You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Feyikemi Ayomide Adekola, Feyi, is a 29-year-old widow and artist living in Brooklyn. The daughter of Nigerian immigrants, she is confident and beautiful. As the protagonist of a romance novel, there are certain requirements that Feyi must fulfill on her journey. She must find the perfect match for her, the only person who can fill the hole left inside her by the death of her first husband, Jonah. To do that, she must heal herself, as she will be unable to be fully happy in any relationship if she has not coped with her grief. Her perfect match comes in the form of an older man who has experience with the same kind of grief as Feyi, and who is similar in his artistic instincts. She finds both love and healing in him and through her dedication and commitment to her art.

Feyi’s artistic work is an expression of her grief and features both artifacts from the accident and her own handprints in blood. Her work focuses on her grief until she accepts being alive and in love with Alim. After that, her work expands to include the grief of others, a sign that she has fulfilled the romance