Can't Wait Wednesday!

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

I am combining CWW with Books From the Backlog hosted by Carole at Carole's Random Life in Books. This will allow me to feature some newly "rediscovered" books, which I plan on reading, alongside a new release.

This week I can't wait for:

Perfect on Paper
Sophie Gonzales
Age/Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Release Date: March 9, 2021
Goodreads

In Sophie Gonzales' Perfect on Paper, Leah on the Offbeat meets To All the Boys I've Loved Before: a bisexual girl who gives anonymous love advice to her classmates is hired by the hot guy to help him get his ex back

Her advice, spot on. Her love life, way off.

Darcy Phillips:
• Can give you the solution to any of your relationship woes―for a fee.
• Uses her power for good. Most of the time.
• Really cannot stand Alexander Brougham.
• Has maybe not the best judgement when it comes to her best friend, Brooke…who is in love with someone else.
• Does not appreciate being blackmailed.

However, when Brougham catches her in the act of collecting letters from locker 89―out of which she’s been running her questionably legal, anonymous relationship advice service―that’s exactly what happens. In exchange for keeping her secret, Darcy begrudgingly agrees to become his personal dating coach―at a generous hourly rate, at least. The goal? To help him win his ex-girlfriend back.

Darcy has a good reason to keep her identity secret. If word gets out that she’s behind the locker, some things she's not proud of will come to light, and there’s a good chance Brooke will never speak to her again.

Okay, so all she has to do is help an entitled, bratty, (annoyingly hot) guy win over a girl who’s already fallen for him once? What could go wrong?

Why I want to read this book

I really enjoyed Gonzales' last book, and I am hoping for more of that blend of hilarious, witty, sweet, and heartwarming. It seems this book has the ingredients to deliver that type of tasty treat too. I am already itching to meet Darcy based on the summary. I want to know more about her and her best friend, and I am eager to sample some of her romantic advice. I sense the dynamic between Darcy and Alexander will be interesting, and I am anticipating something interesting between them. I feel this will be another hit from Gonzales and look forward to reading it. 

 

52 Reasons to Hate My Father
Jessica Brody
Age/Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Goodreads

Being America’s favorite heiress is a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it.

Lexington Larrabee has never to work a day in her life. After all, she’s the heiress to the multi-billion-dollar Larrabee Media empire. And heiresses are not supposed to work. But then again, they’re not supposed to crash brand new Mercedes convertibles into convenience stores on Sunset Blvd either.

Which is why, on Lexi’s eighteen birthday, her ever-absent, tycoon father decides to take a more proactive approach to her wayward life. Every week for the next year, she will have to take on a different low-wage job if she ever wants to receive her beloved trust fund. But if there’s anything worse than working as a maid, a dishwasher, and a fast-food restaurant employee, it’s dealing with Luke, the arrogant, albeit moderately attractive, college intern her father has assigned to keep tabs on her.

In a hilarious “comedy of heiress” about family, forgiveness, good intentions, and best of all, second chances, Lexi learns that love can be unconditional, money can be immaterial, and, regardless of age, everyone needs a little saving. And although she might have 52 reasons to hate her father, she only needs one reason to love him.

Why I want to read this book

I did that whole post about how I wished Brody had a new book coming out, and here I am, guilty of having some of her books withering away on my shelves. That's one reason to read the book, but I think this one will be a good time. Having been exposed to reality show heiresses in my past, I know much comedy can be culled from their daily lives, and the idea of her working low-wage jobs as her punishment screams of shades of The Simple Life. Though I was not a viewer of the show, you know I saw clips, and it provided light and silly amusement. Looking forward to some laughs. 

What are you waiting on?
Any backlog books you want to read soon? 
Let us know in the comments!