A review by katiedermody
Pretty in Punxsutawney by Laurie Boyle Crompton

This was cute! I love a time-loop story so even though I didn't get time to watch Groundhog's Day yesterday, I started this book, a YA time-loop set in Punxsutawney, so it felt appropriate and satisfactory. Andie is new to town and really only met two people during the summer: Colton, who she has a crush on, and Tom, his boss at the theater where she's been hanging out. The night before school starts she discovers Tom is their age and also starting senior year, and then she watches Pretty in Pink with her mom, falling asleep wishing the dream she's living will never end. Then she discovers she's stuck repeating the first day of school over and over again. It follows typical time loop patterns with her trying different things, figuring out how to get out of the loop, etc. but with a fun twist of the John Hughes movies and her trying to figure out how to Breakfast Club the school once she discovers how cliquey things are. And of course, she realizes that Tom is her Duckie. The story is more about her and the people she interacts with as a whole and the romance is a smaller part of it, but that didn't detract from the story for me. I liked it and would probably read more by this author if I come across it, but am not so enamored that I'll go seek it out immediately.