Husband Material (London Calling Book 2)

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Much thanks to Netgallery and Sourcebooks Casablanca for making the first five chapters available for me to read Though he's a writer of romances, he doesn't see the romance of his career. He says there are no fancy "rituals" to his routine. Rather, he's on the “really tedious, really unsexy, ‘do a bit every day” writing regimen. Someone else’s actions may affect you. But what other people choose to do is about them.” We were both quiet for a moment.. “Will it…will it ever stop hurting?” “Non.” Mum shook her head. “But it will stop mattering.” I honestly regret reading this book. It added absolutely nothing to Luc and Oliver’s story, and the ending here just makes this entire book feel pointless. Yes, there’s a lesson at the end, but paired with an abrupt ending and trying too hard to hammer a point home to readers? The characters just lost their magic for me with this book. Book three isn’t even about Luc and Oliver, so the ending here feels even less satisfying than the ending we got in Boyfriend Material.

Oliver finally being able to air out his frustrations about his family was nice in that he got to start making amends with his brother. And the chat with his uncle was oddly touching, despite the strangeness of the situation where it seems to have come out of left field. Similarly, he wishes Oliver had been on time to Bridge’s bachelorette party because then he could have “had proof” to show Miles that his life is good now, and he wants to go to Miles’s wedding to “show my ex-boyfriend, my ex-boyfriend’s fiancé I’d met once, and a bunch of strangers that I was free and happy and over it and moving on with my new, infinitely better boyfriend.” which, both is fine? but the way Luc is constantly bringing it up as if Oliver is the most homophobic gay to ever exist because he's like "i don't really care for rainbow arches and parties"? let the man live? it's not like he said "i think no-one should express themselves with rainbows everywhere and celebrate their identity", he just doesn't need it to express HIS identityLuc, who is written as a bumbling zany idiot, says “I guess,” I tried. “Um. A ring?” when asked what he is in the shop for. The customer service associate then tries to help Luc specify what kind of ring and offers a selection of them, to which Luc asks for something cheaper. Then this exchange happens: His work has been nominated for the 26th Lambda Literary Awards, 28th Lambda Literary Awards, and 29th Lambda Literary Awards in the category of Gay Romance. [2] [3] [4] Career [ edit ]

Alexis Hall is an English author of urban fantasy, science fiction, and m/m romance. His novels include For Real, Glitterland, Iron & Velvet, Looking for Group, and Pansies. [1] An absolute joy. This is at once a delightful and absurd romcom (I have said before, Alexis Hall does romcoms like Richard Curtis might if Richard Curtis was good) and a really intense, moving love story, and a deep dive into some of the thorny issues of queer identity and belonging. The fact that all three fit together seamlessly is just...gah. A Lady for a Duke," for example, features a trans woman in a Regency era setting, reconnecting with her best friend from whom she had once been separated on a battlefield. "I wanted to write a really angsty, emotions-y, really classic historical romance," Hall said. i’d like to think that after many impulse rereads of boyfriend material (still cannot believe it was on my spotify wrapped please do not perceive me) and falling in head over heels love with so many of his other books, i know alexis hall’s voice. its one of my favorites, a place of comfort, a little bit of home i carry in my chest. Alexis Hall has held a variety of jobs, "including ice cream maker, fortune teller, lab technician, and professional gambler." [5] A published author since 2013, he had four newly released romance books in 2022. [6] Bibliography [ edit ]

Caz Owens

The story includes thought-provoking threads about queerness and community and identity, about societal expectations for committed relationships and the heteronormative nature of traditional marriage, about how much, or even whether, one should be prepared to compromise or change for a romantic partner, and how stressful relationships can be, even when you love the people on the other end of it. It’s all very interesting and well put-together, but the episodic nature of the book’s structure means I sometimes felt as though I was revisiting the same arguments without any of them being properly resolved. There are plenty of people who find real value in darker stories, because there are people for whom that speaks to their real experience. Something that is more unflinching and less escapist has real value to a lot of people and other people. There are people that don’t like the kind of books I write for that reason. But the other hand, I think there is value in there being a choice," Hall said. Because you are the one with the problem, Luc, by thinking Alex is stupid every time you tell him a joke that Alex doesn't get or think is funny. Luc being the problem is proven later when he says this to his boyfriend, Oliver, who dared to disagree with him about something: You may now kiss Boyfriend Material on it's pretty (...probably more like above average, but it's what on the inside that counts) cover. I love how this book is simultaneously hyperaware of superficial heteronormativity but actual heteronormativity in the writing is ignored, such as assuming that a man and woman would only ever be in public together because they’re having sex, or including the tired “only women care about weddings” trope.