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A review by amym84
Emergency Contact by Lauren Layne
5.0
The holiday season has long-ago lost the shine and luster for Katherine. She's even been called The Grinch around her office at this time of year due to her penchant to want to work more than celebrate. It's just as well, she's got no one to spend the holidays with and nothing else to do. Then Katherine gets into an accident, and wakes up in the hospital with the last person in the world she wants to see: her ex-husband.
Tom is already running late to the airport. Hoping the weather cooperates so his flight can actually leave on time, the last thing he expects is to receive a call from his ex-wife's work saying that he's still her emergency contact. Showing up for Katherine means he misses his flight. Not only that, but turns out that Katherine is suffering from a concussion and must have someone with her for the next 48 hours. Regardless, Tom's holiday plans include more than spending time with his family. He's set to propose to his girlfriend on Christmas Eve.
Reluctantly, Katherine agrees to accompany Tom to his family's Christmas. Should have been an easy trip from New York to Chicago. But as they battle the weather, cancelled flights, and each other, feelings they thought were over come bubbling to the surface again.
This was seriously the perfect read (or listen) going into the holiday season. It evokes everything I look for in a rom-com and in listening to the audiobook it was so easy to "watch" it play out in my mind. I like that we got a narrator for each Katherine and Tom. They both did a great job of really getting into the emotions of these characters and the vulnerabilities, but also played well off one another when it came to the bantering. I could oftentimes feel the frustrations
I'm a true sucker for the second-chance romance trope and it's played perfectly here. The deep feelings that are clearly still between Katherine and Tom are perfectly felt and the animosity they bring out in each other is full of many laugh out loud moments.
I liked how the story unfolded as it went along. You know, it starts out with Katherine being dubbed The Grinch but we slowly peel back the layers and see why that might be. Similarly, we peel back the layers of Katherine and Tom's failed relationship.
I know it's fiction and I know that some of the circumstances are a little heightened to account for that drama, but it really felt plausible that all these situations could happen. Nothing felt too over the top where it pulled me out of the story. The fact that the story takes place over the course of two days makes this a super quick read (or listen). Something you can start and end within the same amount of time. Honestly, if the story would have been longer, I wouldn't have been upset. I liked spending time with Katherine and Tom and seeing them figure out their complicated feelings for one another.
I've been a long-time reader of Lauren Layne. I think I've read almost all of her books, but this is the first where she's got a co-author and he just also happens to be her husband Anthony LeDonne. I think they write really well together.
If you're looking for a fun read to kick off the holiday season, Emergency Contact is the perfect fit.
Tom is already running late to the airport. Hoping the weather cooperates so his flight can actually leave on time, the last thing he expects is to receive a call from his ex-wife's work saying that he's still her emergency contact. Showing up for Katherine means he misses his flight. Not only that, but turns out that Katherine is suffering from a concussion and must have someone with her for the next 48 hours. Regardless, Tom's holiday plans include more than spending time with his family. He's set to propose to his girlfriend on Christmas Eve.
Reluctantly, Katherine agrees to accompany Tom to his family's Christmas. Should have been an easy trip from New York to Chicago. But as they battle the weather, cancelled flights, and each other, feelings they thought were over come bubbling to the surface again.
This was seriously the perfect read (or listen) going into the holiday season. It evokes everything I look for in a rom-com and in listening to the audiobook it was so easy to "watch" it play out in my mind. I like that we got a narrator for each Katherine and Tom. They both did a great job of really getting into the emotions of these characters and the vulnerabilities, but also played well off one another when it came to the bantering. I could oftentimes feel the frustrations
I'm a true sucker for the second-chance romance trope and it's played perfectly here. The deep feelings that are clearly still between Katherine and Tom are perfectly felt and the animosity they bring out in each other is full of many laugh out loud moments.
I liked how the story unfolded as it went along. You know, it starts out with Katherine being dubbed The Grinch but we slowly peel back the layers and see why that might be. Similarly, we peel back the layers of Katherine and Tom's failed relationship.
I know it's fiction and I know that some of the circumstances are a little heightened to account for that drama, but it really felt plausible that all these situations could happen. Nothing felt too over the top where it pulled me out of the story. The fact that the story takes place over the course of two days makes this a super quick read (or listen). Something you can start and end within the same amount of time. Honestly, if the story would have been longer, I wouldn't have been upset. I liked spending time with Katherine and Tom and seeing them figure out their complicated feelings for one another.
I've been a long-time reader of Lauren Layne. I think I've read almost all of her books, but this is the first where she's got a co-author and he just also happens to be her husband Anthony LeDonne. I think they write really well together.
If you're looking for a fun read to kick off the holiday season, Emergency Contact is the perfect fit.