should talk to. Gemma does but still leaves the bar to go home to her dog.

The next morning, Gemma is in a coffee shop and this handsome stranger accidentally knocks into her and dumps her coffee order all over her. They start talking. She feels like he is familiar but isn’t sure how she would know him. But he convinces her to start talking. She is attracted to him, but he seems to know things about her. As the day goes on, he tells her that they have been replaying the same day for months and that he is trying hard to find out how to break their “Groundhog Day” situation.

I liked the book. It was different and well thought out. It was a different premise and had some plot twists that belong in romantic comedies. There is not only the romance between the couple, but we learn about Gemma’s closeness to her brother and her distance from her father.

I think that it is a good book to keep you guessing.

Thanks for reading.

I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.

This book has a groundhog day vibe in that Jack has been living the same time loop for 147 days. The only thing that seems to change is his interactions with a woman at a coffee shop named Gemma. Jack thinks the only way to break the time loop is to get Gemma to fall in love with him like he has for her over all these days. Unfortunately, Jack has had a 5 month head start on developing his feelings and she has only had one day, unless perhaps, deep down, she can feel the imprint of all their past interactions. Can Gemma trust her gut over what she perceives to be real? This was an adorable time loop romance that I wished explored the idea of other time loops a bit more but it was still a fun read.

This was a new take on a time loop for me and I ate it up. Gemma and Jack are just the cutest. I always enjoyed the character realizing they are in a time loop situation, always fun. The writing was writing and very engaging. I needed to find out how the loop ended.

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The Déjà Glitch by Holly James
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / Pages: 352 / Genre: Romance

Jack has been stuck in a time loop for 147 days. The only thing he’s found that seems to change is his interaction with a woman he runs into at a coffee shop named Gemma. He’s decided the only way out is to get her to fall as madly in love with him as he has for her. But he’s had a 5-month head start and she just has one day, unless deep down she somehow feels all their previous interactions. Can she trust her gut or will she remain stubbornly stuck on what’s “real”?

Time travel and time loops are my favorite! And this time loop romance did not disappoint. I loved this little romcom. It takes place mostly in one 24-hour period but so much happens and is revealed in that time. I loved the fast-paced entertainment of it. It’s not spicy hot, but it is romantic, cute, and fun.

Thank you, @netgalley and @duttonbooks for the advanced copy of this book. I loved it!

This was absolutely adorable, and made a time loop love story not seem ridiculous, which is quite the feat. The LA setting was so fun, with various landmarks and neighborhoods playing a role, and the characters were a delight.