I will happily overlook plot holes in a romcom but the plot for this one was just a little too thin and didn’t have the motivation it needed-and then suffocated under the weight of the main character.įinal Verdict: Would I pick up Boyfriend Material for a beach read? Go for it. In short, I was not invested in the way I should have been. His redemption arc didn’t quite get there for me. The main character was also such a jerk, repeatedly and deeply, that it made me not care much about him. It also didn’t seem real and thus took me out of the moment. When it was drawn out and repetitive it was too much. Some of the bits, like how stupid one of the characters was, also would have been much funnier in smaller doses.

I found myself confused and annoyed at times reading paragraphs like this: ‘The constantly being in the main character’s head and the.you know.thoughts? That like he expressed in a way that was a way a thought would be expressed if I knew how to express it? Was so tiring.’ A TOUCH of that would have added to the character but doing it so often took me out of the book multiple times.Īnd while I liked the characters (mostly) and the story arc, the real tender raw moments didn’t have me feeling fully invested. I yearned for clear consistent writing that didn’t take me on a loop de loop through the author’s meandering thoughts.

This was a very serviceable, heartwarming distraction with all the elements for a fluffy read-what’s not to like, right? I love a romcom with a big boisterous friend group and it had a lot of funny moments. The characters are fun, it’s set in London, and it’s a romcom.

Then they can go their separate ways and pretend it never happened.īut the thing about fake-dating is that it can feel a lot like real-dating. So they strike a deal to be publicity-friendly (fake) boyfriends until the dust has settled. Unfortunately apart from being gay, single, and really, really in need of a date for a big event, Luc and Oliver have nothing in common. In other words: perfect boyfriend material. He's a barrister, an ethical vegetarian, and he's never inspired a moment of scandal in his life. To clean up his image, Luc has to find a nice, normal relationship.and Oliver Blackwood is as nice and normal as they come. Now that his dad's making a comeback, Luc's back in the public eye, and one compromising photo is enough to ruin everything.

His rock star parents split when he was young, and the father he's never met spent the next twenty years cruising in and out of rehab. Luc O'Donnell is tangentially-and reluctantly-famous. Publisher’s description for Boyfriend Material, by Alexis Hall:

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