LGBTQ+ Book Club

This month we will be reading "Boyfriend Material" by Alexis Hall

Available on Hoopla both audio and ebook

Luc O’Donnell is in need of a normal, perfect boyfriend  to repair his reputation. Too bad he doesn’t trust anyone since his last boyfriend  sold his story to the tabloids. As the son of estranged British 1980s rock stars, Luc is peripherally famous. He works for a nonprofit, and when donors start backing out because of him, “Operation Fake Respectable Boyfriend ” is launched. Unfortunately, his friends decide to set him up with Oliver Blackwood, a barrister Luc has nothing in common with. Despite their date going poorly, Oliver agrees to a fake relationship since he needs a date for his parents’ anniversary party. The more time they spend fake dating, though, the more they realize that opposites attract and that fake can turn real. Told from Luc’s droll, self-deprecating, and completely charming perspective, Hall’s low-heat romance is downright hilarious while it also seriously explores questions of self-worth and how relationships, romantic and platonic, can have effects both good and bad. Anglophiles will be pleased by the immersive London setting and many Briticisms. Hall achieves a true balance between romance and comedy, delightfully succeeding at both. -- Jenna Friebel (Reviewed 6/1/2020) (Booklist, vol 116)