Title: The Perfect Find
Author: Tia Williams
Type: Fiction
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
(Hachette Book Group)
Date published: September 14, 2021
A complimentary physical copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Will a forty-year-old woman with everything on the line – her high-stakes career, ticking biological clock, bank account – risk it all for a secret romance with the one person who could destroy her comeback, for good?
Jenna Jones, former It-girl fashion editor, is forty, broke and desperate for a second chance. When she’s dumped by her longtime fiancé and fired from Darling magazine, she begs for a job from her arch nemesis, Darcy Vale. Darcy, the beyond-bitchy publisher of StyleZine.com, agrees to hire her rival – only because her fashion site needs a jolt from Jenna’s old school cred. But Jenna soon realizes she’s in over her head.
Jenna’s working with digital-savvy millennials half her age, has never even “Twittered,” and pretends to still be a Fashion Somebody while living a style lie (she sold her designer wardrobe to afford her sketched-out studio, and now quietly wears Walmart’s finest). What’s worse is that the twenty-two-year-old videographer assigned to shoot her web series is driving her crazy. Wildly sexy with a smile Jenna feels in her thighs, Eric Combs is way off-limits – but almost too delicious to resist.
⤖ My Review ⬻
Tia Williams’ Seven Days in June was one of my favourite reads of 2021, so I was very excited to pick up her other title, The Perfect Find! Based on the premise it sounded like it was going to be fairly different regarding plot and characters from Seven Days In June, and I hesitated a bit because I hadn’t read an age gap romance before in which the female lead is older than the male lead.
But I’m glad that I listened to my initial instinct that said: Read it! Read it now! I really enjoyed The Perfect Find! I will admit that I struggled a bit with the female lead, Jenna, at times (some of her decisions and actions), but in the end this made her feel more real to me. Plus, I’ve never been in her shoes (no pun intended…’cause she works in fashion…anyway!), so in the end, who am I to say if she made the right call or not?
The first few chapters of The Perfect Find were a bit difficult for me to get through, but if the same happens to you, my advice is to push through because it’s worth it! Things picked up and I was hooked! I absolutely had to know what was going to happen next. I also have to say that I liked Eric right off the bat. But I won’t say too much about him because I might accidentally drop some spoilers.
I really enjoyed Tia Williams’ writing and storytelling style! I also loved that I was left guessing and couldn’t predict most of what actually unfolded. I’m so glad I picked up The Perfect Find as it was true to its name, a perfect find for me! I definitely recommend this one if you like romances that aren’t your average cookie cutter romance, and also if you like fashion and NYC!
⤖ About the Author ⬻
Tia Williams began her career as a beauty editor for magazines including Elle, Glamour, Lucky, Teen People, and Essence. In 2004, she pioneered the beauty blog industry with her award-winning site, Shake Your Beauty – and published her debut novel, The Accidental Diva. She went on to pen two young adult novels: It Chicks, and Sixteen Candles. Her 2016 bestseller, The Perfect Find, is being adapted for a Netflix film starring Gabrielle Union – and her latest novel, Seven Days in June, debuts in June 2021. Tia is currently an Editorial Director at Estee Lauder Companies, and lives with her daughter and husband in Brooklyn.