A review by bekahbeth
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Turning the romance genre into a revolutionary force for love through grief and against all odds, this book titillates, lubricates, lures, lulls, shocks, breaks, throws wide open, and rebuilds the literary world of relationships in its own breathtakingly beautiful image. May we all be as brave, imperfect, honest, human, and deeply feeling as the book, as Emezi, and as Feyi and Alim.

BookRiot 2022 Read Harder Challenge #4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma. I received this ARC from the publisher via Goodreads.
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