

The time loop plot almost seems unnecessary and is something that Maelyn questions throughout the book, making her wonder if it is trying to teach her a lesson. Suddenly, she wakes up on the plane to Utah, restarting the whole holiday all over again.

As she leaves the cabin, her heart sinks with sadness at the ruined vacation. Maelyn struggles with a love triangle involving Andrew and his younger brother and finds herself disappointed at the breaking of her own family’s Christmas traditions. Maelyn hates her job in California and has a crush on one of the family’s eldest sons, Andrew. A young and single protagonist, Maelyn Jones, travels with her family and two other families to a Utah cabin for Christmas break. It’s Groundhog Day meets…every Hallmark Movie ever. In A Holidaze by Christina Lauren is a good book if you want to turn your mind off.
