Like every Emma Lord novel, this one bursts with color and quirkiness. Sci-fi themed creative writing walking tours! An anonymous delivery service app! A brownie shop where you can make your own brownies! It’s so cute it’ll make your teeth hurt. I love cruising through Lord’s version of NYC.

If you love the friends to lovers trope, a wide, quirky cast of characters, and coming-of-age stories, Lord’s newest offering is perfect for you!

Thank you for the advanced copy! This was a first book by this author that I’ve read. Very cute funny and entertaining. Glad I read it and excited to tell others about it.

Emma Lord is one of those authors who I somehow have most of her backlog, but I keep forgetting that I do and I don't read them. Even though I want to read them all! I did read Tweet Cute (her debut) way back when it first came out so it was interesting to compare that book to her newest release.

This book is a lot of fun! We follow 18-year-old Riley right after her high school graduation where she realizes she has no idea what she wants to do next. So she does the one thing she has always wanted to do: hop on a bus and find her best friend Tom in the New York City to complete their version of a bucket list: The Getaway List.

What I loved about this book were the characters. Riley was so relatable in the coming of age journey she went on in this book and you really see the growth that she goes through as she figures out who she is, what she wants, and how to navigate this summer away from her mom. All of the side characters were so vibrant and I found myself wanting to know more about each of them and their own journeys as well.

The only reason why I docked this one star is that I felt like the big reveal or "betrayal" was a bit convoluted and I didn't really understand why Riley was so upset with Tom. It didn't really make sense in the grand scheme of things and at times, it felt like two different plots were emerging: one centered around the Getaway List and one about the delivery service.

Overall, I really enjoyed this and you can tell that Emma's writing has really grown since Tweet Cute. I definitely look forward to checking out her backlog as well as her summer release later this year!

The Getaway List was a fun story of a girl who decides to postpone college (maybe forever) and follow her dreams of living in New York. There she reconnects with an old friend and finds some new ones.

Emma Lord's characters are always BIG characters. While there are sometimes a lot, I like that she features these kind of young women, with big voices, big ideas, and big dreams.

I reviewed the book and also made a fun post on the NYC world of some of Emma Lord's books, which share a story world!

Enjoyed this coming of age sweet teenager love story. While I'm not the target audience for this book i did enjoy this one. But I think teens will love it.

Once again, I have fallen in love with an Emma Lord novel set in NYC. I loved these characters so much and this novel is such an accurate portrayal of what the time between high school and university is like. I really admire the way that Riley does not cave to Tom and his people-pleasing; there is actually a moment where Tom tells Riley that he is okay with something and she asks him if he's just saying that or if it will actually make him happy. I also found it so mature as Riley points out that she can't make someone else happy.

Like with all Emma Lord novels, The Getaway List is more than a fun YA story. It touches on self-love, depression, finding oneself and famililal relationships while remaining fun. It brought me back to being 18 and feeling on top of the world with so many opportunities ahead.

I have consistently adored Emma Lord's characters and stories. As a middle school teacher, I have girls always asking for "love stories", but many YA novels still tiptoe into the area that makes me hesitant to willingly recommend. I have all of Lord's stories in my classroom, and I have no issue adding this one as well!

The story is her typical "cute rom-com" with a sprinkle of growing up and finding oneself. I had a serious soft spot for both Riley and Tom, as well as the little pack they collected over the course of the novel. I wanted to hug them all and push them on their merry little way. I can only hope that my own daughter has a group of friends that love her as much as this collection.

This is probably super cute for a YA audience. As for me, I found it underwhelming. I didn’t really enjoy any of the relationships all that much, and there was pretty excessive swearing, in my opinion. There were some good overarching themes that could cause teens to ponder, especially related to familial relationships, but I am already finding myself forgetting this story and the characters in it. It does have its enjoyable moments, but they were too few and far between for me to genuinely enjoy this.

Thank you to St. Martins Press and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is a cute young adult novel about two good friends who realize their feelings for each other over a summer together in NYC.

I'm a bit old for the demographic but the story was engaging, as were the characters. I think teens and young adults would enjoy it. It delves into trying to figure out life as a teenager, as the transitions from chid to adult loom, as decisions become pathways that lead to unknowns.

This definitely hits the tropes of friends to lovers, found family, and summer romance, as well as coming of age.

I really enjoyed the friendships that grew during this story and the mutual support the friends had for each other.

I was a bit confused with the parental situations with both moms, but I think the story resolved well despite my feeling there were some odd choices made by the parents and some gaps there.

Overall an enjoyable read. I think young adults will enjoy it.

3.5 stars

my thanks to net galley for this ARC. This is my personal opinion on the book.

I DNFed this book. I was struggling to connect with the characters, their actions and their decisions. I just couldn't read on. However I am rating this book 3 stars. While it was not the book for me it might be the perfect book for someone else.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the E-ARC.

All thoughts and opinions are honest and my own.

This was really cute! I loved watching the main character figure out that she's capable of being on her own and won't burn the city down like everyone assumes she always does. I also loved the friends to lovers trope as well. Very cute.

Another great story by Emma Lord! Her stories have become so reliably good, and The Getaway List was no exception. I did find some of the choices both Riley and her mom made in regards to their actions towards each other to be a bit of head scratchers, but I thought everything was resolved very nicely.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I received a complimentary copy of this book via Netgalley. Opinions expressed in this review are my own opinions.

After 39 I'm a little older than the demographic, but I rather enjoyed it. The writing is perfect for telling a story about two kids trying to figure life out after high school. You can imagine the scenes and words used perfectly if you are under 25ish or have a 16-15 in your life.

I think a lot of students will relate to this story and I know I'm buying it for my 17-year-old niece for her birthday.

Emma Lord's YA books never disappoint! I loved this friends to lovers, found family story and the NYC setting was perfect. Now if I could only rad the fiction fantasy series Tom and Riley are obsessed with...

Thanks to St. Martin's Press and Wednesday Books for the copy to review.

The Getaway List! What a fun and exciting book to read! We follow Riley as she takes on an adventure to New York after graduation. She's there to see her friend Tom so they can finish their Getaway List they had started years ago. Along the way they meet a new friend and some old friends from high school to help finish the list. Tom's got a secret though, will Riley and her friends figure it out and will it make or break the friendships? I loved the friendships that happened in this book. Someone from every walk of life was in this and the fact that they made a tight knit group just melted my heart. I would definitey recommend this to anyone. Thank you NetGalley for the advance copy!

What a super cute book. I found it so relatable and enjoyable. The characters were great and this book was just a super cute read. I loved the travel and the way that the characters grew.

THE GETAWAY LIST - EMMA LORD
4.5⭐

PLOT -
Riley on the day of her high school graduation can't realise who she is anymore and what she wants to do ahead so she packs her bags and moves to New York for summer where her best friend Tom stays and together they embark to complete their getaway list a list they made together before Tom moved away and this list is may be what Riley and Tom both need to figure their lives out.

MY THOUGHTS -
I didn't expect that i would enjoy this book so much . It was a perfect heartwarming YA story where there is not only self discovery and growth but also finding out your capabilities.
The journey of Riley and Tom first as great friends and then gradually as lovers was sweet to read. A special mention to Ll the supporting characters each added value to each other's lives and overall in the story too.
Definitely check it out.

Emma Lord is so great at writing charming and capable characters. They are very YA- sometimes that reads as a big young and immature to me, but I am not the target demographic! This one felt just about right for a coming-of-age tale of an 18 year old who has a lot to figure out the summer after high school graduation. Though some of it stretched my imagination, it felt very much like a sweet romance that was grounded in the realities of family and friendship even when the events went over-the-top. I think this is an author who only continues to grow in her understanding of plot and character, and I found this an absolutely charming novel where I was always rooting for our girl (and her guy). It was also refreshing that although family drama is there, it was ultimately not the point- although our female lead needed to learn how to be herself, it was nice to see the mother figure as being right there behind her, always loving even when she wasn't fully tuned in to what her daughter needed. I would absolutely hand this to my high school students and hope that they love it as much as I did.

This book was such a cute fun read. I loved following Riley along as she finds herself and forms new friendships in the process. This coming of age story takes places in one of my favorite places on earth and it made it that much more enjoyable as you follow Riley and her best friend around the city it sometimes feels like you’re right along with them.

In support of the SMP boycott, I will be withholding my review of this title until SMP speaks out. If the boycott is resolved, I will update with a full review.