Waverly Bryson, the center of the story (and the series) is a lovable but klutzy character.
She and her two BFF’s, McKenna and Andie, are in their late twenties and live around the corner from each other in San Francisco.
Waverly works in the world of sports PR and so spends a lot of time with famous sports figures, supermodels in the glittery world of the spoiled and somewhat rich and famous.
As the story opens, we find Waverly engaged but not for long. Once her fiancée dumps her, she spends an inordinate amount of time worrying about why she is unlovable, why she attracts only losers and why she becomes a total klutz every time she’s near a man.
There are some funny parts that will have you chuckling but not as many as I had hoped for and some that came across as just corny or trite.
I’ll stop there because I don’t want to give away any of the twists or turns because there are not a lot of them.
The story line is pretty typical and predictable with, as I said, a few twists and turns that will hold your attention. The characters are all well developed and, for the most part, believable.
What I did have trouble with were the terms the three woman used; including a ton of “Ums”, “No Ways”, “What’s ups” and other phrases that made them sound more like a group of Brooklyn teenagers than three upper-twenties professional woman.
Overall, Perfect on Paper is well written and a cute read. I also believe it’s a nice start to what I think will become a good series once the author better fits her characters into the world she created for them.
Recommendation: A cute and enjoyable but predictable read.