"Tangled Up in You" by Christina Lauren is a charming and romantic modern adaptation of Disney’s Tangled, skillfully crafted by the bestselling author duo. The narrative unfolds through dual perspectives, capturing the essence of a grumpysunshine dynamic in YA. Ren Gylden, with a unique upbringing, embarks on her journey to navigate the real world by attending college. Fitz, armed with a meticulously planned life, faces unexpected disruptions when Ren crashes his road trip. The story takes an intriguing turn with a transformative road trip initiated by a simple assignment in their immunology seminar.

In the realm of contemporary romance and chick lit, "Tangled Up in You" excels as a quick, adorable, and fluffy read. The authors successfully blend elements of a classic fairy tale with a modern society backdrop, making it an enjoyable choice for readers who want an engaging and romantic escape. I was thankful it wasn’t just an insta-love romance. While the middle of the book dragged on a bit, the final third picks up the pace by transforming into a mini thriller. The book could benefit from elaborating more on the conclusion, or perhaps an epilogue would have added a well rounded ending to the story.

Overall, I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of Tangled and other Disney fairytale retellings.

Thank you, NetGalley and Hyperion Avenue, for providing me with the ARC of Tangled Up In You.

A new take on a Disney classic? Yes please!

Ah I loved this story! Once i started I couldn’t stop!! The storyline was person and the character development was so fun to read.

Even though you likely know the story and have an idea how it’s going to end, this book was written so well it keeps you on your toes the whole way through.

I was so sad when it over !! I am hoping they will add an epilogue when they release the book!

Highly recommend and will be checking out the other books in this series.

I really wanted to love this book, especially as a Disney fan. However, I feel that the FMC and her inability to think for herself has set women back at least 30 years.... Some likable qualities of the books would be the one-bed trope and the beautiful writing of Christian Lauren. But unfortunately, even these do not make up for the infuriating plot. Ren has grown up on a homestead away from the modern world her whole life. As a result, even at the age of 22 she is still beholden to the archaic expectations of her parents and doesn't seem to question them. When she leaves for college, she does begin to question the life her parents have provided for her up until this point and it's really cool to see this little bit of character growth. However, Fitz is still so unlikeable it's hard to really root for them throughout the book. I had a hard time finishing this one, but I do attribute most of that to my age. A younger teen may be able to relate to the relationship between Ren and her parents, as well as Fitz rather flat character more.

I’ve loved Christina Lauren’ books for years because they often have such a good balance of angsty romance and sweet moments and this book was no exception. Loved this take and the retelling.

This retelling of Rapunzel is set in modern times with Ren Glyden the bearer of long golden hair and a new college student in Spokane. Ren has never left her family farm, and has a naivety that charms her classmates, none more than her biology lab partner Fitz, who found Ren extremely annoying at first (of course). When Ren discovers through DNA testing that her father is not who she thought he was, she ropes Fitz into driving her across the country to find him. During the trip, they grow closer, and the prose gets purpler, although the action doesn’t cross the line.

The journey turns out to be one of discovery in more ways than one for both Ren and Fitz, but the slightly racier but tired Hallmark quality of the text left me somewhat bored.

Nevertheless, I liked both the main characters, and although I didn’t like the writing that much, I enjoyed the story.

The Meant to Be novels are light, fun reads that offer a nice escape, and Tangled Up in You fits that mold. I was excited to see this next installment was written by Christina Lauren. Tangled Up in You is closed door and less obvious in how it follow the fairytale than some of the others in this series. The characters are believable in a romcom sort of way and their banter and tropes are fun. In some ways, Ren reminded me more of the book Educated than Rapunzel, but this made her more endearing to me. Fitz plays a delightful grumpy to Ren’s sunshine (also his nickname for her). I was surprised when the pace picked up and it became a page turner with suspense! I would absolutely recommend this book to lovers of romcoms, Disney nostalgia, and Christina Lauren.

Thanks to Hyperion Avenue and NetGalley for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

As part of the Meant to Be series, Christina Lauren takes their amazing writing style to this cute retelling of Rapunzel in TANGLED UP IN YOU.

I have read one or two others in the series and was pretty underwhelmed, but since I tend to read anything and everything by this dynamic duo, I decided to give the series one last chance. I’m glad I did!

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher was an eARC.

Ren has grown up completely off the grid on a homestead with her parents. She finally convinces them to let her go to college at the age of 22. When she arrives, Fitz, a very popular senior has been asked to give her a campus tour. This is their story. A great read by these authors!!

Christina Lauren never fails to make a magically fun and swoon romance book!

Tangled Up In You is a contemporary modern take on Rapunzel and it was perfect. I love Christina Lauren books but this felt original, unique and a book I could not put down. I loved that the story had a bit of a mystery and dark undertone underneath the fun college romance setting. It has the bad boy and good girl trope but I loved that she wanted to go to college and was so smart and kind hearted and sweet

. She has lived such a restricted life due to her parents but when she finds stuff out, they embark on a road-trip and it's the best. I loved seeing the grumpy and sunshine trope because he really does struggle with his feelings of not being able to help being pulled by her sunshine energy and he's protective of her and its also steamy, fun, angsty. I loved their dynamic. It did not feel like a Disney remake which I really loved. I thought they approached in a clever way where it gives thriller meets romance and a bit of the topic of what its like to grow up as a captive and relearn to live within society and unlearn what she has been told and have the ability to have agency and choice and have her voice heard and think for herself. I thought this was emotional as it was fun. I really loved this book and I think fans of Christina Lauren and tangled fans will love this book. I highly recommend this book!

One of my favorite Disney movies is Tangled, so I was so excited when I got this arc!

I loved the proximity trope, I think it was done really well. The change in Fitz's feelings from the first interaction with her, was chefs kiss. I'm all about Grumpy!

👍 Grumpy x Sunshine
👍Dual POV
👍Forced Proximity
👍Slow Burn
👍Blackmail

I do have to say, I did not really enjoy the college setting. That might be just a personal thing, but I feel like it could have been done much better not in a college setting.

Thank you so much for the opportunity to read this! I will recommend to all my Disney and CL friends.

Thank you Netgalley and Christina Lauren for giving me the opportunity to read this eARC in exchange for my honest review!

This was my first modern day Disney retelling that I’ve read! Tangled in general is such a cute story, and this book was just that. Sometimes I wished it was a little less Disney-esque… but I did enjoy the twist at the end! This story shows off CL’s usual writing style with a touch of romance, heartwarming, and exciting until the end!

- Dual POV
- Slow Burn
- Grumpy x Sunshine

Cute title and just the breath of fresh air I needed. I'll admit to missing the "Tangled" and/or "Rapunzel" references until something caught my eye and connected the dots. It was a fun read!

My favorite Disney movie is Tangled, and this rom-com fairy tale retelling became my first read of 2024. 📚✨ I adore how they transformed a beautiful Disney movie into a modern take on how a lost "princess" would navigate the modern society, embarking on a road trip with a stranger to find her answers. 🌟 The bubbly, optimistic Ren and the grumpy "criminal" Fitz on a road trip together after Ren blackmailed him into helping her—the plot is so similar that I was giggling throughout the entire book! 😄

I loved their forced proximity, the evolution of Fitz's feelings from the first interaction with her, and the best part is that they lived happily ever after!! 🥰 I recommend this to anyone who loves a good Disney retelling with a contemporary romance twist.

Tropes:
🧚‍♀️ Grumpy x Sunshine
🧚‍♀️Dual POV
🧚‍♀️ Fairytale Retelling
🧚‍♀️Forced Proximity
🧚‍♀️Slow Burn

Thank you Netgalley, Hyperion Avenue & Christina Lauren for giving me the opportunity to read this eARC in exchange for my honest review!

Spice very little

Anything to do with tangled is an auto read for me! CLo did it justice. As a sucker for a road trip romance, I absolutely loved this!!

*Big thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this title*

3.5 ⭐️

Some things in life are just certain… and in the bookish world, reading a Christina Lauren novel is just that. Why else would I pick this dynamic duo as my first read of 2024?!?

Despite Ren driving me semi nuts, I came to like her well enough by the end of the book. Fans of CL will appreciate (devour) their seamless writing style, touch of romance, and exciting ending: all present in TUiY.

I love Christina Lauren AND Tangled is one of my favorite disney movies so I was very excited for this book. Unfortunately it fell a bit flat for me. Some parts were cute but I was expecting a bit more & was left a little disappointed.

This book was SO good. Gah. I just loved it and I know how impossibly difficult it can be to write a spin off story of such beloved characters and a story that is already perfect and CLo crushed it. Bravo!!

Sticks very close to the movie. I was hoping it would be a little less Disney-esque, but for the most part I enjoyed it. A quick read.

What a heartwarming, sweet, and fun novel. The first third (or perhaps half) dragged a bit, and took me longer than a rom-com will usually take me to read, but after that it picked up nicely: the action moved on, the slow burn picked up, and some tension appeared. By the end, I was rooting for each character (separately and together), and it all just worked.

Fun, tangled re-telling. (Took me way too long to realize it was a tangled retelling but 🤣) predictable and not quite Christina Lauren’s best work. Their novels are some of my favourite so I was a little disappointed with this one.