Title: Ties That Tether
Author: Jane Igharo
Publisher: Berkley
Publication Date: 29th September, 2020.
Genre: Contemporary Romance & Adult Fiction
Review
Ties that Tether by Jane Igharo which Berkley Publishing gifted me was a rollercoaster! Because I felt all the emotions possible.
My blood boiled red hot, my stomach swirled with disgust, I found myself rolling my eyes in frustration, kissing my teeth at characters and my heart ached for the characters but when I swooned, I felt all the feels hard and because of this strong emotional reaction I enjoyed the story within the pages of the book and I’m completely inspired by Jane Igharo.
The story starts with our female main character on a disastrous date that will do nothing but infuriate you.
Azere is an Edo girl, a Nigerian Canadian whose mother is on her ass to get married to no other than a Nigerian man, especially an Edo one, which the story constantly reminds us as well as hammers down on her culture, which I understand is something a lot of people in diaspora or immigrants in general have to cherish.
From this disastrous date, she meets our male main character who is her love interest Rafael, who by the way is the sweetest dude ever. Although he comes with his own set of issues, one thing this story portrays is how pure his heart and love is. I loved that.
Throw in some usual romance tropes, and the problematic antics of a meddling mother and you have a very dramatic but endearing story. I really loved the romance movies sprinkled all through the book, I can say I’ve only not watched three of them and the way this is used to move along the story was amazing work.
I crackled when I saw the name Dr. Jackson Avery, like I paused to laugh for a minute because I can relate, Dr. Avery is a very fine man.
Ties that Tether is a very interesting book to read, it gave me some insight into how relationships come to play for people in diaspora and their struggles.
Some things were relatable as a Nigerian and many things were not as well, I also loved this about the book because as much as we all like to relate with the books we read, every single person's reality is different, just because we share a race or culture etc. it doesn’t mean we are singularly minded capisce?
I recommend this lovely romance novel that is out now!