Reviewed by Lesley
TITLE: Runnin No More
AUTHOR: G.T. DIPÉ
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 345 Pages
RELEASE DATE: February 14, 2025
BLURB:
Two men, two countries, one chance to stop running—from their pasts, their fears, and love itself.
Love shouldn’t be a crime, but for twenty-three-year-old Teniade Adeowo, it is. After fleeing Nigeria to escape both the law and his trauma, Ade arrives in England with one goal: to leave everything behind. But when his path collides with Stefan Wickström’s at Heathrow, Ade learns that sometimes the things you run from have a way of chasing you down.
Stefan is no stranger to running. Leaving Sweden behind, he’s convinced that constant motion is the only way to stay one step ahead. But Ade’s quiet intensity stops him in his tracks—and suddenly, Stefan’s past feels closer than ever.
In a world where love feels like a luxury they can’t afford, and with the ghosts of their pasts lurking just behind them, Ade and Stefan must decide whether to let love be the force that finally sets them free—or if their fragile bond will snap under the weight of secrets too heavy to bear.
REVIEW:
This is the story of Teniade (Ade) Adewowo who has come to the UK to study at Teesside University where his sister is going to be lecturing. He has had to leave Nigeria in a hurry due to his sexuality being outed. Until very recently I always thought that bans on homosexuality of countries were archaic historic laws. In Nigeria they criminalised same sex marriage as recently as 2014.
Stefan by contrast comes from much more liberal Sweden. That doesn’t mean that he isn’t also running from a trauma. This time in the form of a stalker who won’t take no for an answer.
Neither Stefan or Ade can forget each other after literally bumping into each other at Heathrow Airport so imagine their surprise when they then meet again 6 weeks later at Teesside University . (It’s a very long way away from Heathrow – well a long way for the UK). Can these two young men stop running long enough to find what both their hearts desire?
We all like to read different styles of writing and at the start I did find it very descriptive and quite flowery, however it becomes less flowery as the book continues and the story gets going. This in turn, for me personally made it much more enjoyable to read. I would definitely say this is not a book to pick up and put down in 10-minute intervals. You need to read it in serious chunks of time
This is actually quite a hard book for me to rate. I had a very early ARC and in one of the earlier chapters some of the timelines were a little mixed up, but it definitely felt like the sort of things that would have been picked up when a set of fresh eyes read it. As I didn’t read it until this week, I haven’t been able to feed it back, but I am sure that someone will have spotted it and fed it back. I did struggle a bit with the writing style as well, however as I got further into the book, I did definitely enjoy it more. I also think that books that highlight the inequalities in laws and the struggles people face due to their sexuality, gender or any other protected characteristic are very important in today’s turbulent, frankly scary times.
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