Love from the Cosmos - by Mowa Badmos

About the Book

Love From the Cosmos is a BIPOC romantic comedy in which a plus-sized Nigerian woman receives a terrible partner through an astrology-based dating app and, after filing a scathing complaint, must decide if she'll follow her carefully-constructed plan to find love with the best app on the market or let herself fall for her very-much-not-part-of-the-plan coach, who also just happens to be a god.

Book Synopsis

Beautiful, smart, and determined Moyo Adegbite has it all...almost.

As a Boston-based Pediatrician, she's made her parents back in Lagos proud. Plus, immigrating to the US alongside her two ride-or-die besties means she's accomplished, respected, and ready to party with her girls anytime she's not serving her community.

Now, she's ready for true love.

To avoid dating all the duds in Boston and souring off love completely, Moyo's research led her to devise a foolproof plan: Join Cupid's Bow, the popular astrology dating app that uses birth charts to match soulmates with a 99 percent success rate. And the app works...until it doesn't. After discovering the infidelity of a Cupid's Bow match, Moyo goes on a booze-fueled rant against the app's creators, filing an irate complaint slamming the planet responsible for her love life--the god, Saturn.

Opposed to his birthright, and habitually swapping astrology texts for science textbooks, Niyi Bankole's mother's passing and workaholic father's abrupt retirement leave him as the successor to Saturn's seat with no way out. Reluctantly named Saturn, he's saddled with a position at family business, Cupid's Bow, as one of three matchmakers.

But at Cupid's Bow HQ, Niyi quickly learns he's unequipped to be a god. Leaning into his science background to hide his incompetence, Niyi writes an algorithm that seems to work for clients...until Moyo's complaint triggers damage control. Now, Moyo is contracted to receive a dating coach to walk her through three Cupid's Bow-assigned dates. Eager to clean up his mess and (secretly) fine-tune his algorithm, Niyi offers to be Moyo's dating coach.

Defensive Moyo surprises herself by finding her ironclad plan to avoid emotion and trust science weakens once she meets handsome Niyi. Similarly, Niyi's attraction to Moyo puts his algorithm at risk as he can't help stepping in and wooing the client himself--no matter how hard he tries not to.

As they work together, will Moyo find love through the algorithm, as she and Niyi planned, or will she get swept up in one of Saturn's rings?

Review Quotes

"Mowa Badmos has written a charming slow burn exploring the intersection of AI and astrology in meeting your soulmate. Equal parts sweet and spicy, you'll root for Moyo and Niyi as they discover the truest algorithm--following one's heart. One thing's for sure--you're destined to love this book!" --Jen Michalski, author of All This Can Be True

"Mowa Badmos is a cosmic force on the horizon of romance." --J. L. Seegars, author of Restore Me

"Mowa Badmos brings a new level of brilliance to the art of storytelling in this stunningly witty and deliciously spicy debut." --Natasha Bishop, author of Only for the Week

"Love From the Cosmos is a joyful, witty, heartwarming story that will leave you starry-eyed. From the friends you'll instantly wish you were in a group chat with to the romance that will leave you smiling from ear to ear, Badmos's refreshingly original novel deftly explores what it means to fight for the life and love of your dream." --Rufaro Faith Mazarura, author of Let the Games Begin

"What a gift to read a rom-com that's both celestial and grounded--full of laughter, longing, and the kind of sisterhood that catches you when the stars fall out of alignment. Mowa Badmos writes for the soft girls, the star-crossed, and the ones still learning how to choose themselves." --Charish Reid, author of Jewel Me Twice

About the Author

Mowa Badmos is a Lagos-born Nigerian writer of stories about Black women and all the people who love them. As an avid traveler, she moved to the U.S. six years ago after spending two years in Johannesburg, South Africa. Currently based in Maryland, Mowa is passionate about incorporating her travels and showcasing Black love across the diaspora. When she's not writing, she can be found talking about TV online, baking, or updating her Letterboxd.