Millie saves replies to people in her drafts of what she would really like to say but doesnt. One night the server goes down and her drafts get SENT!

She has to face the people and a few of the relatives that she saved drafts to. Her drafts sent things into disarray. She never meant for them to see the emails. It was just a journal of sorts.

Did a server error happen or did someone do it??? Cute and quick read.

Millie is devastated to find out that her drafted emails that she used as a place to vent was mistakenly sent out to all of her contacts. It’s caused a huge mess within her personal and professional life, and she needs to find a way to move forward.

I really enjoyed the author’s previous book, The Key to My Heart, but this one fell a bit flat for me. I went into it expecting a romance, and though there is a romance storyline, it isn’t the focus. There are a lot of subplots and I found myself losing interest. However, I think the sweet ending redeemed the book a bit for me. If you enjoy women’s fiction with storylines about friendship, past relationships, and family drama, this book would be a great one to try.

Thank you to Lia Louis and Atria books for sending me this book in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. I have read a few books by Lia Louis previously and enjoyed them. I enjoyed this one as well. It is a lighthearted romantic comedy with enough depth to make it interesting.

Millie is a receptionist and has been for 5 years, despite thinking it was just temporary. She's had her heart spectacularly broken and is living in limbo. That is until, she learns that all of her snarky and super honest emails that she had saved on her "drafts" with no intention of sending have been broadcast to the whole company. She is mortified about what people will read and it leads her on somewhat of a journey of self discovery. She leaves what she wants in life and in love and it's very sweet to read. Would recommend for sure! Thanks for the opportunity to review it!

Thanks to Atria and Net Galley for my advanced copy!

This book was a fun read! I loved the mystery aspect of Millie searching for who sent the emails. Lia Louis has such a way of weaving realistic characters with flaws and entire personalities inside these pages. The conclusion was the sweetest.

Millie is horrified to discover that all her heartfelt and snarky email drafts were somehow sent out as well as an email to her ex-Owen that was carbon copied to the whole department including Owen’s fiancée. Now, the wedding may be off and she feels the need to repair relationships with those who were causalities of her truth bombs. Meanwhile, she’s crushing on her hot co-worker Jack, who luckily may not have received her message about her feelings for him.

I liked how the ramifications of the email fiasco were so far reaching as they including messages to her parents and friends, as well as her coworkers. Each character was so nicely developed that I wanted to steal her fantastic friends Ralph, Cate, Petra, and Lin. The scenes with Millie connecting with Jack were wonderfully romantic. Millie’s desire to make things right and often failing, particularly with Chloe, Owen’s fiancée helped make Millie likable and relatable. The various company events were super fun and Millie’s character arc was satisfying.

At the start of the story, Millie’s focus is the email issue and whether someone intentionally sent the emails or if it happened due to a glitch. Soon, however, her romance with Jack starts heating up. I enjoyed the format and content of the epilogue.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I. Am. Obsessed !!! with this latest book from Lia Louis. If you’ve read her prior novels, you will absolutely want to add this to your TBR.

Who hasn’t fantasized about replying to emails and saying what you *really* think? i know I have. And Millie, the main character in this book, took it a step further and actually wrote those emails and safely deposited them in her Drafts folder. Therapeutic, harmless writing therapy, right?

Sure. Until her entire drafts folder somehow gets sent out. And everyone, literally everyone, in her life gets an email. A email that they were never meant to see.

Lia Louis has a way of writing such relatable characters and this novel is no exception. I completely understood why Millie wanted to get to the bottom of how emailgate happened. And I could feel her excitement building as she hung out with her forgiving colleague Jack. There were so many lovable side characters, and a few to dislike too. (Looking at you, Owen!)

All in all this novel was a very fun story to read. I liked that it wasn’t too heavy on the romance storylines and had other things going on, because it allowed the book to have more depth (and the characters themselves, too).

4.5 stars from me!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an ARC of this book and provide my honest feedback. All opinions are my own.

I’d say overall the book wasn’t bad; I did enjoy some of it and found some of the stories and relationships nice. Somehow this book felt so dragged on, yet I didn’t go more into detail about the plots—her family, for example. I do see the vision, and I do think it was executed well, especially when all her secrets came out and what she had to do to fix or explain these things. Pretty solid read! I wouldn’t mind trying another read from this author!

I wanted to love this because the premise was so, so cute. Unfortunately it fell flat for me. I was glad to read to the end but it dragged a lot in the middle for me. While it's not my personal writing style, I can think of quite a few friends who do like this type of book to recommend it to now.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC. I wanted to like this so much more than I did. The premise is cute but something happened with the execution. The story was too long with to many characters and at some point I stopped caring. 2.5 stars rounded up.

I’ve read all of this author’s books, courtesy of NetGalley. They have a certain charm, but also lack a certain depth. For instance, there are two characters in this book, her brother and her friend Alexis, who are continually mentioned but only ever appear right at the end. Similarly, there is a plot with her parents and her friend Cate that never feel fully fledged out. I’d rather have fewer characters/plot points that are deeply explored than a bunch of tertiary ones that make the story feel less deep.

In all, I know what the author was trying to do with the theme, and using emails as a way to propel that self discovery notion is definitely modern and relatable. This is a quick, easy read. A palette cleanser (especially as someone who now reads a lot of thrillers). Lia Louise’s books are good picks when you want something light, like putting on a 90-min movie you know will have a happy ending.

This was exactly the perfect book for me right now and I absolutely loved this warm, funny, and swoony story.

As someone who will often angrily type out email responses that I don’t send (before I safely delete them), the thought of having them sent out into the world is an actual nightmare. The main character here, Millie, lives out this nightmare when all of her inner thoughts, snarky comebacks, and honest truths get unleashed on her coworkers and loved ones. What this ends up being is the sort of the jolt Millie (and many of the email recipients) needs to reevaluate her life and figure out what she wants,

This was like being wrapped in a warm hug and I cannot recommend this more, especially for another that needs a little break from things and a reason to smile like an idiot.

Many thanks to Atria Books and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

NetGalley ARC = 3.5 stars, rounded up
The premise was fun, a women that writes draft emails to say what she wants to say and how to respond with no intention of sending, has all of the emails sent. I liked the stories/resolutions of some of the lesser focused emails more than the main focus.

Wow. I was not expecting this book to really captivate me as easily or as much as it did! I could not put this one down!

This heroine was not relatable to me which is fine but I didn't understand or empathize with her either. I would rather focus on the romance and not the problems of her parents and her ex. It got annoying by the last two thirds of the book and the motivation behind the main antagonist was ridiculous.

I found the writing style to be a bit dry. She accidentally had all her draft emails sent out and panics about it.


DNF


********************I received an ARC from NetGalley for my honest opinion.**************************

Millie Chandler is living her life. She has come up with her way to deal with stresses in her life. Millie just drafts an email and never sends it. She has her little draft folder full of emails and it feel so good to put her feelings into words never to be seen by anyone. Until a "glitch" happens and her draft folder gets sent out to everyone. Now her personal rants to individuals are being read by everyone. How humiliating! Truthful but not exactly how Millie wanted the word to get out. Now she is struggling to make her relationships with people okay again. But there is always a silver lining.....Jack Shurlock, her yummy work crush.
Better Left Unsent by Lia Louis is a delightful, charming, laughable little treat! Lia writes the cutest little novels that genuinely make you happy. I have read several novels by Lia Louis and I have loved all of them. I would compare her writing and style to Sophie Kinsella. Chapters are of a nice length, writing is present time and easy to follow. I will always recommend Lia Louis to my fellow reading friends and will always look for work by Lia Louis. Special thanks to NetGalley, Lia Louis, Atria/Emily Bestler Books for the advanced digital copy in exchange for my honest opinion. 4 stars for me :)

Better Left Unsent by Lia Louis

5/5⭐️

Did I just find a new favourite author??? Wild horses could not have kept me away from this book… crying babies, however, could. It’s the only reason I had to put this book down.

Sweet, unsuspecting Millie has her life completely turned upside down when her drafts folder gets accidentally delivered… all 107 emails. Which Millie has been using as a pseudo therapeutic/venting outlet. So, from a mix of emails that start off as truly incomplete drafts, to calling out bigots, to confessing her love for her ex, chaos ensues. And I flipping loved it. It was so charming, yet also resonated with my people-pleasing tendencies that Millie suffers from as well.

I just want to curl up in Lia’s brain, because anyone who writes “You are cool, and I am a turnip” is my kind of person.

Hysterical, heartwarming, and sure to be a favourite for all!

Millie hates her job and has a bunch of things that she wants to say to people but doesn't. She channels everything in her email draft... Unfortunately, a server outage causes every single of the drafts to be sent. She has to deal with the consequences...

I love how she is forced to deal with all her truths and lies... She has grown so much in the book! Love the wit and fun...

Thanks to the publisher for the arc.

This book had some fun moments and times when I rooted for the heroine and felt her horrification after having all of her emails distributed to the entire company. But the book didn't grab me like a lot of rom com books do, and I wasn't as invested in the story and the relationship of Millie and Jack. I'm not sure what it was with the story, since the subject was interesting and the main character was likeable. But there was something about the pacing of the book that was at times a bit slow for me. I still enjoyed the story and got my HEA.

This was so unexpectedly cute! To be clear, I usually expect amazingness from Lia Louis, but I did not expect how much quiet humor and voice would be packed into this little novel. Besides Emmie Blue, this is undoubtedly her best novel yet. It was just so real and well written and I loved the characters and the mystery unfolding of how her emails had gotten out and what shenanigans that would lead to. Beautiful.