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— currently reading: BOYFRIEND MATERIAL by alexis hall
rumor has it this is a queer romcom that features: fake dating, two grumps, and there was only one bed, muslim sapphics, the token cishet, and lots of laughs. i’m excited!!!!
rumor has it this is a queer romcom that features: fake dating, two grumps, and there was only one bed, muslim sapphics, the token cishet, and lots of laughs. i’m excited!!!!
the mc: turns up in “problematically sexualised black lace bunny ears” for a fancy party, drinks alone in a quiet corner while he waits for his friends to rescue him, overshares about his childhood trauma to the cute guy who tries flirting with him and then makes him leave
me:
me:
WHY IS HE LITERALLY ME 
luc: [constantly uses self-deprecating humor to mock the impermanence of every relationship he’s ever had to distract himself from the possibility that he just isn’t worth it enough for ppl to stick around]
me: ahaha i do that
![luc: [constantly uses self-deprecating humor to mock the impermanence of every relationship he’s ever had to distract himself from the possibility that he just isn’t worth it enough for ppl to stick around]me: ahaha i do that](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EcW--JZXQAgqzEB.jpg "luc: [constantly uses self-deprecating humor to mock the impermanence of every relationship he’s ever had to distract himself from the possibility that he just isn’t worth it enough for ppl to stick around]me: ahaha i do that")
![luc: [constantly uses self-deprecating humor to mock the impermanence of every relationship he’s ever had to distract himself from the possibility that he just isn’t worth it enough for ppl to stick around]me: ahaha i do that](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EcW--M2X0AUmkZh.jpg "luc: [constantly uses self-deprecating humor to mock the impermanence of every relationship he’s ever had to distract himself from the possibility that he just isn’t worth it enough for ppl to stick around]me: ahaha i do that")
me: ahaha i do that
the author naming after himself the kind side character who wears designer cashmere and smells “implausibly wholesome, like freshly cut grass in summer” and gives the best hugs is the kind of self-love i strive to achieve
alex is that one token straight ally in every queer group of friends who is allowed to hang around because they’re well-meaning and i love him
this is the best first meet cute i cannot breathe
“but there was also some pathetic, lonely part of me that enjoyed being so publicly possessed. especially by a man like Oliver Blackwood. it felt perilously close to being worth something.”
suddenly i’m filled with the urge to lay facedown on the grass and let moss grow over me
suddenly i’m filled with the urge to lay facedown on the grass and let moss grow over me
“sometimes, you can half believe you’ve been hurt so much you’ve basically been vaccinated. rendered immune. and then someone says something like that to you.”
the VOLUME in this bound bundle of dead tree......
the VOLUME in this bound bundle of dead tree......
THEY’RE SO FUCKING CUTE SHUT UP
inject this playful banter into my bloodstream
it’s almost 5 am i’m going to sleep but (through a megaphone) I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH AND I’M ONLY 20% IN TO THE STORY AND I HAVENT LAUGHED THIS MUCH WHILE READING A BOOK IN SO LONG!!!!
there are two characters in this book that are named James Royce and they fell in love and got married and now their names are James Royce-Royce and James Royce-Royce LMAOO
