Boyfriend Material

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

This book was equally hilarious and super cute, and I loved every minute of it! Let me start by saying that this is the first paragraph of the book:

I've never seen the point of fancy dress parties. You have two choices: either you make a massive effort and wind up looking like a dick, or you make no effort and wind up looking like a dick. And my problem, as always, was not knowing what kind of dick I wanted to be.

I mean, I immediately had to send this to my friend, who replied with “mood”, which was also a big mood. A mood-ception, if you will.

Okay, so let's talk about the characters! We have Luc, who is a huge mess and the son of two former rock stars. He's really into partying and self-pity and that would be just fine if he was a nobody and his drunk pictures didn't end up all over the internet. But, when his absentee father, who spent most of his life in and out of rehab, decides to make a comeback and the public eye starts focusing on Luc more, his scandalous photographs begin to threaten his job at the Coleoptera Research and Protection Program (CRAPP – the acronym, oh my god!).

All that's left to do is find a respectable fake boyfriend, so he can convince the donors he's not such a trainwreck. Bridget, the token straight girl (Alexis Hall's words, not mine!) in Luc's friend group finally has the chance to set him up with her only gay friend, Oliver, who coincidentally also needs a date for his parents' anniversary. The deal is sealed, now they just have to get along!

So, I mentioned Luc's friend group and honestly, they are all just hilarious. Let me just tell you that one of the many names of their WhatsApp group is QUEER COMES THE SUN!! I mean, this is just genius. Obviously, I went on and changed my own group chat title into Queer comes the sun (don't sue me Alexis Hall).

I can't choose a favorite quote, so I'll leave you to decide which one is the best:

“You really do own your illiteracy, don't you?”
“Yeah, I'm thinking about moving to America and running for public office.”

“For a gay, you are far too sensitive about your arsehole.”

“It was just a dick, looking at a dick, asking why he was always such a dick.”

This book had me cackling out loud several times and it was the right amount of funny and sweet, so I highly recommend it to anyone who loves a good romcom that uses all the right tropes (there's only one bed ftw!!)

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an early copy!