The Deja Glitch

Author: Holly James
Title: The Deja Glitch
Publisher: Dutton Books
Date Published: 08/01/2023

Read Dates: 07/21/2023- 07/22/2023
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟💫

📖 I received a gifted e-book ARC. The following is my honest review✍🏻

This is a mostly single POV romance told from Gemma’s perspective as she goes through a day filled with Déjà vu while Jack tries to convince her they’ve lived this day before (147 times!) He’s an almost unwavering sunshine to her slightly pessimistic grumpiness but it’s a match you can’t help but root for!

It was a quick read and a lot of fun, a cute romantic take on being stuck in a time loop!

Things I enjoyed:
✔️ slow burn
✔️ found family
✔️ Jack’s tenacity

To break out of a 24-hour time loop, all Jack needs is for Gemma to fall in love with him in a single day. All Gemma needs is to remember him first . . .

Gemma Peters is doing fine. She’s making a name for herself in the L.A. music biz as a radio producer. She’s got a ride-or-die best friend in Lila, and she gets to come home to Rex, her loving Labrador, every night. But ever since her rock star ex-boyfriend used her to get a record deal from her rock legend dad, she’s made a “no musicians” rule when it comes to dating that’s becoming more like a “no dating” rule, period.

So, when Gemma crashes (literally) into Jack one Thursday morning, at first she feels like fate might finally be doing her a favor. After all this guy is cute and, wait, is she imagining it, or is he staring a little too deeply into her eyes? And how does he know her name? Even harder to explain is the funny feeling of déjà vu she gets every time she looks at him. It’s not at all like Gemma to kiss a man and forget him completely, so then how can she explain the dreamlike memory of his lips on hers?

The truth is this is no ordinary Thursday. Not for them. In fact, they’ve lived this day over and over for months. And while Gemma has been totally oblivious to the time loop, Jack has been agonizingly aware of every single iteration. Luckily, Jack has a theory to bring his own personal Groundhog Day to an end. And it’s simple. Before the day is over, he just has to get Gemma to fall in love with him.