In which we realize, it is ok to slow down and smell the garlic
The Perfect Fit by Clare Gilmore
Stars: 4.5
Spice: PG (closed door)
I was in such a bad book mood when I picked up Clare Gilmore’s sophomore love story about a young CEO of a clothing company and her newly hired consultant. I had been reading one ho-hum book after another and I had lost my will to open my Kindle. But on the commute home, I checked my NetGalley app and realized The Perfect Fit was coming out soon and since I enjoyed her first novel, I was hoping she could bring me out of my reading funk.
Josephine Davis is the twenty-something CEO of a sustainable fashion brand and her biggest investor told her she needs to hire a consultant. Unfortunately the best consultant is none other than Will Grant, the brother of her ex-best friend and a boy she had an ill-timed smooch with in high school. Josie always felt like Will judged her as a shallow, basic girly-girl and she does not need that added pressure on top of everything else that is going on at her company. But maybe Josie read Will wrong, both then and now. In fact, he might become her biggest cheerleader and the right person to make her step back and reassess where she wants to be going with her life.
Gilmore hit all the right notes with this one and I really enjoy her writing. It feels fresh and she is willing to write characters who at first glance might not be your typical romance hero or heroine. And I loved how real Josie and Will felt. Could a lot of people end up running their own company by the time they were 28? Probably not, but Josie is upfront about the advantages she had and her own motivations. And I thought the way Gilmore portrayed how they are both searching was authentic to someone realizing 30 isn’t that far away. Add to that the friend and family dynamics that they are both dealing with and I think you have a very honest love story. It is one in which the two MCs aren’t completely wrapped up in each other or looking for the other person to fix them.
If you are someone who isn’t looking for a lot of spice, this book keeps the sexy times mostly behind closed doors but that does not mean that there isn’t a lot of sexual tension between two characters that have great chemistry.
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