Title - Is Love Madness?
Author - Bedrettin Simsek
Genre - Poetry, Romance
Age - Adult
Published - August 2020
Pages - 91 Pages

Summary - This book is a mixture of love poems and a story of how the poems lead to the death of one of the main characters. Was it murder or an accident? This is the question that is asked throughout the book. The book tells the story of 'The Poetry Murder Case' The death of Ahmet Kurt during a poetry reading by Kemal to Ahmet's wife Nebahat. Ahmet was convinced Kemal and Nebahat had fallen in love through Kemal's poetry and had taken to spying on the pair trying to catch them out, He even devised a plan to make Kemal confess his love for Nebahat even after Kemal had said he didn't love her so that Ahmet could judge her reaction. This is what lead to his death, but was it murder, or was it an accident?

What I liked about this book - The poems in this book have such vivid imagery, the poems themselves are beautiful. There are also some wonderful quotes in this book that I couldn't help but highlight such as ' A poet is only in love, with the women he creates in his imagination' 'As long as someone loves you, you're always beautiful' and 'To fall in love, one must find himself beautiful first' I think these quotes give beautiful and important messages to the reader.

I enjoyed the poems and I enjoyed the story which ran alongside it, The only reason I haven't given this book 5* is because I'm not 100% sure the two work well together, I think a book of these beautiful poems and a separate book that tells the story of a jealous husband convinced his wife has fallen in love with another man, leading to his death and police trying to work out if it is murder or if it was an accident would have been much better,

Would I Recommend - Yes

Would I Read Again/Continue The Series - Yes

Rating - 4*

Reviewed by LucyLui

"Sometimes we don't know how much we love someone until we hurt them. We hurt the people closest to us. Then, looking at the depths of the wounds we inflicted ourselves, we realize how much we were loved."
- Is Love A Madness? by Bedrettin Simsek

Is Love A Madness is a well-crafted combination of poetry and prose. It offers interesting insights into love and jealously. It tells the tale of love poems that led to a death - was it a murder or an accident?

I loved the originality of the concept and the poems were charming. It’s an easy and short read, sure to keep you hooked.
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

Is Love A Madness? by Bedrettin Simsek is a beautiful book about jealous husbands, and romantic poems combine with this novel.

The story is about "The poetry murder case", a story about love which can be both good and bad. People think the poems led to the disaster, worked as a weapon. Poems held in court as evidence of a crime of murder.
Ahmet was a successful businessman, all his dream had come true, and he had a beautiful wife, Nebahat, who loved. He assigned Kamal as the manager of his company, the young man who God send him down to this world in an ugly body.
Kamal was a poet, and his poems could touch souls. One night Kamal read his poems for Ahmet and Nebahat for the first time. Ahmet noticed his wife's fondness for Kamal's poem, and he got obsessed with this idea that maybe she has fallen in love with Kamal. His jealousy grew like a disease, made him a madman.
A dead, A question, this happened by accident?

I love this book, especially the poems. Making the poem as part of the novel was fascinating. Thoughts of jealous husband beautifully described. An easy and short read. Highly Recommended!

"Then don't blame me for lying, for walking around with a mask on my face
If I lie, that's so you can understand me better
nd if I stand before you with a mask
That's because it makes me look beautiful before you ..."

Thanks to Author and Netgalley, I have given an honest review of Is Love A Madness? by Bedrettin Simsek.

I really enjoyed reading this book, it was a great read and had wonderful humor in this. I really enjoyed getting to know the author.