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4.11 AVERAGE
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
God I don't know how to review this book, it just has all of my heart.
I went in expecting an adorable enemies to lovers romance (which I definitely got!) but this book is so much more than that. I can't emphasize how much I related to Sadie. I don't know, there are some books I read and they touch me so deeply, it's as if someone took a peek inside me and decided to write everything on paper. Highschool me would have loved to read this book and know she wasn't that alone.
I mean as it is I cried buckets over this book, over both Sadie and Julian. Sadie's a perfect A student who's giving all the eldest daughter vibes (even though she's actually the younger sibling). She's always striving to do as much as she can for her family, to make sure they're looked after and be the reliable good girl. Because she has always been the good girl, the people pleaser because she doesn't know what will happen if she's not that. Except her hate emails get leaked to the entire school and now she has to find just that.
And then we have Julius who's in the shadows of his elder brother. Everything comes easy to his brother but Julius works to his bone to try and reach those standards and keep up with Sadie - the star of the school, his co-captain and the love of his life.
Like these two just break my heart over and over through the book because you just know they're meant to be together and the slow-burn - god the slow burn is amazing. I was literally a giggling mess over this romance. It's predictable, of course it is, but the writing is so beautiful and the characters so well-written that you won't mind at all.
10/10 I would whole heartedly recommend!!!
I went in expecting an adorable enemies to lovers romance (which I definitely got!) but this book is so much more than that. I can't emphasize how much I related to Sadie. I don't know, there are some books I read and they touch me so deeply, it's as if someone took a peek inside me and decided to write everything on paper. Highschool me would have loved to read this book and know she wasn't that alone.
I mean as it is I cried buckets over this book, over both Sadie and Julian. Sadie's a perfect A student who's giving all the eldest daughter vibes (even though she's actually the younger sibling). She's always striving to do as much as she can for her family, to make sure they're looked after and be the reliable good girl. Because she has always been the good girl, the people pleaser because she doesn't know what will happen if she's not that. Except her hate emails get leaked to the entire school and now she has to find just that.
And then we have Julius who's in the shadows of his elder brother. Everything comes easy to his brother but Julius works to his bone to try and reach those standards and keep up with Sadie - the star of the school, his co-captain and the love of his life.
Like these two just break my heart over and over through the book because you just know they're meant to be together and the slow-burn - god the slow burn is amazing. I was literally a giggling mess over this romance. It's predictable, of course it is, but the writing is so beautiful and the characters so well-written that you won't mind at all.
10/10 I would whole heartedly recommend!!!
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i was literally kicking my feet and giggling
For a YA book, I had a great time reading this, it was so fun and adorable, definitely want to read more Ann Liang books.
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.75 ★
this book follows sadie wen. sadie wen is a perfect student, she has perfect grades and she is the school captain. to release her anger and resentment she writes emails to the people who bug her the most but never sends them. many of these emails are addressed to her number one enemy, julius gong, who is her co captain. one day she finds out that these emails were sent out to the entire school which causes catastrophe in sadie’s life.
ok this book was so cute! i appreciated how it dug deep into sadie’s people pleasing tendencies and i gave her a lot of room for character growth! i really liked how sadie and julius actually seemed like really enemy’s not just two people who sometimes didn’t get along. sometimes i feel like authors do not dig deep into mmc’s backstories and their emotional struggles but ann liang really put a lot of julius’s struggles into the book which i appreciated.
my only complaint is how quickly they went from mortal enemies to love interests. i felt like i never really got to see their relationship develop and it just jumped to them in love.
overall i really enjoyed this book and i read it in a week which is pretty rare when i am in a slump. i definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the to all the boys i loved before series.
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this book follows sadie wen. sadie wen is a perfect student, she has perfect grades and she is the school captain. to release her anger and resentment she writes emails to the people who bug her the most but never sends them. many of these emails are addressed to her number one enemy, julius gong, who is her co captain. one day she finds out that these emails were sent out to the entire school which causes catastrophe in sadie’s life.
ok this book was so cute! i appreciated how it dug deep into sadie’s people pleasing tendencies and i gave her a lot of room for character growth! i really liked how sadie and julius actually seemed like really enemy’s not just two people who sometimes didn’t get along. sometimes i feel like authors do not dig deep into mmc’s backstories and their emotional struggles but ann liang really put a lot of julius’s struggles into the book which i appreciated.
my only complaint is how quickly they went from mortal enemies to love interests. i felt like i never really got to see their relationship develop and it just jumped to them in love.
overall i really enjoyed this book and i read it in a week which is pretty rare when i am in a slump. i definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the to all the boys i loved before series.
˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes