FEYI IS A DARK-SKINNED, SEX-POSITIVE BLACK WOMAN IN A ROMANCE NOVEL, A GENRE USUALLY RESERVED FOR STRAIGHT WHITE PROTAGONISTS.
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty
by Akwaeke Emezi (Faber & Faber, RRP $44.90)
It is sometimes true that you can judge a book by its cover – , by Akwaeke Emezi, is proof of that. A bright bubblegum pink cover and a spine that buzzes with colour and imagery – flamingos, palm trees, hummingbirds – gives a sense that we’re about to be transported unapologetically into a romantic
