Camille pagan is a master at putting drama and humor together to give readers characters to cheer for.  I adore this novel

"Every day really is a gift if we're willing to make it so."
This is definitely a "feel good" story.
 Annie has had a run on her bad luck. However, she realizes that she must pull herself back up and continue to put one foot in front of the other.  That is exactly what she does. Her own business, some new friends and even a decision with her wedding plans!
I did love the email style of writing and it made the chapters fly by.
Definitely a different book that was enjoyable.

Annie, a dedicated scientist is on the inside looking out.  She likes structure.  She's also a planner.  Change doesn't come easily and people often bring change.  

Her carefully planned life suddenly goes askew when her fiance Jon suddenly decides he wants to go to France, without her.  And he doesn't want to hear from her while he's away.  Now Annie can understand that sometimes you need a bit of space to collect your thoughts, but she's bewildered by the fact that he doesn't want to communicate with her.  Faced with a possibility that her relationship is over, she begins to reinvent her life.  No more friends.  They hurt.  But wait ...

Written in alternating chapters of emails, text messages and diary entries, Annie's no-nonsense single mindedness cum sense of dry humour has you smiling as you see her emerge from a one-dimensional character to someone you wouldn't mind having as a friend.

I normally enjoy Camille Pagan's work. However, I'll be honest, I had a hard time getting into THIS WON"T END WELL. The title and premise sound great; the cover is really intriguing. However, I didn't connect with Annie in the opening pages, nor did I care for the epistolary format of the novel. The journal pages worked better for me whereas the emails felt forced and artificial. As I kept reading, I hoped that I would feel more of a connection with Annie. Unfortunately, even as the story progresses, the distance remained. While I understand and appreciate the need for diverse narrators, including those who are quirky (or even on the spectrum), I'm sorry to say Annie fell flat. I cared about what would happen to her, but not as much as I would've liked to be fully engrossed in what is otherwise an entertaining read.

This Won't End Well by Camille Pagan is about Annie who has hit stumbling blocks at work and in her relationships with her fiance and her best friend. Everything is tidily sorted out by the end.

Start to finish, I thoroughly enjoyed this book! It was written in alternating chapters of emails, text messages and diary entries. I have read books in the past entirely formed of emails which were difficult at best to read, but the format in this case enhanced the narrative and provided comic relief in some chapters. Annie, the main character, is not entirely relatable (to me at least). She’s a scientist but starts out entirely too logical (as seen within her relationship with her best friend Leesa) but as she progresses through the book, the growth in her character is interesting to read through. The array of characters and their backstories kept the story going as well. The epilogue was a nice quick wrap up to the story. 

Thanks to netgalley for an advanced copy of this book.

So I wasn’t sure I was going to like the time format the chapters were presented in but it kept the story on track. I loved the story itself. Such a finding your happy kinda thing.

Intelligently written, funny, and pulls in the reader. I like that I could relate to the main character and the format was engaging. I really enjoy Camille's books because they make you think about yourself as a whole and the relationships with people around you. Clever title, beautiful cover, and characters that you can relate to make a lovely book that I would enjoy talking about. Camille "gets" it when she writes and that's why I keep going back to her books time and time again.

Although I am an admirer of this author's work, I am not a enthusiast of novels written in epistolary form. The story, as told through a litany of emails and journal entries, was about Annie who had suffered a series of professional and personal setbacks. Her fiancé, of the cold feet variety, flees to Paris and she had to resign from her position as a chemist. Without employment and a bridegroom, she decides to clean houses for a living and avoid 'new' people at all costs. My distinct impression was that Annie was designed to be the female equivalent of Sheldon from the 'Big Bang Theory'. She came across as eccentric and brilliant, just not very likable. Unfortunately, because of the style, I did not get far into this book.

Thank you to NetGalley, Lake Union Publishing, and Camille Pagán for an ARC of 'This Won't End Well' in exchange for an honest and voluntary review.