This story follows Ava and Gen during their first jobs/internships. They finally live in the same time zone, but different ends of the country. Neither of their lives really work out in the way they had hoped, with one getting fired and the other getting an STD.

I love the two voices of Ava and Gen in this story. They’re both hilarious and relatable. Unlike other stories about two best friends, these ones have fights and hurt each other’s feelings. They’re realistic, which makes them relatable.

I loved this fun story! I hope they write another book in this series.

Thank you St. Martin’s Press for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this book. I read it during a hard time in my life and the laughter and kinship that came from reading the texts exchanged between our two main characters is heartwarming.

I read this as a stand a lone and I am glad that I chose to go ahead and try to puzzle through it since I had not read the first, but now I intend to.

You feel like you are in a group chat with these two as you read their journey entirely through text messages.. You get to see their struggles and their real life problems the same way you would your friends. There are moments when you want to shake the characters and others where you just want to gather them up in a hug.

These two represent what friendships are like, you may be polar opposites but that doesn;t matter in the face of friendship. This was the perfect easy read to take my mind off of life.

I was able to read this book thanks to NetGalley. It was a cute, fun, and easy read about two best friends names Ava and Gen. It follows them after graduating from high school and shows their enduring friendship through the trials and tribulations of life as a young adult. I enjoyed this one immensely and will recommend to friends and my book clubs. Thanks again to NetGalley.

*Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC!*

First of all, I didn't realize this was a sequel and so now, I must go back and read the first book. But aside from that - I mostly loved this! Told entirely via email and texts, and woven with several pop culture references (shout out, most importantly, to the VPR reference!), this novel was a fun and relatable read. I kind of loved that Ava and Gen were both hot fucking messes for the most part, and I extra super loved that Ava was fully crying all the time, because that's why I do LOLLLL.

Really though: fun, fast read. My only dislike was that at the end, it just ended. Like dead stop, just over. Now seeing that it's a sequel, that makes more sense to me, but I wasn't happy when it just ended! (less)

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I love Gaby & Allison, I loved their first book and I thought the sequel was so much fun. Gen and Ava's friendship is hilarious, loving, realistic (other than the long emails they send each other daily -- if only my best friend and I had the time to do that!) and so much fun to read. This book is a perfect short read since it's all in text or email format.

Well I finally finished this book after it sat in my currently reading for about 5 months. Anywho! I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This book is a sequel, which I wasn’t aware when I requested it so because I am the way that I am I went and read the first book. I love Gen and Ava’s friendship and the crazy situations they get themselves into. This is a fairly short read since it’s in text and email format, unless you’re like me and take 5 months to read it. I highly recommend this book as well as the prequel!

What a fun read. I didn't find it as engaging as the first in the series, but I will say that it transported me into their lives and made me truly interested in the simple daily events. Made me wish I had a best friend like this. I enjoyed the overt and accepted discussions of sexuality and gender identity; they feel part of the story and not a plot point, which I thought to be very important. The format of the writing makes this book a breeze to get through. Overall fun and engaging.

A great read about long-distance friendship, safe sex, sexuality, and life after college in the "real world". Allison and Gaby's personalities really thrive through their characters Gen and Ava. I was laughing during their conversations because usually it was ridiculous but I also like how they take serious matters and make them light-hearted. I also like how Gen calls Ava out when she's wrong or being ridiculous. That is true friendship!

I received Please Send Help by Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin as an ARC from NetGalley. This is the sequel to their book I Hate Everyone But You. I think it would have been helpful to have read Book #1 before reading this one. Ava & Gen are long distance best friends who are both working in internships. The book is entirely written in emails and texts between Ava & Gen regarding their internships, relationships, etc. This was a fun, quick read and very entertaining. I plan on going back to read the first book to see what I missed in their friendship.

I found this hard to follow in the beginning because I have never read the previous story. Took a while for me to relate to the characters, and the language was somewhat over the top. I found parts funny but didn’t overall like this story.

Again, never realised this was a second in a series. Will have to read the first one before i can comment on this.

‏I was provided with a complimentary copy of this book so I could give an honest review.

The story of Ava and Gen continues. In I Hate Everyone But You, the friends are in high school. Please Send Help follows the girls and their friendship after they graduate. They move on with their lives but remain committed to always being there for each other.

The authors, Gaby Dunn & Allison Raskin, "perfectly capture the voice of young adults looking to find their place in the world, proving no matter how desperate things seem, your best friend is always there to reboot your life and send help." This quote might sound familiar because it is the description used to promote the book. It describes the book perfectly and, if you read my reviews, know I do not like to copy and paste. In this case, it did not make sense to reinvent the wheel.

The format of the book is similar to reading a play. However, there are no stage directions or aside descriptions, The book relies completely on the dialogue and is written as an email conversation between the two friends. I hope to see Ava and Gen's friendship to continue in future books.

FYI, if you listen to the audiobook, the authors are also the narrators.

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I unfortunately could not finish this book as I DNF'd it at around 40%. I don't think this book was made for me and thus I cannot give it any review. It does make me sad because I have been watching Allison and Gaby for many years and listen to their podcasts as well. Hopefully they come up with something different.

A few months ago I read I Hate Everyone But You and what a nice surprise that books was. Please Send Help picks up a few years after the end of the first book, when Ava and Gen have just graduated from college and are ready to start their first job. Told also through texts and emails this keeps being as fresh and funny as the first book. Their conversations are filled with pop culture references and some laugh out loud moments, and though it may seem as this is just a light read, it manages to impart some powerful messages about important topics such as mental health, therapy, stigmatization of STDs and sex, LGBQT rights and addiction.

Crossing my fingers we’ll have a third installment as I’m not ready to say goodbye to Ava, Gen and their crazy shenanigans.

This book was funny and a very quick read, however the little icons representing the two characters make it difficult for me at the beginning to figure out who was sending which messages. I also would have liked more about their backstories.

Oh my gosh, I had so much fun reading this! I requested this based solely upon the fact that Gaby Dunn was a co-author, because I will 100% support anything she does! I didn’t realize when I requested it that this was actually book 2, but I didn’t feel lost by anything at all, and it honestly just made me want to read book 1 even more!

Please Send Help is basically a look into two twenty-something young women’s lives after college, trying to find their way in the world. It is told through their emails and texts back and forth, as they stay in touch and try to keep up with each other while living states away.

This was honestly just so refreshing and fun to read! Both Gen and Ava are adorable, lovable, and hilarious characters and I didn’t want to stop eavesdropping on their lives! Gen is a loud, in-your-face, wonderful queer character with loads of personality; and Ava is a sweet, anixety-ridden, dependable character who clearly just wants to be loved! I could relate to both of them in many different ways.

I know this might not be the book for everyone, but this book and these characters just made me feel so attached I couldn’t help but breeze through this read! I definitely laughed out loud several times and will be on the lookout for more from these two authors!

Book 3 for #reviewathon. This book was pretty bad, objectively. If this is how girls in their early twenties talk to their friends these days, I am really glad I am no longer in my twenties. YIKES. It gets two stars, because some parts were funny, and it was an easy read, but there is really nothing redeeming about the characters and no real plot development to speak of. There is a lot of YA with smart, relatable characters, even for adults. This is not that kind of YA.

This is the second in a series, I read the first a couple years ago and you probably don’t have to read the first to enjoy this one, but they’re such fun and fast reads I would just read both. It’s told via emails and texts making it really easy to get sucked into this one, it goes by really fast and the drama that Gen and Ava have in their lives is addictive!

While I’m AHEM quite a bit older than the characters I could relate to aspects of their angst, although thankfully I didn’t have to deal with social media issues when I was there age. The first book I had a minor struggle with Gen’s immaturity but this time around she didn’t bother me as much and I found her to be much more tolerable and fun. There is quite a bit of humor here, and lots of great pop culture references that even a grandma like me understood. This would be perfect when you’re in the mood for something really fun and light told in a unique format. If this series continues I’m here for it!

I enjoyed the first book in this series (I Hate Everyone But You) and was excited to get the opportunity to read the sequel. The format (texts and emails) makes this book a very quick read. I would recommend reading the first book in the series before this one to have a better understanding of the characters.

Thanks to Net Galley for the ARC. This is not as good as the book that came before it, but it is good. Young people need to read this because it is real and funny. Dunn and Raskin occasionally drift into crazytown here, but they always pull it back. There is a big heart in this book. If you have anyone in your life who is in college or who is just venturing out into the world, give that person this book and the one before it.