You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

A delightful, decadent romance, and a joyful celebration of Black excellence, from an award-winning author.

And the Goodreads Choice Award for Messiest Main Character goes to.....

I am once again here to say this is less of a romance and more of a normal a exploration of grief. But this is very very good

Just for the record if you can't cook like the MC, if a recipe tells you to add sugar to onions to make caramelised onions it's not a good recipe and you should find a different one.

what a hauntingly beautiful exploration of grief, mourning, and love after loss. emezi once again creates the most rich and believable characters and you are sucked wholly into their feelings as they grapple with where their emotions take them after the hardest losses of their lives

i think my one gripe is the plotline with the son, which sometimes felt a little out of left field