A fanfic writer brings her favorite TV character to life in this friends-to-enemies-to-lovers novel full of humor and heart.
Ivy Winslow has the house to herself for a week while her parents are away. She’s planning to use this newfound freedom to binge-watch her favorite fantasy TV show, H-MAD, and hang out with her best friend, Henry. She’ll also have to avoid her former best friend-turned enemy (and neighbor), Mack. But things quickly go awry when Ivy wakes up to find Weston, the gorgeous, very fictional main character of H-MAD in her bedroom, claiming to be her soul mate.
Ivy realizes that her fanfic writing has somehow brought Weston as she’s imagined him to life. But it turns out that the tropes she swoons over in her stories are slightly less romantic in reality, and her not-so-fictional crush is causing some real-world problems. To figure out why Weston is here and what to do with him, Ivy decides to team up with Henry and (against her better judgment) Mack. But with Mack back in her life, Ivy starts to wonder if Weston, her “perfect guy”, is the one who’s truly perfect for her . . . or if that was someone else all along.
If you have ever read or written fanfiction, you have imagined the characters becoming real. That's just a fact. Everyone does it.
I've read a few Sophie Gonzales books now, and - I say this with all love - they are fantastic popcorn books, fun, clever ideas, nice to read. This is a great addition to her stable, showing her usual deft handling of teens. (Although this particular teen is terrible at fanfiction. The show sounds fun though!) This is a very obvious application of 'be careful what you wish for' but I enjoyed reading (and I may have been trying to decide which of my own fanfiction creations would be worst to have arrive during a storm...)
It's a great way to while away a stormy afternoon, and I definitely recommend it.
The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist publishes on the 28th March, 2024. I received a free copy and am giving an honest review.
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