Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi

     I was in the mood for some super swoons when I decided to pick this one up. And although it was so different than the swooning I'm used to, it was still amazing and I'm so glad this is the one I went to.

"Asian don't raisin."

pg. 22

     Penny is new to UT in Austin and doesn't know anyone except her roommate. This is how she meets Sam, her roommate's Uncle. The weird pair go through so manyawkward twists and turns, but they somehow still come together via texts and phone calls. They soon become inseperable.

"Lorraine was the emotional equalivent of a hollow-point round; the exit would was a shit show."

pg. 61

     I LOVED this. It showed a different side of romance that's hardly ever seen, the getting to know each other phase. It was super cute and reminded me so much of me and my husband. We got togetheer like this in college as well. We texted for hours and it wasn't until after 3 months that we really hung out together. It was so cute to see this in a YA novel. I'm not sure it's something that I've ever read.

"Imposter syndrome: Informally used to describe people who are unable to internalize their accomplishments despite external evidence of their competence."

pg. 158

     I also really loved the college aspect of it. This was another topic in YA that'ts hardly written about. I loved that they talked about dorm life, but I would have loved it more had she put a little more effort into the world building. Like talk about the campus. Or what the dorms other than their rooms look like. With this being a contemporary novel, it would have been really easy to look at pictures and get ideas. And of course I LOVED that it was set in Texas and that they even went to Galveston for a period in time. Definitely loved that she included the smell of the salt in the air and how its so much more humid and the air is stickier in Galveston. It was cool to see my hometown in a book!

"Well I don't love talking about my stuff," she said.  "Yeah, nobody does," he said, "But it's pretty big stuff, so sometimes you have to exorcise it."

pg. 299

     Last but not least, there's the romance. I LOVED it. THIS is the type of slow burn I love. And it was such a ridiculously cute slow burn that I could hardly handle it.The only thing I didn't like was we didn't get to see more of them together! I would die to get a couple more chapters, or even just an epilogue that shows what happens after that last page. They were cute and I just want to be selfish and get a bit more.

"...It's fucking art, man," he said scowling. "You don't choose it. It chooses you. If you waste that chance, your talent dies. That's when you start dying along with it."

pg. 308

     For me, this was an unputdownable romance. I loved getting to know these characters and watching as they got to know each other. It's so interesting to watch characters when they are already in love, but this book shows the process of how they fall for each other and I want to read it 10 times more for all the feels all over again.