I actually don’t read much chicklit, but when Perfect Fifths came out I had to own the last of the (5-book) series by Megan McCafferty. I started reading Sloppy Firsts in high school because my friend’s younger sister had bought it, and I was hooked. I subsequently bought and read the next four books as they came out.

**warning spoiler if you read**

I’ve loved following Jessica Darling as she navigates through life and love from high school till now, ten years later, as a young professional. While Perfect Fifths isn’t the strongest of McCafferty’s novels and a little hard to follow with its dialogue, it has fun moments of wit and personality from the ever-lovable Jessica. But mostly, the magic of the series is that you truly know all of Jessica’s and Marcus’ idiosyncrasies, and that no matter what, they are meant to be, right now and forever.

My favorite excerpt (in haiku):

IX. She writes
If not to amuse me
why did you write those poems?
I don’t understand…

X. He writes
Serious humor
Desperately trying to
Woo you, yes, you, then

XI. She writes
Stop, go, stop, go, stop
This train taunts and teases me
Just as you once did

XII. He writes
I like the way you
Fingertip-tap the paper
To count syllables

XIII. She writes
I like the way you
Silently lip-sync the words
To count syllables

XIV. He writes
So you’ve noticed, then
(I wonder what else you see
When you look at me)

XV. She writes
How about those Mets?
(Only what my heart can take)
How about those Mets?