Husband Material (London Calling Book 2)

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It took me about 2 hours to listen to the last fifteen minutes of the audiobook cause I kept stopping every two minutes to rant to no-one in particular, but I am glad to report that I have since calmed down, so I will just calmly explain the reason for my rating in bullet points.

Make it make sense. It’s as though Luc has pieced together buzzwords he found on the internet to make this word soup of ideas that are ultimately meaningless or nonsensical, or both. In this book, gender identity isn’t handled with care. It’s not respected and instead it’s used as a punchline again and again. And as an agender person, I can say that I’m not impressed. I’m not just a little bit angry and I am just a little bit hurt. 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.

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And as with Boyfriend Material, the book ended way too abruptly, and if I didn’t already know that a third book was coming I would be deeply disappointed. Will we see this duo tie the knot in this sequel? That remains to be seen but damn I hope so. I would love nothing more than to see Oliver and Luc get married👬. Husband Material is the much-anticipated sequel to Hall’s Boyfriend Material, in which Luc and Oliver met and pretended to fall in love only to end up falling in love for real. Now finally together and trying to make it work, it seems like everyone around them is two steps ahead and getting married. With each new wedding, Luc’s feeling the social pressure to propose to Oliver. But it’s going to take a bit more than going to your ex’s wedding—or your best friend’s—before Luc will go from I don’t know what I’m doing to I do. another thing that bothered me is that Luc has zero, and i absolutely mean zero, personal growth from book one Luc is so goddamn immature. this man never thinks before he speaks. or during. or after. Oliver isn't much better cause he also never opens his goddamn mouth. Those two are in their thirties god damn it, you would think they would have enough emotional and cognitive maturity to maybe sit down in advance and go "do we... actually want to get married?"

Sounds heavy, is not, in part because both characters are funny and Luc's narrative voice is hilarious, in part because this is an intensely real couple who talk like people do--they're digging into problems they experience, not making speeches. Plus, the setting is pure delight. This is basically four weddings and a funeral (not a spoiler, the book flags the parallel clearly) with a joyous roll around in the absurdity of wedding culture, Britishness, offices, publishing, and the fact that we're all pretending to be competent adults. 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 identity It's no secret that the main character of this book is a total wanker, and so is basically everyone else in his life. The characters are flawed, often unlikable, and very difficult. Yet, where that had its own kind of charm in book 1, I found it to be a little tiresome here.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. Our favourite chaos demon & stern brunch daddy return in this delicious, ridiculous, and often poignant romcom about all the ways love can grow.” < that is the Very Professional Official Opinion I will send to this book’s publisher. It took me a few days to get that by refining the following initial reaction > “dhfksjdhsl what the HELL oh my GOD how does Alexis DO THIS why do I have all these FEELINGS somebody HELP.” Whichever way you slice it (or phrase it) one thing’s for sure: this book is a six-star read. Luc proposes out of nowhere while Oliver is cleaning for god's sake. Oliver later on says he couldn't say no because he could see "what it cost him to ask". and what did it cost him exactly? the last quarter of his last brain cell? I guess this book is for readers who don’t normally read romance books and only want romance that throws out the expected, as if it could bring something new to the table. Born in England, Alexis Hall is an English novelist who’s good at writing urban fantasy, science fiction, and m/m romance. Alexis Hall is a pseudonym, and it has been used for nearly a decade. Sometimes, Alex will also go by Alexis J. Hall (AJH) for fun. He doesn’t work as a full-time writer, instead, he has a day job that he also loves pretty much. Alexis has held a variety of jobs, such as ice cream maker, fortune teller, lab technician, and professional gambler.