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Inside Melodies of Love: A Highlife Star, a First Love and Twelve Years Apart
A Reading Desk reader on Amaka Azie's Melodies of Love: childhood sweethearts, twelve years apart, and a family that has opinions about all of it.
Adaora and Ikenna fell in love as teenagers. She is the daughter of a wealthy family. He is now a renowned highlife musician. They were young and ready to choose each other, and then they were separated. Twelve years later they meet again. Whatever they had back then has not gone away. Our reader connected most with Adaora. She grew up under constant scrutiny, with the pressure that comes from being part of a wealthy family, and the book takes time over her insecurities. Ikenna got his credit too. After all those years the feelings are still there, and our reader enjoyed watching him go after Adaora again. Then there are Adaora's brothers. Our reader understood that they wanted to protect their sister, but some of their decisions had her giving them a long side-eye. What she enjoyed most was the mix: the family dynamics, the music, the emotional depth and the second chance. In her words,
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