Review: Woke Up Like This

Title: Woke Up Like This
Author: Amy Lea
Genre: Romance, Contemporary
Publisher: Mindy’s Book Studio
Source: Firefly Books Distributed Lines
Format: Paperback arc
Release Date: October 1, 2023
Rating: ★★★★★

Goodreads Synopsis:

Planning the perfect prom is one last “to do” on ultra-organized Charlotte Wu’s high school bucket list. So far, so good, if not for a decorating accident that sends Charlotte crash-landing off a ladder, face-first into her obnoxiously ripped archnemesis J. T. Renner. Worse? When Charlotte wakes up, she finds herself in an unfamiliar bed at thirty years old, with her bearded fiancé, Renner, by her side.

Either they’ve lost their minds or they’ve been drop-kicked into adulthood, forever trapped in the thirty-year-old bodies of their future selves. With each other as their only constant, Charlotte and Renner discover all that’s changed in the time they’ve missed. Charlotte also learns there’s more to Renner than irritating-jock charm, and that reaching the next milestone isn’t as important as what happens in between.

Navigating a series of adventures and a confounding new normal, Charlotte and Renner will do whatever it takes to find a way back to seventeen. But when―and if―they do, what then?

Review:

Charlotte Wu is a super organized high school senior who is preparing for prom. She’s the vice-president of student council, and she has to work with her archenemy, J.T. Renner, who is president. While setting up the decorations for prom, Charlotte falls off a ladder and onto Renner. She opens her eyes in an unfamiliar bed, as a thirty-year-old, with Renner sleeping beside her. Neither of them know how they’ve jumped thirty years into the future. A lot has changed in the past thirteen years, starting with their upcoming wedding. Charlotte has no idea why she would be marrying her enemy, who she’s hated since he stood her up for homecoming in their freshman year. If they want to return to their senior year, they have to figure out why they were sent into the future, and maybe they were meant to be together all along. 

13 Going on 30 is one of my favourite rom coms, so I was excited to read this similar story! The movie is mentioned in the book, but to Charlotte, it’s considered a movie from her mom’s generation. Charlotte had such strong feelings of hatred towards Renner, it wasn’t hard for those feelings to be flipped to love. Though there was a misunderstanding that caused their rivalry throughout high school, it made sense that it happened the way it did. 

Woke Up Like This is a fun time travel rom com!

Thank you Firefly Distributed Lines for sending me a copy of this book!

Content warnings: death of parent, divorce

Have you read Woke Up Like This? What did you think of it?