I love Luc and Oliver as characters and was very happy to reconnect with them and see how their lives have progressed since the first book. If he doesn’t want a rainbow balloon arch at his wedding, does that make him a bad gay? But if he denies Luc the balloon arch, is he forcing Luc to give up part of his own identity? (Seriously, they spend A LOT of time on the balloon arch debate…)Īfter an unplanned panic-driven proposal (from Luc, of course), the couple decide to get married, but their cute differences as a couple seem to morph into fundamental problems as they try to navigate actually planning a wedding. As they attend wedding after wedding, some of their differences seem more concerning - especially when it comes to gay identity vs mainstream norms, and whether finally being able to officially and legally go the traditional marriage route means that they should.Īnd that’s not even addressing the rainbow elephant in the room - Luc embraces the glitter and rainbows of his ideal of gay community, but Oliver finds it all too commercialized and judgmental.

They’ve each made progress with their own personal hang-ups and issues, love each other very much, and are still funny as hell. Two years into their relationship, Luc and Oliver still have separate flats but are together constantly. But more on that later.īlatantly modeled on Four Weddings and A Funeral**, the plot of Husband Material follows Luc and Oliver, the extreme-opposites-extremely-attract couple from the first book as they navigate being in a healthy long-term relationship (a first for both of them) while seeing all of their friends embracing wedding planning and baby making. And for the most part, Husband Material does not disappoint… except for the ending. This Summer 2022, you’re invited to the event(s) of the season.Īfter giggling my way through Boyfriend Material earlier this year, I just knew I needed the sequel in my life. Good thing Oliver is such perfect HUSBAND MATERIAL. But it’ll take more than four weddings, a funeral, and a bowl full of special curry to get these two from I don’t know what I’m doing to I do. Now it seems like everyone around them is getting married, and Luc’s feeling the social pressure to propose. In BOYFRIEND MATERIAL, Luc and Oliver met, pretended to fall in love, fell in love for real, dealt with heartbreak and disappointment and family and friends…and somehow figured out a way to make it work.

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