Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?

I went into this thinking it was a romance, and I'm kinda glad it didn't turn out to be — Yinka spends a lot of time being fairly unlikeable because she's clearly desperate for a relationship (and the thinking is that, if she can get a “huzband” — any huzband — her family will finally stop bugging her, to which I say hahahahahahaha but then babies!!!). She makes all these changes to try to become someone else, someone whom she perceives as being more worthy of love, and lies to all her friends and is generally kind of a jerk to everyone she loves for most of the book.

I was thankful Yinka did get a redemption arc towards the end of the book, when she hits her rock bottom and gets into counseling. And I suppose there's still the potential for a happy ending, off-page.

CW: death of a parent (in the past), colorism, sexual assault (unwanted groping)