Cruel Passion by Dayo Oladele-Ilori

CRUEL PASSION, a 184-page novel reiterates the long age-old order of sins and consequences in life events. This contemporary fiction exhibit two extreme paradoxes of life continuum “What you sow, you will reap.” and “Bad things do happen to good people.” It is an engaging piece that lends its voice to the consequences of choice, lust, ill-charted passion and obsessive vengeance. It however places premium on the divinity of forgiveness as a noble end to events orchestrated by cruelty and revenge. This enthralling story relates to the everyday character of unguided boys who become monstrous men and fathers who reap sorrowful futures. It emphasizes the price of ignorance and naivety paid by young women who become victims of circumstances because they were shielded from the reality of life. It brings to bare the importance of parenting and the ripple effects of it negligence. It is an interwoven experience of fate, friendship, naivety, sincerity, deception, love, revenge and abomination. The novel is set in three major cities: Lagos, Sicily and Port-of-Spain. It spans through childhood and adult life of characters, making its target audience inclusive of both teenage and adult readers.