

“You Can Luc (But You Better Not Touch)”.It took me a while but when I finally noticed that all the What’s App group conversations names were puns I just threw another star on my rating (we’re at like 20 already), because they just made me laugh!

Add in that he has no filter and is constantly beating himself up and the only place you have to go is down. I mean come on, if I ever write a novel nonprofits and fundraisers will be involved because that’s basically my non-book life. “And, as a fund-raiser, it’s my job to convince people that they’re better off giving their money to bugs that eat poo instead of pandas, orphans, or-God help us-comic Relief.” (Chapter 3)Ĭlearly, I was pre-disposed to like this book because it’s a MM romance set in London, but that was further solidified when I found out Luc works in nonprofit fundraising. Protagonists Luc, the child of a c-list celebrity with a baggage cart of emotional damage, and Oliver, an on the up barrister with his own hidden issues, strike a deal to fake-date each other until after an event, and of course eventually fall madly in love with each other.

Needless to say, I will be going through his back catalog in the near future.īoyfriend Material is a fake boyfriend MM romance, but written more like a young adult/teen romance/RomCom story, rather than an explicit full-on sexy romance.

I first read Hall’s work five years ago with Waiting for the Flood and could see the potential, but never followed up on my hunch only to be blindsided by this one! I could’ve been reading his work this whole time and growing with him. Rosen’s Camp as the book of the summer, I’m going to be so mad (but not really surprised). I honestly can’t even remember where I came across this, but when I did I immediately requested a copy from the publisher.* And boy, am I glad I did-it was so good.
