Moroti Wants a Virgo

by Adesuwa O’man Nwokedi

Genres: Romance

340 pages, Paperback

Published October 21, 2025

Reviews

[Lawlah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just finished Morati Wants a Virgo and all I can say is whew. This book drained me in the best and most frustrating ways. I was screaming, angry, and ready to enter the story to knock sense into these characters.

The story takes us through Morati’s journey of finding love, especially a Virgo, thanks to the matchmaker who planted horoscope expectations in her head. My girl kissed a lot of frogs before finally getting to her prince.

Morati truly does not have a mind of her own. She allowed her auntie’s opinions to shape everything: her relationship with her dad, with his new wife, and with Khalid. I was holding my head because I wanted her to wake up and choose herself.

What stood out the most is how well-researched this book is. The Yoruba language, the cultural references, even the music choices were so intentional and authentic. It made the story feel real and familiar.

Despite the frustration I felt, it was a beautiful and meaningful story.

I rate it 4 stars and I definitely recommend it.

[gigireadsbooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

First off, I need to appreciate this book cover because till now I’m still not over it. One of my favorite covers on my physical shelf, to be honest. It’s just so cute.

That said, I actually had a really good time with this book. The intro specifically pulled me in, and the Lagos dating scenes were elite entertainment. Moroti’s escapades with different men had me so invested because the audacity these men had was painfully realistic. That part of the book genuinely kept me engaged.

I liked the writing style too. It flowed well, it was witty, not complicated, and it held my attention. There was also a little Friends TV show reference and if you know me, you know how I feel about my comfort show. That moment warmed my heart.

The astrology angle was interesting, even though I personally don’t care about horoscopes at all. Watching her insist on finding a Virgo specifically was funny to me, especially at her age. But it did add a unique twist to her search for love.

I also appreciated the family dynamics, even though her resistance toward her father’s new relationship felt a bit dragged out. Her growth eventually came, but I wanted it sooner. Like girl… you’re an adult, please. As much as Moroti made me laugh, she also made me really mad. I’m definitely a fan of characters that make me feel diverse emotions and aren’t just flat, and she certainly did that.

As for Khalid, our MMC… I don’t know if I liked him that much. Even though he had me a little mesmerized on Valentine’s Day, he’s definitely not a top rated book boyfriend for me. The reason for their breakup felt like something that could have been avoided with one honest conversation. I’ve had a guy like him in real life, and seeing someone like that in a book was so familiar and frustrating. Like please, just talk.

I understood his perspective about not wanting to shrink himself again, and I actually respected that. But I needed better communication from a grown man.

Some parts of the book felt repetitive, and toward the end, the plot started to feel a teeny bit too long. I went into this blindly and didn’t even know it was heading toward a second chance romance until later. Sadly, it didn’t hit the way I hoped it would. I love that trope, but this one didn’t quite give me the emotional payoff I wanted. The miscommunication frustrated me, and the third act breakup tested my patience. I also wanted more clarity at the end, maybe even an epilogue, just to fully believe in their future. If you ask me, I can’t guarantee these two won’t have complications and separate again 🙊.

I rated it 3.75 ⭐️. I enjoyed the ride. I laughed. I don’t regret reading it at all. It just didn’t completely satisfy me the way I expected.

That said, I really appreciate seeing more Nigerian romance stories like this. If you’re exploring romance by Nigerian authors, this is a solid, entertaining read, even if it wasn’t a new favorite for me.

[Auggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

See Moroti stressed me out quite a bit. She’s successful, has her career on track, and life seemingly sorted, and yet she is desperately wanting a partner. Not bad for wanting love, but the intensity of her longing made me feel secondhand embarrassment in the sweetest, most readable way.

And yes, I squealed a little when I saw the ISWIS reference.

There were chapters where I laughed out loud, yes, I really laughed a lot. The characters are messy, dating is messy, life is messy, and Moroti stumbles through it with a charm that made me root for her even when I was thinking, “Moroti, please na!”

Would I recommend it? Absolutely, but prepare yourself for the cringe-cute moments, the drama, and the “oh my goodness, she did not just do that” moments. I’m giving it 4 out of 5 stars. It hit many themes, though I wish some arcs had a little more depth. Still, it’s very much worth your time.

If you’re in the mood for a modern Nigerian rom-com featuring family, dating disasters, and plenty of Lagos drama, this is the book for you.

[Temi · Rating 4 out of 5]

first saw this author recommended on my fave podcasters’ instagram story and the title of this book specifically drew me in.

full disclosure - I’m not the biggest fan of 2nd chance romances but i thought it would give this one a try. i really enjoyed the main character in this book, she felt like a real person in the way that she would make me annoyed and then have me rooting for her by the next page. i really enjoyed watching her learn about love, life and friendship and it really reminded me that learning new things about yourself is really a lifelong commitment. as annoyed as i was by the back and forth between her and Khalid, i guess i have to admire her tenacity and willingness to make things work.

this was a fun, quick read and i can’t wait to read more from this author!

[Oluwamayowa Ogunnaike · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book! As usual Adesuwa does her thing with romance. This took a different turn. It was a slow burn but a multilayered one at that with so many unhinged men.
However I love a good second chance romance. I love the family dynamics added to it and the patience ozokwor like character (IYKYK).
A beautiful love story that shows that if it’s meant to be, it will be, two willing hearts will always find their way back to each other.

[Toluwanimi Odebode · Rating 3 out of 5]

A page turner as are most of this author’s books. However I just did not believe the central love story. In addition, moroti’s unfortunate dates and potential love interests got pretty repetitive like a written montage. Still an enjoyable book though

[Fatima · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anything Adesuwa writes count me in ! This book had me in a rollercoaster of emotions but I’m very happy love won in the end ♥️

[Catherine Mukora · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating this 3.5/5
Wheeeew, when I tell you this book EXHAUSTED ME!!!! I enjoyed the ride and Adesuwa’s prose is very compelling (slight editing errors aside) but my goodness, I really struggled with understanding and resonating with the FMC and the MMC at multiple points in this journey!!
Starting with Moroti, right off the bat, she’s been dating a man for 6 months who won’t let her sleep over at his place, is a snobbish pompous idiot about restaurants, is selfish in bed (just, yuck!🤮) and she’s tolerating all this at her big age???? And then he refuses to pay for her birthday dinner? It’s the audacity for me😂😂 anyway she then have a couple other horrendous encounters with men just interested in sex (here’s looking at you, foolish eteyemi) before she decides to meet a matchmaker who convinces her she should be with a Virgo. (cue all the eye rolls) it’s the way she takes it as complete gospel truth that just grids my gears to no end. Girl please… it also because fairly obvious to be quarter way through that she was still hopelessly in love with her ex and trying desperately to transfer those feelings onto another ma that would make her forget Khalid.
Then the way she chooses to treat her dad for 10 years because he remarried is wild work. The woman is lovely, while I can empathize with her feeling like her mum was being erased, you don’t carry on those feelings for 10 years when said lady has been nothing but good to your father and then also become reclusive. I find Moroti having very immature ways of dealing with her feelings in her actions and it’s quite wild to me. The fact that she had even refused to go to Nigeria to steward his hospital as he go hip surgery was wild, just utter selfishness!
Now I don’t have much to say about Khalid except that his lack of communication skills is astounding!! He decides to leave Moroti with no explanation, after stone walling her for weeks on end! When they reconcile and hit a similar wall, he does the same instead on confronting the matter and articulating his issues like an adult! It was horrible to learn what iyabo had been doing and all the ways she was abusing him and puppeteering Moroti with regards to her life but he should have told Moroti the truth!! So much time was wasted, so many things unsaid! Let me also just say, it was so wrong of Moroti to just expect Khalid to pack up and move to america, automatically assuming that her life and work are more important than Khakid’s. That’s a ridiculous amount of arrogance and thoughtlessness. To the extent of comparing their home sizes and throwing out how they can open him a restaurant abroad🙄🙄🙄
I also need to mention that I felt like we stuck on the horrible encounters with different men for so much of the book, if felt tiresome! It left the reconciliation between Moroti and Khalid feeling contrived and rushed. Not much dialogue to actually address issues that could come back up, not to mention, an Act 3 break up is absolutely a pet peeve of mine. My goodness!! Give me progress for crying out loud!!!
Okay, I am done now😂😂😂

[Ndirangu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Who Moroti. Kinda spoiled really, flighty, book smart, feels too much, unlucky in love, poor communicator. Priya, her work bff. The Sagittarius, love of her life, turned he-who-shall-not-be-named. Another poor communicator. These two deserve each other. Aaaaaaawwwwwww (makes googly eyes)

What Moroti found the love of her life. It started out as friends and turned to lovers. The best way to go around these things, isn't it. But it all went sideways and we don't really know why. 5 years down the line, our gal has been on the dating scene but the pickings are slim to yuck. She gets talked into seeing a matchmaker who gets her convinced a virgo is the most compatible sign to hers. Cue a rotation of bad dates. At this point, I thought Adesuwa could have easily written a comedy show based on hilarious bad first dates.

Stay for A fun, easy read. It's quite well written. This is not my type of thing and I'll run to my well worn excuse that my book club made me do it. But it was a guilty pleasure. You know what you're getting into when you pick it up. Don't get hoity toity that there is character study or a deep dive into the human condition. Sometimes you want a healthy, fulfilling meal, sometimes you're craving a burger and fries. Enjoy it for what it is.

Leave because Everything else I have said. You get all hoity toity about some cartoonish two dimensional characters, plot you can smell a mile away, and a description of outfits and cars as exhausting as the day is long.

Last bit I didn't believe in star signs when I started this, but hey, Chinese and Hindu civilisations believe in this and they are millenia old. They must have done comprehensive tests on this right? A/B tests and all that? There must be something to this nonsense. It's just that the chinese zodiac says my lucky number is 4, and 9, which is half right, and my lucky colours are blue, white and gold....which are not my favourite colours....but favourite and lucky ain't the same thing. And it says I'm sharp, smart, and curious......you know what, I think there might be something to this astrology business.

[Thacutepixel❤️. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh boy, where do I even start? I was so frustrated reading how Moroti kept meeting different men, it felt endless at times…but I have to give her credit for not toying with her body. That was actually refreshing.

I literally burst out laughing at her ordeal with Femi the yahoo boy. That part had me in stitches, I swear. 😹

Now, about Khalid… I think Moroti was a bit selfish insisting that he should move on with her. There were better ways she could have approached that conversation so they could both decide what worked best, instead of making it look like she had it all figured out and he had to pause his life for her.

And don’t even get me started on Ayotola’s excuse that she’d been trying for years to tell Moroti her mom was evil and bullying Khalid, really?! Even after her mom’s death, she did nothing? If not for Yvonne stepping in, Moroti would still be clueless while Ayotola just watched her cousin struggle to find love because of her mother. Rubbish.

I realized envious friends are somewhat easier to spot than envious family. With friends, you notice patterns and can act blind to it if you want. But family? Silent competition, subtle sabotage. Who could’ve thought Aunty Iyabo would go that far with all that niceness? All along, I had a feeling she had something to do with it, then Khalid confirmed my thoughts, saying Aunty Iyabo would have loved Richard. I just knew it!

Speaking of Khalid, he’s genuinely sweet, but he shouldn’t have let his insecurity get the better of him. If he had a mature conversation with Moroti, Aunty Iyabo wouldn’t have successfully sabotaged their relationship. He needed to man up.

I have to shout out Priya, what a true and loyal friend!

Also… can someone tell me I’m not the only one who almost fell for the zodiac/horoscope thing while reading this book? At one point, I found myself checking my BF and I zodiac signs compatibility. 😹😭

All in all, great read as always. Adesuwa will always have my heart. I just love her books.

[Goshen Mmoneke · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book. Olumoroti easily became my girl!
I love how Adesuwa writes her female characters, and Moroti wasn’t an exceptional.

A fine ass babe, smart with a great job, and rich self confidence.

She met A LOTTTTTT of men on the journey of finding love, but more than anything I love how she never settled for bad behavior (well except with the first doctor she met at the hospital). She wasn’t in and out of beds, carried her self with pride, and did not spare a second anywhere she didn’t feel safe or comfortable at.

Initially, I didn’t like how the third part of this story was panning out. I didn’t like the audacity of Khalid, but overtime I fell in love with him and became more understanding.

(I still think he should have communicated though)

This was an excellent story, I’m so happy I got this book!

Unconventional, but this book made me tear up. I was trying so hard to escape my life with this book, but it opened me to layers of hurt I didn’t even realize I was carrying.

I also said a prayer at the end, I’ll receive the kind of love I desire, and I’ll give every bit of it too. I won’t sabotage it, and this time, it will stay.
Amen.

[Dani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Moroti wants a Virgo, more like Moroti needs to take financial literacy classes and stand up!!!

Moroti wants a Virgo follows the life of an accomplished but lonely Moroti Alao-Coker who hatches a plan with the help of her best friend Priya and her matchmaker, Jaya Auntie to find love with the kind of man astrologically aligned to her soul- a Virgo.

Moroti had me stressed for the most part of the book, because she couldn’t seem to focus on anything but finding her Virgo,every man she decided to give a chance always managed to be worse than the previous one. I really enjoyed reading about her relationship with her friends and cousins, I also really liked her resultion with her Dad, Yvonne and school friends.

[Bisi Miyebi · Rating 4 out of 5]

An absolute page-turner! I genuinely enjoyed the humor, the Yoruba bants, the Medilag gist, and all the Fuji and Island references — they had me smiling throughout 😆. I can only imagine the amount of research that went into bringing all those details to life. And the chemistry between Moroti and Khalid was intense… even though that Khalid guy managed to annoy me in that “I can’t believe this man” kind of way 😂.

That said, if I’m being completely honest, I’ve read stronger stories from Adesuwa. She’s incredibly talented, and her writing always makes me smile or laugh out loud, but this particular story didn’t connect with me as deeply as I hoped it would. Still, her gift for storytelling shines through 👏🏻👍

[Remi Tee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I first saw this author recommended on my fave podcasters’ instagram story and the title of this book specifically drew me in.

full disclosure - I’m not the biggest fan of 2nd chance romances but i thought it would give this one a try. i really enjoyed the main character in this book, she felt like a real person in the way that she would make me annoyed and then have me rooting for her by the next page. i really enjoyed watching her learn about love, life and friendship and it really reminded me that learning new things about yourself is really a lifelong commitment. as annoyed as i was by the back and forth between her and Khalid, i guess i have to admire her tenacity and willingness to make things work.

this was a fun, quick read and i can’t wait to read more from this author!

[Milly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a refreshing, funny, and deeply emotional read. The story started with laughter and ended up tugging at my heart. I thoroughly enjoyed Moroti's chaotic search for her perfect Virgo. I don't know where Adesuwa got those men from but they had me shaking my head.

I can already picture this story on the big screens. The humor, the chaos, and the tenderness, will make a great movie.

The book was so good I honestly didn't want it to end. I'm eagerly I desperately hope Adesuwa gives us sequel. I want more of Moroti and Khalid's journey.

[Chidinma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Moroti really stressed me out! I agree with her stepmother that she's a spoiled brat who needs to grow up and take responsibility for her actions. On the other hand, may we be spared from household enemies like Aunty Iyabo and Aunty Kemi. In the end, it was interesting to see that star reading didn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

[tomilovesbooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Godddd MOROTI PISSED ME OFFF SO BADD!
So so so bad but i was so scared of her rekindling with mr sag so bad i kept asking myself whyy are you doing this?
Moroti was selfish icel
But i lovedd this bookkkk so muchh

[Chichi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing Amazing read, Adesuwa's books are always page turners. A must read.

[Chi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adesuwa wrote it so I fully expected it to be amazing and I was not disappointed!

[Ice Angel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Till date, I don’t understand what happened in this book but what I’ll say is that it’s a really fun read.