Synopsis:

Barrett Bloom is hoping college will be a fresh start after a messy high school experience. But when school begins on September 21st, everything goes wrong. She’s humiliated by the know-it-all in her physics class, she botches her interview for the college paper, and at a party that night, she accidentally sets a frat on fire. She panics and flees, and when she realizes her roommate locked her out of their dorm, she falls asleep in the common room.

The next morning, Barrett’s perplexed to find herself back in her dorm room bed, no longer smelling of ashes and crushed dreams. It’s September 21st. Again. And after a confrontation with Miles, the guy from Physics 101, she learns she’s not alone—he’s been trapped for months.

When her attempts to fix her timeline fail, she agrees to work with Miles to find a way out. Soon they’re exploring the mysterious underbelly of the university and going on wild, romantic adventures. As they start falling for each other, they face the universe’s biggest unanswered question yet: what happens to their relationship if they finally make it to tomorrow?

See You Yesterday, Rachel Lynn Solomon’s latest YA novel about two freshman college students forced to repeat their first day of college when they find themselves stuck in a time loop, never grew repetitive despite its ‘groundhog day’ trope. I found myself excited to watch these two sweet characters discover something new each day about themselves and each other.

Ever since I worked in a video rental store as a teenager, choosing to play Bill Murray’s hilarious film Groundhog Day on repeat, I’ve been drawn to time loop stories. I tend to find the repetition comforting and the concept fascinating. The idea of the universe giving us second, third, multiple chances to redo our mistakes is a tempting one.

“Maybe science is a little magical. Everything that’s now been proven scientifically—thousands of years before, it was considered magic.”

Rachel Lynn Solomon, See You Yesterday

This was my first book by Solomon, despite having several of her other books waiting on my to-be-read list. Well-written with endearing characters, Solomon has created a story that brought back memories and feelings of my own youth, graduating high school and entering college.