The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist

The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist

Sophie Gonzales

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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.


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  • kxrthii
    Apr 25, 2025
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  • queerlybeloved
    May 29, 2025
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    SO!! GOOD!! WOW!! i've been interested in reading this book since Sophie Gonzalez posted the cover reveal, and i'm SO happy i finally did!! as a HUGE fan girl myself, i related so heavily to a lot of this book. and as someone sapphic, tbh! i have mixed feelings about mixed timelines in books; sometimes it's easy to follow but sometimes it's Super confusing. this book was a positive experience in that regard; it was very easy to follow and the juxtaposition of the timelines (every chapter starting with a flashback and then the continuation of the story in the present) made it more impactful in my opinion! there's so much hurt and so much mistrust that the three of them are working on and with while trying to mend their relationships, and i think that inadvertently Weston helps them fix things! the ending was craaaaazy, but i was super happy with how it worked out ❤️

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  • katto
    Jan 13, 2025
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    3.5
    took me quite a while to start rooting for the romance but the dialogue about fanfic is hilarious.

    i also just really like the way Sophie Gonzales writes queer characters and talks about queerness and acceptance and friendship in general.

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