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Boyfriend Material

By: Alexis Hall
Narrated by: Joe Jameson
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About this listen

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 20 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 someone who has never inspired a moment of scandal in his life. In other words, he’s 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 settles. 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.

©2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC Coming of Age Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Genre Fiction Humorous Literature & Fiction Romance Romantic Comedy Dating Comedy Funny Feel-Good Heartfelt Witty

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Absolutely loved this audiobook. The story has plot and meaning, the characters have depth with fun and quirky personalities. The narrator is fabulous, his voice is easy to listen to. I could listen to him all day.

Bloody brilliant

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This book is just pure joy, the ups, the downs, the characters (the snark!), the falling down so spectacularly and the getting back up again. Just all the feels!

Plus its the epitome of dry British humour, whilst also poking fun at some pure Britishisms. I laughed so hard at points I had to use my inhaler.

The narrator of this is so good, I completely forgot it wasn't real different people talking. Oliver's voice was so deep and gorgeous but also portrayed the perfectly controlled man completely hiding his emotions, then showing signs of conflict, gradually cracking and giving tiny hints of expression and so forth, developing along with his character throughout the book. Also of note, the female voices were excellent and completely varied. The acting was A list standard.

Highly Recommend

Amazing

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Couldn't put it down! Performance was mesmerising. Truly wonderful. Best long read, and so funny.

Brilliant, well written and observed

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Let me start with the weaknesses. First, the main premise of the book - two guys pretending to be in a relationship - wasn't delivered in a very believable way. The stakes weren't high enough for either of the main characters for me to believe that they REALLY had to pretend to be boyfriends. Second, the main characters were not particularly likeable and felt somewhat two-dimensional. Their lives were full of unresolved issues but the author didn't explore them very well. Instead of showing the problems the characters faced, he only TALKED about those problems. For example, instead of showing (e.g. through flashback scenes in the book) how miserable Luke's life had been in the past, Alexis Hall only states that Luke had been miserable. Third, there wasn't much chemistry between Luke and Oliver and the last few chapters didn't make much sense.

Now to the positive points. First, all of the side characters were brilliantly done. Alex, in particular, was extremely funny and one of his scenes reminded me of Eugene Ionesco's writings. Second, the book is overall quite enjoyable and easy to follow. Finally, Joe Jameson, the narrator, is excellent and did several different accents very well.

Entertaining

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I love this book so much. it was so hilarious I often cackled loudly while listening to it and startled a few people on the street. Masterful book anf excellent narration.

Genuinely bereft this is over

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