Cute book, fun and great characters. The romance was alright, not my favorite but I liked the characters so I wasn't super upset. I'd rate this 4 stars

Holding my review until the SMP boycott is resolved.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book.

I usually love Sophie Gonzales, so I was disappointed to find that I didn't enjoy this book. It was a bit too much in terms of childish angst and drama. I don't even think teenage me would have found it bearable!

Thank you to the publisher for providing a review copy.

I think at another time in my life, I would have really enjoyed this one. It was just a little bit too much magical realism for me in this one to really enjoy. Perfect for teens and YAs who love things that are a little goofy.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for this advanced reader's copy and the opportunity to review. All opinions are my own.

When Ivy's parents go away, her plans for having the house to herself include watching her favorite fantasy TV show with her new best friend, Henry. She is a huge fan of one of the characters, and even writes fictional stories about him in her life. But things become complicated when Ivy accidentally brings to life one of her fanfiction characters, Weston. He's everything she could ever want in a boyfriend: incredibly attractive, knows everything about her, and claims to be her soulmate.

With Weston now in Ivy's life, she realizes that some of the tropes that she has always romanticized and imagined are not as great as she'd thought they'd be. She recruits Henry, and her former best friend, Mack, to help her figure out what's going on. Ivy and Mack had a falling out last year, and have been distant around each other ever since. Being around Mack again makes Ivy wonder if Weston really is the perfect person for her.

I am giving this book 4.25 stars. I flew through this book and truly loved it. It was such a great plot that most of us readers can relate to, because fictional characters are so compelling. I also think a lot of young adult readers would enjoy the plot and subject of this book, because of how relatable and cute it is. It's also so funny and sarcastic, Gonzales makes this feel like a true sitcom. All the characters were so likable, and it was a fun read.

I think anyone who enjoys reading or writing fanfiction would love this book. If you love rom-com books that feel like your favorite sitcoms and are hilarious, this one is for you.

The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist by Sophie Gonzales will be released on March 26.

First, I want to thank Netgalley for this ARC.
Ivy is super sweet and likable, and her insecurities feel real and relatable. I loved the premise. Weston, the fictional character that comes to life is really too good to be true and as the story unfolds, it's clear that even perfection has its flaws, However, the romance aspect of the book didn't pull me in, as I didn't felt much chemistry between Ivy and her love interest. The double standards were a constant reminder of why the relationship didn't work when they were friends so I couldn't imagine it growing into something else.
Overall I thought the book was good and funny, just not for me.

This is the first book I've ever read by Sophie Gonzales and trust me, it wouldn't be the last because I'm about to buy her entire backlist and pull off the longest reading marathon known to the human race.

The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist is a hilarious young adult/coming of age story that features relatable and quirky main characters—Ivy, Mack, Henry and Weston. Plus, this awesome story is a friends-to-enemies and an enemies-to-lovers romance and I was here for all the angst, drama and the witty banter.

Ivy and Mack used to be best friends but they had a huge misunderstanding that completely wrecked their friendship and Ivy found comfort in writing fan-fiction about her favorite show HMAD (Hot, Magic and Deadly). I wanted to read this story from the moment I heard that it has a 16 year-old fan-fiction writer who accidentally brings her main character (Weston) to life. I really enjoy reading fan-fiction and I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to read this awesome story and meet these wonderful characters. Besides, there were lots of face-palm worthy moments between Ivy and Mack and Henry's snappy wisecracks made me laugh out loudly in very public places and I'm pretty sure my sanity was up for debate in the minds of the people who were blatantly staring at me.

This story is brilliant in every sense of the word because it has a dual time line that goes from the past to present in each chapter and I could clearly see how Ivy and Mack's friendship went downhill. The author clearly shows how important it is to have supportive friends who you can be yourself with and share similar interests. If I could give this book ten stars I would because it is a well-written and highly entertaining novel and I loved every word of it!

The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist is a cute YA romance with a twist. When Ivy inadvertently brings to life a fan fiction character based on her favorite show H-MAD, her life goes completely off the rails. Conveniently her parents are out of town for a week so she has until then to figure this out. With her ex-best friend, who lives across the street, and current bestie Henry, the three must keep Weston contained while he seems to be playing out different versions of the fan fiction Ivy had written for them. I loved all of the fun chaos that Weston created in Ivy's life. At the heart was a sweet story of crushes and her realization of who and what she wants. This YA sapphic romance is endearing and delightful.

Thank you NetGalley and Wednesday Books for the gifted advanced reader copy.

💜🩵 The Perfect Guy Doesn’t Exist ARC Review 🩵💜

Thank you so much to Sophie Gonzales and Wednesday Books for the opportunity to read and review this book!

The Perfect Guy Doesn’t Exist is a standalone queer, contemporary fantasy novel. For the first time ever, Ivy is home alone for a week while her parents are traveling. She plans to relax, write fanfic and binge her favorite show. But when her favorite character comes to life, are all her romantic dreams coming true??

This was such a fun read! I really enjoyed Ivy and her growth throughout this story. The rest of the characters are well developed and I really enjoyed the world building. I personally would have liked to see more interactions between Ivy and Mack, but that’s absolutely a “me” issue and not a book issue

Overall this was a four star read. I liked the characters and the story - it was fun and unique! This story had a romantic subplot but no on page spice, so one flame for smut

If you’re a fan of queer romance with all the fanfic tropes, then absolutely pick this one up!

Please note: review will be posted to Amazon upon publication

A fanfiction writer brings her favorite character to life and begins to realize that he isn't as perfect as she thought he was.

I wanted to love this, but I just did not. The writing was more juvenile than I expected. It was less fun fanfiction romp and more annoying second-hand embarrassment.

I enjoyed the other books I have read from this author but this book really fell flat for me. The characters didn't have much personality and the conflict wasn't very interesting. I really wanted to like it but it just didn't wow me. I think if it were marketed as a middle grade book it might be better. It was a very quick and easy read and I didn't find it dragging or going slowly which I liked. I also wish we found out more about WHY and HOW Weston was there. I was frustrated that the majority of the conflicts were "solved" by Weston's magic, it didn't leave many problems for them to solve/navigate.

As a long time lover of fanfics this book spoke to me and I am so happy I gave it a try. I’ve long ago realised that a good book doesn’t need to be a serious literary masterpiece but can indeed be a silly, tropey book. This book has not all of the tropes but a good amount of them! I absolutely love the humour in this book and I’ve come to realise that’s just something that Sophie Gonzales writes really well. I also really enjoyed the aroace rep in Henry that was a delightful surprise to me.

I love reading fandom-related books and this one was not an exception. It was a lot of fun to read. Fun and occasionally frustrating because of the characters. They, and their decisions and thoughts, definitely felt age-appropriate to me. Which was both great and annoying in a cringe-worthy, all too relatable way.

The main relationship was cute and full of fun tropes. The flashbacks helped flesh it out. I was definitely rooting for them throughout. I also really liked the main platonic friendship and what it brought to the story. All the shenanigans were very entertaining to read. The book as a whole felt like a love letter to all things fandom.

I read an ARC of this book from NetGalley. All comments are my own.

I feel like the cover and description of the book don’t really match the plot at all. Also this is the first time I’ve read a YA book that made me feel like I’m too old to read YA. All the characters were way too immature for me. I think other people would enjoy this book, but it definitely isn’t for me.

There was a lot to love here. The coming out, discussions around their friendship ending, but I did find that, for a character who’s a junior in high school, it felt like it leaned a bit younger. I did enjoy it, but it felt more like a book for 12-15 year olds rather than upper teens.

Great read! Fun and unique story about teenage friendships, how they relate to their parents, and learning that what we dream about and wish for isn't exactly what we may truly want. Loveable LGBTQ+ characters. Quick read, good story, tough to put down.

This story wasn’t up my alley. I have read Sophie Gonzalez other books and was excited to read this one. The premise sounded really interesting. However, when I was reading it, it didn’t really hit for me. I didn’t realize how much of this was a fanfiction based story, but also wasn’t into how it made it seem like people who wrote fanfiction didn’t want to face reality. Which comes off weird to me. I also didn’t like Mack and Ivy‘s friendship at all. The moments they had was fighting with each other which always seemed really petty. To me it made them really unlikable. This book came across to young for me. Which I think is the big reason this didn’t land the right way for me. If I was a lot younger I probably would have enjoyed it more. Unfortunately this one just isn’t and wasn’t for me.

This book had a very interesting premise but dragged as time went on. I wasn’t super pulled in by either of the characters, but enjoyed the dynamics and plot line. I did, admittedly, have quite high expectations for this book, and did end up a bit disappointed as a result, so my bad on that, but overall, a fun read.

I hated this book and definitely do not recommend it. I do not know how this is the same author that wrote Never Ever Getting Back Together. This book was literally a terrible idea and premise.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC!

This is sooooo delightfully silly. It made me giggle constantly. I only give it four stars because sometimes the cheese was a little much.

This story follows a girl who accidentally wishes into existence her favorite tv character and then with the help of her best friend, ex-best friend, and the power of fanfiction they work together to get rid of him.

This is like helpful robot turns evil but make it gay and fanfiction i was obsessed with the plot!