I’m going to be totally upfront and say that I’m a 30-something-year-old mom. I have responsibilities to attend and humans to keep alive and THINGS TO DO. So when I tell you I dropped absolutely EVERYTHING the very second ARC showed up on my doorstep (thank you forever and always, Simon & Schuster!) and read it in one sitting, you have to know that that MEANS something. I am rarely given the luxury of peace and quiet to get lost in a book for an extended period of time, but I made it happen for The Do-Over.

You probably fell in love with Lynn Painter’s writing when you first read her debut novel, Better than the Movies. You probably also think very few things on this planet can compare to BTTM. But somehow, Lynn struck gold again with The Do-Over. Truly, she has to have made some kind of crossroads deal to continue writing the sweetest, funniest, swooniest, coziest books. That's literally the only explanation.

Emilie is a Type A weirdo who gets stuck in a Valentine’s Day time loop and bumbles right through it over and over again. Nick is the adorable, quiet kid who secretly has a soul full of snark. There are so many moments Emilie has with other people that, yes, make you want to die of embarrassment. And then there are the truly heartfelt, beautiful moments. Both get forgotten by everyone but Emilie once VDay starts over again and again and again. It’s heartbreaking to watch Emilie make such big personal progress, only to have it wiped away. So when she decides, to hell with it all, she’ll do what she wants… it’s amazing. I loved cheering for Emilie, and I loved watching her become friends with Nick again every day. The Do-Over is a book full of both heart and heartache, balanced perfectly by Lynn’s trademark humor. You absolutely should not miss out on this one!

(Also, the city of Omaha should start paying Lynn some sort of tourism fee, because she makes the city sound like a magical freaking wonderland??????)