Review: See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Title: See You Yesterday

Author: Rachel Lynn Solomon

Genre: New Adult, contemporary romance

Publication date: May 17th 2022

Published by: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers

Source: eARC from publisher via Netgalley

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Synopsis: Barrett Bloom is hoping college will be a fresh start after a messy high school experience. But when school begins on September 21st, everything goes wrong. She’s humiliated by the know-it-all in her physics class, she botches her interview for the college paper, and at a party that night, she accidentally sets a frat on fire. She panics and flees, and when she realizes her roommate locked her out of their dorm, she falls asleep in the common room.

The next morning, Barrett’s perplexed to find herself back in her dorm room bed, no longer smelling of ashes and crushed dreams. It’s September 21st. Again. And after a confrontation with Miles, the guy from Physics 101, she learns she’s not alone—he’s been trapped for months.

When her attempts to fix her timeline fail, she agrees to work with Miles to find a way out. Soon they’re exploring the mysterious underbelly of the university and going on wild, romantic adventures. As they start falling for each other, they face the universe’s biggest unanswered question yet: what happens to their relationship if they finally make it to tomorrow?

My rating: ★★★★☆

You guys know I’m not much of a contemporary romance reader, but every once in a while, I get in the mood for one. It’s rare—it happens like once or twice a year, but it DOES happen 😆 And this year I came across See You Yesterday and I knew I needed to read it! I love horror movies and slashers, and one of my favorite movies is Happy Death Day which, like this book, is very reminiscent of the movie Groundhog Day, and this book reminded me of those movies. And let me tell you, I really enjoyed this book! Look at me expanding my horizons 😆

First of all, I loved the premise of the book. Characters being stuck in a time loop is apparently a trope I enjoy. Lol. I’m not gonna lie though, sometimes the science-y bits were hard to understand 😅 but I got the gist of it. Lol. At one point, while trying to find a way to get out of the loop, they do some science-y things, but also try things a la movie/fiction way (i.e. Groundhog Day), which I thought was pretty cool.

I also liked the characters in the book. Barrett had a very complicated, sad past that made you feel for her. Her roommate is actually her old high school nemesis, and the history there was really interesting. And don’t get me started on Miles, the guy she’s stuck with in this time loop. When they first meet, Barrett mentions how impossible he is to get along with, but I honestly didn’t see it. I thought he was really sweet! He did these genuinely thoughtful things for Barrett that melted my heart 😍 And their interactions and banter made me literally laugh out loud at how cute/funny they were. Not gonna lie though, I’m never a fan of the third-act drama/conflict in contemporaries. It’s always something dumb and in this one... I just didn’t get it. I thought it was dumb, but I get that it was supposed to happen because that’s what the formula dictates 🙄 Lol.

But overall, I really enjoyed this book! This was the slowest of slow-burn romances and I appreciated it because instalove sucks 😆 The romance itself was also great. They had these sweet moments where they just sat and talked and got to know each other and it was SO cute! I loved the twist with the whole time loop thing—as someone who doesn’t read a lot of contemporary because they’re too everyday-life, this made it much more interesting for me 😆 I’m not gonna lie, the ending made me nervous for a moment, though. I feared that everything they went through was going to be for nothing, but things ended up wrapping up quite nicely. This book was just a lot of fun!

Have you read this book? If so, what did you think about it? If not, what do you think? Does it sound like something you might want to read? Leave me a link to your review or comment below! 😊