Truly an interesting take on what happens if we relive the same day over and over. Gemma and Jack seemingly meet at her best friend's birthday party. At the end of the night, Jack pleads with Gemma not to forget him, The next morning's events seem eerily familiar to Gemma. And we're off. Jack has been reliving this day for far too long. Gemma never seems to remember Jack from day to day. When she finally does remember Jack, the idea of reliving the same day is too theatrical for her to believe. But Jack is able to slowly convince her that this is possible. Gemma has reasons to be skeptical, but the day holds so many realizations for Gemma. She finds herself growing in ways she never imagined. Old hurts are revisited and a path to healing is found. Dramatic? Yes, but it's unreal how one thing leads to another. Do this, and this happens. Do that, and then you move on to another opportunity. Yes, this is a book, and no, we can't relive days over to get things right. But this is a great example of what happens when we try to move beyond our past. I think this book will stay with me for some time. It did not land as a romance. More like women's fiction, and I am so glad I was allowed to read this book. Cheers to all Gemmas and their new outlook on life.

A big thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this e-arc.

3.5/5 ⭐

I did like this book. I just felt it could've been shorter. It's very slow-paced and took a while to get to the main plot. I loved Jack but felt like Gemma was a little whiny. Overall, the book was very cute and took a semi-unique twist on a time-loop romance.

Thank you, NetGalley for providing me with a digital arc of this book in exchange for my honest review!

This was a fun, romantic twist on the Groundhog Day story! I liked that it all took place in one day, so I didn't feel caught in a repetitive loop. The characters were still well rounded, and the story made sense. I would recommend!

The Deja Glitch is the next perfect Rom-Com. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. This book is a must of anyone who reads the rom com Genre. It is the story of a potential couple stuck in a time loop. However interesting twist only one of them is aware they are aware that have been in a time loop for the last 5 months. Gemma is a main female character, and she has no idea why this morning it all strangely feels like déjà vu until she bumps into Jack who tell her this a has repeated itself for the last 5 months. I know personally I would not trust a guy in LA who told me that I have been in a time loop, I would think that he is a wacko. However, the heroine is way more curious the I would be and goes to learn more and hopes to break the time loop with Jack. This book is a perfect read, as on top of the romance in this novel there is also a lot of deep emotional parts, such as Gemma’s relationship with her father who works in the music industry that she has been estranged from for the last 20 years due to him cheating on her mother with a young pop star. The main character Gemma has also just been through a terrible break up where her ex used her. The book deals with emotionally abusive relationships, and if family bonds can heal. Gemma is also a strong character and produces a radio show, trying to make a name for herself. The main character is a strong human character, that is easy to root for in the book, and that makes this book a very enjoyable read. This book has hundred percent chance of becoming a movie in the future, that I would watch as fun watch on the level of legally blonde or mean girls. I highly recommend this book.

Holly James-The Deja Glitch

Description:

To break out of a 24-hour time loop, all Jack needs is for Gemma to fall in love with him in a single day. All Gemma needs is to remember him first . . .

Gemma Peters is doing fine. She’s making a name for herself in the L.A. music biz as a radio producer. She’s got a ride-or-die best friend in Lila, and she gets to come home to Rex, her loving Labrador, every night. But ever since her rock star ex-boyfriend used her to get a record deal from her rock legend dad, she’s made a “no musicians” rule when it comes to dating that’s becoming more like a “no dating” rule, period.

So, when Gemma crashes (literally) into Jack one Thursday morning, at first she feels like fate might finally be doing her a favor. After all this guy is cute and, wait, is she imagining it, or is he staring a little too deeply into her eyes? And how does he know her name? Even harder to explain is the funny feeling of déjà vu she gets every time she looks at him. It’s not at all like Gemma to kiss a man and forget him completely, so then how can she explain the dreamlike memory of his lips on hers?

The truth is this is no ordinary Thursday. Not for them. In fact, they’ve lived this day over and over for months. And while Gemma has been totally oblivious to the time loop, Jack has been agonizingly aware of every single iteration. Luckily, Jack has a theory to bring his own personal Groundhog Day to an end. And it’s simple. Before the day is over, he just has to get Gemma to fall in love with him.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC copy of this book in return for an honest review.

My Review
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶
Genre: Romance
Publication Date: August 1, 2023

This book is about a couple who have lived through the same day 147 days in a row. Gemma Peters meets Jack Lincoln in a bar while she’s there to celebrate her friend, Lila’s birthday. Gemma has the feeling she has met him before. Upon leaving he walks her out and kisses her goodnight and asks her to please remember him the next day.

The next day as Gemma is picking up her coffee order Jack bumps into her spilling the coffees over her favorite shirt and over Jack. He apologizes and through their conversation he tells her this has happened for 147 days in a row.

The rest of the book is spent as Jack keeps trying to break the cycle and convince her that they are perfect for each other and that they just need to break out of this time loop.

You will fall in love with Jack! He is kind, considerate and desperately in love with Gemma after repeating the same day 147 times. He just has to convince her she loves him too to break the time loop.

Gemma can be a tedious character at times. She’s all about herself and closed off to relationships of any kind. She has to make peace with her father, set her brother free, come to terms with her ex-boyfriend and build confidence in herself before the loop can be broken.

Jack finally has a day where he starts to break through her walls. You will have to read the book to find out if he succeeds and that the 147 time loop is broken.

A sweet clean romance.

James wrote a very successful novel! I haven’t read anything like this before. This is a very sweet, easy to read rom-com. I enjoyed how James made Gemma a very realistic character in that she didn’t just go along with everything that Jack said. Gemma questioned it and didn’t believe him; she needed to be convinced. I also enjoyed that the entire book happened in one day, that it wasn’t the same day we kept reading over and over. There was also more to this book than just the relationship between Jack and Gemma. James wrote beautiful relationships between Gemma and Lila, and Gemma and her brother, Patrick, as well as a troubled relationship between Gemma and her father. What it all boils down to is that James wrote a very well rounded, developed character. In my experience, this doesn’t happen too often. This is a must read for any rom-com reader!

GUYS! This was so precious. I loved the main characters, the side characters, the setting, the mood… every single piece! I was concerned that it would get repetitive because of the Groundhog Day plot but the author did a fantastic job of keeping the ball rolling.
The main characters are cute and I was rooting for them immediately. Jack has my heart 100%. Add this to your TBR!

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This one was kind of like ground hog day with music. I didn't love it but I also didn't like. But readers who like this type of book will enjoy the reading experience.

I am a sucker for a time loop story, and I loved this one because it reminded me SO much of watching Fifty First Dates!

Synopsis: Jack Lincoln is trapped in the same Thursday and he collides with the same girl, Gemma Peters, at a coffee shop, ruining her favorite shirt. He tries to get the girl to stop for a second and spend time with him - literally for 147 days! Finally, on this last day that it happens, things go differently - he is able to keep Gemma's attention and explain that they've met several times, gone on several dates, and that they're clearly stuck in a loop, but if he can get her to fall in love with him in one day, maybe the loop will break!

It's so fun that this book takes place in one day - so much going on! Gemma Peters, who is familiar to the Hollywood entertainment industry because of her famous father, is stuck in a rut at her radio job - but running into this handsome, dreamy Jack Lincoln and the story he tells about the potential time loop throws her whole life out of whack - in a great way! In this one day, with encouragement of Jack, there's effort to improve her relationship with her estranged father, she finally breaks out from behind the mic and nails her dream interview, among other things. But most importantly, she sees that there's real love out there with Jack.

This book is very much a love-at-first-sight, slightly unbelievable book, but it's such a feel good love story with a fun mystery time element. A fun, entertaining read that made me smile by the end!

I would like to preface this review by thanking NetGalley and Penguin Group Dutton for sending me an advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Deja Glitch: the most romantic time loop story; thanks to the contributions of best boyfriend hero Jack Lincoln who is trapped in same Thursday: colliding into a girl in a cafe shop while he’s texting and ruining her favorite T-shirt! He runs into the same girl for 147 times! Isn’t it crazy? He watches over a girl for nearly 5 months, falling for her so hard and he lets her go at each time she makes another excuse and very next day she doesn’t remember him.

Thank you to NetGallery and the publisher for this eARC in exchange for my honest review.

Jack has been stuck in the time loop for 147 days. The one constant is the girl he bumps into at the coffee shop, Gemma. Gemma has also been reliving the same day over and over again, but until today, she hasn't realized it yet. According to Jack, the only way to escape the time loop is for Gemma to fall in love with him.

The cover looked beautiful and the title was cute as well, so I was really excited to read it. I'm not super into time loop books that repeat the same day over and over, and this book wasn't that, it was set in just one day. To be honest, I'm not sure if that was a positive thing. It felt like A LOT happened in one day and it was a little exhausting. Gemma somehow had time to go to a coffee shop, go to work and interview her favorite childhood rockstar, go to her father's house, go to said favorite rockstars concert, birthday dinner with her bff, and the romantic airport grand gesture (not in this order). The book took a while for me to get into. It was a lot of Jack seeming stalker-ish because he's been reliving the day over and over and knew all these random facts about her and Gemma resisting.

Now onto what the book did right. I liked the growth of the characters. Gemma mending relationships with her family and learning forgiveness and independence. Both of them figuring out their careers. Lila and the TSA guy.

I'm giving this a 2.5 stars since I skim read it just to get to the end. Last book of 2022! This might not be for me, but if you enjoy insta-love stories, this one is for you.

Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Group for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
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The Deja Glitch was a cute, quick read, and I really enjoyed it. I love a time-loop romance, and this one was done in a way that most aren't which I appreciated. The characters, though somewhat cliche, were entertaining. Overall, if you like rom-coms, there's a very good chance this is a book for you. 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4.

The Deja Glitch by Holly James
What a cute book, it was definitely different from the usual storyline. I thought this book was fun and creative, a very easy read.

I really enjoyed this book. The story line as a little predictable but still held my attention the whole time. I thought it was a very cute book. The characters had you rooting for them from the beginning. I would recommend this book to someone that likes a good love story and a quick read.

Super super cute!! I picked this because I recently moved to LA and I adore it. I loved watching a love story unfold in my favorite city. I adore the characters, even the secondary characters like Lila!!!

Thank you for NetGalley, the author, and publisher for the an ARC to review voluntarily

This was a very fun read for me. I started and finished the book in a day. The two main characters of the story are on a loop in a fun groundhogs day read. While Jack has been reliving the same day for months, the one thing that pulls to him is Gemma. Through much patience and trials in getting Gemma to remember him, they finally have a day of new adventures that lead to a happy ending.

Such a cute read. Jack and Gemma are stuck in a time loop of repeating the same day over and over again. In this book we explore if there is a way to break these characters out of the loop and what that entails. With additional storylines of family and career paths, we go through the time loop at one point in time.
I liked this because it was different from your usual storyline types with a little bit of fun, creativity, and something not typical. It was nice slowly unraveling the characters as the book went on. Perfect for a fun, easy read.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced copy of this enjoyable read.

Thank you for NetGalley, the author, and publisher for the an ARC to review voluntarily.

This story is such a cute concept. I loved the synopsis and cover , and couldn’t wait to dive in. In short, Deja Glitch is about a young woman named Gemma who has unknowingly been reliving the same day over and over. She meets Jack who tells her they have to break the time loop, as he is the only one to remember the time loop. Gemma must fall in love with Jack for the loop to end.

For me, the story takes a bit to get going. Gemma is extremely resistant. However, I did like how we as the reader didn’t have to relive the same day. The story itself for the reader takes place one time. I felt like this helped keep redundancy out of the plot and gave the story a unique spin.

Overall, I did find the story entertaining once it got going. The characters also felt well developed to me, especially Jack.

A Deja Vu/Groundhogs Day concept is hard to pull off but The Deja Glitch does it very successfully! I thought it was great that the reader wasn't reading all 147 days that Jack has lived through but rather only the one day when he decides to convince Gemma that she is the key to breaking his loop. Love at first sight isn't a theme that I love but in this case James does a great job showing us how Jack has fallen in love with Gemma over the course of the five months he has relived the same day.
This is a romantic and Hallmark-y romance novel, not spicy at all, that is very well-written and all of the characters, even the secondary characters like Lila and Gemma's father and brother, are well developed. I have not read other books by this author but I am definitely interested in doing so after reading this book!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this ARC.

Adding to my list of favorite types of reading is time loop novels! The Deja Glitch is a super cute romcom following our main character, Gemma, who is stuck in the same day over and over again (147 times actually) but doesn’t know it. Her love interest, Jack, is the only one aware the day is repeating. Jack decides he has one day to convince Gemma to fall in love with him to break the cycle and the novel follows this one day. I appreciated this as sometimes the repetitiveness gets old in time loop reads.

This was a super sweet and easy read. This is very clean and has no spice, think Hallmark movie. However, I definitely recommend reading this when you are in the mood for something light and fun!

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group Dutton for giving me an E-ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I would like to preface this review by thanking NetGalley and Penguin Group Dutton for sending me an advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
When Gemma kisses a stranger on the night of her best friend's birthday, her life as she knows it turns upside down. Jack and Gemma have been reliving the same day over and over, specifically one hundred and forty seven times. Jack has a theory that they have to fall in love in order to break the time warp. Can Gemma fall in love with a random stranger in 1 day?
I absolutely loved this book! It was like the cult classic movie, Ground Hogs Day, meets a modern romance novel. The idea for this book felt original to me, it was refreshing to read some romance that felt different than the rest. This wasn't a book just about two people falling in love but it was about friendship, family, taking risks, and bold honesty. Gemma had some great character development from being a stubborn lady who was set into her ways to someone who was open to the idea of falling in love before midnight. Jack's persistence and consistency made him her perfect match. This book is perfect for those who like the "closed door" romances and are on the hunt for a romance book without the "spicyness" to it. This book releases on 8/1/2023, go check it out. I know I'll be grabbing myself a physical copy!