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    Perfect on Paper: A Novel
    Perfect on Paper: A Novel
    Perfect on Paper: A Novel
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    Perfect on Paper: A Novel

    By Sophie Gonzales

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    “Perfectly wonderful.” —Becky Albertalli, New York Times–bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

    “An electrifying love story.” —Booklist

    FROM NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY-BESTSELLING AND INDIE NEXT PICK AUTHOR Sophie Gonzales comes Perfect on Paper:     Leah on the Offbeat meets To All the Boys I've Loved Before in this YA romcom, where a bisexual girl who gives anonymous love advice to her classmates is hired by the hot guy to help him get his ex back

    Her advice, spot on. Her love life, way off.

    Darcy Phillips:
    • Can give you the solution to any of your relationship woes—for a fee.
    • Uses her power for good. Most of the time.
    • Really cannot stand Alexander Brougham.
    • Has maybe not the best judgement when it comes to her best friend, Brooke…who is in love with someone else.
    • Does not appreciate being blackmailed.

    However, when Brougham catches her in the act of collecting letters from locker 89—out of which she’s been running her questionably legal, anonymous relationship advice service—that’s exactly what happens. In exchange for keeping her secret, Darcy begrudgingly agrees to become his personal dating coach—at a generous hourly rate, at least. The goal? To help him win his ex-girlfriend back.

    Darcy has a good reason to keep her identity secret. If word gets out that she’s behind the locker, some things she's not proud of will come to light, and there’s a good chance Brooke will never speak to her again.

    Okay, so all she has to do is help an entitled, bratty, (annoyingly hot) guy win over a girl who’s already fallen for him once? What could go wrong?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateMar 9, 2021
    ISBN9781250769770
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    Sophie Gonzales

    SOPHIE GONZALES is a young adult contemporary author. She graduated from the University of Adelaide and lives in Adelaide, Australia, where she can be found ice skating, painting, and practicing the piano. She is also the author of Perfect on Paper, Only Mostly Devastated, and The Law of Inertia, and If This Gets Out with Cale Dietrich.

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    • 4/5
      Cute and fun read!
    • 5/5
      What an excellent book. This book had it all. A casually diverse group of characters with independent and developed story lines. A fun, flowing plot with realistic problems and resolutions. This book sucked you in and kept you hostage until the end. I read it all in one sitting!I loved the portrayal of Darcy and her struggle with being a queer women attracted to one or more genders, both internal and external. This really resonated with me and encapsulated the frustration of feeling 'not gay enough' to fit in with the community. I loved the equal validation of Darcy's feelings for both Brooke and Brougham and how she ends up with the person who is right for her. This book felt like a warm hug for me. It dealt with the importance of being honest, owning up to your actions and how our emotions can blind us from what is the best thing to do. This is an excellent and easy read. It is a great queer story that is validating and comforting.
    • 5/5
      Perfect On Paper could have easily been called Perfect On Any Platform... I know it's not as polished sounding but it's 100% accurate. I listened to this one on Audible and when I say listened to that makes it seem like a tame, blase experience... too passive... I rabidly ingested, devoured, inhaled it... we are now one, this novel and I, forever and ever and I can't tell you how very happy that makes me. When I read the synopsis I just knew it, deep down where such feelings are harbored, that I'd love this book but the reality was just SO much more hard hitting, visceral. By the end I felt complete and seen and loved and how often can someone say that in this self centered, preoccupied, love starved world? This book has all sorts of representation! I can not stress that enough. This book, at it's core, is a call to EVERYONE no matter what they identify as, a call telling EVERYONE that they are Perfect no matter what they feel to the contrary, no matter what they are told or who they love or what society has them feeling. This book is about acceptance and is not bloated or over stated. It does not beat you over the head, ad nauseum, with pithy, Hippy(esque) rhetoric. It is extremely cohesive and it made my day just knowing that it exists. The characters seemed EXTREMELY self aware and mature for their years. They did seem to have the perfect things to say at any given time which was a little off-putting/unrealistic but it was executed in a clever way so it did not detract from the story's brilliance. The dialogue was fresh, flowed smoothly and felt truly genuine. I love how it tackled some relevant, poignant, complicated scenarios of today. It saw them, named them, addressed them, dissected them and conquered them coherently... delivered to us in a perfectly wrapped up YA gift. Overall:If you want to feel good then this is your book! If you have questions about who you are, what you feel and what sort of treatment you deserve then this is your book. If you have relationship woes of ANY nature (best friend, boyfriend/girlfriend, parent, sibling, drug abuse, infidelity, disrespectful partners etc...) this is your book to feel seen. If you want to see some very Aware teens that do happen to make mistakes too, this is your book. Bottom line: this is your next book (or should be)!~ Enjoy

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