You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty

Review 'A summer must... Extraordinary.' ― Stylist (The Style List) 'Emezi is a dream of a writer. My heart soared and shook and panted. A rich, complex, beautiful love story, exquisitely told. Emezi builds worlds and characters that you just want to marinate in.' -- Bolu Babalola By turns raunchy, sad and uplifting. ― Grazia 'This book filled me with excitement and possibilities; it's like bottled youth.' -- Jenny Colgan 'A once-in-a-generation voice.' ― Vulture 'The Book of Hot Girl Summer' ― Bustle 'Emezi once again absolutely slays a new-for-them genre, with tenderhearted characters and an immaculate balance of realistic dialogue and lyrical prose.' ― Buzzfeed 'Messy, moving, heart in-your-mouth stuff, told in dazzling prose.' ― LoveReading 'A sharply original novel about love, friendship and the journey grief takes' ― Good Housekeeping 'A riveting and emotional exploration of grief and taking a second chance on love.' ― PopSugar 'One incredible romance you won't want to miss!" ― BookRiot 'This contemporary romance [is] filled with Akwaeke Emezi's powerful and beautiful writing.' ― Business Insider 'A scorching tale of love after loss.' ― Kirkus Reviews 'One of our greatest living writers.' ― Shondaland 'Emezi has created a dazzling celebration of the messiness of living and feeling with their signature gift for articulating characters' inner voices in raw and expressive detail. Couple that with a thrilling story of forbidden love, and Emezi has created a seductive and powerful novel that will make readers feel renewed.' ― Booklist (starred review) Product Description *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* ONE OF THE EVENING STANDARD'S BLOCKBUSTER BOOK TRENDS OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR FOYLES BOOK OF THE YEAR NOMINATED FOR THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS FOR ROMANCE A ZOELLA BOOK CLUB PICK 'This book filled me with excitement and possibilities.' Jenny Colgan 'Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous.' @savidgereads 'Say hello to the book of the summer' @bettysbooksuk 'Fantastic . . . I cannot put it down.' @thebibliotucker ____________ Have you fallen for this INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING novelist's sizzling hot entrance into the world of romance? It's the opportunity of a lifetime: Feyi is about to be given the chance to escape the City's blistering heat for a dream island holiday: poolside cocktails, beach sunsets, and elaborate meals. And as the sun goes down on her old life our heroine also might just be ready to open her heart to someone new. The only problem is, she's falling for the one man she absolutely can't have. ____________ 'A must read for all romance lovers' @between2books_ 'Emezi is a dream of a writer. My heart soared and shook and panted.' BOLU BABALOLA 'A scorching tale of love after loss.' Kirkus Reviews Book Description 'Emezi is a dream of a writer. My heart soared and shook and panted.' BOLU BABALOLA From the Back Cover It's the opportunity of a lifetime: Feyi is about to be given the chance to escape the City's blistering heat for a dream island holiday: poolside cocktails, beach sunsets, and elaborate meals. And as the sun goes down on her old life our heroine also might just be ready to open her heart to someone new. The only problem is, she's falling for the one man she absolutely can't have. About the Author Akwaeke Emezi (they/them) is the author of the memoir Dear Senthuran; New York Times bestseller The Death of Vivek Oji, which was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize; Pet, a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature; and Freshwater, which was named a New York Times Notable Book, longlisted for both the Wellcome Book Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. Selected as a 5 Under 35 honoree by the National Book Foundation, they are based in liminal spaces.