Boyfriend Material – Cannonball Read 17

“Like eating very expensive chocolate, savouring every moment because you don’t know when you’ll have it again.”

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

March 1, 2025 by Zirza 4 Comments

Luc O’Donnell is the son of two rockstar parents: his mother is a French-Irish (but mostly French) folk singer, his father a legendary rock star who has been absent from Luc’s life since he was a toddler. Luc is, to put it mildly, a mess: when we meet him, he is trying and failing to make out with a guy who turns out to be a Buzzfeed reporter. After the terse encounter ends, Luc flees the club, faceplants outside on the kerb and is promptly […]

“I don’t want fine… I want a connection. I want you to care as much as I care. I want you to need it and want it and mean it. I want it to matter.”

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

February 19, 2022 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

I wasn’t sure how I was going to rate Boyfriend Material until I realized that I was actively putting off finishing it because even after nearly 400 pages I didn’t want to be done with the world Alexis Hall had created. So, five stars it is as well as relief that the follow up Husband Material will be published later this year (August 2022 to be exact). Boyfriend Material is the story of Luc and Oliver, but its really Luc’s as he’s the one we’re […]

Three books I loved and one I most certainly did not.

The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

The Mall by Megan McCafferty

December 30, 2020 by scootsa1000 3 Comments

More quick reviews as the 2020 deadline approaches…and yes, I’ll be including blurbs because I read some of these MONTHS ago. The books I loved: First off, The Overdue Life of Amy Byler. Blurb: Overworked and underappreciated, single mom Amy Byler needs a break. So when the guilt-ridden husband who abandoned her shows up and offers to take care of their kids for the summer, she accepts his offer and escapes rural Pennsylvania for New York City. Usually grounded and mild mannered, Amy finally lets […]

I loved this. #CBRBingo – Pandemic

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

October 15, 2020 by narfna 8 Comments

I’ve been dreading writing this review because I loved the book so much. I really don’t think I’m going to say too much about the book or the characters, because I can’t. Well, I could, but I would just end up hating whatever I wrote because I love the book too much and I’m too close to it and words are never enough, I tell you. Basically, this is a British rom-com in book form. It is actually, legitimately funny. I loved both of the […]

A delightful British rom-com (Bingo #6)

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

September 26, 2020 by Malin 5 Comments

4.5 stars #CBR12 Bingo: Reader’s Choice (replaces How-To) Official book description: Wanted: One (fake) boyfriend Practically perfect in every way Luc O’Donnell is tangentially–and reluctantly–famous. His rock star parents split when he was young, and the father he’s never met spent the next twenty years cruising in and out of rehab. Now that his dad’s making a comeback, Luc’s back in the public eye, and one compromising photo is enough to ruin everything. To clean up his image, Luc has to find a nice, normal relationship…and […]

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