Sunday, March 05, 2023

Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola


Started: 3/3/2023

Finished: DNF (my rule of thumb is to read between 50-100 pages to see if the story grabs me)

Year: 2022

Pages: 352

Genre: romance

Grade: F

Reason for reading: library book, Reese book club pick

Type: hardcover

Blurb (from Amazon): "Sweet like plantain, hot like pepper. They taste the best when together...

"Sharp-tongued (and secretly soft-hearted) Kiki Banjo has just made a huge mistake. As an expert in relationship-evasion and the host of the popular student radio show Brown Sugar, she’s made it her mission to make sure the women of the African-Caribbean Society at Whitewell University do not fall into the mess of “situationships”, players, and heartbreak. But when the Queen of the Unbothered kisses Malakai Korede, the guy she just publicly denounced as “The Wastemen of Whitewell,” in front of every Blackwellian on campus, she finds her show on the brink.

"They’re soon embroiled in a fake relationship to try and salvage their reputations and save their futures. Kiki has never surrendered her heart before, and a player like Malakai won’t be the one to change that, no matter how charming he is or how electric their connection feels. But surprisingly entertaining study sessions and intimate, late-night talks at old-fashioned diners force Kiki to look beyond her own presumptions. Is she ready to open herself up to something deeper?

"A gloriously funny and sparkling debut novel, Honey and Spice is full of delicious tension and romantic intrigue that will make you weak at the knees."

Opinion: Just not my cuppa....lots of slang and bullying. Definitely feels like it was written for a certain demographic which I am not a part of. 

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