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BOOK

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GENRE

Fantasy

WORD COUNT

35,544

PAGE COUNT

157

PAIRING(S)

Eru & Esioghene

PUBLISHER

Viano Oniomoh Presents

PUBLISH DATE

October 22nd, 2024

Black Cisgender AroAce MMC, Black Cisgender AroAce MMC, all Black cast. (AroAce = Aromantic and Asexual)
Black MM queerplatonic fantasy fiction, strangers to friends to best friends to queerplatonic partners, platonic cuddling, platonic yearning, platonic soulmates, forehead and eyelid kisses, angst, hurt/comfort, forced proximity
Mentions, references to, and depictions of physical abuse, including child abuse; mentions and references to ableism; mentions, references to, and multiple discussions surrounding the death of loved one(s) (specifically of parents in a car accident); multiple mentions, references to, and depictions of grief surrounding the death of loved one(s) (specifically of parents); brief mention and references to a difficult pregnancy; brief dissociation; blood relating to magical/fantasy rituals; animal death/sacrifice relating to magical/fantasy rituals; disturbing imagery relating to magical/fantasy rituals; and the reference to/mention of an attempted murder of a child.
Cover design and illustration by Viano Oniomoh.

SYNOPSIS

Cosy, sweet, and intimate, Until the Last Petal Falls is a character-driven Nigerian queerplatonic retelling of Beauty and the Beast.

When Eru was eleven years old, he met an unforgettable boy.

Only a few weeks after, he forgot all about that boy.

Ten years later, after his parents’ sudden deaths, all Eru wants is to find a way out of the village he was supposed to leave behind, and escape the abuse of his grieving grandmother. When he receives a summons from Able Mummy, the wife of the High Chief, it seems all of his prayers have been answered.

Able Mummy needs his help. But she and the High Chief have a secret.

Once Eru uncovers the truth, he finds that the fate of the village, and that of the boy he’d been made to forget, could lie solely in his hands.