A review by bethniamh
I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue

4.0

After a slow couple of months, this book was exactly what I needed to get me back into reading regularly. It begins with the misanthropic Jolene being caught out at work for unloading her frustrations with her colleagues in an ingenious yet clearly fallible way; when HR install software to monitor her activity on her computer, she is accidentally given access to all of her colleagues emails and messages. Jolene is likeable despite her abrasiveness, and it was interesting to gain insights into Persian-Canadian culture through Jolene and Armin. I wasn’t totally convinced by the romance plotline and I would have enjoyed reading some more examples of the hidden messages Jolene was hiding in her emails, but it was fun to watch Jolene’s personal growth and her development of friendships and relationships with her co-workers and her mum. This book had me looking forward to any opportunities I had to read more, so it was a perfect choice after my previous read.