When love visits by comfort omovre
Mini Book review!!
“Wo, ife ya werey gan o! Love is crazy!”
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When Love Visits by Comfort Omovre is a comedic romance novel written specifically for the hopeful romantics, the lover girls, and overall, those who can’t help but kick their feet up in the air, giggle endlessly, and release breathy sighs whenever a romance scene is on display.
This book follows the story of Uju, a very successful event planner: “with a beautiful home, her dream car, two company sedans plus one really cozy staff bus, a glamorous office space, and a full team of brilliant employees to show for it.” A woman who is constantly surrounded by love but, for some reason, has never been in love—not even once.
“I’m not. I’m being for real. I know how crazy it sounds, but until recently, I didn’t even know what falling in love felt like.”
Then we get to meet Obatade Asher Maxwell, a very successful tech bro, an avid lover of Taylor Swift, a hopeless romantic, a proud simp, and a lover of romance novels. Yup, you heard that right. How can someone be so perfect?
“He’d eventually decided he’d rather be the man who did too much than the man who simply didn’t do enough.”
Despite multiple heartbreaks, Tade was waxing stronger in the “love” department. Having just gotten back from Canada and healing from a toxic relationship, he decided to give love another chance. Alas, he was a lover at heart.
Tade and Uju meet at a bar in Ikoyi, after Tade plays knight in shining armor BTS. He sent his good friend, Bolanle, to rescue Uju from the clutches of a stranger who was invading her privacy. They soon spend time together, and in less than thirty minutes, they grew fond of each other after realizing they had so much in common. “Time does fly fast when you are having fun.”
A hopeless romantic and a Yoruba demon with a wicked Igbo babe. What a fine mix. “He was blushing! Good Lord! What proper Yoruba man blushes?”
Some may call it love at first sight, but Uju and Tade would argue that it was attraction at first sight. “My gracious! How can anyone be so attractive? Is this even normal? Being so drawn to someone after only the first meeting?”
There truly is magic during the Christmas season. And so their story begins.
Things I Loved About This Book
The FMC: Uju is a girl-boss through and through. She would often call herself a badass, and she embodied that persona perfectly. A girl who is in love with automobiles, graduated with first-class honors in mechanical engineering, has a great sense of humor, is quick-witted, has a thriving career as an event planner, listens to Taylor Swift, is a reader, a feminist, is compassionate, has a great sense of fashion, and would rock her natural hair to a club—sounds badass to me. “She wished for as many women who desired the same to find the courage to tow that path, society’s opinions be damned.”
The MMC: Tade is the physical embodiment of “easygoing.” Nothing seems complex when he’s involved. He presented utmost respect for all women in and outside his life. He is humble to a fault despite being very rich. He is funny, caring, thoughtful, compassionate, interesting, and humorous. A man with immense self-control and a guy who finally understands the meaning of consent. He is a man of his word with actions to back it up.“That was often his goal whenever he dated, to make his partner’s life worry-free and joyous.”
If Tade Maxwell is what we call a simp, then I want nothing less than that.
The Nigerianess of This Book: The phrases and slang used in this book are so common in Nigeria. “Wait na, let me gist you.” I was totally immersed in this book, and when I wondered why I was so giddy, I realized I felt connected to the characters more than I’ve ever been with any fictional character, and it was because this book was set in MY COUNTRY!
Family Bonding/Friendship: The fact that Uju and Tade were so close to their immediate family and friends was the icing atop the cake. The way Tade’s family always supported one another in difficult situations and the easy conversations between themselves made me so happy. When Uju’s father cried when she surprised them at their doorstep for Christmas, I cried too, and I thought, so for once, in a Nigerian book, a girl has a good relationship with her dad. Uju and Tade also had amazing friends who wanted the best for themselves.“Romantic love isn’t the only kind of love that’s beautiful, you know? I mean, friendships literally exist…”
Communication/Movie References: Tade and Uju were so self-assured in themselves that their communication and the way they handled difficult situations, like grief, was top-notch. This book was like Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez but without the miscommunication trope. Their easygoing conversations and how there was always a movie/music reference was the only plot development that I needed.
The Quotes: Any book that has little quotes before a chapter begins already has my heart because those quotes give you an inkling of what’s to come. I loved how each chapter started with a quote that came in the form of a lesson or a caution.
Lastly, I just love Tade Asher Maxwell.
Things I Hated About This Book
I gotcha there. Lol, I hated nothing about this book. I loved it all—from the sexual innuendos to the easy banter and quick-witted responses, their inner monologues with themselves, to Tade’s mum forming Gen Z momma, Tade’s shyness to Uju’s fierceness, Uju’s gossip friends to Tade’s annoying brotherhood.
Nothing can make me hate this book. 5 stars, please! And before I forget, Comfort Omovre, here are your flowers. I got you tulips, assuming you also like them, just like Uju.
“Unfortunately, even the best stories often come to an end.”
Tell me, dear readers, “what better end could there be, other than ‘Happily Ever After’?”
Signed: B
Xoxo
9:28am
12/1/2