AUDIO REVIEW: Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall (London Calling #1)

- October 09, 2022

BOYFRIEND MATERIAL

London Calling - Book One

by Alexis Hall

Release Date: July 7, 2020

Review

The writing is fantastic, and the narration is even better. Joe Jameson is phenomenal. It’s my first audiobook with him as a narrator and I was blown away.

I love the story and the premise. A son of moderately famous parents, particularly an absent father back in the limelight. This means the tabloids have renewed interest in Luc, and all his failures (real or otherwise).

Along with a cast of slightly nutty friends, colleagues, and family, a plan is hatched to get a fake boyfriend to rehab his image to save his job.

Enter Oliver. A very proper, very English lawyer, who drives Luc insane at every turn. Very kind, very organized, and very thoughtful Lawyer.

One has to say, Luc is obnoxious, self-centred, and a complete disaster. I wasn’t sure I was ever going to like him. He’s rude to pretty much everyone who cares about him and never pays attention to anything that doesn’t involve himself. It took probably 90% till I finally start to feel a little mushy to him. Unlike Oliver who was endearing in his own stuffy way from the beginning.

I’m definitely excited to see what happens in the next book, Husband Material.

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Synopsis

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.

About Alexis Hall

Alexis Hall does not like writing biographies or talking about himself in the third person. He lives in southeast England with his extensive collection of hats and three angry duckchildren.

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