Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC.
This is a delightful rom-com that blends humor, heart, and a timely exploration of work-life balance in a modern, high-pressure world. Centered around the unlikely pairing of Josie Davis, a driven CEO of a fashion brand, and Will Grant, the brooding brother of her estranged best friend, this novel offers a charming mix of romance, personal growth, and a few deliciously awkward moments.

“Despite my best efforts, Will Grant has become one of my favorite people”

Perfect Fit is heartwarming and sweet with the most incredible characters. I loved so many things about this story but my favorite thing was the message of self care and the idea that people come into our lives for different reasons. The connections we make teach us things. Every experience, good or bad, is part of that and at the end of the day sometimes the things that we stress about the most are not as important as we make them out to be in the moment.

Perfect fit is a love story but it is also a story about friendship and the difficult task of trusting yourself. It is about being open and honest about your feelings, overcoming insecurities and being okay with not always knowing how it ends. Both Josephine and Will captured my heart. They are characters that will stay with me for a long time to come.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this book. Clare Gilmore just became an auto-buy author after Perfect Fit. Like Love Interest, I couldn't put this one down and loved every second. Josie's story was so unique and I loved getting to see different layers to her throughout the book. And I'm pretty sure Will Grant is the ultimate book boyfriend!

This was such a cute read 🥹 Two flawed characters trying to find reasons not to be with each other, when all the reasons they shouldn't turn out to be all the things they love and admire about the other 🥲 They truly learn, grow and make each other see the best in themselves 💖She's a workaholic & he would do anything for her!

AWEEE I loved this! The entire big picture, underlying lesson, was so poignant and really resonated with me.

I found this to be sweet, poignant, well written and just profound, all wrapped up into a rom com! Absolutely adored this!

"'You are my boyfriend,' I whisper to him. And whether Will knows it or not, those four words are actually code for I'm-head-over-heels-in-love-with-you."

This was super cute!! I normally don't like CEOs, but I really enjoyed Josephine and her narrative. She truly grew as a character throughout, both because of her relationship with Will and all on her own. It was a unique portrayal of anxiety when self-worth gets tied to something outside yourself, and I loved how it talks about the toxic "girl-boss" type of culture. Will was a DELIGHTFUL book boyfriend, everything a book boyfriend should be. Absolutely swoon-worthy. The side characters were also great too, and I want to see more of them in the future.

I read this during the 60 Minutes interview of Kamala Harris. It made me mad how many times Kamala was interrupted and asked questions only in terms of Trump. So this was a delightful fictional world where women are allowed to be boss bitches, they are allowed to take steps back, and they are allowed to fall in love.

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and the author for an eARC in exchange for my honest review.

I received an advanced copy of this book through NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Perfect Fit was just what I needed right now. A sort of past friends to lovers book, in which there's no 3rd act breakup and the drama comes from other reasons. Josephine Davis is the CEO of her own clothing line, Revenant. She started it with her best friend in college, Camila. I loved their friendship. Josie has made Revenent a success, thanks to very hard work and investors. She decides to hire a consultant to get her business B Corp certified. To be honest, I'm not a business person, so some of this plot flew over my head, but that's ok. The vehicle to get Will Grant back in Josie's life made sense. In this case, the vehicle was Will's bicycle, hitting her car in rush hour traffic.

Josie and Will's twin sister Zoe were best friends in the senior year of high school when they moved to Nashville. Then Zoe saw the two kissing and got angry because she thought Josie was using her to get close to her brother, like her ex friend Amber did. Now, 10 years have gone by, and the two have some fences to mend.

This was somewhat a slow burn, although it didn't feel slowly paced. I enjoyed their international travels and how it brought them closer together. The drama from a bitter ex employee making for bad press as Josie works to open Revenent's first brick and mortar store was a little over the top, do people really care about the inner workings of a clothing company and the employees that much that it would make the NYT? Josie's decision to take time away from the company to remember why she started the business made sense. We are somewhat left in a cliffhanger, although I think Josie made the right choice for her future. Regardless, Josie and Will get their HEA, and most importantly, to me anyway, Josie and Zoe make up. 4.5/5☆ out October 29th.

A modern day love story where the characters are messy, motivated millennials. I absolutely adored it.

The main characters, Josie and Will, are killing it at their careers but their love life has tanked. Josie is CEO of her clothing start up and brings Will in to consult despite their storied past.

A dual journey of the average millennial trying to figure out their life outside of work. It had a great blend of heartfelt, funny, and steamy moments.

Read if you like:
Workplace romance
2nd chance romance
MMC who’s a “baby Henry Cavill”
Austin, TX
Capsule wardrobe
Iced lattes
Pop culture references

This book was far too long for what it was. There wasn't many plot points that made it interesting, just a second chance meet up that worked out with no drama.

Thank you NetGalley for letting me read an e-arc of this book! This was my second Clare Gilmore book, and I have thoroughly enjoyed both! This was a cute workplace romance story with very likable characters. I love that it had a focus on friendship, cultivating current ones and repairing old ones. I feel like I got a full grasp of who Josie is as a character, and that made the story that much better and more relatable. A very good, cute read!|

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.

Welp, I’ve found one of my new favorite books!

Josie and Will’s chemistry was palpable from the beginning. The minute she realize who crashed into her, you could feel their connection. This book had me rooting for them from the very beginning. I was so giddy when they finally got together! Also, HELLOOO Will Grant. I loved their romance and how natural their relationship growth felt.

But this story is about more than just love. There’s friendship, self (re)discovery, social media toxicity, mental health and more. I felt like every topic was relatable in some way and the depth in which this was written was incredible.

This book was so freaking good. I couldn’t stop reading it. I love Josie and Will. I love their friends, their coworkers, their love, just everything. I also now really want to visit Austin, TX. It sounds like such a cool place. Pick this book up and enjoy!

I received an arc from netgalley and the publisher.

Clare Gilmore, how have you not been on my radar? Her upcoming novel, Perfect Fit is such a fun read that it had me researching to see what else might be available by this author. Each character has a presence that draws you in and makes their story important to the reader. The storyline is well-written and will have you biting your lip, cheering, and even giggling at times. Thanks, NetGalley and the publisher, for providing me with the ARC ebook I read and reviewed. All opinions are my own.

This is my first book by Clare Gilmore and I loved it. Very sweet story and I am so grateful that I received the opportunity to read it early.

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and St. Martin's Griffin for an ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are my own.

This book is a fantastic blend of mental health, fashion industry, hustle culture, and the harmful effects of para-social relationships through social media. This book follows Josephine as she attempts to take the fashion brand that she created in her dorm room in college and make it a more sustainable corporation as it is blowing up into one of the biggest fashion brands in the country. In doing so, she becomes entangled with the twin of her best friend from high school who she has not seen in almost a decade. This book touches on social media's impact on anxiety & mental health, as well as discussing burnout & the harmful effects of others expectations on our psyche. This is a second-chance romance with a HEA/HFN ending, some really meaningful conversations surrounding difficult topics, and overall just an enjoyable read.

I'm not typically a fan of second change romance but I don't think Clare Gilmore can write anything I won't love. I adored Josie and Will, and found myself rooting for them from beginning to end. Josie felt so real, and Will was considerate, I couldn't help but love them. Highly recommend this one!

Thank you net galley and st martins griffin for providing me with an arc in exchange for an honest review

I really enjoyed this! I felt that the plot was unique and I’m a sucker for second chance romances. I did feel that there was a bit too much sub plots and run on storylines that it could have been cleaned up a bit. Overall good read though!

I struggled with the believability and motivation of "Perfect Fit" from beginning to end:

- Unrealistic starting conflict: Overwrought high school falling out shapes the next decade of her life.
- Fashion CEO in her mid-20s: Rich girl can walk away from her fashion project at any time and be fine.
- Endless Tiktok: Viral trends age so quickly.
- Weak attempt at size inclusivity: “Plus sizes” sell out early from the fashion line. In this book “plus size” is XL and XXL. That’s mid-size/average in the real world.
- Everyone buys a house in a popular city with no issue: In this economy?

I'm not sure what the goal of this story is. There are no stakes. No one to root for. The biggest conflict is in Josie's head and her endless internal monolog is not fun to read. Will is more appealing, but he's just background.

If that wasn't enough to sell you, Josie orgasms at the slightest touch every time. So that's a neat trick.

Thank you to NetGalley & the publisher for providing an eARC for review.

When I started reading the first chapter I was all “Wow the way this author writes sounds exactly like my inner dialogue. I am about to eat👏 this👏 up.” And I was soooo right.

In Perfect Fit, Josephine, our resident It Girl while simultaneously being a relatable queen, has spent her twenties building a fashion brand and needs to hire a consultant to help her take her company to the next level. In crashes (iykyk) Will Grant, her ex-best friend’s twin brother that she kissed nine years ago.

What a stellar read! The girl-bossing, the side characters, the giggles, the tension, the internal and external conflict!

Sometimes I can have a hard time understanding the male love interest’s feelings when it’s single pov. BUT NOT WITH WILL MF GRANT. That ✨MAN✨ was an acts of service/caretaking king and a stellar communicator, giving us all his thoughts and feelings so we (and Josephine) never had to question his love for her.

“‘NORMALIZE MALE YEARNING’” - Brittany Broski” - me after meeting Will Grant

✨Read if you love
- second chance
- men that yearn
- communication
- workplace
- caretaking
- she’s a ceo
- he cooks for her
- banter/lol moments
- laugh out loud re-meet cute
- single pov
- female friendships
- world travel
- no third act breakup
- slow burn
- seeing characters struggle with career burnout (because we’ve all hit that point, right?!)

If you’re looking for books similar to my faves Tarah DeWitt, Hannah Bonam-Young and Jessica Joyce, you absolutely need to read Perfect Fit!