A cute meet-cute. Gemma and Jack are stuck in a same-day time loop and the only way to break the loop is to fall in love.

I loved the time loop in this meet-cute. I'm not normally a fan of time loops in books but the author did a great job with this one. I wasn't immediately a fan of Gemma but I loved Jack.

This book was so fun and enjoyable but I found that the task of falling in love in one day was just a little bit too unrealistic for me. We did get to see many emotions and growth from the characters, which I appreciated. The one thing I didn't like was that Gemma was pressured to reconciled with her dad to break the loop.

I enjoyed this book, so I'm giving it 3 stars. Ultimately, the this book lost starts with me for the forcing of family reconciliation.

Thank you NetGalley for ARC

Really good and fun and we'll paced until the brakes were slammed with 70% left. Very redundant and annoying the last 30% that kinda killed the vibes. It's been hours since I've finished it and its upsetting me more and more. It could have ended sooner and been perfectly fine

I really enjoyed reading this book. I have a soft spot for time loop stories for some reason. I found it hard to put down. The romance was cute, their run-ins were fun,

I really liked how this book took a unique approach to the Groundhog Day trope. Instead of following a person who keeps repeating the same day, we see the person who’s impacted by someone else’s time loop.

I liked how the romance was focused on them as separate people as well as them as a unit. The magic of the loop specifically works because of where they are in their lives, and help each other see and achieve what they want out of life.

The one down side of the way the time loop was handled was that the MMC is already in love with the FMC before the book starts, and we don’t really get to see why or how this happens. The rest of the book is focused on the FMC figuring out if she can believe him, if she can love him, if she’s ready for a relationship etc.

I really liked the side characters, the BFF, the brother, the coworkers, even the scientist. They were endearing and were great additions to the story.

Her broken relationship with her dad is a big part of the story as well. I couldn’t tell if her dad was actually a bad father/person, or if her perception of that was very broken. Nothing about their interactions seemed to justify their current relationship. But I don’t want to discount years of issues that might have happened. In general though, the book and the characters in it have the stance that family is family, and we should keep our relationship.

Thank you to Dutton Books, Penguin Books and NetGalley for the eARC!
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OMG this book is totally sweet!!!

Haven’t read any time-loop story but this book got me hooked. How can a person got trapped to repeat a day over and over again for months? This idea alone is insane! And where can I get a man with never ending patience like Jack? I’d love to have one please 😂

Anyway this book is a light read, if you got reading slump this book is perfect to got rid of the slump. I like the writing style. And eventhough the story is light, it isn’t boring. The story flows perfectly with many cute and sweet interactions between the main characters here and there.

Thank you NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Dutton for giving me the opportunity to review The Déjà Glitch.

✨ 5 STARS ✨

this was my first time loop book and i really enjoyed it! it’s one of those storylines that feels like a movie as you read.

jack has been trapped in a time loop for almost 150 days and he doesn’t know why or how he got there. throughout this time loop, he has countless run ins with gemma and ends up falling for her while reliving the same day over and over again. jack starts to believe that gemma is the key to ending his time loop, and each new day he tries to make gemma fall for him to become unstuck.

the story follows the big day where everything changes and jack covinces gemma to fall in love with him and they break the loop.

1. so much happened in this one day, idk how they had all that time.
2. lila is the cutest bestie to gemma and i loved there dynamic.
3. jack is an angel baby who truly can’t do anything wrong and just lived almost 150 days refalling for a girl who couldn’t remember him the next day with no regrets and the HOPE that one day she would love him back.

i think this is a super cute book and it was very enjoyable for me. nothing gave me the ick which is cool because it’s such an oddly specific THEME where i feel like a lot could’ve ended up poorly executed. i genuinely loved the characters and the storyline a whole lot.

I've read a handful of 'groundhog day' type books and I quite enjoyed this one! Instead of the day playing over and over again, we're basically in the last version of the repeated day. We hear about the previous attempts Jack made to get out of the loop and why Gemma may be the key to breaking the loop. It does seem like quite a long day and so much is packed in it but it was enjoyable. Gemma and Jack have good chemistry. I think I would have enjoyed it more if there was more dual POV besides the very end.

The plot of this book was on point. It was a great concept. It just ended up feeling too insta-love. Yea there is a time loop, but there wasn’t much of a connection between the two MCs at all. There was no real build up of the romance which made it harder to feel there was any chemistry between to the two MCs.

The Deja Glitch is an adorable, funny, sensitive story with lots of charm and romance. Its unique plot is what I found the book to be engaging!

Thank you to Netgalley and Penguin Books for an advanced copy of this book.

I love love loved this book! It hooked me in from the first chapter and I did not want to put it down. I genuinely was unsure of the premise and didn’t know if I would be able to get into the plot but it was such a refreshing and new plot that kept me invested! I wish I could read this book again for the first time

I thought this was going to be like groundhogs day (we keep reading the almost same day over and over), but it wasn‘t and the format was soooo much better!

The Deja Glitch is a fast paced and delightful whirlwind. Yes the romance is instalove-ish, but Jack has been working on this romance for 5 months, without Gemma knowing of course. They really do make a cute couple and you can see the chemistry between them, even though they have a ton of first encounters. Holly James did such a wonderful job weaving them together (and tugging at my heartstrings!).

Jack and Gemma were such a delight. The concept was unique and I hope we get to read about Lila's happily ever after soon

Jack needs Gemma to fall in love with him to get out of a crazy time loop that has him reliving the same day over and over again. The only problem is that Gemma doesn't remember him from one day to the next. What will make this time different and will it make Gemma remember? Only time will tell. This was a fun take on Groundhog Day in the romance world. 4 stars. Thank you, NetGalley for the eARC.

Sandy M’s review of The Deja Glitch by Holly James
Contemporary Paranormal Romance published by Dutton 01 Aug 23

This is my first Holly James book, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this “Groundhog Day“ storyline.

Gemma literally runs into Jack again and again, and while they have a bit of chemistry together, as soon as their interaction is over, Gemma goes on with her days, leaving him behind with only a vague sense of maybe she should know more about Jack than she actually does.

It’s Jack who remembers everything about his time with Gemma, as he relives their days and desperately trying to get her to recall what they have together. Jack is convinced the only way to stop their glitch is to get Gemma to fall in love with him in just a day, but having to start over every day, that task seems quite daunting.

I enjoyed the back-and-forth between Gemma and Jack, him trying to get her to remember their times together and Gemma trying to figure out why Jack seems so familiar. There’s plenty of fun to be had and these characters are charming and intriguing. Gemma’s slow but sure recall of Jack eventually becomes clear and vivid as their “meetings” become more frequent – could love truly be in their future when that future doesn’t seem to be guaranteed at all?

This hopefully won’t be my last Holly James book, because I really enjoyed this one.

Grade: B

Gemma Peters is a radio producer making a name for herself in the music industry—without the help of her rock-star father. Things are going well, until Gemma crashes into Jack one Thursday morning—the ultimate meet-cute. Or is it? How does he know her, and why is he saying that not only do they know each other, but they’ve lived this day over and over for months. And Jack has figured it out—he has to get Gemma to fall in love with him. In one day.

This book was fine—the Groundhog Day premise still has legs—and the characters were cute and funny. But it wasn’t really engaging and Jack is hardly believable as a love-struck time-looper. I liked this well enough--as a vacation/beach read, it did the job.

As far as time loop storyline goes, this one is cute one. Although Gemma is cautious in love, she was a difficult character to root for. She cames across as unlikeable, pessimistic and completely cynical in most of her interactions with Jack. But it's obvious she can be the exact opposite when she is with those she trusts. I guess she is like most modern strong-minded, independent females.
I appreciated that the story allowed for the chance to do-over. Knowing that most of the sadness she experienced was of her own doing and allowed her the chance to make the necessary changes to be happy. Maybe I should learn a lesson here.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group Dutton for the ARC of The Deja Glitch by Holly James.

The cover was cute and the description was what drew me in. I’ve never heard of the author before, but after reading this book I’ll check out her other book! 4⭐️ for The Deja Glitch.

I loved how she described all the moments that Gemma was feeling like she was having deja vu, but kept writing it off. Let’s be honest, who hasn’t felt that before, that’s what drew me in. Then the meet cute with Jack and trying to figure out how to get out of the glitch they were in. It was a wholesome rom-com with no spicy which feels hard to come by these days. If that is what you are looking for you will in enjoy this one!

I loved this book! The story was so consuming. The way it was written made me feel like their were multiple plots going on at the same time. And all of them were racing the clock. Will Jack's theory work? Is Gemma going to remember/belive him? Will they be able to pull it off? Will Gemma ever let Jack in? It was just so good. I wish I could read it for the first time again.

✨Book Review✨
The Déjà Glitch by Holly James
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A high three or low four. This book was definitely entertaining, but it was SO cheesy and definitely leaned too hard into the "true love is going to make you happy" troupe. I loved the magical realism, because let's be honest, that's one of my favorite genres, but if you do choose to pick this book up, you've been warned about the cheesiness. I don't think I would really recommend it, as I didn't feel like there were any important messages or any deeper topics discussed in any important ways. But if you like to read for pure entertainment and don't need anything deeper, this book was cute.

This book was really sweet and fun! I had read Holly James last book and enjoyed it, but I do think that this one is a bit better than that book. The concept of the time loop was done in a very good way that actually didn't bother me which is rare for books that mess with time like this one.

I really appreciated that the plot was not aggressively repetitive and the connection (while it seemed a bit like insta love) actually felt super genuine and real.

This is the type of romance that you could read in one sitting and be kicking your feet and giggling!

Definitely recommend

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC of this book. I enjoyed descriptions of Gemma’s memory—gluey, murky, hazy—when it came to remembering Jack from previous interactions. They were always just at the fringes of her consciousness, this constant sense of feeling like she already knew him or had already experienced this with him.

It seemed like Jack’s eyes were often shining and the reader is led to believe that he does an inordinate amount of communicating with his eyes. Whether he’s beseeching her to believe him or just conveying the depth of emotion he feels for her, at times it became too much for me. It was much better when he was using his words, which he was quite good at, being a writer and all.

There were some fun supporting characters in the book—Lila, Gemma’s best friend and Instagram star; Jack’s eccentric professor/scientist friend; Nigel, Gemma’s ex-boyfriend; Angelica, Jack’s ex-girlfriend; and Nigel Black, rock star and surprise friend.

The plot is unique, compared to a fairytale by Lila, making me see the concept in a new way. The universe conspired to bring these two soulmates together. Unlike Groundhog Day, which I think is everyone’s first thought when a plot like this one comes up, this one does not feature a cynical, ne’er-do-well determined to deceive the innocent woman he wants to sleep with, only to discover he actually cares for her over the course of the movie—and it isn’t until he changes that the repetition of the day stops. This one is much more romantic from the start.

Although Jack is the one conscious of the repeating day, the story is never told from his POV (until the very end). Instead, we are told the story from Gemma’s POV (third person past tense) as Jack tries to convince her that there’s something special between the two of them. He’s actually in love with her and strives to convince her to fall in love with him, believing that will break the spell.