Reviews

The Boyfriend Subscription by Steven Salvatore

eb2114's review

emotional lighthearted 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

3.25

booksbutmakeitgay's review

2.75

Everything seemed to wrap up too quickly for the issues discussed for me liking..

*content warnings: previous emotional abuse by ex partner, cheating by ex partner, manipulation from side character, sa by side character to side character*

ironsandwine's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.5

Both sexy and totally emotional. Found parts of it just a bit hard to get on with because a lot of the FEELINGS are pretty heavy, but I loved the characters, the issues it tackled and the humour. 
Would recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

heathersbooks_'s review

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.25

raisinsreads's review

challenging emotional funny fast-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

5.0

katiide's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

anniebonanni's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.25

taylallynxo's review against another edition

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

3.0

vrrrmm's review

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

This was very white. I’ve never watched “Pretty Woman” and never will so I can’t compare it to that but I found this overly cliche. The over use of crystals became comical and corny. 
(At the end the rich white dude bought a house where the lady used gems and crystals throughout the whole house and it made it “artsy” and that made me chuckle..) 
Teddy was cute though. 

deepbutdazzlingdarkness's review against another edition

3.0

I have mixed feelings about this. It’s a fun tropey premise and I read it in one sitting, and I enjoyed most of it. When we got to the conflict at the climax…okay, because of the short time frame, it’s understandable that they didn’t immediately trust each other, but making assumptions believing that this person you like so much is a huge liar when it’s OBVIOUS that they’re not involved in the shady shit is just…ugh.

Especially combined with the other romance novel trope I hate which is the characters falling in love in a comically short period of time. At least the characters acknowledge that it’s ridiculous here, but come on. Also the fact that every time I thought the conflict was over it resurfaced…it’s not even a 200 page book and this happened multiple times!!!!!

Also this might just be me being nitpicky, but POVs changed so often that sometimes I did get confused whose POV we were in (not helped by the formatting, since they always happened in the middle of the page, but this was an ARC, so idk if it was on purpose or not). I was planning on giving this 2 stars, but I liked them as a couple and the ending made me cry, so I bumped it up one.

Oh also it’s written in present tense?? I hardly EVER notice that kind of thing when I’m reading fic, but it did stand out to me here and was kind of jarring.

Thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin for the digital copy, all opinions are my own.