Crystal has trouble saying no to her lonely, single mother. For 25 years, it wasn't a problem. But when one small mistake leaves Crystal jilted, homeless, and unemployed, she has to move back in with the person who caused it all: her mother.

Soon Crystal is sucked into her mother's vortex, partying with boomers and hawking homemade marshmallows. Desperate for some independence, she hatches a foolproof plan: get an experimental android to play her mom's "perfect" boyfriend. It's only a matter of time before her mom finds out, and Crystal will never live down the hilarious and disastrous consequences.

A story told through emails, texts, and journal entries, Mom's Perfect Boyfriend is a humorous yet deeply honest portrayal of the complicated friendship between mothers and daughters. Sometimes the people we want to rely upon the least are those who can help us the most.

The book was humorous, a bit sad in spots. I enjoyed for the most part. Fun read.
Thanks to NetGalley for the advance copy for review.

This was a fun, quick read. It was written in text messages, e-mails, etc.,, but wasn't choppy at all. Characters were fun with a cute story line.

This book tells the stories between 2 generations of daughters and mothers. Crystal was on a break with her fiancé and got laid off from work so she decided to move back into her mother's home so she could focus on writing her novel. However, they have an unhealthy relationship where her mom is overly dependent on her and she has a hard time saying no to her mother. So she thought getting an experimental android to play her mom's "perfect" boyfriend would solve the problem. You can see how that well that will end :)

Overall, I thought the book was cute. It's a quick beach read. It's a story that a lot of mothers and daughters can relate to. The style of writing reminds me of Sophie Kinsella whose books I do enjoy. However, I thought this one lacked some character development. The story never gave some basic background on the characters. How old are Crystal and her sister Lisa? Who is the older one? You don't even find out Crystal is engaged until much later on and the android doesn't appear until almost half way through. I liked the book but while I was reading it I thought there were some missing pieces.

Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this e-ARC!

OMG - I could not put this book down. Like, literally, I skipped going to my spin class [alright - I am slightly prone to laziness] to finish reading this. First, the mother is just awful. Like this terrible soul-sucking pit of despair and misery, yet Crystal cannot stop wanting to please her. Second, while this was entertaining - I wouldn't describe it as a Sophie Kinsella book. There was no romance. Just a dude that honestly I hoped would ditch the main heroine forever for being such a pushover to her mother. I had zero desire for them to get back together at all. I was really hoping that Crystal would grow a spine and try to cut her mother out more. There was nothing redeeming about the mom. And the author seemed to want you to hate the grandmother who quite honestly, seemed like the nicest woman in the entire family. So she wanted to encourage her daughter and granddaughters to get married. Big deal. She wasn't mean about it. Third, I loved the format of the text messages and the journal entries. I could definitely do without the Rapunzel excerpts - those were boring. But overall - loved this book despite my nit-picking.

I love this story about mother/daughter relationships. They are never simple and this book hit it on the head. So funny!

Oh my gosh this book was hilarious!! Obviously there are some sad and hard topics, but overall it was so funny to read this story and see how the daughter interacts with her mom’s boyfriendbb

A cute story told in emails and texts.
Crystal finds herself single and unemployed and having to move back with her mother. The book was witty and well written.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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