Thank you NetGalley and St Martins Press for this arc in exchange for an honest review!

This was so cute! I really enjoyed the storyline and the setting. I've seen others talk about how it gave Intern vibes and that's just SO true. And I loved loved loved that movie!! Josie and Will are so loveable! Will is amazing in every way. A genuinely good man with a big heart, great personality, and a sense of humor. The communication between these two was top tier. Thank goodness for no miscommunication from them!

This was a fun romance! I found myself invested in the characters and flipping the pages to find out what would happen next.

I feel like I don’t have too much to say about this one. It was cute and fun to read but it didn’t have me in a chokehold with any of the characters. I think there was too much conflict involved in the MCs and the romance didn’t feel fun or effortless to me.

It might be a book I’d go back and read and I would still recommend it, but I feel like I read it and forgot about it.

Thanks so much NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the eARC.

A delightful rom-com with heart and humor. The plot is well paced with a few twists to keep the reader invested. The exploration of work-life balance, personal growth, and forgiveness adds depth to the narrative. A read that will leave you smiling.
Many thanks to St. Martin’s Press and to Netgalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

This was such a cute rom com! The characters were very likable, had so much growth and I really enjoyed the book. I felt like it was very character driven and just overall a good story

Perfect Fit by Clare Gilmore is a lovely, romance story about getting one's priorities right in life & finding happiness. Stress, work, and compulsive anxiety are not healthy for anyone, especially when building a business. Through friendships & and romance, Josie realizes she can't keep up the pace she's been going before becoming totally burnt out.
Will, the male lead in Perfect Fit, rekindles a relationship from the past with Josie & they both have positive growth together. Not as much passion in this story as others, but quite a bit of romance & swoon.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book on #NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own, but please add this wonderful romance story to your TBR list.

Thank you St. Martin’s and NetGalley for my ARC

4.25 🌟

I would describe this book as cute, swoony, a bit spicy, and a fun romp in Austin with a female CEO and her suuuuper sexy consultant (who’s also her former best friend’s twin brother).

I found this to be really easy to get into and an enjoyable ride. The MMC was great, and I was rooting for the FMC to figure herself out. I also appreciated how the 3rd quarter romantic conflict was handled — not just conflict for conflict’s sake.

I’m excited to dig into more of Clare Gilmore’s books!

Perfect Fit was my perfect fit, literally. This book made me cry so much. The romance is so pure, so well written, so healthy and beautiful. It’s the romance you want. It’s full of communication, helpfulness without overprotecting the other, without overshadowing your other half. It was so well developed, everything made sense.
I love the way this book really talks in depth about burn outs, what it means, how it looks (even though it’s still very different for everyone). How you can be a girl boss and still think about yourself. How unhealthy it can be to be over productive, driven by your job, your company. How beautiful it can be still. The ending of this book made me cry so bad because of how perfect it was. It leaves you hanging just like I was hanging on every word written on the pages of this book. P E R F E C T F I T.

To call Perfect Fit a romance would be both the truth and yet not fully encompassing of what Clare Gilmore does in this story. The book starts with Josie’s car getting run into a bike. A bike ridden by Will Grant, the twin brother of her high school best friend who she kissed in a drunken moment that ruined her relationship with Zoe. As the CEO of a fashion company in Austin, far away from her hometown of Nashville, Josie has been completely focused on her company and career, and Will’s reappearance in her life slowly makes her start reevaluating her priorities. The slowly burgeoning romance between Josie and Will is enjoyable, but also really enjoyable was Gilmore’s exploration of how difficult it is to be a female CEO. Let alone a young one in the startup industry. She shows the difficult decisions Josie has to make, her failures and the criticism she has to take because people want people like her to fail. She talks about how self destructive social media is to Josie, how she acknowledges it, even while realizing how important it is to her company. But she also shows that Josie has great support from her friends, and an older male advisor that actually isn’t awful, and actually is pretty great and wants to see Josie succeed. The other elements that make the story enjoyable is the friend and family support Josie has, and how Gilmore grounds the story very realistically in a vibrant Austin community. Read it for the romance, but really, read it for everything else too. A complimentary copy of this book was provided by the publisher. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

In the least cliche way possible, Perfect Fit is, well, just that, a perfect fit for my interests. It's everything I want in a light-hearted contemporary romance. It has heart. It has love. It has rational adult relationships. But you know what it doesn't have. A third-act breakup!

Clare Gilmore is a master at writing a compelling story. I can't say I care much about fashion, but Gilmore crafts such an enthralling story that it hardly matters. Because the fashion element isn't important. The characters and their relationships, and the setting and how important it is to those characters, are.

But perhaps most importantly, no one writes a leading man like Clare Gilmore writes a leading man. After finishing Perfect Fit, I think Will Grant jumps to the top of the list of ideal men, and it's not even close.

Perfect Fit is a top-five read for me in 2024—maybe even my very top read. I can't thank NetGalley enough for the advanced copy.

I read this in one sitting, I didn’t want to put it down. Josie and Will are so cute and fun. I laughed as much as an Emily Henry makes me laugh and that’s impressive lol

But parts of it felt cheap, like cheesy but in a way that makes me feel slighted or robbed. Because everything else about this was great and then these big moments happen and they just don’t have the oomph.

The part of me that relates hard to Josie’s burnout and debilitating social anxiety wants to give 4.5 stars. The scenes with her internally spiraling deeper and deeper into self deprecating thoughts made me feel very seen. I also love how mature Josie and Will both were, no third act breakup!!

It’s the kind of love story I wish my 16-year-old self had consumed rather than the toxic nonsense they fed us in the ‘00s & ‘10s.

I can’t express how wonderful this book was. The story was beautiful and tender and the writing immersed me fully. Incredible!

Josephine Davis is CEO of an up and coming sustainable clothing company. At 28, she the epitome of she boss as her company is in search of a consultant to help secure VC funding and B Corp status.

When on her way to work, a biker runs into her car. Really? It’s a high school acquaintance she had HISTORY with. When she helps him, and she realizes he’a a bid as her new consultant, is a fan, and wants to take her business to the next level, Josie doesn’t know what to think.

As they work together closely, it’s clear that even though there is a lot of baggage from the past, these two have an attraction that cannot be overlooked.

The undercurrent of this book is awareness of founder burnout, social media intense scrutiny, unhealthy use of social media, and the cultural scrutiny of women in power. I agree and have experienced this in different parts of my career.

The pacing of the second half of the novel seemed rushed, and I it was painful to see Josie have so much self doubt and scrutiny over trivial things. Women and men have different standards in positions of power. When accountability of held, women are seen as petty and mean, men are just doing business.

Overall, this was a nice romance about pretty heavy subject matter. It hit a little close to home! 🏠 🫶

Clare Gilmore has quickly become one of my favourite authors, and her sophomore novel was no exception! Beautifully written, full of humour and wit and heart, I absolutely fell in love with Will and Josie's story. They are characters that push each other in the best ways, but also stand by each other with so much love and support, it was everything I wanted in a romance and I already can't wait for Clare's next release!

This novel is a poignant work on self-worth and the love that you can find when you let someone embrace all of your imperfections.

Clare Gilmore’s writing drew me in from the start. She effortlessly paints a vivid picture of Josie, Will, their shared history and Revenant within the first 10% of the book.

For a wunderkind CEO, Josie is so relatable and you’ll root for her. Her intrusive thoughts were empathetically handled and her vulnerabilities felt familiar and realistic. Will’s patience and their communication throughout the book was exemplary.

Also, who would have thought that snoring could be so swoony 😊

While this was an easy read, it wasn’t quite a perfect fit for me. The main characters just weren’t likeable for me, and I can’t even really explain why except that Josie let one experience in high school determine her entire adult life. The whole book read as if the characters were much younger than they were supposed to be. I did like that there wasn’t a third act breakup, but it almost could’ve used one because the ending was quite anticlimactic and boring.

Overall not for me, but obviously I’m in the minority for this one!

I loved this book pretty much from the first page. Josie's voice drew me in right away and she was both delightfully capable and sympathetic at the same time. I related to the themes of perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and burnout, which were explored with empathy and depth. The female friendships--both old and new--were perfect. I also LOVED that the "breakup moment" wasn't contrived. Josie and Will came across as real people with real issues who loved each other deeply and helped each other work through their difficulties. The story leans a little towards women's fiction as the romantic plot and Josie's personal plot carried equal weight--which is exactly what I look for in a romance. Fans of Emily Henry and Abby Jimenez will love this one, as will readers who love awesome, vulnerable, capable women.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC.

I love a story about a smart woman learning to reach out, change her course and respect her creativity for the force it is. And it doesn't hurt she has to have a group of pals I'd sit down with any evening, along with a second chance with both the right guy and his sister, Josie's one time best friend.

The story just flowed and I missed the characters as soon as I finished.

Honestly, Perfect Fit was absolutely precious! I loved Josie and Will were just too adorable, and I was so happy they got their happy ever after

There were some parts of this book that shined and others that dragged. I enjoyed the premise of following Josie's career as the CEO of her own fashion brand. I loved her journey of finding what makes her happy and taking a step back. Will was so sweet, especially when he took care of Josie when she was sick. I liked them together, but didn't love them together. A lot of this book I found to be boring. I had trouble connecting with the characters.