In a Not So Perfect World

Author: Neely Tubati-Alexander
Title: In a Not-So-Perfect World
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date Published: 03/19/2024

Read Dates: 02/02/2024/- 02/05/2024
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

📖 I received a gifted e-book ARC. The following is my honest review✍🏻

In a Not-So-Perfect World is a single POV fake dating romance centered on Sloane, an aspiring video game designer who has less than two weeks to design a game and nail the interview of her dreams. Her recently single neighbor Charlie convinces her to take his ex’s place on a prepaid trip. It’s a win-win: Charlie can try to make his ex jealous and Sloane can code and design  in peace, distraction free in paradise! 

I loved watching Sloane and Charlie grow from strangers to friends to lovers, in a story that followed them on vacation and back home in their “real” lives. It was fun and funny, sweet and sexy, just an all around delight to read! 

A delightful Caribbean-set romp about an ambitious designer of apocalyptic video games with a strategy for (almost) everything who discovers what happens when her best-laid plans go off course...

Sloane Cooper is up for her dream job as a designer for a top video game company. During the interview, though, she somehow promises the all-male panel that she’ll remain single and fully dedicated to the work. It’s actually fine—after her last boyfriend cheated on her, she vowed to focus on her career anyway.

Enter Charlie, aka Hot Neighbor Guy, a near-stranger who shocks her with the offer of an all-inclusive trip to a Turks and Caicos resort. The catch? Charlie originally planned the trip with his ex, and asks Sloane to pose as his new girlfriend to make his old flame come running back. Against her better judgment, Sloane says yes; she can use the time away to develop a game design that will dazzle the Catapult team and get her a job offer.

Despite sparks flying in paradise, the trip can’t lead to more. As their connection deepens, Sloane is reminded that she can’t fall for Charlie and get knocked off her professional path. Besides, he’s trying to win back his true love. Can Sloane figure out a way to move past heartbreak, land the job of her dreams, and avoid catching feelings? The zombie apocalypse would be easier to solve—at least she’s prepared for that.