Reviews with content warning for Drug abuse - See You Yesterday

4.5 STARS

I received an eARC from Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own

Barrett Bloom wants to start college fresh on September 21st after a bad experience in high school, but unfortunately everything is off to a horrible start. Her roommate ends up being someone from her high school, she gets called out and humiliated in physics, her interview for the school paper is a complete train wreck, she starts a frat on fire, and gets locked out of her dorm room. Just when she thinks it can not get any worse, she wakes up the next day, only to realize it is once again September 21st.

Doomed to repeat the same day, Barrett discovers she is not alone. Miles, the know-it-all from physics, has been stuck for weeks. Barrett is determined to figure it out herself, but after a few failed attempts, she decides to team up with Miles. Soon they are going on wild adventures and doing things they would never have done before the time loop. As they spend time together, they begin to fall in love. This leaves them to question— what happens when tomorrow comes? Will they remember?

I absolutely adored this book! I will always read a Rachel Lynn Solomon book, she has never steered me wrong! RLS always seamlessly intertwines the romance with the plot, as well as highlighting Jewish culture and religion.

There also is amazing plus sized representation in Barrett. It was so fun to read from Barrett’s perspective- she is so passionate about journalism, sarcastic, and loves so deeply. Barrett acts like she does not care what others think of her, but still has this amazing vulnerable side as well.

Miles, Miles, Miles. Miles is Japanese and Jewish American and his parents both teach at UW. I related to Miles a lot—he did everything he could to be the perfect child, that he was afraid to live life. Miles was so insanely smart and has a love for film— particularly period pieces.

One thing I struggled with was how slow the beginning moved. I am not one who loves time loops, but I knew RLS would do it justice. Thankfully, while they do repeat the same day over and over, I never felt like I was reading the same exact thing. Definitely pick this up when it releases Thursday!

Read if you like:
• the movie Groundhog Day
• grumpy/sunshine trope
• smart men
• physics
• college romances

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

As a time-loop fan, I’m thankful to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster Children‘s Publishing for sending me an eARC of See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon! It was such fun to dive into this story with the MC Barrett Bloom as her first day of college goes horribly wrong, followed by the revelation that she’s stuck in a time-loop alongside Miles, a bookish and curt student from her Physics 101 class. These sweet and relatable leads build up a strong dynamic that encourages you to root for them, and the character evolution they’re each given on their own is well-written, too. The wry humor, the solid handling of the time-loop mechanics, and the deft execution of most of the representation (mental health, Judaism, plus-size) are additional pluses. My only major issue is with Miles falling into the Sexually Inexperienced Asian Man stereotype, which the author has already used in last year’s adult contemporary romance The Ex Talk. Overall, See You Yesterday is a book that time-loop lovers should check out once it’s published on May 17th. If you want my full review, you can hop on over to my blog http://www.2centscritic.com/!

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adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Rachel Lynn Solomon is the only author who can write a book with a lot of science in it and still make me love it. I need a crossover book where Rowan and Neil from Today Tonight Tomorrow hang out with Barrett and Miles.

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funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

4/5 Mazama pocket gophers for See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon.

I really enjoyed this book. I went away to university and lived in a dorm, so it was cool to have a book set in that environment. The book was well written and the characters were well-developed. Barrett has a great sense of humour and I was happy to spend over 400 pages with her and Miles and their ridiculous attempts to break out of their time loop. It was also really nice to see some representation for Jewish characters and a relationship where a bigger girl is dating a skinnier guy.

FYI: The book deals with themes of bullying (both IRL & online) and touches on a family member in drug rehab, so if those are touchy for you then you may want to skip this one.

Overall, I definitely want to check out Rachel's other books, particularly Today Tonight Tomorrow (YA) and The Ex Talk (Romance), and I look forward to her future publications!

My thanks to Simon & Schuster Canada for sending me an ARC of this book on NetGalley.

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emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

I want to start out by stating that Rachel Lynn Solomon is an auto buy author for me after reading The Ex Talk in February of 2021. I immediately went through her backlist and loved each of them for different reasons. That being said, I automatically requested this one when I saw it available on Netgalley!

I wish I had read the synopsis a little more closely prior to requesting, because the trope of this story does not usually work for me. I find the storyline of living each day over and over again for 80% of a 300+ page book incredibly underwhelming and boring. That being said, the first 50% of this story was brutal for me. The character development was essentially non existent and the romance actually WAS non existent. Since I was expecting the chemistry buildup of two characters falling in love rather quickly, I was disappointed that the first 60% or so was just the two of them trying to figure out time traveling instead of flirting and falling in love.

At the 60% mark, when we FINALLY start to see some chemistry between the two characters, I felt that it finally picked up quite a bit. I started to feel the chemistry between the two leads and believe them. We got a lot more back story on each of them as well, leading to more in depth character development, and the resolution of the story was timely.

I want to pause here to talk about the level of steam in this book since it is marked on Goodreads as Young Adult. This is NOT a YA book targeted to the 12-17 age range. It is new adult according to the author, and it is definitely not appropriate for that younger age group that you think of as YA readers. The romance was PG-13 with a lot of foreplay but fade to black after a paragraph or two of it (perfect for the new adult audience in my opinion). But I would never hand this to a late middle schooler/early high schooler.

Overall, I give this book 3 stars. It was good, but not great. I think a lot of my distaste for the first half had to do with the "Groundhog Day" trope. I will absolutely read more from RLS, but this one was just not my favorite.

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