Oh my God. I LOVED this book. Slamming straight into the top of my list of favourite romance novels (and I read a LOT of them). The Boyfriend Candidate was properly, properly funny and dazzlingly romantic at the same time. I was completely here for the Roy Kent energy, the loveable cast of side characters, the green dresses, the librarians, the Parks and Recs references… honestly, it was like this book was written for me, just all my favourite things mashed together, a complete joy. Laughed, cried, swooned - an absolute dream of a novel. My first Ashley Winstead and now I’m off to track down everything she’s written.

I understand that the book's baseline was that Logan is running for governor, and Alexis needed to pretend to be his girlfriend to save face. Still, halfway through the story, there's zero chemistry between the two, and instead, we're carried along a string of political speeches, policies, and rallies.
There wasn't enough romance, and they felt like characters, not real people.
Alexis hates the attention, but suddenly she wants to spearhead policies and make big speeches, she even goes against their rules and decides to organize a rally without even considering Logan and the ways this could potentially hurt his image and career.
She's so selfish, egotistical, and childish, always doing things without caring for anyone, that it's hard to believe she's a grown woman and not a teenager.
Honestly, Logan was way too good and trusting with her, giving second chances when she deserved none.
She's so pathetic she couldn't put on hold her life for two mere months, no, she had to go on a public date... at a wedding with someone else? Seriously? How stupid could she be?

Thanks to Net Galley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.