No Such Thing As Perfect

No Such Thing As Perfect - Emma Hughes

Genre: Romance | Womens Fiction

Release Date: Expected 5th August 2021

Laura Williams just lost her flat, and now she's on the verge of losing her job too. Living on an air mattress on her overbearing sisters floor, not much is going right. Her life is most definitely not perfect.

As a journalist, Laura is constantly bombarded by hundreds of emails a day which she swiftly deletes - including one from Cupid - a new dating start-up powered by digital footprints. No swiping, no pickup lines, just scientifically provden matchmaking with guaranteed results. But the email doesn't stay in the bin for long; if this works it could be the perfect piece to make her mark on the magazine and to meet Adam, her mathematically perfect match.

But it's a lot of pressure to be told you're someones soulmate before you've ever met - and can the head really replace the heart when it comes to love?

Laura and Adam were both adorable and so very awkward from the first meeting - I loved watching as they tried to figure out who each other really is and how that reflects on themselves. But love isn't simple, and as Laura finds herself more drawn to one of the people who led her to Adam instead, she's faced with the most basic human question - following her head or her heart?

Full of vibrancy and hilarity, No Such Thing As Perfect was funny and so cute - and a perfect representation of a twenty-something woman who is nowhere near where she expects to be in life and with no idea what's going on.

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thank you to Emma Hughes and Random House UK for an ARC in return for an honest review.

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