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Honey & Spice

By: Bolu Babalola
Narrated by: Weruche Opia
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A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, BOLU BABALOLA COMES THE ROMANCE WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.

Recommended by New York Times - Entertainment Weekly - Elle - Esquire - Harper's Bazaar - Sunday Times Culture - Stylist - Bustle - Buzzfeed - Time - Goodreads and more!

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Kiki Banjo is an expert in relationship-evasion.

In fact, she has made it her mission to protect the women of Whitewell University from the dangers of players and heartbreak, supplying advice, tips and essentials to paying men no mind on her student radio show, Brown Sugar.

And then Kiki meets distressingly handsome newcomer Malakai Korede, who threatens to tear apart the community of women she's fought so hard to protect.

Kiki publicly declares Malakai the 'Wasteman of Whitewell' on Brown Sugar and brings a stop to her girls chasing his attentions. But when she and Malakai suddenly find themselves shackled into a fake relationship to salvage their respective reputations and save their academic futures, she is in danger of falling for the very wasteman she warned her sisters about.

With her heart compromised and defences weakened, Kiki has to learn to open herself up to the perils of love... and face up to a past that forced her to close down in the first place. 

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

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©2022 Bolu Babalola (P)2022 Headline Ltd
Black Creators Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Romance Romantic Comedy Women's Fiction Comedy Funny Heartfelt Witty
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On a campus somewhere in the UK, Brown Sugar is a popular radio show through which Kiki warns the female students about the shenanigans of various men on campus. It's all going well until she falls for the worst of them all, who she's publicly labelled the Wasteman of Whitewell. And then it gets complicated.

Brown Sugar seamlessly weaves themes of sisterhood, friendship, and first love, around misogyny, revenge porn, social media, mental health, and representation politics. In short, it packs a real punch. Yes it's Dear White People meets To All The Boys I've Loved Before, but the sprinkling of UK Nigerian curses, food and energy mean it feels completely original with serious political observations amidst the fun. Kiki's a great lead character, Zach's a fantastic villain, and Malachi's charm is legendary.

With a great cast of Black characters, Blue Babalola's Honey and Spice captures so many of the nerdy, exciting and unnerving bits about being a Black girl at uni.

Black and Lovely At Uni

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A truly sensational story that thawed my heart and proved what I’ve always known to be true: the most intimate act of love is to read someone’s favourite book. I can’t wait for the sequel!

Perfection. Take a bow, Miss Bolu!

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Narration is top class! Story, so fun, witty, moving, I laughed, I worried and I cried together with the protagonist.

A love story that we all deserve

Hooked from first chapter

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can't recommend this book enough I didn't want it to end! I hope we get more of this kind of book in the future

a brilliant story of love and feminine power

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Love this book so much, the reader did an amazing job and I never got tired of listening

Amazing

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