Christina Lauren always come up with unique storylines and although this is supposed to be a story based on the Disney fairytale Tangled, I just enjoyed the story. For me, it started slow with Ren being the main character. I was not sure where this was going, but by the time Ren got to go to college,and met Fritz it started to peak my interest, and from there, the road trip Ren and Fritz were on had me rooting for them as a couple, despite Ren basically blackmailing Fritz to let her go along with him. I never did trust her parents and from the beginning I wondered how that part of the plot would go, but the ending was more than fulfilling and the HEA was satisfying. All in all a very good story and I glad I read.

The Meant to Be novels are hit or miss for me, and unfortunately this one was a miss. I had a really hard time getting into the storyline and finding Ren’s character to be believable. Christina Lauren are one of my favorite authors and I look forward to reading more of their books in the future.

Thank you to Hyperion Avenue and NetGalley for this electronic arc in exchange for my honest review.

TANGLED UP IN YOU review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25/5

💇🏼‍♀️Like a lot of people, I’m a huge Christina Lauren girlie. I love their writing style and automatically add their new releases to my tbr. I requested this one on NetGalley without even fully knowing what it was about. When I found out it was a Disney princess retelling, I’ll admit I was skeptical. But I really, really enjoyed it!

💇🏼‍♀️Here’s a summary of the plot:👇
Ren has spent her entire life secluded from the world on her family’s homestead. She’s never held a cell phone, used social media, or attended school. But at 22 years old, she’s desperate to go to college to experience the wider world and learn more about it. Her parents reluctantly agree, laying out super strict rules for her to follow and making sure she knows that they will pick her up every weekend to spend back at home. But while taking an immunology class, she’s given an assignment that will turn her entire world upside down.

💇🏼‍♀️Admittedly, I haven’t seen the movie Tangled since it first came out. So I don’t know how closely this retelling followed the original story. However I was immediately drawn in and invested in the story! The overall romance was good (if a tad cheesy, but also expected as a Disney princess story)! The slight mystery/suspense story had me hooked (even though I felt it was pretty easy to guess what was happening). Overall, I really enjoyed this one and need to check out more of the Disney princess retelling books in this series! If you’re a fan of Christina Lauren, Disney, or romance books in general I’d definitely recommend this one!

💇🏼‍♀️Thanks @hyperionavebooks for my digital copy!

Synopsis: In this modern day retelling of Tangled, Ren is a 22-year old who is starting college after living a very sheltered, homeschooled life. When she winds up on a road trip with a classmate, Fitz, both of their lives are about to change forever.

Thoughts: What a cute, imaginative retelling! I really loved the storyline that Christina Lauren came up with - it can be hard to put an original spin on a retelling, but they nailed it! Ren and Fitz embodied sunshine and grumpy so well, but each with a depth and backstory that made them so likable. Their chemistry was perfect, and there were plenty of laugh out loud hijinks on their road trip. This was just so fun, and I had such a good time reading it!

Read this if you like:
🎀 fairytale retellings
🎀 road trips
🎀 forced proximity
🎀 grumpy/sunshine
🎀 clean romance
🎀 a little suspense

Today is this book's birthday, and I cannot wait to share it with you! Christina Lauren is one of my go-to authors, and her YA offerings are no exception. This is a sweet, slow burn romance that has one of my favorite tropes: opposites attract.

For those of you who are CL fans like me, this one is much tamer than her other books. It's appropriate for high school readers, and your YA romance readers will not be disappointed. This book combines a road trip, mystery, and comedy masterfully. However, don't pick this up expecting a simple retelling of Rapunzel. This book drops that fairy tale into the real world and shares little in common with its fairy tale sister.

If you're in the mood for something fun that can also make you cry, this is a great choice!

Cute retelling of Repunzel/Tangled

I am enjoying the Meant to Be series of reimagined Disney/fairy tales written by various well-known authors for the YA audience. This is another winner, cute story, interesting characters, road trip, what's not to enjoy. This is a great book for camp, beach or poolside.

Thank you to the publisher who lent me an e-arc via Netgalley. This review is optional and my own opinion.

A Disney's Tangled retelling? Yes! Written by one of my favorite author duo? SIGN ME UP!

Christina Lauren has done it again and me absolutely fall in love with these characters. They gave us all of the romance, by including little snippets and nods to the move that will make any Tangled fan squeal with delight.

Ren and Fitz had me cracking up throughout this book!! I loved them and how they changed from individuals to opening up to each other romantically.

Thank you to NetGalley and Hyperion Avenue for the advanced copy!

I think this Tangled retelling is my new favorite in the Meant to be fairy tale reimagining series. This latest written by Christina Lauren is a fantastic forced proximity, opposites attract, road trip romance between an innocent homesteader girl, Ren who has led a sheltered life and discovers that her parents might not be biologically hers. Thus she blackmails Fitz into taking her across the country to find her birth father who turned up on a DNA test. Full of great chemistry, loads of laughs and so many great recreations of scenes from the Disney movie, this was just a fun read and I really enjoyed the chapters told from Fitz's POV! HIGHLY recommended!! Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital copy in exchange for my honest review!

Steam level: kissing only

In this Rapunzel/Disney's Tangled reimagining, the duo Christina Lauren gives us a very toned down romance that will charm your socks off! Ren, with her beautiful long golden hair, has spent her entire life confined to her parent's farm until she's allowed to attend college. There she meets Fitz, the playboy who has secrets and is enthralled with Ren. They embark on a road trip that reveals surprises and life changing events.

Part of the Meant to Be series, Tangled Up In You is a sweet, enchanting tale not of the normal fare from Christina Lauren, but it is very entertaining. You see the world anew through Ren's eyes, and you feel the whirl of adventure through Fitz's journey to absolve himself. The attention to detail was fantastic as there are several nods to the Disney movie Tangled. There were more than a few chuckles with this one, and I would recommend this to all!

Thank you to Hyperion Avenue and NetGalley for the ARC. The opinions expressed are my own.

The Meant To Be collection are stories written by different authors that take after a different fairy-tale. Tangled Up in You very loosely takes themes from Disney’s Tangled, which admittedly I’m not familiar with, however I am familiar with Rapunzel which I believe Tangled is based off. Confused? Yeah, me too. Despite the supposed fairy-tale theme, Tangled Up In You was a departure for this author duo. Part romance, part mystery, and definitely pg-13 rated this novel still had characteristics of other Christina Lauren books. Great dialog, fabulous and interesting characters, and an interesting hook.

I LOVED Ren. I would gobble up more books about Ren. She was such an interesting character and it was fun to explore this new world of college life and life in the outside world that she’s never inhabited and is now living. Fitz also grew on me. I really liked that despite Ren’s innocence, she saw right through his act and didn’t allow him to take advantage of her good nature. Once they got rolling on their road trip the two of them together were entertaining and well, I just fell in love with them as a couple.

There was a lot of heart in this story. So much that I teared up a couple of times and laughed softly in a few others. The only thing that holds me back from giving this a 5 rating is the three sentences they included at the end wrapping up their life in the future. I hated that! I’d rather have imagined my own life for them than to be given three sentences of a throwaway ending. If they go back and delete that paragraph it’s a five star read from me.

👸🏼What an adorable Rapunzel retelling! Christina Lauren did a fabulous job reworking the story of Disney’s ‘Tangled’ into a modern-day rom-com. And it’s out today!

👸🏼 Locked away on her family’s homestead her whole life, Ren finally convinces her parents to let her go to college. Everyone on campus is enthralled with the girl with the long blonde air who is excited by all life has to offer. Except for the handsome, charming Fitz of course.

👸🏼 I loved turning the pages as this tale unfolded. Especially towards the end when we started to unravel Ren’s true background!

👸🏼 This is a Disney book so it lacks the typical Christina Lauren spice. But it does have swoony romance, funny banter, and their engaging way of storytelling. I highly recommend this one— especially if you’re a Disney fan!

This is a modern retelling loosely based on the Disney movie Tangled and is understandably a clean but super sweet romance. Sheltered and naive Ren is out on her own in the real world for the first time when she attends college. Fitz is the cocky rich playboy just out for a good time... or at least that's what he wants people to think. They are total opposites and her brains are a threat to Fitz's plans. But when they end up on a road trip together, he can't help but grow fond of her eternal optimism and cheer. But what they discover at the end of the trip will change both of their lives forever.
While this story doesn't have the usual spice from this author, the emotions and fun banter kept me glued to the pages. It was fun to see Ren come out of her shell and get excited about the little things that we all take for granted. Loved the characters, loved the plot, loved riding along on the adventure!
Thanks to Hyperion Avenue through Netgalley for the advance copy of this book. The opinions in this review are my own and given voluntarily.

I loved everything that this duo has written for the last 10 years or so and had high hopes for this title too. Unfortunately i didn’t vibe at all with this story. Whether it was too much YA and the characters seems so childish to me or it felt too far fetched at times, i don’t know but i did hoped it would get better with each new chapter. It will appeal to many readers probably but not enough for me this time.
Thank you to the publisher and authors for my ecopy, opinions are my own

I am a huge Christina Lauren fan, so I immediately requested Tangled Up In You before even reading the description. I had no idea that it was a part of the Meant to Be collection. To be honest, I was kind of turned off when I learned this book was a retelling of a Disney movie, because I expected it to be super cheesy. However, I do love the movie, Tangled, so I figured I would give it a shot. I was very pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed reading this one. I loved the little nods to the movie- the frying pan, Max, the tavern. The dynamics of Fitz and Ren reminded me of the movie Enchanted, because we got to see Fitz slowly fall in love with Ren despite her quirks, as she experiences the "real world" for the first time. Plus, it had all the best tropes: grumpy x sunshine, forced proximity, and one bed! Overall, this was a very sweet, heartwarming read!

It's amazing how "Tangled Up in You" puts a unique spin on Rapunzel's story with such creativity. Christina Lauren did an incredible job of giving their own twist to the classic tale. I adored Ren's enthusiasm, optimism, and intelligence, and it was heartwarming to see her classmates accepting her for who she is. At first, I wasn't too sure about Fitz, but as I got to read his point of view along with Ren's, it added so much depth to the story.

Even though the story was somewhat predictable, I couldn't help but be so engrossed that I was truly biting my nails at a certain part. I found myself unable to put the book down, eagerly awaiting to get home and continue reading. The little nods to the movie brought a big smile to my face. Overall, I deeply enjoyed it, and if you're a Tangled/Rapunzel fan or a lover of sweet romances, this is a must-read.

I love Tangled, and this modern retelling was everything I hoped it would be! Ren was a bubbly ray of Sunshine, and Fitz was the most skeptical smoldering softie you could ever hope for. I would absolutely recommend this book to any fans of tangled!

ADORBS!!
“Tangled/Rapunzel” inspired
Road trip
A “bad boy” and a good girl
SMOLDER
Adventure
One bed
Enemies ➡️ Friends ➡️ Lovers❣️
Mystery

Felt kinda YA - but entertaining for adults too. Very little spice (only kissing 💋). Very easy to root for both main characters.

Thank you Hyperion and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this ARC!

CALLING ALL FLYNN RIDER FANS - this is for YOU! You are going to be MADLY in love with Fitz. Run, don’t walk to grab this!!! If you don’t know who I’m talking about, go watch Tangled, fall in love with this fictional (and cartoon) man, and then pick this up. Thank me later.

This iteration of the Tangled movie was obviously MUCH more adult (because obviously, the movie is for kids and this is geared for ADULTS) but it was so different from the movie in a really good way. Though if you’ve watched the film you know the general idea of the story, the plot is so different. There are very fun Easter eggs throughout and it makes everything even more fantastic!

This was such a fun and fast paced read. It also read incredibly quickly because it was just that enjoyable.

Ren, like her Disney counterpart, Rapunzel, is so likable. The sunny disposition that she had in the movies is still present here, and so are all of the emotions you feel for her in her predicament. As for Fitz, who I discussed above, you will be even more obsessed with this fictional man in this story. His personality and backstory are even better and the way he treats Ren is just the best. There are so many lines of his that were swoonworthy and I can assure you that you will feel the same way.

If you’re an ADULT Disney fan (I’m reiterating that numerous times because this is NOT for those younger), a.k.a. a Disney adult, just go ahead and grab this. I loved it and I feel like you will as well. No notes. Christina Lauren crushed this.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Hyperion for the opportunity to read an early copy of this book! I am so appreciative!

I think this is the first fairytale retelling by our dynamic duo, Christina Lauren.

And I'm here for it. Totally New Adulting, Ren and Fritz are an unlikely couple. Ren is all Tangled, has lived off the grid her whole life and has read a LOT of books. Nothing in those books has prepared her for college and boys. Mainly, Fritz, like the first guy she meets in college (or at least gets to know beyond the superficial.). Fritz has a past, a plan and an image.

One road trip, and neither one is immune (get it?).
A fun road trip romp in this Tangled take.
Recommend.

This was a delightful tangled retelling set in a modern au. I like that it felt a little more with aftermath and acknowledged all the therapy that would be happening.