sadie and julius are academic rivals at their school, where both of them fight for the top spot in literally everything. sadie tries hard to be the perfect student, friend and daughter, but in order to do this, she has to push down her own needs and feelings. the only real way she gets them out is by writing emails to the people who piss her off and never sending them. but when the emails get out, suddenly everything she's worked so hard for is gone. her classmates hate her, the principal doesn't like her anymore, and julius - who received more emails than anyone else - is suddenly in her life more than he ever was as they're forced to work together. i really enjoyed sadie's growth in this novel as she works on not being such a people pleaser. although she wasn't the most likeable character, she was very real and i think her progress was interesting to read about. her relationship with julius was a fun enemies to lovers, although by the end i didn't feel like there was enough to warrant how serious their feelings were. all the tension was very well executed and i was loving the back and forth between "i HATE you" and "wait i don't hate you at all." there was a bit much going on at times, especially with sadie's family, but it did all build up nicely. the embarrassing high school cringe is very present, too.