I think the abyss must have been sharing the general idea around, because when I was well into writing Perfect on Paper, Sex Education and The Half Of It both released on Netflix, which have since become comps for PoP! More specifically, the idea of which relationship theories would be discussed in the book came from my own historic interest in self-help relationship books. The premise itself came to me without warning one day-honestly, this is how most of my ideas come, they seem to appear from the abyss. How did you come up with this premise and what inspired you to write Darcy’s story? Perfect on Paper is basically the dream come true – a bisexual girl giving anonymous love advice but not being able to figure out her own love life. The goal: help him win his ex-girlfriend back. When a hot senior figures out her identity, he blackmails her into becoming his personal dating coach. Perfect on Paper follows Darcy, a sixteen-year-old bisexual girl who gives anonymous love advice through a locker at school.

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I’m a musical theatre geek who loves ice skating, drawing and singing, as well as-of course-writing queer young adult fiction. Hi! My name is Sophie Gonzales, and I’m an author from Adelaide, Australia. Hi, Sophie! Thanks for joining us! Why don’t you tell our readers a bit about yourself?

We got to ask Sophie all our burning questions about her latest release Perfect on Paper, future projects and so much more! You can find Sophie on Instagram, Twitter, and her website. From the gripping first line, I was hooked.The Nerd Daily recently had the chance to chat with Sophie Gonzales, author of the beloved YA rom-com Only Mostly Devastated, which is a fabulous queer Grease retelling. Martin’s back in August, but won a physical ARC in a giveaway. It’s been a hot minute since I’ve read a physical book (between online school textbooks, eARCs, and digital library books, I’ve been too busy) but I’m so glad I got to get my hands on a copy of this! I received Perfect on Paper as an eARC from St. Before you read this book, get cozy, make sure you have snacks nearby, and settle in for the evening because this is a totally binge-worthy book.

Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales