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Masquerade

O.O. Sangoyomi

Start date: October 1, 2025

Finish date: October 31, 2025

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Feb 09, 2025 Netanella rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2025-wbtm-whatever-your-weather, 2025-february-reading-challenges, 2025-shiny-lit-on-the-rocks, place-africa, historical-fantasy, folklore, sffbc, debut, 2025-horror-aficionados-mount-tbr, 2025-horror-aficionados-book-covers

4 rich stars for an epic debut novel set in the 15th century West African society and loosely based on the classical Greek Persephone abduction myth. The story tells of a 19-year-old Òdòdó, from a women's guild of ironworkers, who is abducted from her homeland of Timbuktu and taken to the capital of Yorubaland, where she becomes the king's future bride. She spends much of the book acclimating to her new position, learning to navigate the politics and intrigue of the royal courthouse and searchin ...more

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Nov 08, 2025 Trisha rated it liked it

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Engrossing and interesting. I liked learning about the world of blacksmith and women. I liked our main character - and the way she maneuvered the different challenges she faced. Once she'd met the first wife and mother, I was surprised by how well she wove herself into the world and the way she worked around the obstacles. The defiance and will of the people was inspiring as was the fight. Well told and interesting, I liked this one.

I also flipped this to an audio after starting my physical copy ...more

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Feb 28, 2025 Ketutar Jensen rated it it was amazing

Whooh... shivers running down my spine :-)
It was good. :-)

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Oct 27, 2025 KayLynn Zollinger rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: international, historical-fiction, romance, mythology, war, wheels-10-challenge, nbrc-book-of-the-month, feminism

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What is love but a choice? I do not need to fall in love with you. I have chosen to step into it.

Even sitting so high on Aza, I was no closer to the stars strewn across the night sky than when I had been trapped underground. It was impossible to stretch high enough to reach one. Which meant that by aiming for them, growth would be limitless.

When I had imagined myself returning to my routine, I had thought having my handmaid's adoration once more would bring me joy. Instead, I felt irritat ...more

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Jul 10, 2024 Heather - hturningpages rated it really liked it

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"Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale exploring the true cost of one woman’s fight for freedom and self-discovery, and the lengths she’ll go to secure her future."

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There was a lot to like about this one! The narrator was great, it is all about a woman gaining power and trying to hold onto it and what she's willing to sacrifice to do so. Ultimately I think some of the MC'S actions were unbelievable at the end which made the t ...more

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