Bad Love: A Very London Love story
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
18 November 2025
Summary
In love, as in war, neither hero nor villain is immediately obvious… especially when loving in London.
Deeply romantic Ekuah’s experience on the dating circuit has her feeling forlorn and adrift – a very classic 21st-century London love story. Her on-again, off-again situationship with Dee, musician extraordinaire, is more draining than she can bear, and when he once again makes a ghost of himself, she reaches her breaking point. Heartbroken, but determined, she channels her energy in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781914344169 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1914344162 |
| Author: | Maame Blue |
| Publisher: | Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd |
| Imprint: | Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 18 November 2025 |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
| Series: | Twenty in 2020 |
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Critics Review
Bad Love has a somewhat misleading title. Though it is about how we hurt and are hurt in love, it is ultimately about the resilience of love across space and time. * *Bad Love reflects the complexities of humanity rather than an idealist’s view on humanity. By the end, no one is a hero or villain. The reader takes something of a journey too, one that inspires us to be more open. * Rewrite London *Maame Blue’s skill at crafting characters that take bits of your heart with them as you read the final pages; is a true gift… * Kelechi Okafor *Equal parts romance and coming-of-age story, Blue’s emotionally charged debut explores the highs and lows of love… Those looking for heavy emotion in their romance should jump on this one.” * Publisher’s Weekly *
About The Author
Maame Blue
Maame Blue is a Ghanaian Londoner, writer. As well as co-hosting Headscarves and Carry-ons-a podcast about black girls living abroad-she regularly runs social media campaigns. In 2018 she won the Africa Writes x AFREADA flash fiction competition for her story Black Sky. She has since been published in AFREADA, Afribuku, and Memoir Magazine; with stories forthcoming in Storm Cellar Quarterly and Litro Magazine. She is also the winner of the 2021 Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Betty Trask Prize.
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