But when I thought on it further, I didn't feel guilty anymore.

I started hearing that I'd done something wrong, and I won't list the specific things said here, because they're just hurtful, but the reasons given boiled down to this: 'a bi person who is in a relationship with a different gender is not correct queer rep'.Īt first, as is normal when we hear we've done something wrong, I felt awful, and doubted myself. Then, in OMD I wrote a bi character whose story culminated in a romance with someone of a different gender, and I suddenly received push back. I've been writing bisexual characters for many years, but I'd always written them dating someone who shared their gender. At the time of writing, I was working on a sapphic rom-com, which I was intending to be my next book (watch this space in the future!!), when something happened. I'm kidding (mostly!), but Perfect on Paper was born of some very confused, conflicting feelings. Okay, so all she has to do is help an entitled, bratty, (annoyingly hot) guy win over a girl who’s already fallen for him once? What could go wrong? If word gets out that she’s behind the locker, some things she's not proud of will come to light, and there’s a good chance Brooke will never speak to her again. The goal? To help him win his ex-girlfriend back.ĭarcy has a good reason to keep her identity secret. In exchange for keeping her secret, Darcy begrudgingly agrees to become his personal dating coach―at a generous hourly rate, at least.

However, when Brougham catches her in the act of collecting letters from locker 89―out of which she’s been running her questionably legal, anonymous relationship advice service―that’s exactly what happens. Has maybe not the best judgement when it comes to her best friend, Brooke…who is in love with someone else.Really cannot stand Alexander Brougham.Can give you the solution to any of your relationship woes―for a fee.In Perfect on Paper: a bisexual girl who gives anonymous love advice to her classmates is hired by the hot guy to help him get his ex back.

Perfect on paper by sophie gonzales