I’ll say this: from start to finish, I could not put this book down. After reading Boyfriend Material, I was so ecstatic to get my hands on the sequel, and to see more from Luc and Oliver and the whole gang. Based on the first book, I had very high expectations. Some of them were exceeded, and some were not met. But I’m mostly not upset that they weren’t.

'Husband Material' is a poignant, thought-provoking, eye-opening, laugh-out-loud, cry-your-eyes out, melt-your-heart emotional sledgehammer of a book. It illustrates situations of profound vulnerability for the characters, depicts and addresses issues of homophobia and LGBTQ+ rights in heartbreakingly honest clarity, develops its characters and story in very unexpected ways, and captures the trials, tribulations, and utter messiness of relationships and of life in general in ways that at times delighted me with their humor and at times wrecked me emotionally. 

However, it was at times heavy on the bickering between the couple, and I did not like the way some of the arguments were handled by one character in particular (I won’t say any more to avoid spoilers). For that, it loses a star.

Overall, though this is not my favorite book nor my favorite style of writing, it was well done, and I love it. It is a stunning, bold, messy, blunt, honest, insanely emotional, and exceptionally well-written and plotted read that I overall recommend (though again, could have used less of the arguing).