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thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition
3.5
Overall a cute romance, with fake dating which is one of my fave tropes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Cancer, Classism, Racism, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Fatphobia
kayladaila's review against another edition
emotional
funny
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Homophobia, Abandonment, Sexual content, and Body shaming
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Classism, and Alcohol
claudiamacpherson's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-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
4.5
Lucien's father is a famous rockstar, so despite never having met him, Lucien has suffered the consequences: paparazzi catching him at his lowest points. In desperate need of a nice, normal boyfriend to show that he is a respectable adult, Lucien allows his friend to set him up on a date with the most boring, uptight guy imaginable.
4.5 stars
This book was recommended to me as similar to Red, White, and Royal Blue, and it did not disappoint! It was delightfully trope-y (fake dating! one bed! showing up on a doorstep in the middle of the night!) and the banter made me genuinely laugh out loud. The only moments I didn't like were when Lucien apologized or felt guilty about saying something that was completely reasonable. I picked up this book to get out of my recent reading slump and absolutely flew trough it, but now I have a book hangover, so...if anyone has similar recommendations, please send them my way!
Happy ending meter (no specific spoilers, just my judgement of how happy the ending is because I always wish someone would tell me that before I read books):Predictably, very happy!!
4.5 stars
This book was recommended to me as similar to Red, White, and Royal Blue, and it did not disappoint! It was delightfully trope-y (fake dating! one bed! showing up on a doorstep in the middle of the night!) and the banter made me genuinely laugh out loud. The only moments I didn't like were when Lucien apologized or felt guilty about saying something that was completely reasonable. I picked up this book to get out of my recent reading slump and absolutely flew trough it, but now I have a book hangover, so...if anyone has similar recommendations, please send them my way!
Happy ending meter (no specific spoilers, just my judgement of how happy the ending is because I always wish someone would tell me that before I read books):
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Abandonment, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Sexual content
Minor: Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Cancer, Classism, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Homophobia
cluckieduck's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
slow-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
4.75
Everything I want in a rom-com
Boyfriend Material is sweet, funny, charming, angsty, poignant, adorable, snarky, heartbreaking...how many more adjectives can I throw at it?? It's a warm mug of tea on a foggy day. I loved everything about it (outside of the fade-to-blank sexy times, but I can overlook that ;) ).
Told only from Luc's POV, the book deftly follows his character growth as he comes to terms with how his childhood, as the famous-adjacent son of an absentee rock-star father, has affected his life and relationships. He's been in a bit of a rough patch the last few years and needs to present a more suitable face ahead of a major fundraising gig or else he'll be fired, so along comes clean-cut barrister Oliver to provide a grounding presence as Luc's fake boyfriend.
This is my first fake-dating trope in the romance genre and I loved it, especially because Luc & Oliver already had a bit of history.
Boyfriend Material is sweet, funny, charming, angsty, poignant, adorable, snarky, heartbreaking...how many more adjectives can I throw at it?? It's a warm mug of tea on a foggy day. I loved everything about it (outside of the fade-to-blank sexy times, but I can overlook that ;) ).
Told only from Luc's POV, the book deftly follows his character growth as he comes to terms with how his childhood, as the famous-adjacent son of an absentee rock-star father, has affected his life and relationships. He's been in a bit of a rough patch the last few years and needs to present a more suitable face ahead of a major fundraising gig or else he'll be fired, so along comes clean-cut barrister Oliver to provide a grounding presence as Luc's fake boyfriend.
This is my first fake-dating trope in the romance genre and I loved it, especially because Luc & Oliver already had a bit of history.
Someone had come up to us and asked if we were a couple, and Oliver had looked utterly disgusted, and replied "No, this is just another homosexual I'm standing next to.”
Neither are each others' type, but as they spend more time being fake-boyfriends, the lines begin to blur as they each work through their own struggles & flaws, and finally begin to realize how good they are for one another.
"Are we really bad at this?" I asked. "We've been fake dating for three days and we've already fake broken up once."
"Yes, but we fake resolved our difficulties and fake got back together, and I'm hoping it's made us fake stronger."
Anyways, fake relationship aside, there is so much more to this story, including a wonderful cast of supporting characters, some really funny inside jokes (in particular, one revolving around some Dick pics), and working through some ingrained abandonment issues. I can't wait to see where Luc & Oliver's story goes in the next one!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol and Cursing
Moderate: Classism, Homophobia, Abandonment, and Cancer
Minor: Eating disorder
lisa_m's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Even rereading this book was so much fun. It's genuinely funny but also heartwarming and so so real. I love the characters and I cannot wait to read more about them.
I can only recommend reading this book!
The only reason I can come up with that might make you not like this book is if you don't like abbreviations or general colloquial talk in books. I really enjoyed it and it made the story feel more realistic (even though the plot is, like most romance books, quite far fetched).
I didn't think I would still give this book 5 stars even after already having read it, but it truly deserves it.
I can only recommend reading this book!
The only reason I can come up with that might make you not like this book is if you don't like abbreviations or general colloquial talk in books. I really enjoyed it and it made the story feel more realistic (even though the plot is, like most romance books, quite far fetched).
I didn't think I would still give this book 5 stars even after already having read it, but it truly deserves it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Classism and Homophobia
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