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A review by bkbookend
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
“Obviously, maintaining the fiction will require a certain degree of physical contact between us. But please don’t kiss me again. Not on the mouth, anyway.”
“Why? Are you Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman?” His blush deepened.
“No. I simply prefer to reserve that intimacy for people I actually like.” - Chapter 8, Page 59
This was such a delightful read! This was not my very first romance read (and won’t be my last!), but it felt like discovering a whole new type of bookish rom-com and I enjoyed every minute! Alexis Hall created a familiar, but unique and insecure world from Lucien’s perspective and the banter and the humor?! They were next level!
The main characters, Lucien and Oliver, have *major* flaws. I love books with characters that aren’t one-dimensional, and these MCs brought self-depreciation, family insecurities, attachment issues, and more into their interactions. The flaws were real and vulnerable and they avoided showing them like the plague, but they were there and that felt realistic, even through the distant hysterical rom-com feel of it all, it was impossible not to understand Lucien and Oliver and make sense of their actions, no matter how infuriating and abject they were.
I put a hold at the library for 2 more of Alexis Hall’s books long before I was done with this one and that means exactly what you think - pick this up if you genuinely want to have a moment in real life where you take a second and realize you’ve been kicking your feet and giggling for half of the story.
Fake dating done right!
“Why? Are you Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman?” His blush deepened.
“No. I simply prefer to reserve that intimacy for people I actually like.” - Chapter 8, Page 59
This was such a delightful read! This was not my very first romance read (and won’t be my last!), but it felt like discovering a whole new type of bookish rom-com and I enjoyed every minute! Alexis Hall created a familiar, but unique and insecure world from Lucien’s perspective and the banter and the humor?! They were next level!
The main characters, Lucien and Oliver, have *major* flaws. I love books with characters that aren’t one-dimensional, and these MCs brought self-depreciation, family insecurities, attachment issues, and more into their interactions. The flaws were real and vulnerable and they avoided showing them like the plague, but they were there and that felt realistic, even through the distant hysterical rom-com feel of it all, it was impossible not to understand Lucien and Oliver and make sense of their actions, no matter how infuriating and abject they were.
I put a hold at the library for 2 more of Alexis Hall’s books long before I was done with this one and that means exactly what you think - pick this up if you genuinely want to have a moment in real life where you take a second and realize you’ve been kicking your feet and giggling for half of the story.
Fake dating done right!