Перевод песни Boyfriend material (Ariana Grande)
Boyfriend material
Бойфренд-материал
Now I’ve been looking for someone
Trying to find the right boy to wear on my arm
I must admit it
You simply fit it
You were like a cut above the rest that’s why you’re winning.
And every night when
I close my eyes
I can see you
My perfect type
And I never really thought my dreams would come true
Until I laid eyes on you cause you know you are
Boyfriend material, boyfriend material
That’s what you’re made of,
It’s written on your label
Boyfriend material,
m-m-material
Want everyone to know you’re my
boyfriend material, boyfriend material boy.
Boyfriend material
m-m-material
Want everyone to know
That you and your perfect smile are both timeless,
Never going out of style.
For so many reasons you got it together,
I’m catching feelings
you make me look better
And every night when
I close my eyes
I can see you
My perfect type
And I never really thought my dreams would come true
Until I laid eyes on you cause you know you are
Boyfriend material, boyfriend material
That’s what you’re made of,
It’s written on your label
Boyfriend material,
m-m-material
Want everyone to know you’re my
boyfriend material, boyfriend material boy.
Boyfriend material
m-m-material
Want everyone to know
It’s all the little things that you do make me wanna sing, yeah yeah.
By the way you’re talking to me,
I can tell you’ve been listening to everything.
And maybe it’s the butterflies I get every time I hear your ringtone (ringtone)
and maybe it’s cause every single text, boy,
I told myself you are the one.
Cause you know you are
Boyfriend material, boyfriend material
That’s what you’re made of,
It’s written on your label
Boyfriend material,
m-m-material
Want everyone to know you’re my
boyfriend material, boyfriend material boy.
Boyfriend material
m-m-material
Want everyone to know
Сейчас я ищу кого-нибудь,
Пытаюсь найти правильного парня, что подошел бы моей руке, 1
Я должна признать,
Что ты полностью соответствуешь.
Ты сделан из другого теста, ты побеждаешь.
И каждую ночь, когда
Я закрываю глаза,
Я вижу тебя —
Мой идеал,
И я никогда не думала, что мои мечты сбудутся.
Пока не положила глаз на тебя, ты ведь знаешь, что ты.
Материал для бойфренда, бойфренд-материал
Вот из чего ты сделан,
Это написано на этикетке.
Материал для бойфренда,
М—м—материал.
Хочу, чтобы все знали, что ты мой
Материал для бойфренда, бойфренд-материал,
Материал для бойфренда,
М—м—материал.
Хочу, чтобы все знали.
Ты и твоя идеальная улыбка бесконечны.
Никогда не выйдете из моды.
Так много причин ты собрал в себе,
Чувства накрыли меня,
Ты заставляешь меня выглядеть лучше.
И каждую ночь, когда
Я закрываю глаза,
Я вижу тебя —
Мой идеал,
И я никогда не думала, что мои мечты сбудутся.
Пока не положила глаз на тебя, ты ведь знаешь, что ты.
Материал для бойфренда, бойфренд-материал
Вот из чего ты сделан,
Это написано на этикетке.
Материал для бойфренда,
М—м—материал.
Хочу, чтобы все знали, что ты мой
Материал для бойфренда, бойфренд—материал, парень.
Материал для бойфренда,
М—м—материал.
Хочу, чтобы все знали.
От всех этих мелочей, что ты делаешь, я хочу петь, да, да.
Когда ты говоришь со мной так,
Я знаю, что ты слышал каждое мое слово.
И может, все из-за бабочек, что возникают в моем животе,
Когда я слышу твой рингтон (рингтон)
Или, может, это потому, что в каждом сообщении, парень,
Я говорю себе, что ты — единственный.
Материал для бойфренда.
Потому что ты знаешь, что ты
Материал для бойфренда, бойфренд—материал,
Вот из чего ты сделан,
Это написано на этикетке.
Материал для бойфренда,
М—м—материал.
Хочу, чтобы все знали, что ты мой
Материал для бойфренда, бойфренд—материал, парень,
Материал для бойфренда,
М—м—материал.
Хочу, чтобы все знали.
Бойфренд материал что это
The guy has specific qualities you prefer in a boyfriend.
Символ показывает уровень знания интересующего вас языка и вашу подготовку. Выбирая ваш уровень знания языка, вы говорите пользователям как им нужно писать, чтобы вы могли их понять.
Мне трудно понимать даже короткие ответы на данном языке.
Могу задавать простые вопросы и понимаю простые ответы.
Могу формулировать все виды общих вопросов. Понимаю ответы средней длины и сложности.
Понимаю ответы любой длины и сложности.
Решайте свои проблемы проще в приложении!
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Бойфренд материал что это
Boyfriend material, is usually a term that means they fit the standards to be that persons boyfriend.
Символ показывает уровень знания интересующего вас языка и вашу подготовку. Выбирая ваш уровень знания языка, вы говорите пользователям как им нужно писать, чтобы вы могли их понять.
Мне трудно понимать даже короткие ответы на данном языке.
Могу задавать простые вопросы и понимаю простые ответы.
Могу формулировать все виды общих вопросов. Понимаю ответы средней длины и сложности.
Понимаю ответы любой длины и сложности.
Решайте свои проблемы проще в приложении!
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перевод, текст песни Ariana Grande – Boyfriend Material
Текст :
Now I’ve been looking for someone
Trying to find the right boy to wear on my arm
I must admit it
You simply fit it
You were like a cut above the rest, that’s why you’re winning (hey)
Every night when I close my eyes, I can see you
My perfect type
And I never really thought my dreams would come true,
Until I laid eyes on you
’cause you know you are
Boyfriend material, boyfriend material
That’s what you’re made of, it’s written on your label
Boyfriend material, m-m-material, want everyone to know
You’re my boyfriend material, boyfriend material (boy)
Boyfriend material, m-m-material, want everyone to know
That you and your perfect smile
Перевод :
Сейчас я кого-то искал
Пытаюсь найти подходящего мальчика на моей руке
Я должен признать это
Вы просто подходите
Вы были как на голову выше остальных, вот почему вы выигрываете (эй)
Каждую ночь, когда я закрываю глаза, я вижу тебя
Мой идеальный тип
И я никогда не думал, что мои мечты сбудутся,
Пока я не увидел тебя
потому что ты знаешь, что ты
Материал парня, материал парня
Вот из чего ты сделан, это написано на твоей этикетке
Материал бойфренда, м-м-материал, хочу, чтобы все знали
Ты материал моего парня, материал парня (мальчик)
Материал бойфренда, м-м-материал, хочу, чтобы все знали
Это ты и твоя идеальная улыбка
Every night when I close my eyes, I can see you
My perfect type
And I never really thought my dreams would come true,
Until I laid eyes on you
’cause you know you are
Boyfriend material, boyfriend material
That’s what you’re made of, it’s written on your label
Boyfriend material, m-m-material, want everyone to know
You’re my boyfriend material, boyfriend material (boy)
Boyfriend material, m-m-material, want everyone to know
Oh, there ain’t any other
It’s all the little things that you do, make me wanna sing
There ain’t any other
And maybe it’s the butterflies I get every time I hear your ringtone (ringtone)
And maybe it’s ’cause every single text, boy, I told myself you were the one
(’cause I know you are) boyfriend material, boyfriend material
That’s what you’re made of, it’s written on your label
Boyfriend material, m-m-material, want everyone to know
You’re my boyfriend material, boyfriend material
That’s what you’re made of, it’s written on your label
Boyfriend material, m-m-material, want everyone to know
You’re my boyfriend material (material boy), boyfriend material (material boy)
Boyfriend material, m-m-material, want everyone to know
Каждую ночь, когда я закрываю глаза, я вижу тебя
Мой идеальный тип
И я никогда не думал, что мои мечты сбудутся,
Пока я не увидел тебя
потому что ты знаешь, что ты
Материал парня, материал парня
Вот из чего ты сделан, это написано на твоей этикетке
Материал бойфренда, м-м-материал, хочу, чтобы все знали
Ты материал моего парня, материал парня (мальчик)
Материал бойфренда, м-м-материал, хочу, чтобы все знали
О, нет другого
Это все мелочи, которые ты делаешь, заставь меня хотеть петь
Там нет никаких других
И, может быть, это бабочки, которые я получаю каждый раз, когда слышу твой рингтон (рингтон)
И, может быть, это потому, что каждый текст, парень, я сказал себе, что ты один
(потому что я знаю, что ты есть) материал парня, материал парня
Вот из чего ты сделан, это написано на твоей этикетке
Материал бойфренда, м-м-материал, хочу, чтобы все знали
Ты материал моего парня, материал парня
Вот из чего ты сделан, это написано на твоей этикетке
Материал бойфренда, м-м-материал, хочу, чтобы все знали
Ты материал моего парня (материал мальчик), материал парня (материал мальчик)
Материал бойфренда, м-м-материал, хочу, чтобы все знали
Boyfriend Material
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 Oliver Blackwood is as nice and normal as they come. He’s a barrister, an ethical vegetarian, and he’s never inspired a moment of scandal in his life. In other words: perfect boyfriend material. Unfortunately apart from being gay, single, and really, really in need of a date for a big event, Luc and Oliver have nothing in common. So they strike a deal to be publicity-friendly (fake) boyfriends until the dust has settled. Then they can go their separate ways and pretend it never happened.
But the thing about fake-dating is that it can feel a lot like real-dating. And that’s when you get used to someone. Start falling for them. Don’t ever want to let them go.
427 pages, Paperback
First published July 7, 2020
Alexis Hall
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I was truly not expecting to love it. I’ve had mixed experiences with Alexis Hall in the past, and I honestly didn’t know he could be so funny. This book is hilarious, especially if you like kind of snarky, British humor, and I found myself laughing out loud to myself in bed, shoulders positively shaking (my husband did not appreciate this).
But that’s how this book gets you. Under the humor lies the feels.
The emotions that I felt for these characters snuck up on me, and before I knew it, I was hooked. I really couldn’t stop reading, and I stayed up nearly all night to finish.
I know it sounds cliche, but I laughed, I cried, and I would do it all over again.
It’s funny, because plot-wise, nothing much happens in the story. It’s sort of a meandering series of events in the MC’s life where nothing seems to go quite right. The MC screws everything up time and time again, and puts his foot in his mouth so many times it might as well be permanently lodged there. However, he grows on you. The main characters are so multilayered that they feel like real people, and the secondary characters are so unique and well-conceived that you’ll want them to have their own stories.
This story has self-righteous vegans, dung beetles, banana curries, dick pics, posh/idiot co-workers, and humor woven around each and every thing that makes it all come together effortlessly. But while you are laughing, be prepared for the feelings, a surprising amount of angst, and the strong, strong chemistry to hit you right when you least expect it. These guys are great for each other, baggage and all, and I was rooting for them like I haven’t in a long time. But don’t read this story if you are expecting steam, because this story is fade-to-black. However, I didn’t mind the lack of steam with this one.
My favorite Alexis Hall book to date, Boyfriend Material delivered right when I needed it to most. I think the author did something special with this story.
*Copy provided in exchange for an honest review*
The experience of reading “Boyfriend Material” felt like talking with an old friend by the hearth of a fire on a rainy day. It’s tender, patient, and raw as a confession. Luke’s narration—with its chafed vulnerability and aching honesty–opened up something in me. It had taken me several days to finish this book because I kept turning his words over and over, like tumbling a stone inside my mouth, letting them sink into me, even as I sank with the weight of them. The romance between Luke and Oliver tastes of softness and the joy of being seen, of being known, and it blew through my heart like a sweet wind, pouring sunshine into every nook and crevice.
I will probably never write a full review for this book, simply because something about it still feels like a small treasure that had been in the water for a very long time, and had washed up on the shore just for me. Something I’m not sure I’m quite ready to share.
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Luc O’Donnell, also known as the son of two incredibly famous rock stars, has hit the (yet another) speed bump of his life.
His dad just picked up another show and his fame is on the rise (again). and with that comes increased paparazzi for all those tangentially related. like poor Luc.
Luc’s latest scandal (though relatively minor) was enough to send his bosses heads flying and the donors for his work scrambling away.
The only solution? Find a cute, stable and SAFE boyfriend to settle down with until it all blows over.
He’s a barrister, he loves spending the night in and above all, he’s scandal-free. AND he needs a fake boyfriend to bring home to the folks as well.
Only what once was a clear-cut fake relationship is quickly feeling incredibly and permanently real.
I’ve read so many of those books that every moment of this book, (I thought) I had a pretty solid prediction of where it was going.
BUT I was wrong nearly every time (and the few times I was right, I was SO happy the book was taking that direction).
All in all, I adored this book. I loved this book. I’m going to be devastated if there isn’t another one.
With thanks to Netgalley, Alexis Hall and Sourcebooks for sending me a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
(PS. check out this week’s BookTube Video to see why I’m psyched about this one and the other fabulous books I picked up!)
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I accidentally told GR I was reading this.
When what I meant was, I wrote it.
The core ingredients in my fighting-depression arsenal:
➊ book with an i-am-dying level of hilariousness
➋ book with an i-shall-overdose level of adorableness
➌ book with an oh-my-rainbow-heart level of LGBT+ rep
➍ accordingly chosen music for playlist ➾ Spotify link
Or, you know, in short: this book aka Boyfriend Material.
“I’m in love with you, Lucien. But it seems hardly adequate.”
You need to understand, the humour in this book shines quite blindingly through every scene, be it awkward, sweet, or emotional, making it less a hot and sexy adult romance and more a lethally cute and funny one. Honestly, it’s just heart emoji if it had two covers and 400+ pages.
So if you’re looking for a rolling on the floor laughing my ass off type of book about fake dating going horribly wrong (or right, depending on your perspective), sprinkled with life as adult gay men, clueless posh English nobles, being haunted by rockstar parents, some insight to life as a vegetarian, work as a barrister, and a job at a charity (I mean insights into getting people to give you their money without shouting “give me your money you potato burger”), dripping with too-adorable lessons on the complications of relationships and trust and generally oh my god I have feelings what do I do for a hedgehog main character. you’ve come to the right place.
I loved it, not least because it was not set in America thank you lord?
“You really do own your illiteracy, don’t you?”
“Yeah, I’m thinking about moving to America and running for public office.”
Guys I swear I made an effort to keep it short this time I swear but then I started writing, and I have no idea what happened next.
CW ➾ homophobia, abandonment by parent, narcissistic parent, emotional abuse
You all know me, I’m a clown, I admire clowns, and I value humour most in my books. And I realise that I’m also an unstable weirdo who laughs at worldwide disasters and a crack in the wall (which in reality is funny but that’s another conversation) BUT, oh my god this book is absolutely hilarious. Like, asphyxiation, suffocation, choke you till you die hilarious (which is not as grim as it may sound—a worthy end to a life, really).
The writing is so witty and absurd; it makes jokes the way you chat up ab attractive lady slash dude slash whocaresaboutgender—rather smooth and disarming, is what I mean. The banter is only the start of it, what’s most unique about Boyfriend Material is its creativity in creating iconic and insisting patterns and brands of humour and weaving them all throughout the pages from one cover to the other. I had a blast with every page.
The Representation That Be
Anybody can put together a cast of lesbian, gay, bi, etc characters and call it a yay-day, but it’s quite something else for the baggage they drag into the page to make them feel less like boxes ticked off a grocery-like list and more like, you know, actual human beings. With Boyfriend Material, even though the aforementioned baggage is not fully and deeply opened and stifled through, it’s constantly present and considered in the character’s everyday lives and conversations to be real rather than fake or overwhelming.
“You should never let anyone tell you it is wrong to be how you are.”
Too many LGBT+ books are about only the most painful and/or prominent moments of a person’s life, and while there is never enough books on stepping out of the closet and finding yourself and your place, this community also needs easy rep of everyday drama.
What if you’ve come out to all your friends and family and have a healthy relationship of love and acceptance with all the people in your personal life? What’s next? How do you live a normal life and deal with all the different people out in the world, having their own understanding, ignorant, or (veiled) homophobic opinions? Those are the exact type of questions Alexis Hall tells a story about.
The Characters That Be (this got long whoops)
Luc is the human equivalent of a hedgehog. You might want to hug him but as soon you get remotely near you should pick up a shield because ohmygod ohmygod vulnerability alert cannot deal i repeat cannot deal ready for launch. I’m not even kidding.
“It’s just…it’s going to be all hard and messy.”
“Lots of things are. Many of them are still worth doing.”
It was a sign of quite how fucked up I was feeling that I didn’t try to make a joke out of hard, messy or, indeed, worth doing.
He’s such a haunted, wounded, pessimistic, self-deprecating, miserable, sarcastic, paranoid mess of a drama queen (rightfully so because, when all you see of yourself is what the tabloids show you, what else do you expect) who’s rather fond of his teenager mode that I just want to hug the 28 yo bellend, damn being impaled. His growth was handled so deftly and smoothly, with the necessary bumps in the road of course, and it was so heartfelt and precious to see him learn to communicate and trust.
I have zero idea what to do with Oliver because oh my god this dude. Really, as Luc put it, “Normally I didn’t do sweet but, well, Oliver.” He’s the very definition of a gentleman, ugh. Respectful and considerate yet opinionated and ethical (I mean jeez only Oliver could turn a brownie into an ethical quandary), clean and serious yet secretly funny and rebellious, soft and delicate yet protective and slightly controlling. So patient, so caring, so outrageously thoughtful.
And he’s trying so hard and, ugh, dammit, it turns him such an adorable secretly anxious lion-looking puppy—which makes no sense, what with one being from the dear old cat family and one the loyal dog one. I just cannot resist sharing his texting panic:
I was unexpectedly de-sleeped by a buzzing from my phone at 5:00 a.m.: My apologies. Next time, I’ll send a photograph of my penis. And then several further buzzings.
That was a joke.
I should probably make it clear that I’m not intending to send you any pictures.
I’ve never sent that sort of thing to anybody.
As a lawyer, it’s hard not to be aware of the potential consequences.
I also realise you’re probably asleep at the moment. So perhaps if you could just delete the previous five messages when you wake up.
Of course, I should emphasise that I am not meaning to imply any judgment about people who do choose to send intimate photographs to one another.
It’s just not something I’m comfortable with.
Of course if it is something you’re comfortable with, I understand.
Not that I’m suggesting you have to send me a picture of your penis.
Oh God, can you please delete every text I’ve ever sent you.
He had me frustrated yet amused and drowning in adoration, shaking my head and going awwwwwww every other chapter while, frankly, if I met him in real life there would probably be less amusement and adoration and more devising an evil plan to shake his life to the core, driving him right over a metaphorical cliff questioning all his beliefs and messing up all the meticulously ordered aspects of his life. Don’t look so surprised, you already know I’m evil.
Now that I really think about it though, I’m starting to come to the conclusion that I have, indeed, met him in real life. He’s my eldest brother *insert poker face* I. I don’t quite know what to do with that information.
You know that friend (or maybe not friend, maybe it’s yourself) who is so absurd or weird or different that ends up always standing out like a sore thumb, whenever and wherever, for good or worse, and has people whispering that one is such a character? That’s all the characters in this book.
Like Alex The Posh And Incomprehensible Co-Worker who, if you held an exam on puns with scores from 0 to 100, would get a pretty minus with adorable bunny ears. No, scratch that, he’d receive a full mark and forever ruin all kinds of jokes for you—I honestly don’t think I can listen to the knock-knock joke or the elephant ones without thinking of his take; which is a good thing, I believe, since it would drive me to laugh harder than asked for by the dear joker. Seriously, the man uses hashtags like this:
Or Priya The Only One With An Automobile AKA Truck who, even in her short scenes, managed to steal my heart with her ice-thorny attitude and steadfast support. Not gonna lie, it might be because she unbelievably reminded me of Amren from my other current read.
Or Bridget The Group’s Token Straight Girl and her publishing industry dramas, sweeping in with a you are not gonna believe what happened and an I can’t really talk about it but and a I’m definitely gonna get fired. I was literally sitting with my eyes glued to the metaphorical door waiting for her to make a hasty entrance and steal the stage.
“Either you never trust anybody ever again, and pretend that stops people hurting you when clearly it doesn’t. Or, um, don’t do that. And maybe your house will burn down. But, at least you’ll be warm. And probably the next place will be better. And come with an induction hob.”
Or even Sophie The Evil Lawyer From The Other Gang who I immediately became obsessed with. Or, truly, Tom who was the rare sensible one among them and I have no idea why he would bother to hang out with these nuthouses except if he’s got a secret weird fetish for their weirdness and needs them in his life the way you’d need puppies. Or Dr. Fairclough whom I can’t begin to summarise in one sentence—I mean I could, but I don’t want to.
I’ll be honest, at first I felt as if the friends and family coming along for the ride all sounded the same, but that is so not the case. Yes, the MC and most of his group of friends do have constant banter that feels on the same wavelength, but of course it makes sense that birds of a feather flock together. Most of their gang and even his, duh, mum speak the same language (seriously, I have the same out-of-nowhere back-and-forths with folks who share my crazy or are compatible with it) while that very humour applied to people outside of their circle could invite amusement, bewilderment, or nothing, falling flat with a loud, awkward thump. It was when I could say which of the two James Royce-Royces (yes they’r married, don’t even ask) was speaking that I saw how real these words on a page had become to me.
The way I see it, what makes these characters remarkable and tangible is their small quirks, annoying habits, and persistent figures of speech and thought—I know that’s not an actual thing but, please, bear with me. Such as the way Luc’s mum could say such well-meaning clueless things that would be possibly harmful but are not because she succeeds in getting her wisdom and actual meaning across. Somehow.
The Relationships That Be
This was why relationships sucked: they made you need shit you’d been perfectly happy not needing. And then they took them away.
I don’t think I’m actually in fit condition to discuss this. beautiful, unforgettable, filled-with-endearing-arguments, so-palpable-it-was-about-to-step-out-of-the-page-and-murder-me. matter, seeing as I’ve had a couple of peculiar near-death experiences from cuteness overdose. So forgive me as I skip this step and just very calmly thank the author for having the characters quickly address problems arising from lack of communication.
The wholesome, fully developed friendships and familial bonds despite—or should I say because of—complications were also nothing short of marvelous. And I wholeheartedly appreciated how the family struggles were concluded realistically, if not happily, or in one case only began to be dealt with—it was refreshing, so there’s that. Shoo now.
(If you were not wondering whether I’d misplaced or forgotten my let’s dig deep and see what the book really had to say and generally overanalyse everything part, that you do not know me my dear—which is for the best, really. Do say a prayer of thanks.)
“I’m coming to the conclusion I might be unbelievably terrified.”
“Me too,” I said. “But let’s be terrified together.”
With all its jokes and fun times, Boyfriend Material is about dealing with and facing life head on because the more we try to hide from something, the more power we give it. It shows why you need to accept that you need help, and realise that no one else is going to sweep in and suddenly turn your life upside down; no matter how much they help you move forward and see your path more clearly, it’s you who walks it. And more importantly, it’s about understanding and taking the first step and the second step and the third one, rather than finishing a journey that doesn’t really have an end. That, in the end, the world is not going to become heaven populated by nice and kind people.
And that, really, it’s not about the three words, it’s about everything that came before it and everything that comes after it.
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**I received an advance copy of this book from SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Thank you so much for approving me for this ARC!**
I’m aware I rarely say this about books, but this was FANTASTIC! Once I started to read “Boyfriend Material” I couldn’t stop anymore and with every chapter I read, I was drawn even more into the story. The conversations between the two MCs, Luc and Oliver, were so much fun and I found myself clutching the pages while laughing out loud.
Sure, not everything in this book is hilarious and Alexis Hall tackles plenty of serious topics as well. The author always does it with a little humour though and this made this a really enjoyable and entertaining read. For instance Luc’s boss is a horrible person. I mean I get it, beetles are important for the environment but boy, does she lack the finesse of human interaction. Some of the things she said at the beginning of the book were flat out rude and inappropriate and if Luc wouldn’t have been such a nice person she probably would have lost her company a long time ago.
“What if someone asks? I should know for verisimilitude.”
The corners of his mouth twitched slightly. “You can say I’m a gentleman and we haven’t got that far.”
“You” – I gave a thwarted sigh – “are a terrible fake boyfriend.”
“I’m building fake anticipation.”
“You’d better be fake worth it.”
“I am.”
I swear Luc and Oliver were such a formidable couple! Yes, they might have started fake-dating because at that point of their lives they both needed it to save their reputation; they were always honest and forthright though! And this was so, so, so, so refreshing. Most of the conflicts in “Boyfriend Material” didn’t come into being because of some miscommunication between the MCs but because the characters were used to deal with their problems on their own. They were stuck in their habits and problems and had a tough time letting anyone in, which considering both of their backstories was actually pretty relatable.
“Are we really bad at this?” I asked.
“We’ve been fake dating for three days and we’ve already fake broken up once.”
“Yes, but we fake resolved our difficulties and fake got back together, and I’m hoping it’s made us fake stronger.”
As were their friendships! I loved Bridge and the funny dynamic between Luc and his other friends. They were exactly like you’d expect good friends to be and their support for Luc was amazing! Funnily enough I even liked Alex, Luc’s gullible, innocent and totally clueless co-worker who wouldn’t even notice if he would put his foot in his mouth. Let’s just hope the Alex’s of this world will never be confronted with harsh reality. XD
This said, the only thing I didn’t like were the two storylines about Luc’s father and Oliver’s family. Whilst the plot that dealt with Luc’s father might have been dissatisfying but realistic, the part that focused on Oliver’s family fell short for me. I really wish we would have gotten more of his storyline throughout the entire book and not only on the last 30 pages. I get why Alexis Hall did it that way and I appreciate the point the author made, but for me this came out of the blue and kind of spoiled the ending.
I guess this might be a typical «it’s not the book, it’s me» situation though. Well, at least so far no other reviewer seems to have mentioned it.
“I’m conscious this could be rather burdensome to hear, but you remain the thing I have most chosen for myself. The thing that’s most exclusively mine. The one thing that brings me the deepest joy.”
All told I really enjoyed “Boyfriend Material” and had a more than just tough time to put it down. The hilarious humour and easy banter made it really addicting and before I even knew it I found myself rushing through the pages. If you’re looking for a sweet rom-com that isn’t afraid to tackle a few serious topics and will make you laugh out loud, this might be exactly the right book for you! 😉 Happy reading!
It’s time to tackle this before my ARC runs out! >_