Oyinkan Braithwaite: My Sister, the Serial Killer (2018, Atlantic Books, Limited)
240 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 2018 by Atlantic Books, Limited.
When Korede’s dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what’s expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach.
This’ll be the third boyfriend Ayoola’s dispatched in, quote, self-defence and the third mess that her lethal little sibling has left Korede to clear away. She should probably go to the police for the good of the menfolk of Nigeria, but she loves her sister and, as they say, family always comes first.
Until, that is, Ayoola starts dating the doctor where Korede works as a nurse. Korede’s long been in love with him, and isn’t prepared to see him wind up with a knife in his back: but to save one would mean sacrificing the other…
It was good. Not as great as I was expecting based on recommendations, but a really solid novel I'm glad to have read for school. While I wouldn't call the ending a "twist," I liked it and thought it to be unexpected.
