Week 52 Review: Tangled Up in You

From Goodreads:

A witty and deeply romantic modern reimagining of Disney's Tangled, by the New York Times bestselling author duo Christina Lauren, part of the acclaimed and bestselling Meant to Be collection.

She has a dream. He has a plan. Together they'll take a leap of faith.

Ren has never held an iPhone, googled the answer to a question, or followed a crush on social media. What she has done: read a book or two, or three (okay, hundreds). Taught herself to paint. Built a working wind power system from scratch. But for all the books she's read, Ren has never found one that's taught a woman raised on a homestead and off the grid for most of her twenty-two years how to live in the real world. So when she finally achieves her lifelong dream of attending Corona College, it feels like her life is finally beginning.

Fitz has the rest of his life mapped out: graduate from Corona at the top of his class, get his criminal record wiped clean, and pass himself off as the rich, handsome player everyone thinks he is. He's a few months short from checking off step one of his plans when Ren Gylden, with her cascading blonde hair and encyclopedic brain, crashes into his life, and for the first time Fitz's plan is in jeopardy.

But a simple assignment in their immunology seminar changes the course of both their lives, and suddenly they're thrown out of the frying pan and into the fire on a road trip that will lead them in the most unexpected directions. Out on the open road, the world somehow shifts, and the unlikely pair realize that, maybe, the key to the dreams they've both been chasing have been sitting next to them the whole time.

My Review:
This was such a fun read! I've really enjoyed getting into this series, with these series of stand alone romance retellings of various Disney movies. This latest one of Tangled, from Christina Lauren, yeah, I just had to read it, and it was so good!

Tangled is one of the more recent movies, though it did come out like a decade and a half ago, it's not one that I grew up with, it came out when I was in high school. So while it doesn't have that nostalgia factor, this story was still such a delight to read! 

Ren has lived a very isolated life, which given that this is a modern day retelling, was very interesting how they pulled it off. Fitz wants more for his life, and he knows how he's going to get it. And then they meet each other, and things get a little wild.

Watching them fall in love was so cute and sweet, and I just adored their story! The way that they told this story with their own parts of their writing, bringing the familiar story beats with the journey, with the emotions and similar but updated backstories, it just worked so well! They were a perfect grumpy/sunshine! 

I had such a great time reading this book and I can't wait for whatever comes next! 

Author: Christina Lauren 
Series: Meant to Be #4
Read: December 29th, 2023
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a 2023 Retelling Reading Challenge Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Hyperion Avenue 
Expected Publication: June 25th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars