In a Holidaze
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4,3 • 4 Bewertungen
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- 9,99 €
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- 9,99 €
Beschreibung des Verlags
This instant New York Times bestseller from Christina Lauren will wrap you “in its cozy, jolly embrace like a beloved holiday sweater” (Entertainment Weekly) as Maelyn Jones discovers what happens when Christmas wishes comes true.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…but not for Maelyn Jones. She’s living with her parents, hates her going-nowhere job, and has just made a romantic error of epic proportions.
But perhaps worst of all, this is the last Christmas Mae will spend at her favorite place in the world—the snowy Utah cabin where she and her family have spent every holiday since she was born. Mentally melting down as she drives away from the cabin for the final time, Mae throws out what she thinks is a simple plea to the universe: Please. Show me what will make me happy.
The next thing she knows, tires screech, metal collides, and everything goes black. But when Mae gasps awake…she’s on an airplane bound for Utah, where she begins the same holiday all over again. With one hilarious disaster after another sending her back to the plane, Mae must figure out how to break free of the strange time loop—and finally get her true love under the mistletoe.
“Take one lovably flawed heroine, add a doting boy-next-door hero, and sprinkle in a cozy family holiday, and you have the recipe for a delicious time-looping romantic comedy” (Library Journal, starred review) that will make you believe in the power of wishes and the magic of the holidays.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Pseudonymous writing duo Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings (The Honey-Don't List) put a fantastical twist on holiday cheer in this hilarious and heartwarming rom-com. Mae Jones is 26, single, and unhappy with her boring accounting job, but excited for her annual Christmas trip to a cabin in Park City, Utah, with her friends and family. Her vacation is ruined, though, by the announcement of the eminent sale of the cabin, threatening years of tradition. Mae finishes the trip despondent only to be hit by a car and wake up back at the beginning of the holiday getaway. This Groundhog Day style time loop repeats until Mae can figure out how to save the season, hold onto the cabin, and finally act on her yearslong crush on Andrew Hollis, the son of family friends. The messy, slow-burn romance between Andrew and Mae is delectable, but just as engrossing are the subplots devoted to Mae's complex relationships with her vividly rendered friends and family, and her winding path toward self actualization as she realizes which traditions are worth holding onto. The result is a perfect Christmas treat.
Kundenrezensionen
Interessante Idee, die Umsetzung war ok
Der Liebesroman des Autorenduos Christina Lauren spielt damit, dass die weibliche Hauptfigur ein paar Tage immer und immer wieder erlebt. Daraus versucht sie sich zu befreien und dabei auch noch mit der Liebe ihres Lebens zusammenzukommen.
Die Grundidee der Geschichte empfand ich als durchaus interessant, wenn so etwas auch nichts ist, was ich unbedingt in Liebesromanen brauche.
Das Buch bewerte ich mit 2,5 Sternen (auf drei aufgerundet) und zwar nicht wegen der für mich nicht idealen Grundidee, sondern weil ich überraschenderweise überhaupt wenig Zugang zu den Charakteren bekommen habe und ich die Dynamiken zwischen ihnen nicht überzeugend fand. Auch den Schreibstil und vor allem die Dialoge fand ich etwas holprig. Das alles hat mich doch ziemlich überrascht, da dies nicht das erste Buch der beiden Autorinnen ist, das ich in den letzten Jahren gelesen habe und bisher fand ich ihren Schreibstil eigentlich immer gut. Keine Ahnung, was dieses Mal schief gelaufen ist.
"In a holidaze" kann man lesen, muss man meiner Meinung nach aber nicht.