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A review by themoonwholistens
The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon
3.0
I was led to believe that this would have strong female friendships at the forefront and I'm just a bit disappointed that it was present for less than 1/8 of the story. The premise of this book lasted the first few pages and turned into a different plot entirely.
— overall thoughts: 3.0 —
⇢ content warnings//
There is a korean and african-american male lead but I don't think his heritages played any significant part aside from exociting asian features.
The office romance was kinda cute but it went to the point that our main girl actually said that she fantasizes about all of her co-workers and that just doesn’t sit right with me??
I do think the conflict is pretty unique but I don't think it was executed in the most interesting manner and it lacked significant built up. The “steamy” scenes felt so awkward and I was just disappointed by the lack of female friendship in the plot. Even though I think certain aspects of the story are fun, I don't think it was tied together that well if we're talking about technicalities.
Everything wraps up cleanly (maybe a little too clean) with no real consequences I feel like, so if you just wanted something quick and fun, you would enjoy this. This was a light read though and it was what I was looking for as a fantasy palette cleanser. I just really wished the female friendships held more substance and was more developed.
— overall thoughts: 3.0 —
⇢ content warnings//
Spoiler
microaggressions, misogyny, workplace romance, lies in a relationshipThere is a korean and african-american male lead but I don't think his heritages played any significant part aside from exociting asian features.
The office romance was kinda cute but it went to the point that our main girl actually said that she fantasizes about all of her co-workers and that just doesn’t sit right with me??
I do think the conflict is pretty unique but I don't think it was executed in the most interesting manner and it lacked significant built up. The “steamy” scenes felt so awkward and I was just disappointed by the lack of female friendship in the plot. Even though I think certain aspects of the story are fun, I don't think it was tied together that well if we're talking about technicalities.
Everything wraps up cleanly (maybe a little too clean) with no real consequences I feel like, so if you just wanted something quick and fun, you would enjoy this. This was a light read though and it was what I was looking for as a fantasy palette cleanser. I just really wished the female friendships held more substance and was more developed.