This book is bloody fantastic. It gives Bridget Jones vibes but brought up to date. The characters are lovingly developed and relatable. Yinka does some silly things, and you want to shout at her, but you still root for her all the way. Love the depiction of the complicated family dynamics as well. Highly recommend!!!

A funny but heartwarming story about a British Nigerian on a journey of self-love & discovery. The themes of motherhood, friendship and religion are explored in this book really well.

This book was so much fun to read. I think a lot of people will relate to this book, yet there is a uniqueness to the character and story that readers will learn more about others as they go along. Gorgeous book!

I really enjoyed this - I was expecting a light hearted romance but it went much deeper than that.

The characters are very well developed and easy to relate to.

I feel quite ambivalent about this book. From the reviews It felt like a light hearted holiday type read set within a London Nigeria background. Whilst this was interested as it is not often represented in British literature I felt that there was little depth or strong story line. I'm sure this would be thoroughly enjoyed by many people but just isn't the type of book that I enjoy reading.

Love this book! relatable, funny and completely unique to anything i've read previously. this has been a superb read and I cannot wait for more from this author.

This was a fabulous book and I loved reading every minute of it. Such a wonderful insight into the Nigerian culture of a thirty something single woman whose mother and relatives are constantly trying to marry off. A romcom that makes you smile and laugh.

Meet Yinka: a thirty-something, Oxford-educated, British Nigerian woman with a well-paid job, good friends, and a mother whose constant refrain is "Yinka, where is your huzband?"

What a fun book!

If you're into the Bridget Jones Diaries or Queenie, then this is the book for you!

I loved the Nigerian accent, and parts of the book were very funny. But, yes there's a but, I found myself losing interest and, with a lack of concentration, needing to re-read passages. Eventually gave up DNF.

I absolutely loved this book, Yinka deserves all the hugs and love available. Although I have no experience of Nigeria and it’s culture, I was drawn into the family and all it’s extended Auntys and cousins and loved the dynamic of them all. A brilliant coming of age and acceptance story.
Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book.

I think one of my favourite & more recent developments of the romance genre are books that mix together romance, character development and cultural themes. Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? is an engaging and humorous novel that brilliantly does just this— balancing a 30-something-year-old woman’s exploration of love and her engagement with traditional Nigerian cultural values.

'Yinka, Where is Your Huzband?' is not the book I thought I was about to read. The blurb and title are certainly truthful, letting us know that Yinka is feeling a huge pressure from her family to find someone to tie the knot with, an 'huzband'. Rachel, Yinka's cousin, announces her engagement as Yinka's sister's baby shower, everyone else's lives seemingly dashing forward where Yinka's is at a standstill. Commence Yinka aiming to secure a relationship by the wedding and ultimately pleasing her mother and aunties.

Sounds like a standard romance right? I thought I was about to follow Yinka pursuing someone all wrong for her before fate collides her with the person right for her all along. I sincerely underestimated this book though, with Yinka's exploration of her career, friendships, family relationships and self being far more poignant that any attempts at romance. Yinka is not always particularly likeable but this makes her real and her character arc satisfying to follow.

Lizzie Damilola Blackburn's debut is a fantastic read. I can't wait to read the next one! 4 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher who provided an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

An enjoyable read, yet Predictable at times. I’m sure most people will relate to Yinka , with most scenarios throughout the book! Definitely one to add to the reading list!

Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn shows us Yinka's life.  Her family is Nigerian, and so all the older ladies in her community are her aunties, and they all want to know why she isn't married yet.  Yinka wants to know that too!

Her cousin gets engaged, and she wants her bridesmaids to work on something for her wedding.  Yinka chooses finding a date for the wedding as her project.

This is a really enjoyable story, with the difficulties of trying to live up to family expectations, and the expectations of the men in her life.

Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? was published on 31st March 2022, and is available from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.

You can follow Lizzie Damilola Blackburn on Twitter, Instagram and her website.

I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Penguin.

2.5 stars.
Thanks so much to Netgalley, the author & publisher for my e-copy of this book!

"Yinka, Where is your Huzband?" Is the author's anticipated debut novel, I was really looking forward to this one!
It follows thirty-one hear old Yinka, on her mission to find herself a date for her cousin's wedding. She receives alot of pressure from her family about finding a man, and in turn ends up trying to change herself to fit this.

I was under the impression it was going to be a romance from the sound of the blurb, but it's not. It's more focused on Yinka finding herself in the end, which is awesome but would've liked to know this going in! The plot felt almost a little 2D, like it was scratching the surface of certain topics but never really digging in. I quite liked the personality of Yinkas best friend NaNa, and one of her aunties!

Personally it wasn't for me and I didn't really enjoy it, but I can see how others may!

not really what i thought it would be like. the blurb gives a completely different vibe to what the actual book is about. i thought it would be an empowering independent woman mantra, but it turned out to be a flaccid fmc who tries so hard to please men and find a partner. not happy at all. the thing is the story itself is not too bad. but i just think it should have been marketed differently.

Oh my gosh I am raving about this book - so funny and yet emotional too.
I literally fell in love with Yinka and her world. From that first chapter when Yinka turns up at her little sister's baby shower and her family all prays for Yinka to find a husband too, I was just sold. Honestly this felt like a vibrant and exciting addition to the chicklit genre and I loved it.
It really took me on a journey and I loved following how Yinka struggled to find out who she is and where she fitted in. Please buy this, you won't regret it.

Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? brilliantly subverts the traditional romantic comedy with an unconventional heroine who bravely asks the questions we all have about love. Wry, acerbic, moving, this is a love story that makes you smile but also makes you think--and explores what it means to find your way between two cultures, both of which are yours.

A fantastic story! I flew through it. It is so well written and the characters jump right off the page.

We follow Yinka, a black British woman as she journeys through life facing many struggles and setbacks as she does., We watch her reconnect with her Nigerian culture, navigate her identity and self image - and how having darker skin is seen as "undesirable" even in her own community and her fears for the future. There is a lot of focus on religion and God but even as someone with no religion, I enjoyed reading this book. I liked the way Yinka defined her relationship with God and the connection she feels to her faith. It wasn't preachy, it was personal.

There are some really frank discussions and upsetting moments for Yinka when she doesn't feel good enough and my heart broke for her. I just wanted to give her a big hug and tell her how beautiful she is.

The background characters were also fabulous. I have to give a special shout out to Nana for being a 1010 friend that everyone needs in their life.

Yinka is in her thirties and her Nigerian family are putting pressure on her to find a husband and settle down. But while Yinka would quite like to share her life with someone, she hasn't a clue who that someone could be. She's also struggling to find her place in the world, a problem that becomes bigger when she's let go from her job.

Could this be the push Yinka finally needs to find not a husband, but herself?

Sometimes your Happy Ever After means finding yourself.