Tolulope Popoola

About

Tolulope Popoola is a writer, blogger and voracious reader. She was born in Lagos, Nigeria. She moved to England for her university education where she studied BA Accounting and Business Economics and a Masters in Finance and Investment. But she never lost her love for reading, and as time went on, she began to wish for a different career path. She started writing a blog in 2006, which rekindled her love for writing and telling stories. She took a few writing classes, created an online fiction series called In My Dreams It Was Simpler and started writing both fiction and non-fiction for magazines. In 2008, she left Accounting to concentrate on writing full-time. She writes short stories, flash fiction, and articles for many print and online magazines. Nothing Comes Close is her first novel. Tolulope lives in London with her husband and daughter.

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<h2>Taliesin Weaver thought that he had saved himself and his friends when he defeated the witch Ceridwen. He was wrong.</h2><h3><i>He always thought of evil as embodied in external threats that he could overcome in combat. Soon he will discover that the worst evil has been inside of him all along....</i></h3><p>Tal’s girlfriend is in a coma for which he holds himself responsible. A close friend, suffering from a past-life memory trauma similar to Tal's, is getting worse, not better. Morgan Le Fay is still lurking around and has an agenda Tal can’t figure out. Supernatural interruptions in his life are becoming more frequent, not less so, despite his expectations. In fact, Tal learns that something about his unique nature amplifies otherworldly forces in ways he never imagined were possible, ways that place at risk everyone close to him.</p><p>Tal and his allies must face everything from dead armies to dragons. As soon as they overcome one menace, another one is waiting for them. More people are depending on Tal than ever; he carries burdens few adults could face, let alone a sixteen-year-old like himself. Yet somehow Tal at first manages to handle everything the universe throws at him.</p><p>What Tal can’t handle is the discovery that a best friend, almost a brother, betrayed him, damaging Tal’s life beyond repair. For the first time, Tal feels a darkness within him, a darkness which he can only barely control...assuming he wants to. He’s no longer sure. Maybe there is something to be said for revenge, and even more to be said for taking what he wants. After all, he has the power...</p><p> </p><h2><u>Can Tal stop himself before he destroys everyone he has sworn he will protect? Scroll up to buy a copy and find out!</u></h2>

Story Behind The Book

The plot for Nothing Comes Close grew out of an online series titled In My Dreams It Was Simpler that Tolulope Popoola created and co-wrote with eight other writers. She created the main cast, and picked two of them as protagonists for her novel. “The online series ended on a cliff-hanger.” She said. “I wanted to get my female protagonist to a point where she was satisfied with the choices she had made for her future. With the novel, I got to make that happen.” The story captures the ups and downs of a girl, her group of friends and her love interest as they try to navigate careers, heartbreaks, loyalty and cultural expectations in an exciting and entertaining way.

Media Links

Review on Femme Lounge

🔗 http://www.femmelounge.org/review-tolu-popoolas-nothing-comes-close/

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Press Release

🔗 http://www.accomplishpress.com/press-release-accomplish-press-publishes-nothing-comes-close/

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Review of "Nothing Comes Close" by Adura Ojo

🔗 http://aduraojo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/nothing-come-close-review.html

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Book Review by Bookshy

🔗 http://bookshybooks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/book-review-tolulope-popoolas-nothing.html

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Review on Mary Okeke Reviews

🔗 http://maryokekereviews.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/nothing-comes-close-2012-by-tolulope.html

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Review by Africa Book Club

🔗 http://www.africabookclub.com/?p=12100

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Book Review by Miss Coker

🔗 http://iheartnigerianbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/ok-so-i-read-this-book-on-whim.html

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Book Review by AdeOla of Jostwrite

🔗 http://www.thousandmilesfirststeps.com/2012/12/book-review-nothing-comes-close-by.html

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Book Launch Press Release

🔗 http://www.journalism.co.uk/press-releases/new-independent-publisher-accomplish-press-launches-debut-novel--nothing-comes-close-/s66/a551290/

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Critical Literature Review of Nothing Comes Close

🔗 http://www.criticalliteraturereview.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/nothing-comes-close-by-tolulope-popoola_15.html

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Review of Nothing Comes Close by Just Read This

🔗 http://ijustreadthis.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/nothing-comes-close/

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Review of Nothing Comes Close by OnePage Weekly

🔗 http://1pageweekly.com/book-review-nothing-comes-close/

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Reviews

<div style="color:#bf5f00;"><strong>"Nothing Comes Close explores the usual love story in a very fresh manner, employing lovely prose, suspense and the posing of serious questions to tell an immensely entertaining story. I enjoyed every moment spent reading it. Highly recommended." ~ Richard Ali, Editor-in-Chief, Sentinel Nigeria Magazine.</strong></div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div><strong>Tolulope Popoola is a good communicator. Her writing connects readers to the story in a way that makes it easy to relate to the characters. I particularly like her description of objects and events, and how they are tied into the story effortlessly. Nothing Comes Close is a book I will really love to see as a movie, I can actually picture the characters and scenes in my mind already! I hope that day will come. ~ Shola Okubote, Editor of Femme Lounge</strong></div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div><strong>In her debut novel, Nothing Comes Close, Popoola, explores a theme familiar to most of us, which is that of finding love. However, an unexpected death, imprisonment, betrayal and dark secrets, add twists that make this book much more than a boy meets girl story. A fine debut. ~ Yejide Kilanko, Author of Daughters Who Walk This Path</strong></div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div style="color:#ff7f00;"><strong>One word: Riveting. Sometimes unsettling. That's how I can best describe Nothing Comes Close - Tolulope Popoola's novel. I appreciate her ability to create believable characters that readers will find themselves rooting for when it comes to that sometimes complicated life challenge of initiating and building love-relationships. ~ Lara Daniels, Author of Love in Paradise and Love at Dawn</strong></div> <p> </p> <p> </p>

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