Monday, September 20, 2021

Perfect on Paper (by Sophie Gonzales)

A 2021 version of Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate and I am here for it. In Perfect on Paper, a high queer school student named Darcy Phillips secretly runs an advice column; until one person learns her secret and demands her help getting his girlfriend back.)

The main character is bisexual and grapples with internalized biphobia and not feeling “queer” enough which, as a bi woman married to a straight man, really spoke to me. The representation is great otherwise, too; her sister is transgender and it's never made a plot point in any way, she just happens to be trans. She is a member of the Queer & Questioning club, which adds characters who are pan, gay, aromantic, nonbinary, and asexual as well.

The main love triangle is great; I love the advice column plot (and getting to read Darcy's advice and how she helps people), and the characters are fabulous. (Shoutout to her mom, who is plus-sized and portrayed positively as well.) Basically this book could not have been more perfectly matched to this reader.  Great read!

 

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