Emergency Contact by Mary HK Choi
Star Rating: 5 stars
Emergency Contact centers around Sam, a young man living in Austin, Texas and trying desperately to make it through film school while working at House Cafe, and Penny, a freshman in college in Austin. Sam’s still not over his wild and unpredictable ex who keeps disappearing and reappearing in his life. Penny just wants to get away from her mom, who acts more like a teenager than Penny herself does. When they exchange numbers after Penny helps Sam through a panic attack, they become each others’ emergency contacts and spend every spare minute texting as an escape from their daily lives. Emergency Contact took a bit to really get into the story, but once it did it did not disappoint. Both Sam, Penny, and the other characters are very realistic, flawed people. Penny really just wants to wear old leggings and not go outside of her dorm room; Sam is too broke to replace his laptop. They deal with real world struggles and none of them are resolved so easily or neatly that it feels fake or forced. I laughed with them, cried with them, and was incredibly sad to see them go when I turned the last page. Emergency Contact is a great read for anyone who likes realistic fiction, contemporary romances, and young adults dealing with real world problems in both hilarious and beautiful ways.
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