The Marriage Monitoring Aunties’ Association by Olu Awonubi

Sade is unmarried and childless at age fifty. It is a lot to deal with. Then she meets Jimmy. There is an instant attraction but she tries not to get her hopes up. She has to deal with her Nigerian family and their expectations. All the meddling Aunties in her life asking her when she is going to get married. Then she has a medical issue that solidifies that she may never have children.

Things with Jimmy go slow. They are attracted to each other but are working together on a project. He is trying for something more but she is hesitant because he does not have the same deep faith in God that she has. She has been saving herself for marriage and he isn’t sure he wants to be married again.

I enjoyed that this was about an older woman. He was only slightly younger at 45 and it wasn’t really an issue in the book. I liked seeing how she dealt with the remarks coming from her family and how she navigated the difficult relationship with her mother. This was a really good book.

5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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