I didn't think I was going to finish this.

The pacing probably needs a bit of work, but I don't know how because as a whole, it's a perfectly formed novel.

This is a gorgeous love story. It's about ancestry, and roots and the weight of those things and the power.

I adored Darwin. I wanted him to be safe and loved. Yejide was a harder one to understand - the weight of her ancestry is heavy and the nature of her character makes her a harder character to get a grip on.

I struggle a little with the dialect and the grammar - it always feels hard to settle the reading of a dialect so different to my own and it feels peculiar in my very English mouth and mind but I did settle to it by the end.

Really recommend.