This was cute! Unfortunately, I was not aware it was a followup to another book, so I can't comment on its effectiveness as a sequel. I thought the book, written entirely as texts between two friends, was hilarious. The banter resembled how I communicate with my own friends. A solid beach read.

My Rating: 3.5 stars

Going into this book I didn't realize it was a sequel. I don't think it hurt me that I didn't read the first book, but I think I would have understood some things a little bit better when it came to inside jokes between the two characters if I had read the first one.

This is the story of two best friends Ava and Gen who are now living in separate places as the join the workforce and start 9-5 jobs in the fields they want to work in. We learn about their lives through text messages and emails to each other. I found myself enjoying this format, and how funny these two were able to be in messages to each other. They still conveyed the same emotions that they would have if they were face-to-face and you could tell they cared so much about each other.

Overall I did enjoy this book. I loved how it was centered around the friendship and how they kept looking out for one another even though they were living so far apart. The relationship were a part of the story as well, but they never became the main focus. We also get to see things about there jobs and if they like them or hate them. We see growing pains happen to both Ava and Gen in both their working lives and personal lives as they grow up throughout the year. It was so nice to read a story that was new adult age focused on actually dealing with real-life things and not just being focused on romantic relationships for a change.

I listened to the audiobook of Please Send Help and it scratched the same itch that binge-watching authors Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin's YouTube channel used to scratch. Their voices really come through in these characters, as well as their humor, big-heartedness and woke wisdom.

It's me. I am going to stop requesting YA books because they are not for me anymore. i struggled connecting with the characters.

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.

I didn’t realize this was a sequel when I requested this book. I let it sit a while because of that. I ended up really enjoying the book and characters. I love how the story is told through texts and emails. Although I am a. It older, it reminded me of me and my friends. I would recommend this book for some of my older students.

I read the first book, 'I Hate Everyone But You', I enjoyed this one more. It was a quick read both because of the format (emails and text conversations) and because I liked reading about Ava and Gen.I liked reading what each of them was up to post-college.

The book tackles some heavy topics in a somewhat lighthearted manner (excessive drinking, dysfunctional childhood, work relationships, mental health, etc), but I didn't mind. I think I was too focused on the dynamic between the two friends to really be bothered by the superficialness. My only gripe would be with the ending, which seemed really rushed. I would love to read more about Ava and Gen. :)

*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.

Fabulous style just like they're previous book. I found it hilarious and impactful where i connected with all characters.

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.

This 200-word review was published on Philomathinphila.com on 8/01/19.

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.