I Hope This Doesn't Find You
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4.4 • 8 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
An instant New York Times bestseller! Snarky and romantic, I Hope This Doesn't Find You is Never Have I Ever meets To All the Boys I've Loved Before 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 . . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
An Aussie teen's perfect facade crumbles when her private emails are leaked to the whole school in this sardonic love story by Liang (This Time It's Real). Seventeen-year-old Sadie Wen is a model student: she's a school captain, has stellar grades, and is an active volunteer. But while she's friendly on the outside, she secretly pours her frustrations into email drafts ripping into fellow students' work ethics and unfair teacher assessments. Sadie's most heated vexations are channeled toward her co-captain, irksome childhood rival Julius Gong. When the emails are accidentally sent, Sadie must face the music. Not only has she raised the ire of her fellow students and teachers, but she's also expected to work with Julius on various activities around the school in a show of camaraderie. The snarky duo's forced proximity allows them to open up, be vulnerable, and learn to appreciate each other for the first time. Underlying themes of parental abandonment, bullying, and academic stress add depth to the teens' developing relationship in this well-paced, banter-filled rivals-to-lovers romance. Sadie and Julius are Chinese Australian. Ages 12–up.
Customer Reviews
Can’t help but feel like it was too short
It’s been a long time since I’ve enjoyed the entire length of a novel. It was perfectly paced and loved the humorous tone sprinkled in between. After finding myself at the end of the novel I can’t help but mourn there was no more. I would have loved to see Sadie and Julius relationship continue off in university and meeting each other’s parents in another book… It is always a little sad when a book comes to an end, especially when it feels like the characters lives just really began and you want to continue to watch their journey.