Title: The Boyfriend Project
Author: Farrah Rochon
Date Published: June 9, 2020
Rating: 2/5 stars
Date read: April 7, 2020
The Boyfriend Project follows thirty-year-old Samirah, who discovers her boyfriend is cheating on her with at least two other women. Samirah goes to confront her cheating boyfriend and ends her night befriending two other women catfished by her ex. The three women make a pact to try to better themselves before deciding to date again. The timing of this pact could not be worse, as shortly afterwards Samirah meets her company’s new hire, very good-looking, very single, Daniel.
The Boyfriend Project is The Central Park Pact but with a lot more diversity and a lot more lust. Its first instalment follows a woman in a STEM field, working an extremely desirable and successful job at a tech company. While I very much appreciated the diversity The Boyfriend Project had to offer, much of The Boyfriend Project did not work for me.
My first issue with The Boyfriend Project was the characters. I think characters make up the backbone of any romance novel, and without good characters you really can’t have a good romance novel. Samirah came across as a bit too cocky for my tastes, and both she and Daniel were too perfect. Flawless characters really aren’t my thing and to me often come across as one dimensional. Another strike against The Boyfriend Project was that I didn’t believe in the chemistry between Samirah and Daniel. They were both hyper-focused on looks and how attractive they found one another, but with none of the sexual tension needed to make me invested in whether or not they got together.
Not all sexy scenes are going to work for every person, and this was an instance in which the steamy scenes made me cringe. I personally find nothing sexy about describing making out as having one’s tongue down someone else’s throat.
What I did like about The Boyfriend Project was the importance of female friendships in the novel. I like that Samirah was able to balance a romantic relationship while also maintaining female friendships (and maintaining a career too!). Unfortunately, I again did not believe in the chemistry between Samirah and her girlfriends. I wanted more depth to their friend group. Ultimately, this novel didn’t work for me.
Have you read The Boyfriend Project? If not, do you plan to? I’d love to hear your thoughts! Happy reading! 💗
A Bookish Balance 
This is disappointing to hear! I had thought this one looked cute, but haven’t seen too many reviews on it yet. Great review, though!
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Yeah, I was pretty disappointed by it. And thank you! ❤
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I loved the review! This definitely helps me going into this! I have it on my tbr for this month and I’ve been on the fence because so many readers either seem to love it or dislike it. But I’m glad that there’s positive female relationships/friendships featured in this book! I love a book that can show that it’s possible to have those kind of relationships and how important they can really be!
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Thank you! I’m glad I could be of help 😊. I most definitely agree! I feel like I’m at a point in life where I actually value seeing fantastic friendships in literature over romantic ones 💗☺️.
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There’s definitely not enough fantastic friendships in book. Most of the time there’s something happening that makes them fall apart or something tragic happens. So it’s hard not to appreciate and value them over most friendships in literature these days.
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Oh! I was actually kind of looking forward to reading this book but after reading this, I’m not really sure 😦
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