oraclereadings 's review for:

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

2.5

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I am going to be completely honest. . .

The only reason I picked this book up was because the title was lyrics to the song “Hunger” by Florence and the Machine and I am a huge gay for Florence, so I thought the book would relate to that song somehow.

I’m not really sure what this book is about. We open up to Feyi and her best friend Joy at a rooftop party. Joy is trying to talk Feyi into hooking up with some rando because it’s been a while for Feyi. This is how Feyi meets Milan and they end up getting it on in the bathroom. Feyi doesn’t want anymore to do with Milan after that, but he’s persistent and gets her number.

And it doesn’t take long before we never see or hear from Milan again. Something about him being too needy or whatever.

So then, Feyi ends up hanging out with Nasir, one of Milan’s homies. They sort of date, but not really, while never going past more than making out with each other. Pretty soon, Nasir is signing her up for an art gig and invites her to his father’s mansion. And how does this woman repay him? By getting the hots for his dad.

And like, sure, his dad is some celebrity chef and has his own TV series or whatever, but Feyi takes it a lot further than just a mild celebrity crush.

I don’t care that there is a blatant nineteen year difference between Feyi and Nasir’s father, Alim. Feyi is in her late twenties and is a full adult with the capability of making her own decisions. However, if my girlfriend or boyfriend decided to date one of my parents while sort of dating me, I would riot.