God Hates the Desperate

By U B H

Told with biting honesty and dark humor, God Hates the Desperate is a confessional novel about desire, envy, female friendship and the violence women inflict on themselves and each other, while trying to survive love in a world that rewards men for taking.

Set across girlhood, university life, and early adulthood, the story follows Nalo as she navigates romantic disappointment, religious guilt, patriarchy and a dangerously intimate friendship with Maria, the woman who mirrors everything she both wants and resents. As men come and go-selfish, married, lazy, charming-Nalo's real reckoning unfolds inward, where jealousy, validation, and revenge blur into self-betrayal.

Unapologetic, raw and painfully human, God Hates the Desperate interrogates what happens when women are taught that love is scarcity, goodness is endurance, and desire must be punished. It asks what desperation really costs-and who pays for it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G76GBKQV
• ISBN13: 9798230372769
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: U B H
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"