An emotional and gripping romance about grief and the choice to move on. I absolutely loved this start to finish. I feel that some readers will may be put off with the fact that the FMC has romantic feelings for other people at the start of the book but it did not turn me off. It felt messier than most traditionally published romance novels want to go nowadays, and for that I give it two thumbs up for realism. But boy, when Feyi takes one look at Alim she has this instant attraction that develops into friendship and then to romantic love. 

I am so impressed at Emezi's agility in writing this story. At one point, lighthearted and in another moment filled with longing, their prose is perfect to match Feyi's character and romantic development. And Alim! He has my absolute heart; I loved his softness. I think Feyi and Alim truly are a match made in heaven and I applaud Emezi with creating a bond that felt so fraught in the beginning but by the end felt inevitable.