Tangled is one of my all time favorite Disney movies, so I was excited to read this retelling (by non other than Christina Lauren) and it’s no surprise that I also loved it! They made Tangled modern but still kept everything that made me love the movie, besides the songs. We still have our grumpy and sunshine pairing going on an adventure through the country. I love Ren and Fitz’s relationship, it had me smiling, giggling, kicking my feet, and getting a little teary eyed. They also had great chemistry and banter. They love each other so much and are soulmates who are meant for each other. If you also love Tangled, you will love this book! You’ll probably still love it even if you never saw the movie

Overall, I love this book and highly recommend.

Tangled is my favourite Disney princess movie and Christina Lauren captured those charming and endearing qualities perfectly in Ren and Fitz.

This entire book was such a delight. I couldn’t help but be swept away by Fitz and Ren and her wide-eyed innocence. Just like the movie, there was Fitz and then he was just Edward. Ren stripped away all his pretend layers until he was completely bared to her.

Some of their travels were maybe a bit slow, but I enjoyed their interactions and their growing friendship. Every step they took served to bring them closer together. The actions and ramping anxiety leading to the culmination of finding Ren and her parents had me at the edge of my seat and my eyes flying across the pages.

There are many parallels between Tangled Up In You and the movie, but enough differences to give this story a unique feel. I enjoyed this excellent Tangled retelling filled with heart, hope, and courage.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with a copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I love Christina Lauren's books and Disney movies, so when I saw this new series of standalone romances based on Disney movies, I had to read Tangled Up in You as soon as possible. This sweet, charming romance was great read for a too hot summer day, and I read it in practically one sitting.

The male protaganist, Fitz, was easy to fall for, and the main female character, Ren, played the part of naive and sheltered very well. If you are a fan of grumpy-sunshine or forced proximity/one bed tropes, you will love this story. The book had a seriously young adult vibe going, however, which being based on a Disney movie is not all that surprising, I guess.

Thank you to Netgalley and Hyperion Avenue for the digital ARC of Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren. The opinions in this review are my own.

Oh this story was so darn cute! Right away I was engrossed in Ren’s story. Ren has always lived on her family’s farm with no communication to the outside world - living off the grid. Ren is so excited when she gets into Corona College but promises to always go back on wknds and help her family with their farm. In walks Fitz who has his whole life planned out. This story is based on Tangled-never seen it but want to now.

Thanks to Netgalley and Hyperion Avenue for my advanced e copy in exchange for my honest review.

Publish date: June 25, 2024!!

Ren is innocent with a brilliant mind and strong work ethic on the family farm. She strikes out to college while we discover her magnetic personality and she learns a family secret. She evasively sets off on a road trip during spring break with another student, Fitz, who has a checkered upbringing he wants to keep secret as he pursues his dream career.

The authors builds their bond but keeps the mystery alive with these secrets. How will it all reveal itself and play out? They turn things up and make it an exciting read!

Thanks to Christina Lauren, Hyperion Avenue and NetGalley for the ARC opportunity!

Thank you Hyperion Avenue for my #gifted copy of Tangled Up In You!

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐔𝐩 𝐈𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧
𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

Christina Lauren, you have done it again! I had no clue what to expect with this one and I was so pleasantly surprised! Retellings can be hit or miss for me, but this one was a huge hit and I cannot recommend it enough!

Ren has grown up living a sheltered life, but has finally broken free and has convinced her parents to allow her to go to college. When she learns some information about herself from a sample of her DNA in one of her college classes, she is determined to learn more about her life. She convinces Fitz, the boy she met on her initial college tour, to come with her on a road trip. Ren and Fitz are nothing alike but as they travel together, they start to realize that maybe they have more in common than they realized. This is definitely a clean romance with kissing only. Despite that, there was still loads of chemistry between Red and Fitz and I loved it!

💜A Modern Retelling of Tangled
💜Forced Proximity
💜A Cross Country Road Trip
💜Opposites Attract
💜Grumpy x Sunshine

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I loved this book! Ren is off to her first year of college at the age of 22. She has never been to school or had any technology exposure growing up off the grid on her family’s farm. She is self taught by her love of reading and can fix anything. She meets a guy at college and blackmails him in taking her on a cross country road trip. This book is funny and you get to see both main characters change and fall in love. There is also a twist to the story.

A reimagining of Disney’s Tangled. I’ve never really been a Tangled girl, but this was very cute!

This book and the characters really had the potential to be super cheesy. While there were some cheesy moments, (I’m looking at you bar scene 👀), overall it didn’t make the story less enjoyable.

I really loved how adorable Ren was. She was very sheltered and sweet, but super likable. And Fitz😍 what can I say? Christina Lauren knows how to write lovable MMCs and he was no exception. I like the journey their characters take and their growth. Cute read!

Thanks to NetGalley and Hyperion Avenue Books for the ARC.

I love Christina Lauren, they are one (two) of my favorite contemporary romance writers, but after reading 3 of the 4 books in this retelling series, this series just isn't for me. If I didn't know going in that it was a Tangled retelling, I wouldn't have been table to tell. The details are meh and the story, while captivating at moments, felt like it was trying really hard to be both very light and romantic and super serious and dark. It was too much for one lighthearted romcom true crime Disney retelling.

In a departure from their normal books, Christina Lauren does Tangled Up In You, a contemporary riff on Disney's Tangled, a retelling of the Rapunzel fairy tale. Here Ren is a 22 year-old going to college for the first time. She's lived off the grid her whole life, her parents always keeping her on the farm and isolated from the big, bad world with its evil influences. But they relucantly allow college when Ren gets a full scholarship and Ren's horizons start expanding. She's brilliant but naive, friendly, outgoing, impulsive- kind of like a golden retriever puppy. She wants to experience all college life has to offer, so when her immunology professor gives the class the option to take a DNA test, she does- even knowing her parents wouldn't approve. When it comes back with a match, she has questions and knows her parents won't answer them. So she convinces Fitz to drive her to Atlanta so she can get the answers she needs.

Fitz took a little warming up to, mostly because you know from nearly the start that he isn't who he pretends to be, but you can't quite figure him out. On the road trip I really started to like him because despite how annoying Ren could be, he really started to get why she was the way she was and he couldn't bring himself to deny her the full road trip experience. It was kind of cute watching him try to figure out how to deal with the changing feelings he had over the course of the trip, and his total confusion.

The book is a slower pace than most of Christina Lauren's books, sometimes almost too slow, until the very end when everythig speeds up to the conclusion. There's almost no spicy scenes in the book, Fitz and Ren fall for each other slowly and sweetly. Readers will probably see the twists for the ending coming even if they haven't seen Tangled (have to admit, I haven't) and I thought it was handled very well.

Regular fans will find this one a change from their normal books, but give it a try. Slow for large parts but I thought the feels at the end paid off. And the grumpy/sunshine vibes through the whole book are delightful

I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

4.5 stars rounded up. To be fair, I didn’t read the blurb for this one at all. As soon as I saw Christina Lauren wrote a new book, I jumped at the chance to request it on netgalley. And then when I realized it was inspired by Disney’s Tangled, I was even more intrigued. And boy did Christina Lauren do an incredible job modernizing Tangled. But this isn’t pure fluff… the characters were so layered and both Ren and Fitz showed tremendous growth. I enjoyed Tangled as a Disney movie, but had some doubts about the Flynn Rider/ Fitz character. While he worked for the Disney movie, I wasn’t sure I would fall for someone who’s a con artist/ charmer in a romance book. I should never have doubted Christina Lauren. As I said above, his character was just so layered, and by the end, he was in so damn deep for Ren that it was impossible not to root for him as well. Fans of Tangled should run to read this one. So should fans of Christina Lauren, and quite frankly, fans of romance in general. I absolutely recommend.

Thank you so much to Christina Lauren, Disney publishing, and netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Heavier than I expected for a fairytale retelling. I didn't necessarily dislike it, but I also wasn't in love.

REN & FITZ FOREVER!

Ren is very sheltered, growing up on a farmstead and hasn’t been in the outside world until college.

Fitz (Edward) is the golden boy but has a past…

They couldn’t be any more different but after a roadtrip together everything changes…

The ending felt very rushed and I wish there was an epilogue!

Thank you to NetGalley and Hyperion Avenue for this earc

This books was cute. Let me start with Tangled is my favorite Disney movie so when I saw this was a modern retelling, I requested it sooo quickly.
And like it said. It was cute. But it could have been so much more. I like the idea of Ren being completely sheltered from the world and going off to college.
Even the road trip was cute. But I felt like something was missing. Maybe this book needed more page so the characters can spend more time together. Maybe they need more of an ending. I don’t know. I just know it wasn’t my favorite.

But I would still tell you to pick it up, if you’re looking for something quick and sweet

Ren is a sheltered, home-schooled daughter of a pair of homesteaders who want to keep Ren away from the evils of the outside world. When she begs to go to college at age 23, they finally relent and let her attend a single semester, though she MUST come home to do her chores every weekend, and keep to herself while on campus. A school project and subsequent stealthy trip inside one of her classrooms after hours lead her to blackmailing the school's most notorious hottie to drive Ren to the other side of the country, looking for answers. Bonding and exposition about their pasts and their home lives lead to lots of romance and angst.

Ren is obviously naive, but still fairly strong willed. I like that she knows multiple languages and is a whiz at math and mechanics. I wish I was a bit more taken with Fitz's character, but I get the draw. The ties to Tangled are cute, sometimes a little too obvious, but pretty good.

Now I get that I got to read this ahead of its release date, so there's things that might change and all that. But of Christina Lauren's books, this is not even in my top 5. I really think they could have fleshed out the ending because there's so much exposition, and not enough seeing them actually going through the things that need to happen at the end of the book. There's (currently) too much telling, and not enough showing at the very end. (BUT only there, and not anywhere else.)

It's cute. It gets the romance job done. It scratches those itches. But it could've been better, especially since I've read their other work and loved them all.

I received an Advanced Reader Copy via NetGalley in return for sharing my thoughts on this book. Thanks to the author and publisher for this opportunity!

Tangled Up in You is pure delight. I have not read a book from the talented writing duo that is Christina Lauren, since their Beautiful Bastard days. Knowing how their star has been shining brightly ever since I knew it was time to give them a go once more. And was I in for a treat! This book was nothing like I expected as I went in completely blind and what I experienced was the most perfectly imperfect road trip ever.

I fell for Lauren's writing style all those years ago because they gave us memorable characters who got under our skin in the very best way. Ren Gylden and Edward/Fitz Fitzsimmons are the latest to make their mark and I was thrilled to be along for their wild adventure. What starts as a look into the world of the secluded Ren, who was brought up off the grid with her parents and farm by her side, expands to her first foray into being on her own at a college in nearby Spokane, Washington. A far cry from her home in Idaho, this exuberant and curious 22-year-old managed to charm everyone she came into contact with. All the while shedding her 'odd' persona since it was too incredible for most of her fellow college students to believe that she had never attended school, had a cell phone, internet or TV and basically lived off the land for most of her life.

However, once she crosses paths with the uber-charming Fitz and catches him one night breaking into a mutual professor's records, everything for both of them will never be the same. I loved how Ren could be feisty and actually very clever when need be when you'd expect her to be beyond naive and docile. I think she even surprised the oft-times aloof and snarky Fitz with her proposal that he take her across the country so she can solve a mystery of her parentage that suddenly came to light. The use of blackmail is clearly something Ren would have never done in her former existence but with everything on the line for her and her childhood memory of fireworks still very deep within the recesses of her brain, there was no way she was letting Fitz say no to her decision to head to Atlanta while he would go his own way in Nashville.

The road trip itself is truly life-changing for both Ren and Fitz. I loved how her zest for life and knowledge albeit at first it felt like an annoying buzz in Fitz's ears, became what he craved most as his hardened heart started to soften with each passing day. Each has a charm all their own and their little side trips to tourist attractions only solidified their chemistry with one another thus beginning the most unlikely of romances.

Much happens in the short time these two are together, both back at Corona College and as they make their way to Nashville. I was happy to be an invisible back seat passenger as Ren and Fitz challenge each other and learn to care for one another when it was the last thing on either of their determined minds. Lauren keeps the pace easy with the right amount of emotion and surprise actions. Being able to devour this gem within a day with how well the story progressed, in my opinion, says it all.

The last 20 percent or so involves some sudden changes for both Fitz and Ren and I was anxious as to how their ever-changing situations would eventually resolve. Much more is revealed than I even thought possible but in the end, it's the love and devotion Fitz has for his Sunshine that ultimately saves the day and Ren's fragile soul. The way Lauren concludes this extraordinary quest for truths and thoughts of revenge that eventually lead our couple to the love of a lifetime was beautifully crafted.

Tangled Up in You is touching, witty and full of life. The absolute perfect beach read or when you're sitting by the pool, this is a book I won't soon forget and showed me that Christina Lauren deserves all the accolades they have received these past 10+ years, making me a fan once more of their stellar writing and storytelling prowess.

I'm extremely pleased I had the chance to lose myself in this book and happily give Tangled Up In You a huge 5 stars!

Tangled Up In You is book 4 in the “Meant to Be” Disney series. While they are stand-alone, they have so far modernized the love stories of Cinderella, Belle, Ariel and now Punzy. So to be honest, if you’re not a fan of the Disney movies, these may be a bit too much for you.

This book follows Ren, a super sheltered adult (22 but really naive so feels 17) heading off to college. And I’m going to stop right here and say- this book REALLY feels YA. I’ve read my share of NA college romances, and this felt even younger. It’s undoubtedly REN’s naivety, and Christina Lauren did the best they could, but it’s hard to build a deep romance with a child-like FMC. She soon means Fitz and together they’re a perfect grumpy-sunshine duo. When Ren discovers a mystery surrounding her parentage, the two hit the road to find her answers.

Two bummers: it lacks CL’s typical witty banter. Also, really no steam. It’s truly a retelling of the Disney movie. 🧼

Overall a quick cute read, if a bit frustratingly sweet. There’s a bit of suspense, and a bit of a road trip. But no tropes are really strong. It’s 2.75 for a romance, maybe 3.5 if it had been YA.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book!

This is the 4th book in the Meant to Be series (all books are written by different authors) and is a Tangled/Rapunzel retelling. It follows Ren, a girl who grew up on an off the grid compound and is off to college and out from under her controlling parents thumb for the first time as she learns who she is and what's important to her. Our other main character is Fitz who is rich and popular with the ladies. When the end up on a road trip together, Fitz is annoyed at this sunshine girl who is upending all his plans. But as they spend more and more time together, they both begin to open up and share things they never thought they would share with another.

I'll be honest - I struggled with the first 15 or 20% of this. It wasn't bad but I was having a difficult time connecting to the characters and didn't know where the story was going. But a couple of friends had really enjoyed it and convinced me to keep going and I really did end up enjoying this. It was pretty funny at times but also had some much more serious topics than I anticipated that I think were handled really well. And I definitely didn't see the ending coming!!

Thank you to Hyperion for the eARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Christina Lauren is always a yes for her. Her books are cute, witty, romantic and sweet. Usually they are very quick reads. This might be my least favorite in the stand alone series. It moved very slow for me and I had a hard time being interested. I hadn’t seen the Disney movie of this one.

This is my least favorite in Disney's Meant to Be standalone series thus far. I'm unsure what exactly didn't hit for me - Ren's naivete? Not having seen Tangled before (since it doesn't seem to share much, either, with the original Rapunzel story)? Christina Lauren overall has been pretty hit-or-miss for me in the past, so it could just be a one-off but this was just okay for me.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.