You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi REVIEW

You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty

by Akwaeke Emezi

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Blurb

Feyi Adekola wants to learn how to be alive again.

It’s been five years since the accident that killed the love of her life and she’s almost a new person now—an artist with her own studio, and sharing a brownstone apartment with her ride-or-die best friend, Joy, who insists it’s time for Feyi to ease back into the dating scene. Feyi isn’t ready for anything serious, but a steamy encounter at a rooftop party cascades into a whirlwind summer she could have never imagined: a luxury trip to a tropical island, decadent meals in the glamorous home of a celebrity chef, and a major curator who wants to launch her art career.

She’s even started dating the perfect guy, but their new relationship might be sabotaged before it has a chance by the dangerous thrill Feyi feels every time she locks eyes with the one person in the house who is most definitely off-limits. This new life she asked for just got a lot more complicated, and Feyi must begin her search for real answers. Who is she ready to become? Can she release her past and honor her grief while still embracing her future? And, of course, there’s the biggest question of all—how far is she willing to go for a second chance at love?

Akwaeke Emezi’s vivid and passionate writing takes us deep into a world of possibility and healing, and the constant bravery of choosing love against all odds.

Review

Thank you to Simon & Schuster for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty begins with a slap. It starts off so vulgar and hard and in your face and then blooms and softens into a heartbreaking love story.

In all honesty this book took me so long to get through and I'm not quite sure why. The writing was good, the story was good, the characters were good, I just really struggled to focus. Maybe if I had of read this at a different time I may have been able to get through it easier.

What I love about Akwaeke Emezi’s writing is how unapologetically sexual and sensual they can be. The sex scenes are spicy and the sexual tension is strong. Emezi writes about sex as a normal human occurrence rather than something to be hidden or embarrassed by. They open up sexual experiences in a way that shows sex as a natural form of human connections. I will say that after the first chapter or two I was expecting more explicit content than what was actually in the book.