Emma Lord

New York Timesbestselling author Emma Lord'sWhen You Get the Chance is an effervescent, endearing, joyful contemporary romance of one young woman searching for her birth mother one summer...

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When You Get the Chance

A bighearted novel about falling in love, making a mess, and learning to let go, When You Get the Chance is the next effervescent novel from Emma Lord, New York Times bestselling author of the Reese Witherspoon YA Book Club pick You Have a Match. Nothing will get in the way of Millie Price’s dream of becoming a Broadway star. Not her lovable but super introverted dad, who raised Millie alone since she was a baby. Not her drama club rival, Oliver, who is the very definition of Simmering Romantic Tension. And not her “Millie Moods,” the feelings of intense emotion that threaten to overwhelm. Millie needs an ally. And when an accidentally left-open browser brings Millie to her dad’s embarrassingly moody LiveJournal from 2003, Millie knows just what to do—find her mom. But how can you find a new part of your life and expect it to fit into your old one without leaving any marks? And why is it that when you go looking for the past, it somehow keeps bringing you back to what you’ve had all along?

Cody Nicole

Giulia Assenza 

esto es un 3.5/5 book bc it was so cute pero not the best book i have ever read

Amanda

Cute story. The Mamma Mia connection is pretty well done. TBH, I am more interested in the adults in the story than I am the teenagers which is a problem since the adults are all background characters. I would much rather read this story from Beth and Coop's viewpoint.

Also, I'm not sure it's intentional, but the grand reveal seemed almost like a set up for a sequel because the birth mom doesn't seem to have had any proof that Millie's dad is her actual birth father beyond her wish that it were true. 

TBH, I would have rather read this story from Georgie and Steph's perspective too, or Farrah and Heather's. The adults in this book and the ways they were all connected was far more compelling for me than the teenage angst of a couple of theatre nerds 😅

The audio was okay, I didn't love the narrator, but they didn't make it a mess.
Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC

I really don’t know what I was expecting from this one, but it really surprised me! The drama, the rivalry and I loved Millies little explotions! I am embarrassed about how long it took me to figure out who was her mom😂 but when I got it I was so invested in when she was gonna say something 😨

I am so happy she got a happy ending and that Beth and her father ended up together😫

I really don’t know what I was expecting from this one, but it really surprised me! The drama, the rivalry and I loved Millies little explotions! I am embarrassed about how long it took me to figure out who was her mom😂 but when I got it I was so invested in when she was gonna say something 😨

I am so happy she got a happy ending and that Beth and her father ended up together😫

Steph L 

Is it too early to use terms like favorite of the year or best book of the year? Maybe! I'm going to say that this book could be my favorite of the year. I just loved the characters- they were fun, and Millie's love of theater reminded me a lot of myself at 16-17. I loved the plot, I'll be singing Mamma Mia! songs for a bit after reading this, but this was just such a great story and had a lot of fun, and heavy moments in the plot. I really loved the writing. This was my third book by this author, and my favorite one to date. This was because there were many theatre references in the story. The romance in the story was so sweet, and the friendships were just so much fun. I loved seeing Millie make relationships and friendships with the other characters in the story. I recommend this book to anybody who loves theater, or anyone who would like a fun YA story with a lot of heart and passion.

Debbi

I said this last year and I’ll say it again–I’ll read anything Emma Lord writes.

Megan Leprich

*Many thanks to Wednesday Books for the gifted copy for my honest review*

My heart has never felt so full after finishing a book.  I loved this book so much, Millie is now one of my favorite book characters of all time.  I laughed with her, cried with her, and could relate so much to her outgoing personality.  This was such a wholesome, loving book about family, finding yourself, and friendship.  I absolutely loved all of the romance also, I was almost swooning.  My cheeks almost hurt from how much I was smiling while reading this book.  You definitely can’t go wrong with a gender reversed Mamma Mia story.

Millie Price is an aspiring future Broadway star living with her dorky Dad and her awesome, club-owning aunt Heather.  She just received her acceptance to the precollege of her dreams which means moving to the opposite side of the country and leaving her friends and family behind.  When she can’t get consent from her dad, she decides to try and find the mother she’s never met in hopes of getting her on her side.  Her techie best friend Teddy helps her out and finds her dad’s old journal online, identifying three women that could potentially be her mother.  While working with her arch nemesis Oliver, Millie starts digging into the three women’s past and getting to know them better in hopes of identifying which of the three is her true mom.  Along the way, Millie starts to learn more about her true self while gaining new friendships and relationships along the way.

This was an adorably sweet book that I couldn’t get enough of.  I loved the ending of this book but I wish it was longer, I want more from Millie, Teddy, Oliver, Chloe, and the rest of Millie’s family and newfound family.

Andrea

Uuf menuda maravilla de libro con esa trama a lo Mamma Mía y todas esas referencias de musicales, me ha encantado!!

Flavia Louise

Aundreya Rich

Millie, you are not a person, You're a roller coaster. My seat belt is always buckled. I have no idea where you're going, but I'm in for the ride. 

Lights. Camera... ACTION

The curtain raises, and Millie is ready to shine in all her broadway stardom.
At least that's the goal.

When you get the chance follow Millie Price as she navigates new found adult decisions, an enemy who she MIGHT have a crush on, and trying to find the mother she's never known.

This YA romance takes on the feel of a Mama Mia retelling that all musical nerds will love (that's me).

From start to finish I was giggling and living for Millie's next adventure and her BOLD personality.
You will be turning each page to find out the big reveal of new found family.

The romance is just too cute also 😘.

Read if you love;
-diverse representations
-music music and music
-mama mia
-never have I ever (on Netflix)
-a daddy daughter tale


Rating:
story-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
characters-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
steam- Dry as an Arizona summer, but more enjoyable

Song-Honey, Honey by ABBA

Thank you Emma Lord and Wednesday books for my gifted copy.

Ramona Jeanette Eriksen

It had all a YA needs, love, friendship, family, angst and conflict. Was hooked from the start. The banter and characters are amazing.

girlbossing but also gritty. musicals and meta

Kourtney

I loved this cute, quick read! There was so much going on, between Millie trying to find her mom and getting to know 3 different women and their lives, her rivalry/crush on her nemesis Oliver (while working at an internship), geocaching with her best friend, and fighting with her dad over attending a new school in a new state. The way Emma Lord can blend all of these together so masterfully is nothing short of amazing.

Before I read this, I was excited. You see, my husband was a theater kid, and I love musical theater. I have been known to burst into tears at shows when the music is powerful (I'm looking at you Wicked). Then, around the middle of the story I began to relate to Millie in ways I did not see coming. 

Millie lives her life as though she is always on stage - she's loud, she bursts into people's lives whether she should or not, and she's always in costume. I could relate to that how I was in high school too. Wearing "weird" clothes, being loud - anything to distract everyone from seeing the real me. Reading about Millie realizing this about herself cut a little closer to home than I thought it would.

Throw in the romance, and the page turning what-will-happen-next fervor of if Millie would get to go to her new school, and WHO IS HER MOM, and we have here another hit! Emma Lord is definitely one of my go-to authors now!

noah!

emma lord’s books just hit different it’s true … ( rtc closer to pub date !! )

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