"Roses are dead, violets are dying; outside I'm smiling but inside I'm crying" "Conceal, don't feel, put on a show Make one wrong move and everyone will know"_ Queen Elsa Amanda Aderinsola Akinde has had a very normal life for as long as she can remember until she makes one wrong move that leads to a tregedy New city, New school, starting over on a new slate with a new set of people that all seem normal on the outside- too normal They often say that the brightest smiles conceal the deepest pain and that the ones who give the best advice often need therapy the most Welcome to Sheffield High... and remember, even after looking twice, Do Not Come to A Conclusion Just Yet "No matter how fucked up you think your life is, there's someone having it a bit worse"~ Amanda Most impressive ranks No 1 #teenlife No 1 #nigerianteens No 1 #swimming Started: 11th December 2022 Completed: .....

A NIGERIAN THEMED NOVEL "You have got your tities out and panties in a twist but your crush doesn't still notice you." Ore is a sixteen-year-old undergraduate of the university of Portharcourt. Before she entered year one, she was that shy, reclusive and sweet girl everyone wanted to be friends with. But as soon as she pays her acceptance fee and moves her things to the school hostel, Ore is no longer that miss goody two shoes. Dami is a third year student of the same university and he doesn't give two fucks about under age girls. They were never a center of attraction for him. Infact, he loathes them with passion. Dami is absolutely content with his sexually provocative lifestyle and he certainly doesn't need any of the problems that comes along with knowing Ore. With the wrong crowd cheering Ore on, will she be able to get Dami's attention? Or will her life keep on revolving in circles of endless passion and peer pressure. Side note: The sequel to this book titled Lies, Love and Deception is out now and is on my profile. Kindly go view, thanks ❤️ *. * . * The Wrong Crowd is one of the best Nigerian books I've ever read. It's totally uncliche and cliche in a hazy interesting way but then, it was just the tip of the iceberg - @Semiloore_ Started: 10/3/20 Ended: 25/5/20

BEING A TEEN SERIES: PERFECT BAD BOY (BOOK 3) Parents generally classify teenagers into two categories, its either you are a good, obedient, respectful teen or you are a bad, disobedient, adamant and disrespectful teen. And most parents liked their children to be the first, they naturally despised the latter but for Mr and Mrs Adele-Akinnyi, theirs was the exact opposite. Meet Adele-Akinniyi Luke, good, bad, disobedient, obedient, respectful, disrespectful, adamnet and arrogant. It totally depended on his mood and whoever he was dealing with He was the total mixture of these two categories. Except being a lover of football and a footballer himself;Luke didn't give a care about how the earth revovled around the sun or how the world fared. He was cocky and didn't mind what people thought of him. He was a slight bully and could tease someone till you cried. No one had the courage to stand in his way, the ones with borrowed confidence had their own share of beating. Luke never fell below third in any exam or test and was a straight A student which came as a surprise to many people. He never failed a test or exam even when he missed classes and school many times. He was a fierce competitor and never came second in any competition. With all these, made people scared of him and at the same time, admired him to the ends of the earth. Each time he bullied someone, beat up someone, insulted a teacher, maybe broke some lab items, skipped school which always made him end up in Principal Michaels office. The 45-year old man would just stare at him through the rim of his glasses and sigh heavily before letting him off. Adele-Akinniyi Luke was one of the best student in Preston International College but yet was one student every teacher wanted to get rid off. One way to describe Luke.... He was an.. Oxymoron character.

- PUBLISHED ON ESTORY - - PUBLISHED ON MOBORRADER - - PUBLISHED ON TELL - - PUBLISHED ON IREADER - THE EMOTIONAL TEEN SERIES: FINESSE (BOOK 1) Ikeoluwa tapped her feet soundlessly on the tiled floor. The head phones on her head blasted music crazily into her ears and even the people close to her could hear tiny little bits. She pulled it off head and placed it on her neck as soon as the doctor turned to her. Flashing him a smile, she asked. "How long do I have left Doctor Makinde?" Ike asked as Doctor Makinde glanced at her parents who were seated at the couch in the spacious office. He sighed seeing the anxiousness on their faces. "Two months" he said after a while. "I still have that long?" Ike asked with a bewildered expression. ------------------------------- Two months. Two months was all that was left for 17-year old Adeniyi Ikeoluwa. Diagnosed with leukamia at the age of four; Ike has struggled to live through her childhood and preteen years with the aid of drugs and therapy. But then; the drugs or the therapy doesn't seem to work any longer as her body and health began to detoriate. After been told that she had two months left to live; Ike decides to make these two months the best months of her life. She wants to die without any regrets but then, will she really die without any regrets? FINESSE @DARE-ATUNSE 'SEMILOORE. ©COPYRIGHT.

Every year once a child turns 14, a special exam is conducted all over the country. No one knows why the exam is written or the purpose of the exam because there are no results and most of the questions pertain to one's view of life and mentality of a few things. No one knows that, this exam is actually the entrance exam to becoming a member of the Nigerian Secret Teenage Spies. [ N. S. T. S.]. An organization located several kilometers below an expensive boutique in the middle of town. N. S. T. S is an extremely secretive organization has only few people knows its existence. Even the President doesn't know that there are shadows protecting him and the country. Neither would he think or believe that these shadows are teenagers between the ages of 14-18 years. 15-year old Adekola Feranmi walks into her home two days after writing her exam only to find two men in black suits and sun glasses talking to her parents. There's also a strikingly handsome teen seated beside them. When Feranmi realizes she has been chosen to become a member of the N. S. T. S., she decides to give it her all. The new things she has to learn is very exciting for Feranmi. She even learns how to use a real gun! Feranmi must train hard and rise up in the ranks. She must learn how to and protect her country, her family and her loved ones. ©Dare-Atunse 'Semiloore.

A NIGERIAN TEEN LOVE STORY Meet Ola-Adipo Lolalde, a struggling teenager who sells pure water and drinks by the roadside to pay her school fees and feed her family. Born and raised in the slums, Lolade is exposed to the harsh side of life and she struggles to live. Despite the harsh conditions and unfavorable situations, Lolade remains an unrivalled beautiful young girl. Blessed with a dark shiny skin and good brains, Lolade manages to keep her head up high in the mist of problems and misfortunes. Comes in your unusual male lead. Born with a really silver spoon in his mouth, Adeagbo-Oke Jesse is your usual tall handsome guy with the tea brown eyes. Jesse has lived all in his life having everything at his beck and call and so has never really wanted anything in his life. All Jesse did that afternoon was to wind down the window to try to buy a bottle of chilled coke by the roadside. Struck dumb by the girl who was also gawking at him, Jesse's heart starts pounding. Lolade had seen the black Bentley wind down the glass and she had rushed to sell her drinks. The sight that greeted her blew her breadth away. Words refused to form as she just continued to stare at him. And so a love story starts. © COMING SOON. MARCH 2021

BEING A TEEN SERIES: THAT GUY (BOOK 1) Every single teenage girl fantasizes. And most times they fantasize about the same thing. About THAT GUY. THAT GUY, she'll have a crush on and he'll discover and like her back. THAT GUY, that will sweep her off her feet. THAT GUY, that's gonna spoil her rotten. THAT GUY, that's gonna give her everything she wants. THAT GUY, that's gonna call her and she'll blush while they talk for 6,7 hours. THAT GUY, that his message would be the first message she'll see in the morning and the one she'll see when she's about to sleep. THAT GUY, that's gonna be with her through her times of pains. THAT GUY, who's gonna be her Red Ranger and be overly possessive of her. THAT GUY, that can't get angry with her even though she's the most annoying person on earth. THAT GUY, that's gonna shower her with love. THAT GUY, that's gonna hold her hands and remind her everyday that "You are the most beautiful person on earth" THAT GUY, that she's gonna love in love with and would love fall in love with her too. Well, I Olaniyi Omotoke wasn't exempted from this fantasy, infact I was the queen of fantasizing. Korean movies weren't helping either. I was waiting and anxiously waiting for THAT particularly GUY. But if anyone told me, that THAT GUY was going to be Ajayi-Ayodele Philip,Boston's most sought after guy, he was my one year senior and also the school Assistant Senior Prefect Boy. Philip was perfect. He was God's own made human. I was sure, God took a day off to create him and God was extremely patient in creating. But I never saw him except assembly days because SS3 block was segregated from the normal Senior Secondary School Academic Block, you couldn't just run into any SS3 student not to talk of Snr Phil, that was what everyone called him. But here's the question, what if to THAT GUY, am not THAT GIRL?

|| PUBLISHED ON PABPUB || || PUBLISHED ON NOVELCAT || || PUBLISHED ON FOXNOVEL || || PUBLISHED ON HINOVEL || A NIGERIAN SHORT STORY. After losing her younger sister who was more like a best friend in a bus accident she was supposed to be, and getting rejected by her long time crush the same day, Osanyibi Oluwanishola life takes a drastic turn. She seemed disconnected from everyone else and after a year, she falls in love again. Her falling in love again is like a blessing in disguise as she discovers the secrets surrounding her younger sisters death. A mint flower means "if fate allows, I'll like to love again" SEMILOORE™

BEING A TEEN SERIES: BIMBO (BOOK 4) That line, that fucked up imaginary line. I like you, you like Bose, Bose likes John, John likes Feyi, Feyi like Kunle, Kunle like Jumoke, Jumoke likes Daniel, Daniel likes me. We all know that fucked up imaginary "love" circle. The people we like never like us back. They either like someone and that someone else ends up liking you or that usual crazy line. One sided love is something nobody wishes for, everybody wants the people we love to us back and however for everybody, that's not the case. For Adewole-Adedeji Abimbola, hers was the complete opposite. She had liked Paul for a long time;since their preschool days and the latter barely acknowledged her. He hated her being around him and being around him was something Bimbo enjoyed. Until Paul asked her best friend to be his girlfriend and despite the both knowing her feelings, they both went ahead to date each other and so Bimbo lost three things. She lost her dream guy, she lost her best friend and she also lost her heart. She was too heartbroken and became cold and distant to everyone. Her character took on a new phase as she shut everyone out. She focused on her books and topped the class leaving both her best friend and Paul running after her. With her new cold and indifferent attitude, she barely noticed a particular someone who had eyes on her since forever. But she never noticed him. Meet Adeleke Jeremiah, Boston International College, social prefect. Tall, lean and he had an amazing athletic build. He played football too and the whole female population had eyes on him but Jeremiah enjoyed being low profile. What on earth that attracted him to his one year junior;he couldn't decipher it at all. He even went ahead to stalk her on IG and someone he was on her contact list yet they never spoke. When Jeremiah is assigned to her class as her Prep Captain, sparks finally fly. Sometimes, who we want is not the best for us.

BEING A TEEN SERIES: CLOCKING SIXTEEN (BOOK 2) Every teenage girl looked forward to clocking sixteen. Not that there was anything special about the day you clocked sixteen but the fact that you were sixteen already. To some girls, its the time to have a boyfriend, the age to get disvirgined, the age to set loose. To other girls, its the age to start living independently, the age to start living your own life. Some many perks came with clocking sixteen. As for me, Olumayede Rachel, I wasn't left out in this expectation. Born with a silver spoon and extra loving parents, my familial life is perfect. Everything seems to be fine except that academically, I am a failure, in terms of friends, I don't have any except the clique I'm always trying to fit in. In terms of the relationships, the guy I like doesn't even know I exist. In summary, my teenage life was a mess. I tried desperately every day to fit in but the harder I tried, the more I felt I didn't belong there. 2 weeks to my sixteenth birthday, my dad gave me an assigment. To me, it was rather a funny assigment, he told me to discover myself and he would get me an iPhone. If I had an iPhone I would finally be able to fit in with my friends. I was excited and eager to finish the assigment until I realized that the so called assigment wasn't really an assigment, it was about me, it was me discovering myself. Like every girl who clocked sixteen experienced a dramatic change in their life, I wasn't left out as I also experienced a dramatic change too. THIS IS A JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVERY. MORE OF LEARNING TO LOVE YOURSELF. ALWAYS REMEMBER TO LOVE YOURSELF. ©COMING SOON AUGUST 2020