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Boyfriend Material (London Calling, #1)

Alexis Hall

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Jul 17, 2020 Krissy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: cover-color-blue, audiobook, 5-motherfucking-stars, mm, mm-pgs-400-499, mm-character-b, mm-character-l, mm-character-o, cover-color-red, cover-umbrella

Excellent writing. Excellent audiobook narration. Just perfect in every way.

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Jun 24, 2020 Aymee rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, humor, contemporary, male-male-romance

For better or for worse, I really love the fake dating trope. Which is why I was so excited when the publisher granted my wish for Boyfriend Material on Netgalley.

Luc and Oliver each need a man to pose as their boyfriends. One for an image rehabilitation, the other for a family event. What could possibly go wrong? Oh, how about everything? Right up to and including faling in love for real. Which is exactly why I loved this book so darn much. Because everything that could go wrong, did, For better or for worse, I really love the fake dating trope. Which is why I was so excited when the publisher granted my wish for Boyfriend Material on Netgalley.

Luc and Oliver each need a man to pose as their boyfriends. One for an image rehabilitation, the other for a family event. What could possibly go wrong? Oh, how about everything? Right up to and including faling in love for real. Which is exactly why I loved this book so darn much. Because everything that could go wrong, did, and yet, they still managed to not jump ship and flee the country.

At first, Luc is a right jerk and not even in an endearing way. Just a bitter, heartbroken idiot. He's extremely unlikable, even though you know he's hurting from a previous breakup, but he's awful to his friends, awful to Oliver, really just awful for the first quarter of the book or so. But, there was something in Luc that let you know he was redeemable, that he wasn't going to be like this forever, and that's what kept me reading. Because honestly, he was really funny and self-deprecating.

Oliver is your stereotypical British barrister from the get go. Uptight, inflexible, and a little stuffy. It was so much fun to watch Luc chip away at that exterior and get to the real Oliver inside. Those bits of wry humor that really let you know that he's burying a wicked sense of humor were some of my favorite parts.

When they're together, Luc and Oliver are as adorable as it gets. Someone told me that this book was basically a rom-com and they were right on the money. It's funny, it's heartbreaking, and it's utterly ridiculous in the best possible way. Because Luc is so prone to using humor to deflect his feelings, it makes that much more of an impact when he truly starts to feel things, really pulling at my so easily played heartstrings. This was exactly what I needed after a long and difficult first half of the year.

*Thanks to Netgalley, the author, and the publisher for granting my wish for this book. ...more

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Jul 04, 2020 Lauren loves llamas rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, contemporary, arc, british, read-in-2020, m-m

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You know how some people say something’s a romcom but when you go read it, it’s… just not funny? And it takes itself much too seriously? And then you sit there wondering if, five months into this pandemic, you’re just a soulless husk of a ...more

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Jun 25, 2021 Meredith rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2021

“In any case, I wasn’t prepared for the truth of you.”

I was not prepared for this book. It had been on my list and as I was randomly walking through the library I saw it face up on the shelf. I love it when the library almost spotlights a book for me and I have no choice in the matter.

I wasn’t immediately attached to Luc but Oliver jumped off the page into my heart. What I loved most about this book is all the feels it created. I laughed out loud throughout the book which is rare because humor i ...more

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Feb 03, 2022 Melissa rated it it was amazing

I had been interested in reading this novel because I love LGBTQ stories and heard good things about it. I'm glad I finally got a chance to read it, as it was a fun and engaging story throughout.

Boyfriend Material is a sweet romcom about opposites who definitely attracted. It reminded me of Red, White & Royal Blue in some ways. There were a lot of quirky supporting characters and the dialogue was spot on, as well as funny. I also thought the acronym for the place Luc worked was really clever. Th ...more

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Jan 30, 2022 Jacalyn rated it liked it

Shelves: audiobooks, 2022

It wasn’t that I didn’t like the book, I just couldn’t stay focused on it. I liked the story and the characters were ok, but my mind just kept wandering. Don’t let my stars steer you away from this. It could just be the weather and this would do better as a summer read.

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