Millie Chandler write emails like her personal journal. Sarcastic Replies to her rude boss, hard truths to her friends and co-workers and a love declaration to her ex. The emails safely live in her drafts folder, until a server outage at work, that sends all of her unsent emails.

Loved the premise of this book. Can you imagine your diary or innermost thoughts being sent out into the world? That's where my love ended. This book was WAY TOO LONG. This would have been a perfect beach read, but its almost 400 pages, and doesn't need to be. Very repetitive and slow moving.

Thank You NetGalley for the free e-galley.

Better Left Unsent by Lia Louis is the kind of book you want to read when you're looking for something fun and light with romcom feels and a sprinkle of mystery. This was a 3.5-star read for me. The story follows Millie Chandler, who drafts unsent emails expressing her true feelings about friends, family, and colleagues. However, due to a system glitch, all these private emails are accidentally sent—yikes!

Millie's journey through the chaos caused by her emails is both amusing and heartwarming. You just have to sit back and enjoy as Millie tries to fix things and mend her relationships. Perfect for a relaxing read!

Lia Louis starts BETTER LEFT UNSENT with the most cringe-worthy setup I can imagine: After a server outage at work, Millie Chandler wakes up to find that all her private emails—sarcastic replies to her rude boss, hard truths to her friends, and of course, that one-thousand-word love declaration to her ex who is now engaged to someone else—have been sent. How can she fix the chaos? It's the beginning of a bumpy road for Millie but along the way, she discover important truths about herself, friends, family, and work colleagues.

3 stars

Better Left Unsent has SUCH an interesting premise, so I was really excited to read it! Unfortunately, I didn’t love it. I didn’t connect with our main character, Millie, which led to me not really caring too much about what happened with her or the story in general. I thought this was going to be a super witty and funny story with some deeper moments but it just didn’t deliver on that front for me.

I did enjoy certain aspects but overall it fell flat for me.

Thank you Atria Books for my copy of this!

This book just drags on and on. I have no idea how I managed to finish it. Our heroine is dumb enough to keep her “diary” as unsent emails in her work computer! And then is embarrassed and stunned when they all get sent out. Millie is not very likeable and this book had way too much repetitive inner dialogue. I could not connect with her romance to Jack which has to be the most school age type romance ever.

Honestly, I wish Cara and Ralph had a book - that was the one cute and redeeming part of this book and should have had more time dedicated to it.

Thanks to the publisher for a review copy via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Imagine you’ve taken every thought you’ve bottled up and written then down in your email drafts. Then a fluke computer mishap sends them out into the world. They go to your coworkers, your best friends, your parents, your ex-boyfriend and his new fiancé.

Your worst nightmare just became Millie Chandler’s reality.

I thought the romance between Millie and Jack was sweet, but what I loved most about this book is how Millie turns this unfortunate event into a positive life changing one. While she has to face some really difficult situations, she actually does it and grows from them. It would be so easy to just hide away and wait for things to blow over, but Millie faces things head on. I had a lot of fun reading this book and Millie was an easy character to root for.

Thank you to Atria and NetGalley for a review copy.

I think we’ve all wanted to say something at one point that we thought was better left unsaid and we’ve all wanted to reply to an email with something we knew was better left unsent. That’s why I adored Better Left Unsent by @lialouisauthor . (Thank you, @atriabooks !)

I just felt like the story was so relatable for so many of us, particularly in this technological age where things like this seem like they absolutely could happen. Millie is charming and adorable and I wanted her to be happy and loved. I loved her romance story but I also loved how she worked through things with her parents and her friends. It was fun to see her really find her own way in the world. This is a sweet, adorable book that I definitely recommend!

I really enjoyed this book. Millie was a easy character to relate to. Who doesn't love drafts of emails that are like diary entries that accidentally get sent to everyone?! A quick and easy read. Definitely recommend this book.

The book got better as it went along. It had a great variety of characters. There were quite a few swoon worthy moments.

Receptionist Millie Chandler, who has been guarding her emotions after a public heartbreak, discovers that all her unsent emails, including candid notes to friends and a love declaration to her ex, have been sent out due to a server glitch. Forced to confront the chaos caused by her unintended honesty, Millie must navigate the fallout and face the truths she had been avoiding.

This is my least favorite book by Lia Louis. The plot sounded interesting, but that was about it. I found Millie to be an extremely frustrating main character; she is too much of a people pleaser and seriously needs therapy. I hated that we don’t really get to know Jack well—his character needed further development, and there is no chemistry between him and Millie. I felt like I knew more about all the other side characters than about Jack. The mystery of the leaked email drafts was predictable. Additionally, the pacing was very slow, which kept disengaging me from the story. I also wasn’t a fan of the audiobook narrator, who sounded congested. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend this one.

I love Lia Louis and I enjoyed this! I especially liked the theme of finding your authentic voice/being true to yourself/saying what you really mean and expressing how you really feel. I didn't think this had the emotional reach of her previous novels but I still enjoyed it.

4/5

I wanted to like this book. It really seemed like something that would fall neatly into my wheelhouse. Unfortunately, it really did not connect with me at all. I put it down intending to pick it back up at a later date, but all attempts have resulted in me putting it back down again. In the end, this will be a DNF for me.

I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to read and review. This one just wasn't my cuppa.

Emails are the way to the heart and in this case, they are the way to spilling your emotions and how you feel this is it this is iconic and I loved it.

Thank you @Atriabooks for the digital ARC of Better Left Unsent. In this book, Millie uses her draft emails like a personal diary, writing all the things she'd like to say but never actually would. One night, after a power outage, all her draft emails are sent and some pretty harsh words are sent out into the world. Also in those emails is a love letter to her ex who is now engaged. As you can imagine, Millie is horrified and begins to try to fix things with her colleagues and friends. While Millie is trying to figure out how to recuperate from this experience, someone suggests that maybe those drafts being sent was not an accident.
I thought this book was cute but not overly exciting. What kept me reading was wanting to know the truth about the emails being sent. The romance was fun, but not the main plot of the story. Millie's growth and personal development is the focus and I just didn't have enough of a connection with her. I didn't feel as emotional while reading this story like I have with past Lia Louis books. It's funny and light and serves as a great book to read between some heavier books.
3.5 rounded up to 4

Millie has a habit of writing emails to people when her emotions get the better of her. Emails that are sarcastic responses, hard truths, regrets and love declarations. These emails aren’t going anywhere but her draft folder and are for her eyes only. That is until there’s a server outage at work and her emails have been sent out! Each and every one of them. Millie is now working overtime to fix the chaos she’s created and we get to go along on the journey! Louis has a charming writing style bringing her characters to life on the page. In Better Left Unsent she brings us a heart warming tale filled with witty banter, laugh out loud moments and an unforgettable character in Millie. This is one you won’t want to miss! Thank you to Atria and NetGalley for an ARC of this book.

We all have had things we have wanted to say to our coworkers, friends, and others, but naturally we keep these thoughts inside (usually right?). What would happen if you made draft emails of all the things you wanted to say, like writing letters that would never see the light of day, but then one day they were sent...

This entire novel is so cute, modern day love letters/hate mail being sent, and the amazing growth of majority of the characters in this novel.

You will have a love hate relationship with so many of them. Have NOOOOO moments, and possibly cry a little.

This is such a great light read perfect for this summers beach reads or book clubs.

Thank you NetGalley and Atria Books for my DRC!

Millie Chandler’s life is thrown upside down when emails she saved as drafts, written to friends, coworkers and family, are sent out by either error or by someone else. All her thoughts and feelings that she had been holding in were now out for all to see. Feeling guilty as the impact of some of the emails caused disruption in the lives of her parents and her ex, Millie tries to make it up to those she hurt. Enter Jack, a love interest who tries to convince Millie to care less about what others want and think. I enjoyed the book, mixed with humor and self awareness, and recommend it. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

Thank you to the author and the publisher for my copy!

I have read the last 2 books Louis has written and enjoyed them all. Like those books, this one has more depth than I was anticipating.

Over the years, Millie has used her draft emails to write to family, friends, and colleagues about how she really feels. Calling out nasty behavior on her boss, telling a colleague he's attractive, and telling her BFF that her boyfriend is abusive are all things she has drafted but never sent. This purging of emotions worked out great until an apparent glitch in the IT system happens and Millie's emails get sent. Mortified, Millie must face the music from all the people who found out how she really felt. But she soon discovers that maybe it wasn't a bad thing after all.

I felt so awful for Millie so many times in the book. How embarrassing it would be to have to deal with the fall out. But I also admired her courage and strength especially when things get rough with her loved ones. I did feel like the middle dragged on a bit and the interactions with her ex didn't advance her growing relationship with Jack. But I loved Millie's roommate, Ralph, a lot and I liked the Epilogue too.

This was a great plot! I loved all the emails sent back and forth. The two main characters had a funny and sweet relationship. A great rom com!

The premise of this book had me hooked! I have thought about this concept before, as someone who has sent the wrong text out to the wrong person multiple times in my life. Now, although I do believe this would be terrible and overall very embarrassing, I don’t think I would let it control my life quite like Millie did. Would it be bad to have your ex see your love proclamation? Yes. But it would also be easy to say it was written in the past and move on. Which was not something Millie was able to do.

I wanted to feel more of a connection Jack and Millie, but I found that her mindset made it difficult to do that. Although she tried to find the bright side of things, she never truly let herself? Not sure how to word that. She WANTED to get over it and be optimistic but she also chose not to be.

Anyways, I will definitely be reading more from this author, but I don’t think I will necessarily recommend this one to others.