A review by hellobookbird
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

3.5

"You’re more than a bonus, Lucien. You’re integral."

3.5 stars. I was thinking this would be along the lines of [book:Red White and Royal Blue] but it was actually quite different...in a good way!

"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."

Aside from the witty banter between the two, Luc is an absolute wreck whereas Oliver seems to be all that's successful in the world. At the beginning I was honestly scratching my head at why Oliver would be interested in Luc because Luc was that bad.

But damn if they weren't made for each other.

"You are a terrible fake boyfriend."

"I’m building fake anticipation."

"You’d better be fake worth it."

"I am."

The thing I liked best about this book was that it truly shows you an example of a healthy relationship when you've been stuck in unhealthy habits for too long...and it's messy, and vulnerable, and has boundaries.

Also, by the end, I wanted to hug and smooch both Luc and Oliver and shower them in so much love it wasn't even funny.

"If we let happy things make us unhappy when they stopped, there would be no point having happy things."