Not You Again

Author: Erin La Rosa Title: Not You Again Publisher: Canary Street Press Date Published: 11/11/2025

Read Dates: 10/09/2025- 10/10/2025
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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

Not You Again is a dual POV enemies-to-lovers(ish) romance. Adam and Carly are stuck in the worst time loop ever. Every day aspiring screenwriter Carly resets at the funeral home where she’s alone on the day of her father’s funeral. Every day funeral director Adam resets in his office at the moment that his wife has informed him that she slept with his best friend. The entire town is stuck, and while some people embrace the “anything goes” chaos, Carly and Adam reluctantly team up to see if they can figure out what’s going on. Their animosity gradually develops into genuine feelings, but what happens if and when the bubble they’re living in finally breaks and real life intrudes once more?

I really loved this! I’ve never read a time loop story where a large group of people were all knowingly stuck in the same loop, so it was interesting to see how it affected the whole town. How Carly, despite starting each day at a funeral, had time to process her grief and connect with her dad. How Adam, despite starting each day in the middle of a difficult conversation was able to get past his anger and sense of failure and move on. I loved Carly and Adam’s bickering, and really loved when they got together. This was such a fun, sexy read!

They have nothing but time...to hate each other.

In Julian, California, every day is April 23rd—and in a time loop, there are no rules. Eating endless slices of fresh apple pie? Yes. Partner swapping? Why not. Being trapped inside the plot of a sci-fi film would almost be inspiring for LA screenwriter Carly Hart…if she wasn’t waking up at her dad’s funeral every single day. Carly wants out.

Funeral director Adam Rhodes is equally frustrated. Every loop, Adam regenerates in the middle of a fight with his ex-wife. Her infidelity wrecked their perfect life together, and now Adam must relive her confession over and over again.

There’s only one solution to ending the misery: breaking the time loop. Easier said than done. And there’s another hurdle to overcome: Carly and Adam can’t stand each other.

Though strangers at best, Carly and Adam know they must work together to solve this cosmic mystery. But where Carly offers magical theories, Adam relies on facts and figures. When Carly wants to involve the local conspiracy theorist, Adam would rather work alone. The sooner they find a solution, the sooner they’ll never have to see each other again, yet somehow the tension between the two is hotter than a solar flare and as rare as the daily total solar eclipse. Maybe Carly and Adam are destined to be in each other’s orbit after all…