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A review by charliauthor
The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon
Did not finish book. Stopped at 36%.
I never thought id see the day when i read a romance book with *shock horror* no romance.
I actually cant comprehend how this was approved as a “rom com” type with the cover and title etc. because none of them go together.
Im still not entirely sure what The Boyfriend Project is since 1. Its not explicitly called that at first and 2. The actual pact they make, makes it more a life/goals project then a boyfriend one.
TBP involves thirty year old high achiever Samiah who is catfished by a guy and when confronting him about it, meets two other women that he was dating alongside her. The three women become friends through the incident and outside of the “positive friendships with women at an older age” element that i adored, the exposure of the catfish was the only exciting part.
The rest of the book is filled with excessive explanations about working in Tech and lengthy descriptions of her office and every new trendy outlet in the city she lives. It was straight up boring even while skimming the page looking for the juice/romance.
The MMC is Daniel and even though his Korean/African American look was to DIE FOR, the whole undercover element was dry and not particularly exciting. The writer explained so much about the decor that i didnt even realise he was the focus of his introductory chapter until i realised we werent reading from Samiah’s point of view anymore. It all just meshed into one.
*sigh* i expected more from this on the cutesy black romance scale and it just didnt deliver in the slightest. Major yawn fest.
I actually cant comprehend how this was approved as a “rom com” type with the cover and title etc. because none of them go together.
Im still not entirely sure what The Boyfriend Project is since 1. Its not explicitly called that at first and 2. The actual pact they make, makes it more a life/goals project then a boyfriend one.
TBP involves thirty year old high achiever Samiah who is catfished by a guy and when confronting him about it, meets two other women that he was dating alongside her. The three women become friends through the incident and outside of the “positive friendships with women at an older age” element that i adored, the exposure of the catfish was the only exciting part.
The rest of the book is filled with excessive explanations about working in Tech and lengthy descriptions of her office and every new trendy outlet in the city she lives. It was straight up boring even while skimming the page looking for the juice/romance.
The MMC is Daniel and even though his Korean/African American look was to DIE FOR, the whole undercover element was dry and not particularly exciting. The writer explained so much about the decor that i didnt even realise he was the focus of his introductory chapter until i realised we werent reading from Samiah’s point of view anymore. It all just meshed into one.
*sigh* i expected more from this on the cutesy black romance scale and it just didnt deliver in the slightest. Major yawn fest.