Honey & Spice was the perfect squee-inducing, toe-curling, heart-palpitating romance. Here we follow self-confident college radio show host Kiki Banjo who is certain she has no interest in engaging in the romantic games of her fellow Blackwellians partake in. Until she meets the devilishly handsome and unbelievably smooth Malakai Korede. A series of unfortunate circumstances leads them to engaging in a fake relationship to boost ratings for Kiki's radio show and improve Malakai's wasteman reputation around campus. And as expected the two quickly fall for each other despite their initial animosity. 

Honey & Spice is an excellent romance. Equal parts funny, steamy and sincere. Bolu Babalola is great at diving into the nuances and hidden depths of her characters. And I loved peeling back the layers of Kiki's stone cold facade and Makakai's playboy antics. I also adore how unapologetically black and British this book is. While I'm not Nigerian like Kiki and Malakai as a fellow African immigrant and someone close to a lot of West Africans I adored how Bolu Babalola steeped this novel in black British culture with no need to water down or overly explain it for unfamiliar audiences. 

Honey & Spice was a great romance. Babalola perfectly teased out the flaws and vulnerabilities of our two leads and completely sold me on their romance. I highly recommend it.