Monday, January 13, 2025

1.13.2025 - Better Left Unsent

Better Left Unsent by Lia Louis 

Many thanks to NetGalley, Atria Books, Emily Bestler Books for gifting me a digital ARC of the latest book by Lia Louis.  All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4 stars!

Millie Chandler's heart was broken in public two years ago, and she vowed to keep all her emotions to herself ever since.  But to get those feelings out, she writes emails that she never sends expressing her opinions - to her boss and coworkers, friends, and family.  She just never sends them, keeping them in her drafts folder on her computer.  Then one day, after a computer glitch at work, all her emails get sent.  Can Millie mend all the fences she just magnificently mowed down?

Isn't this a worst nightmare for anyone using email?  To have something sent to someone that was never intended to reach them?  Millie's draft emails were the perfect way to get out all those feelings we have but can't express without hurting others or ourselves, until the worst happens.  Lia Louis always writes books that touch on your emotions, and this one did that with a situation so relatable.  There are lots of unlikable characters in this book as well as the mystery as to how those emails really did get sent.  A nice, light read to curl up with on these cold days!

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