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Snarky and romantic, I Hope This Doesn't Find You is Never Have I Ever meets To All the Boys if Lara Jean wrote hate emails instead of love letters. Sadie Wen is perfect on paper: school captain, valedictorian, and a "pleasure to have in class." It’s not easy, but she has a trick to keep her model-student smile plastered on her face at all times: she channels all her frustrations into her email drafts. She'd never send them of course -- she'd rather die than hurt anyone's feelings -- but it's a relief to let loose on her power-hungry English teacher or a freeloading classmate taking credit for Sadie's work. All her most vehemently worded emails are directed at her infuriating cocaptain, Julius Gong, whose arrogance and competitive streak have irked Sadie since they were kids. "You're attention starved and self-obsessed and unbearably vain . . . I really hope your comb breaks and you run out of whatever expensive hair products you've been using to make your hair appear deceptively soft..." Sadie doesn't have to hold back in her emails, because nobody will ever read them... that is, until they're accidentally sent out. Overnight, Sadie’s carefully crafted, conflict-free life is turned upside down. It's her worst nightmare -- now everyone at school knows what she really thinks of them, and they're not afraid to tell her what they really think of her either. But amidst the chaos, there's one person growing to appreciate the "real" Sadie -- Julius, the only boy she's sworn to hate...
I do hope that I like Sadie a little better later in the book. I really don't like her that much atm. I'm going to hold out reading this because I love Julius. I also rarely dnf a book!
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Vibes
Enemies to Lovers
Nerdy Hero
Independent Heroine
Forced Proximity
4.5/5 or 8.86/10
What Worked for Me
Characters-9
I enjoyed the characters in this. Enemies to Lovers is one of my favorite tropes, and Sadie and Julius were great enemies to lovers, and as characters they were great. I enjoyed Sadie as a character, and I could relate to her in several ways. I feel like she was relatable to teens. Julius was someone who grew on me throughout this book, as we found out more about him. He clearly had a past, and I thought it was great how we were given info about his past which made him the way he was.
Writing-9
The writing in this was great. In the banter between Sadie and Julius, you could feel the tension in their relationship and the years of going to school together and competing to be the best. I love the easy-to-read writing style, which worked well to tell this story. There were tense moments in this, and I loved the balance in tone during this.
Plot-9
I enjoyed this story. I loved seeing the relationship grow as Sadie and Julius got to know each other better. The romance was sweet, and I also enjoyed the family elements with Sadie's family.