title: Not You Again
author: Erin La Rosa
publisher: Canary Street Press
publication date: November 11, 2026
pages: 336
peppers: 3 (on this scale)
warnings: death of parents, unfaithful wife
summary: As Carly is waiting alone for her father's service, she overhears the funeral director and his wife in an argument. The day gets worse from there...and then she gets stuck on that same day, as does the entire town, for almost a year. Though Carly and the funeral director Adam spend a lot of time fighting, they band together to try to figure out how to get the town out of the time loops.
tropes:
- enemies-to-lovers
- cheating wife
- pushing parents
- dead parents
- Groundhog's Day experience
- failed life plans
what I liked:
- clever idea
- skipped over the early days of the time loop to avoid clichéd scenes of wondering what's going on
- fun town shenanigans
- both male and female main characters go through realistic growth
- amateur science meets professional science meets conspiracy theory
what I didn’t like:
- nothing
overall rating: 5 (of 5 stars)
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