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Husband Material by Alexis Hall

25 reviews

its_vendetta's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

liked the first one better but this was still cute! LOVED the ending 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Homophobia

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Emotional abuse

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Eating disorder

kathis_wonderland's review

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Husband Material by Alexis Hall is the second book in the London Calling series. Luc and Oliver are in a relationship of over two years now and everything seems quite perfect. But people all around them are getting married and Luc feels he should propose too. But things happen and the perfect happy ending seems far away.
 
After absolutely loving the first book in this series, I was equally excited to read this one. Right at the beginning I have to say that the first book was so much better than the second book, but I am a sucker for the fake-dating trope. Still, I really enjoyed this book. It was good the read about their relationship going quite well (most of the times). Luc is still quite immature, which already annoyed me in the first book.
 
Throughout the book I was quite scared of the ending.

I honestly did not want them to get married. If I were in Oliver's position and someone proposed to me the way Luc proposed, I would have been quite heartbroken. It does not have to be super romantic, but it should be something one thought about and did not do as a knee-jerk reaction. Both of them weren't ready to get married. I hoped that they would properly talk about marriage at some point in the book and call of the wedding. I was ready to not really like this book if they actually got married.

But the ending was perfect (for me)! Couldn't have wished for anything else.
 
Now I am quite excited to read the third and last book in this series. I don't have the highest of hopes for the next book, but I enjoy these books. The writing style is different to those that I am used to and I like that. I still am a massive fan of the first book and will recommend that one whenever someone asks of my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, and Homophobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Alcohol

Minor: Gaslighting, Vomit, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

teresateza's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Homophobia

Minor: Eating disorder

whatifitsbooks's review against another edition

emotional sad

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol

jamiejcs's review against another edition

lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

okay so for a lot of other people it seems that the ending was the largest issue with the whole thing, but controversially i thought that was fine, it was very in character. my biggest issue was the fact that i felt like i skipped four books between this first and second book because of that two year time jump, i feel like luc was missing a lot of dimension in this book, but i would also pay lots of money to have this book from oliver’s point of view, because he is genuinely an interesting character. overall it just felt a bit incomplete to me, i did actually love the message it was trying to send but i don’t think it ever got the chance to expand on the conversations it was trying to open.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

hrtlss_grl's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Abandonment, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Homophobia

shannnne_reads_words's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief

Minor: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Vomit

headinthepages's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Vomit, Alcohol, Death of parent, Abandonment, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Minor: Suicide

ashwaar's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Vomit

cheye13's review

emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I put off reading this for quite a long time, believing Boyfriend Material didn't need a sequel (or a series). And it really doesn't. It's a book that stands alone just fine.

But that doesn't also mean that this book didn't have anything to do or anywhere to go. It is also a wonderful story that stands alone just as well. Yet it has the added bonus of being a wholly faithful continuation of the characters and their trajectories from the previous story. 

So often I finish a book and had such a good time that I wished it simply kept going and this sequel is the closest I will ever see to providing that for its predecessor. My new fear is that this book spoke to me so well because I'm in a very similar life stage; I hope my affection for this series doesn't fade in time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Classism and Infidelity

Minor: Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Eating disorder