Perfect on Paper

“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?
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Community Reviews
This is book has such a fun premise. I enjoyed the way Darcy researched different relationship resources to ensure she gave the best advice she could when answering all the letters she receives in Locker 89. The only thing she can't seem to get right is getting up the courage to tell her IRL crush and best friend Brooke that she's in love with her. As time goes by the threat of her identity being revealed gets closer and closer. The more she helps Brougham the more she starts developing feelings for him as well. As her own love life gets complicated the secrets she's kept due to the advice she's given and what she's revealed about certain people may leave her alone in the end.
This LGBTQA+ YA RomCom was really well done. My favorite relationship was between Darcy and her sister. She's always been the most supportive of Darcy. This book addresses family dynamics for both Darcy and Brougham, gender identity, and friendship. I recommend it to anyone looking ffor their next YA Contemporary!
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