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Masquerade | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
O.O. Sangoyomi is a Nigerian-American author.
She moved around a lot when she was a child, and books provided her with an anchored home to live in.
Sangoyomi graduated recently from Princeton University. There she studied literature. Her debut novel is Masquerade. It was published in 2024.
Masquerade is a 2024 novel from O.O. Sangoyomi. The book is a story set in the fifteenth century of West Africa. It is a wonderful, lyrical tale that explores the real cost when it comes to one woman’s fight to be free and discover herself, as well as how far she will go to make sure that her future is secure.
Jennifer Saint is a bestselling author who called the book a ‘thrilling’ and ‘vibrant novel’ that had her enthralled with each ‘twist and turn’. Check it out if you have been searching for something that is unique but also is going to entice you and keep you turning the pages until you get to the end!
Òdòdó has a hometown of Timbuktu, but now she has problems to deal with. The hometown has been conquered by Yorùbáland’s warrior king. Now the living conditions for the women who belong to her blacksmith guild have gotten worse, and they were already social pariahs who were shunned before.
Things get even worse when Òdòdó is abducted. She is taken over the Sahara and eventually to the capital city, Ṣàngótẹ̀. There she finds out that the person who kidnapped her is actually the same vagrant that had come to her guild a few days before.
Now that the same man has rich clothes on instead of rags, she has the realization that he is a warrior king and not at all the vagrant that she thought he was. More than that, he has selected her to be his wife and to stand by his side.
Òdòdó finds that her fortune has changed and now things have absolutely shifted so that instead of being at the bottom of society she now sits at the top. However, she has been subjugated for all her life and now she finds that the very power that she is able to lean into this world of political savvy and battle.
Rival states are starting to see their tensions grow, and now there are more enemies and elaborate schemes visible right in front of everyone’s eyes. She must figure out if she can stand up to the warrior king that she has been forced to wed by shaping the loyalties of the court to favor her or put everything on the line, including her very own life.
This book was based off of Persephone’s myth. Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi is a voyage of power struggles, political intrigue, and more! Find out what the author has in store for the reader by picking up a copy and reading from beginning to end.
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