Planning Perfect

Written by Haley Neil

Narrated by Laura Knight Keating

Sometimes the best parts of life can’t be planned.

Felicity Becker loves watching an event come together. There’s something magical about crafting an experience people will remember. So when her mom gets engaged, Felicity sees the wedding as the perfect opportunity to show off her skills.

After Felicity’s friend Nancy offers up her family’s apple orchard as a venue, wedding planning gets even better. But the more time Felicity and Nancy spend together dress shopping and hunting for mismatched china, the more it starts to seem like there might be something
besides friendship between them. But as someone on the asexual spectrum, what would dating even look like for Felicity?

And would Nancy be open to dating when Felicity doesn’t actually know what she wants from a relationship?

Suddenly the summer is a lot more complicated. Can Felicity wrangle her irresponsible mom, figure out her feelings for Nancy, and plan the perfect wedding? Or will all her plans come crashing down around her?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Feb 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9781705097908

Haley Neil

Haley Neil is a recent MFA grad from The New School, where she specialized in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She previously obtained her Masters in Education while working full time as a preschool teacher. She loves school, teaching, and going to school to learn about teaching (as well as walking her rescue pup through her Massachusetts town and pretending she's on a home baking show). Once More with Chutzpah is her debut novel.

Reviews for Planning Perfect

[DaisyTeragram · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Some great aspects, some boring and/or overdone aspects

There were some really great aspects to this story. I liked the wedding planning and the asexual parts. And I need to figure out how to make matzah toffee! But there were times when the characters were too much. The mom isn't very mom-like. And the main character is a mess, but with lots of talent. I could empathize with some of her issues, but then other times I just wanted to roll my eyes. The story as a whole was just somewhat over the top and not always fun. I listened to the audiobook. The narrator is new to me and very good. And I didn't hear any errors. Overall, I would say this is an okay story with some great aspects. It just wasn't always enjoyable. Maybe it would be better for different readers. I read lots of YA books, so I am a fit in that way. The main character is only sixteen, and needs more supervision than she was getting, but still seemed both immature and overly mature.