Feyi’s career as an artist also seems detached from reality. Feyi insists that no one who hasn’t lost a partner can understand her, but the way she and Alim talk about themselves as a whole world with two people in it feels more like folie à deux than real love. The slow burn Emezi generates as Feyi and Alim fight their shared desire is well crafted, but the ease with which Alim is willing to destroy his relationship with his son-and his daughter-for Feyi is chilling. What transpires from this point is…complicated. This was foreign….” She feels a special connection with Alim when she learns that he’s known tragedy, too. It had beckoned her over like bait, calling her until she built a mirror, reflecting it back to them. “When she’d met both Milan and Nasir, she’d been drawn to them because the want had started in their eyes. The attraction she feels for the older man is instantaneous-and different.
She’s shocked to discover that Nasir’s father is celebrity chef Alim Blake. When she shows him her artwork, he gets her a place in a group show and an invitation to his father’s luxurious home on a tropical island. Soon, she embarks on a slightly more demanding relationship. This is the first time she’s had sex in five years-since her husband died in a car accident-and Milan is attractive, eager, and convenient. In the opening scene of this novel, Feyi Adekola is in a bathroom at a house party having sex with a man she’s just met. (May.A scorching tale of love after loss from the author of The Death of Vivek Oji (2020). This is sure to tug at readers’ heartstrings. Though the middle gets a bit winded and repetitive, there are some powerful revelations about loss and love along the way. Emezi does a great job capturing the unavoidable mess as the complicated characters collide. But after Feyi meets Nasir’s famous chef father, Alim, she’s smitten with him, and no matter how inappropriate the infatuation may be, she can’t get him out of her mind. When Nasir offers Feyi the opportunity to show her work at a gallery with a famous curator while on a luxury vacation with his family, her life finally starts to feel like her own again. Enter perfect gentleman Nasir Blake, who’s attentive, supportive of Feyi’s art, and understanding of her reluctance to get serious. A flirtatious-turned-sexual encounter with a stranger even convinces her to reconsider the possibility of companionship. Now the 29-year-old hopes to create a new life in New York City, refocusing on her art and living comfortably with her best friend, Joy. It’s been five years since artist Feyi Adekola lost the love of her life, Jonah, in a car crash that still haunts her dreams. Bestseller Emezi ( Freshwater) unpacks the ever-present weight of grief in this deeply emotional love story.
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