finished copy gifted by @coloredpagesbt & @ireadya

Sadie Wen is perfect on paper: school captain, valedictorian, and the one who carries the team in group projects. But underneath her model-student smile and can-do attitude are her frustrations that she channels into her email drafts. Of course, Sadie will never send these hate-filled emails except that a freak accident happened, and the drafts are sent out. Sadie’s whole world is turned upside down, and everyone at school now knows what she thinks of them. It’s especially Sadie’s worst nightmare when her cocaptain and nemesis, Julius Gong, learns that Sadie hates him through 30+ emails, or does she?

IHTDFY is an enemies-to-lovers YA romcom full of intense emotions. Liang perfectly captures the tension between Sadie and Julius that swings from hatred to passion. As a highly non-confrontational person, I was experiencing mild anxiety reading the two MCs going at each other ruthlessly, a testament to Liang’s craft in writing a true “enemy” trope that captures the extreme feelings!

I appreciate reading about Sadie’s struggles to set a boundary as a people-pleaser, especially on group projects