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The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist by Sophie Gonzales
3.5
emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I landed on this (YA) book straight from a bunch of Adult ones and it was certainly a bit of a mental adjustment because this book is very YA (not derogatory). The protagonist is emotionally a bit less mature than your average 16-year-old (part of the character arc), which makes it also feel like a bit of an adjustment. 

If you are familiar with/enjoy fanfic and romance writing tropes, you will likely get some good laughs out of this. It's very much rom-com style, what-if all the tropes one by one to teach the protagonist a lesson about accidental wish fulfilment, etc. but the maturity (or lack thereof) of the main character makes it a bit dicey for me. 

Overall, enjoyable and fun but reads very much like the top range of middle school with the main characters rather than modern 16 year olds.