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

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

4.25

Thanks to Simon & Schuster Canada for the Gifted ARC 

Wow I can definitely say that I've never read a romance book quite like this! I think that Emezi took a lot of the good things from the genre and combined that with elements often left out and they told a story that was incredibly engaging and well done. I really enjoyed how grief was explored through the story and how it is present in different forms and changes, but becomes part of life once it is experienced. I also really loved the way that the story showed different types of intimacy through friendship, even though it was centring romantic love in the story. 

I would definitely recommend picking this up. It's a more literary take on the romance genre, but it never feels difficult to read or understand. There is a lot packed in to the relatively short novel, and it make the book very readable! 
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