This was hilarious and awkward in the best way, a surefire hit for those looking for a self-deprecating and darkly funny read for the summer. The comp media of "Fleabag meets The Office" is dead-on - watching the main character dig herself deeper into beaurocratic drama, while also dealing with her own emotions and guilt makes for moments of laughing until your cheeks hurt, and at other points holding back tears.

I loved I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL by Natalie Sue! Right away the humour in this novel stood out to me. This book is funny!! It’s also very heartfelt with a focus on finding yourself, forgiveness and family from blood to work. I really enjoyed the office workplace setting in Calgary. And the representation of Jolene who’s Persian is great to read. The first person narration works extremely well to bring Jolene to life. Her struggles were relatable, contemporary, humorous and laudable. The chapter titles were spot on! There’s definitely some heaviness in this book but it’s balanced well with tender moments and an overall feel good attitude. I’m so glad I got to read this one early!

I really enjoyed this book. I felt going into requesting this I kind of knew what it was going to be about but it turned out better than I expected. I also didn't go into this knowing it was set in Canada which made me love it even more.

While reading I felt I was constantly wanting to continue reading even though I knew I needed to put my ereader down and do something else. So much was happening that I just needed to know more. Everything was super easy to follow but.I almost wish the Ellie storyline happened a bit sooner but nonetheless it did have me wanting to know more and read faster to find out. This book was filled with some really good laugh out loud moments as well as some very heartfelt ones once Jolene started getting to know her cubicle mates. The office/work atmosphere and culture was spot on during a lot of this book that I really enjoyed. The moments between Jolene/Cliff, but also Jolene/Miley were some of my favourites.

Overall an easy spring/summer read! It was heartfelt, witty, and at one point I did shed a tear.

This started off so intriguing but by the halfway point I was just no longer interested in finishing it or finding out what was going to happen to the characters. In the end I ended up finishing it after giving it a few days before picking it back up.

Jolene has a problem. Her job is in jeopardy because she is caught writing secret mean notes in white font on otherwise professional emails she sends to her coworkers.

She ends up having to take these HR courses to keep her job, and HR puts a watch on her computer to prevent further instances of her misbehavior, but the new HR guy, Cliff, accidentally gives her access to everybody's emails and messages.

Instead of getting him to fix this error, she uses it to her advantage - reading her coworkers' emails and instant messages in real time and using the knowledge to keep on their good sides in the midst of pending company-wide job cuts.

This was a really fun read!! All the secrets between her coworkers as well as personal things no one knew about were really interesting to read and made me want to continue just to find out more details. Jolene also has a crush on the HR guy too, so that's a side plot, and I loved it.

This book made me realize that not only is there probably a lot of juicy info in real life company messengers, but that everyone has a story and there is a lot more to people than meets the eye. Just because you work with someone for 8 hours a day, doesn't mean you truly know what's going on in their life.

This book was deeper than meets the eye. It was funny, heartwarming, and relatable. Thank you Netgalley and Harper Collins Canada for the eArc, I really enjoyed it!