Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales | YA BOOK REVIEW

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In Sophie Gonzales’ Perfect on Paper, Leah on the Offbeat meets To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before: 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? 

Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales | YA BOOK REVIEW

BOOK REVIEW

MY THOUGHTS

I adored this interesting, sweet, sassy, entertaining and thoughtful novel.

From the very beginning I noticed how much I enjoyed the writing. The sass between the characters made me chuckle and smirk. The writing was smart, witty and authentic. Even if it was very YA at times I had a blast reading the book. It was a fast and easy read with many memorable and meaningful scenes, and fantastic representation,

The set up was refreshingly unique. The story focused on a YA relationship column managed out of a high school locker with actual great relationship advice. The relationship advice was so on point and incredibly thoughtful, I just loved it. It made me actually think and reflect on what kind of a relationship person I am.

There was not one character I didn’t enjoy in this book. Sure they weren’t perfect, actually a bit messy, and did some questionable things, but perfect characters are boring. Instead the book felt authentic, relatable, and young adult.

I actually adored Darcy, the main character. She was a mess, and her journey was a bumpy one, but I liked her flaws. And although she made a couple dumb decisions, in the end she figured out a way to fix them.

The novel had a couple really memorable moments that will stay with me for a long time. Also I absolutely adored the LGBTQI+ representation. It was really well done!

FOUR STARS

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Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales | YA BOOK REVIEW