Name: Dele Weds Destiny
ISBN: 9780593320297

Tomi Obaro

"A novel in which three Nigerian women, friends since their university days, are reunited in Lagos for the first time in thirty years at the lavish wedding of one of their daughters"--

A Novel

Dele Weds Destiny

Bria

I didn't really like the plot execution but I loved the relationships between the characters. It was real and didn't waver from reality.

this was so much better than i expected. i loved the complex but honest characters. they felt so real to me, and its not easy for a book to do that. this will enter my permanent library

Janet Akisanmi

Aadi Rao

Thank you NetGalley and Tobi Obaro for providing me with this AudioBook in exchange for my honest review.

I enjoyed this book so much! It's one of the most colorful books I've read this year and would definitely want to read more and more of the author.. 
The descriptions and settings of the book, add to it the amazing narration and I'm hooked to it the whole day!! 

(SPOILERS AHEAD)

I had this conversation with my mother a few days back, about not getting married or wanting to end an engagement just before the marriage ceremony. The conversation was her telling me how she wished she had talked to her parents on time because she knew at her engagement this is not what she wanted but she did not have the courage for it. My question was that, if I did that would they be fine with it? And my mum said, "If at any time you feel in a relationship, that you are unsafe or unhappy or this is not something you want, you come to me and we'll figure it out."
As someone who is from a culture that thinks more about what people think than their own happiness, hearing that was so good, I felt relieved. Seeing Destiny going from being the meek person to standing up for herself was heartwarming. Seeing the support she had from her mother's friends made me happy.

The friendships in this book are probably my favourite part, mostly because platonic relationships have a special place in my heart.

Shona Tiger

Thank you to Netgalley and to Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group for this eARC.

Funmi, Enitan and Zainab have come together for the first time in many years to celebrate the wedding of Funmi’s daughter, Destiny. They have stayed in touch since university, and their friendship remains close—a sisterhood, really—in spite of the trials they have encountered along the way, both personally, and through the ups and downs of the friendship.

I love what Obaro did with the timeline of the book, first introducing us to the characters in the present day, and then taking us back to the university years to flesh them out, and finally bringing us back again. I found that my initial view of Funmi, especially, changed, as I understood more about her background; but all the characters are taken through plausible and interesting arcs.

This is not exactly a light read, and falls more into the category of literary fiction, in spite of the seeming lightness of the main plot. My only criticism, really is that—in the ARC, at least—there is a lot of telling, and I look forward to reading the published book, which will hopefully be a tighter story.

A lovely and enjoyable read about older women, their path to maturity, and their relationships. Also a good read about mothers and daughters.

My rating: 7/10. Well worth picking up.

Dele Weds Destiny A Novel

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