

Have you ever read anything similar? What did you enjoy about having a story set in both of these very different locations?


We hope you’ve been reading along, whether independently or with your very own book club. It was interesting and a real immersive pleasure to move from the bustling blocks in Brooklyn to the lush sundrenched hilltops atop a tropical island.

Indeed this is a book filled with passion, but also humour-it’s about romantic love and also friendship love, and it’s the first novel we’ve read that bounces between New York and the Caribbean. Each page felt like snacking on a sensual treat, and the sex scenes are off the charts hot. The subjects that Emezi explores are ones that are close to our heart, but Emezi’s writing is also divine. The novel combines numerous themes that we love to chew on, asking big questions about how we heal, the power of art, and the importance of human touch. We’re thankful that Akwaeke Emezi’s deeply emotional You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty was our July book club title.
