Reading Pathways: Alexis Hall

Boyfriend Material is a modern romance caller that was published successful 2020. Hall told Publishers Weekly that the caller was “very powerfully inspired by the kinds of drama that I retrieve being exposed to successful precocious 1990s and aboriginal 2000s. The vibe I was ever going for was inspired by Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral, and Love, Actually.” The caller was wide acclaimed upon its release. This is the publication that truly made Alexis Hall a well-known romance writer, and truthful it’s a large spot to start.

Boyfriend Material follows Luc O’Donnell. Luc is…sort of celebrated but not really. His begetter is simply a stone prima who’s precocious recovered himself backmost successful the spotlight, which means Luc is getting attraction arsenic well. After 1 lensman finds Luc successful a compromising position, he’s hopeless to rehab his nationalist image. Enter Oliver Blackwood, a nice, mean feline who’s a barrister and a vegetarian and squeaky cleanable successful each way. In different words, Oliver is the cleanable idiosyncratic for Luc to fake day to get the property backmost connected his side.

Boyfriend Material is the archetypal publication successful Hall’s London Calling trilogy. The 2nd book, Husband Material, was published successful 2022. The last caller successful the trilogy, Father Material, is expected to people successful October 2024.

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If you’ve ever wished Bridgerton was much queer, past you should work Alexis Hall’s 2022 bestselling novel, A Lady for a Duke. This sweeping humanities romance is acceptable successful the Regency epoch and features a trans heroine.

After Viola was presumed dormant astatine Waterloo, she realized this was an accidental to permission her aged beingness down and beryllium the idiosyncratic she’s genuinely ever been. At last, Viola feels escaped to beryllium herself. But her caller beingness came astatine a cost. Viola had to springiness up her wealth, her title, and worst of all, her champion person Justin de Vere, the Duke of Gracewood.

Years later, erstwhile Viola and Justin transverse paths again, Viola is saddened to spot however overmuch her beloved person has changed successful her absence. She knows it’s up to her to assistance him done his grief and bring him backmost to his aged self. But the longer they walk clip together, the much aged feelings resurface.

Alexis Hall has written a batch of series, but if you’re looking for a bully standalone romance from the author, this is the 1 to read.

Glitterland is 1 of Alexis Hall’s archetypal published novels, and it’s the archetypal caller successful his Spires series. Now is the cleanable clip to work this 1 if you haven’t already due to the fact that the publication was precocious rereleased with revisions and expansions, including caller scenes, writer annotations, a missive from the writer astir the penning the novel, and more.

Ash Winters utilized to person it all. He was the toast of the English literate scene. Now, he’s a washed-up writer of pulp transgression fabrication who’s clinically depressed and stifled by the dense value of others’ expectations. Then helium meets Darian Taylor. Darian is Ash’s polar other successful each way. He’s exuberant and joyful, and helium reminds Ash of everything his beingness could beryllium if helium could conscionable propulsion done his feelings of anxiety. But tin 2 radical truly hole each other? And however tin Ash combat for his happiness erstwhile helium doesn’t adjacent judge helium deserves it?

If you emotion this one, the adjacent section successful Ash and Darian’s story, Waiting for the Flood, will beryllium retired successful February 2024. And Hall is readying 2 much books successful the bid — merchandise dates to beryllium confirmed.

Of course, Alexis Hall writes much than romance. So wherever should you commencement if you privation to effort a non-romance work from the author? It’s gotta beryllium The Affair of the Mysterious Letter, a fantasy/mystery caller successful which Hall plays homage to Sherlock Holmes (but with magic).

Captain John Wyndham has spent the past 5 years warring a warfare successful different universe. Now that he’s backmost successful the metropolis of Khelathra-Ven, his hunt to find a spot to unrecorded leads him to 221b Martyrs Walk. His caller roommate is simply a unusual pistillate named Ms. Shaharazad Haas. Ms. Haas is simply a consulting sorceress who’s notorious for her moody demeanor and acheronian magic. Soon, Captain John becomes caught up successful Ms. Haas’s satellite of magic and mystery. And connected their journey, they travel up against criminals, pirates, vampires, and adjacent a shark.