Jax Review: Husband Material

Author: Alexis Hall
Genre: Romance
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

I was so excited to receive an eARC of Husband Material! Thankfully, right before I dove in, I realized it was the second in a series and immediately downloaded book 1, Boyfriend Material. While I saw somewhere that these could be read independently, I’m so glad I read Boyfriend Material first as it provided so much insight into the characters and let me go into Husband Material already loving our MCs!

What I loved:
- Luc and Oliver 💜 I adore these two! They are polar opposites and somehow make it work together. It was lovely to watch them grow and evolve and learn to handle their traumas separately, but together.
- The supporting characters - All of them are so fun and compliment the MCs so well! I feel like they’d be great to be friends with IRL.

What I didn’t love:
- This was a hard book to review because there was no real plot and without the backstory of book 1, I would have been left feeling disappointed. Without going into spoilers, the book is broken into different stories following their friends’ weddings. As someone who LOVES wedding and wedding planning, these broke my heart! Each wedding had their own over the top drama that made the planner in me cringe. But aside from the wedding drama, there wasn’t a whole lot moving this one forward.
- That after two years, Luc and Oliver are having a lot of the same arguments. Although they do seem to handle them slightly better than before!
- That ending 🤯 As it was unfolding I found myself pleading with the book to not be doing this. And then it ends so abruptly, I was left flabbergasted!

I think middle books can often be difficult and I’m looking forward to the third! Hopefully things are pulled together and we get to continue loving Luc & Oliver with book 3.

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I was thrilled to receive an eARC of this book from publisher, Sourcebooks Casablanca, in exchange for my honest review. These opinions are my own and not influenced by the publisher or author!