Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry: The hilarious and heartfelt YA romcom

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Excuse me while I gush about how much I love this book. Also, the covers for this book are absolutely gorgeous. Talking about book covers has apparently become my thing now. A fresh new YA romance novel by Kristina Forest, Zyla & Kai is an epic star-crossed love story about first love and not just the will they, won’t they— but why can’t they?

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry, Joya Goffney Review: Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry, Joya Goffney

Excuse me, what?? Did he suddenly disappear into the void? Got eaten and regenerated by carnivorous butterflies?? What. Happened. To. Him. My skin tingled on his appearances. The guy was totes cute, smart, understanding, did I mention cute? And simply deserved better. So yes, I will diminish my rating because of that.

They are totally not forgettable, my brain is just out for the weekends and I somehow thought writing this review would be a good idea. A fun, emotionally rich romance with a sweet, imperfect character who will win your heart.”—Liara Tamani, author of All the Things We Never Knew A fun, emotionally rich romance. Alongside the thrills and messiness of young love, Joya Goffney explores themes of bravery, friendship, and race. In Quinn, she creates a sweet, imperfect character who will win your heart.”— Liara Tamani, author of All the Things We Never Knew

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney | Waterstones

Quinn keeps lists of everything - from the days she's ugly cried, to "Things That I Would Never Admit Out Loud," to all the boys she'd like to kiss. Her lists keep her sane. By writing her fears (as well as embarrassing and cringeworthy truths) on paper, she never has to face them in real life. That is, until her journal goes missing . . . As for the romance it was heartwarming and I loved it. There's definitely more than kissing going on though, like this one scene that I won't spoil but it's nice for the upper YA crowd since Quinn is 18. I also really liked the family dynamics in the story. It was really interesting about how different families have different expectations and how suffocating that can sometimes be. Narrator Jordan Cobb provides a fantastic voice for Quinn as she conveys the range of emotions the character experiences throughout the story. Everything else, including the shifting vocal tones and pitches, worked well and created a great listening experience. I liked how he had these flaws that almost broke the romance, especially making him realistic (not, I have never met someone like him. But to be honest, I go out once every two months) I wanted to shake him so badly because some things he did were close to unforgivable, and THEN he would proceed to insert his gorgeous face into the argument and say a few words and bam, Booksy forgives. I'm seriously not this forgivable in real life. He is making me soft, and I hate it. The rough yet gentle tone of his voice, combined with descriptions of his ethereal being- okay, I'll stop. Too many compliments, he already has a big enough head without my wonderful input.

A contemporary romance has to be exceptional for me to a) remember it for a long time and b) love it so much I want to cry. And this one marks the spot.