Starting Over Again Review

Starting over Again

By Amaka Azie

Abandoned by her husband and left to care for a sick child, Onome is desperate to find a job. After several failed attempts, she eventually lands a job at one of the most prestigious banks in Lagos. She is finally rebuilding her life after her divorce and everything seems to be falling into place. However, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to her new boss, Nnamdi, who is also notoriously known for his womanising ways. Desperate to fight this attraction, she struggles to keep him at arm’s length. She can’t afford to let her growing attraction to him jeopardise her job, and most importantly, her heart… 

Scorched by the burden of a scandalous family secret he stumbled upon when he was a young boy, single father Nnamdi, finds it hard to trust women. He has always lived his life lightly, with his relationships free from deep emotions and entanglements. To protect himself from hurt, he has built a wall around his heart. But there is something about his new executive marketing assistant, Onome, that makes him consider a future with her. The more time he spends with her and her daughter, Fejiro, the more the wall around his heart crumbles. And just as he is beginning to warm up to the idea of forever, her ex-husband resurfaces…

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MY REVIEW

Onome and Efe’s daughter Fejiro was born with sickle cell disease. A few years and many hospital stays later, Efe decides he can’t take any more, divorces Onome and breaks all ties with his daughter, leaving Onome as the sole provider for Fejiro and herself. Many months later, Onome lands a well-paying job and things start looking up. The only problem is the attraction she feels for Nnamdi, her boss who is a womanizer. When she discovers that his feelings are mutual, it takes everything she has to not give in. But she can’t do anything to jeopardize her job, because her daughter will always be first for Onome.

I felt so sorry for Onome and Fejiro. It’s hard enough being a single parent, much less one caring for a child with a chronic disease. I could not relate to Efe, who irritated me with his selfishness. Having experience with the fierceness of jealousy that Nnamdi emitted, I also couldn’t warm up to him. But there was no doubt of the magnetic draw between Onome and Nnamdi. I liked the pace of the plot but there were times I wanted to push the characters to speed up emotion wise. All in all I liked the story and was very satisfied with the ending.

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**The above opinions are 100% my own, whether I purchased the book or it was given to me to review.

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