This is, without a doubt, my favorite poetry collection I’ve ever read

Before anything else:(1) If your idea of feminism is misandry, you're not a feminist. (2) If your idea of feminism is that women are superior to men, you're not a feminist.(3) If you're a woman and your notion of empowerment stems from prejudice against men, then honey, women like you are some kind of tragic.(4) We're here for equality, not another gender-based hierarchy. Regarding the content of this collection of poems:🔥 men 🔥 are 🔥 trash 🔥 let 🔥 them 🔥 burn 🔥🔥 men 🔥 are 🔥 trash 🔥 let 🔥 them 🔥...

This book and I did not mesh. I'm really sorry to say that, since I thoroughly enjoyed the first one. However, it was not the case with this one. It seemed like this second one was sloppily thrown together, the ideas weren't fully formed, and it was just trying to mooch off the success of the first book. This book promoted feminism in such a way that I cannot get behind. I will be among the first people to fight for equality for women, but this book took it too far. It was basically saying to te...

Picking up this poetry collection couldn't have come at a better time with having just read a book about powerful witches by Leslye Walton: The Price Guide to the Occult.I really took to heart Amanda Lovelace's The Princess Saves Herself in This One for its raw and honest take on love, loss, grief, and healing. Plus, the many feminist poems. So with this follow-up collection, I was keen on reconnecting with the author through her words.As the blurb states, these moving, relatable poems encou

this was entirely magically ragey and so feminist, it really was a lit match to all the injustices women face. i am all for women being angry, but that is a fire that burns out, so i almost wish there had been a poem to say remember to rest too? it's a collection of fierceness and justice and burning, but i think i liked her first one better...i'm keen to try the 3rd next

I'm disturbed and mystified that this book won Goodreads Choice for Poetry for 2018. Perhaps a lot of girls and women had their feelings validated reading this book, and that is why it won. For me though, it is merely a diatribe against men. Don't get me wrong -- I am a feminist. However, being feminist does not mean you are anti-men, or doesn't need to mean that anyway. Being a feminist means I know that women are equal to men and should be valued as such. Being feminist does not mean (or needn...

4.5 stars I was sent this by Andrews McMeel Publishing in exchange for an honest review I will be discussing this more on my YouTube channel (Julia Sapphire) shortly! This was incredible, I am speechless and I am so excited for everyone to read this when it releases. “womendon't enduresimply becausewe can;no,women endurebecause we aren'tgiven any otherchoice.- they wanted us weak but forced us to be strong.”

"bitch," he spits."witch," he sneers.& i say,"actually, i'm both."-reclaim everything.it's really hard to review poetry because it functions so differently than an actual fiction book but I've decided to just rate this on enjoyment. and I enjoyed this a lotAmanda Lovelace continues to write poetry that is personal, and raw, and honest. But I think this collection worked so much better than the first one (Which I also loved). The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One is so cohesive and on topic. It mai...

Well friends, it’s safe to say, this one just didn’t do it for me. Poetry seems to be something that is very hit or miss with me. It is also is the genre that I find myself most intimidated by, however, I’ve really been trying to broaden my horizons in terms of what I’ll read. Fantasy, YA, romance, mysteries, and contemporaries are all fun to read, but sometimes I want something more thought provoking and inspiring. So needless to say, I was rather excited to start this one because poems about w...

I’ve read the witch doesn’t burn in this one twice now. I wasn’t familiar with Amanda’s poetry and was intrigued so read it immediately after I downloaded it. I had strong contradictory feelings about it and wanted to know how I’d feel after it sat with me for a while and then reread it. So, here we are straight after the reread. My review may well feel like one big soapbox moment but if this book has reminded me of anything it’s that I am entitled to speak my truth and you are just as entitled

we must help lifteach other abovethe flames.- women supporting women. this was alright. i can understand the empowering women aspects and the supporting each other (!!!) and the push for self-love and healing and acceptance, that was all fantastic but i didn't resonate with the intense misandrylike i just want women to be recognized and praised and loved and celebrated and all but the whole burn every man at the stake notion was like sis, i could do without that, yeahand the quotes were nice

I went into this knowing it's not my favorite style of poetry, which is why i'm withholding a rating. As always, a great message for those first delving into poetry/feminism, but for some reason I just can't vibe with each poem's delivery. I will say that I enjoyed book one more than this one.

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“i am a woman.i am a human. & i matter with no conditions attached. you many notsee my worth, but i do. i do.” This book of poetry is important and it’s powerful. Some of the poems really spoke to me and moved me, others I couldn’t relate to as much. Overall I loved the book and I loved the message. There are some I highlighted that I know will stay with me. It only took me an hour or two to read (and I took my time reading it) so I would definitely recommend you take just

misandry/mɪˈsandri/noundislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against men (i.e. the male sex).I had many issues with this. 1) I listened to the audiobook. The narration is done by the author herself, and it is fucking awful. She has a monotone voice, and reads with no dedication at all, it sounds so lazy and rushed.2) There are so many quotes in particular that I take issue with, or find rediculous. Such as: "refuse to bruise!" I cant? Maybe I just dont like poetry, I think I`m just to...

You can find this review and more on my blog!#1: The Princess Saves Herself in this One ★★★★☆ #2: The Witch Doesn't Burn in this One ★★★☆☆ #3: The Mermaid's Voice Returns in this One ★★★★☆ i didn't come hereto be civil.i didn't come hereto sit you downwith a mug of tea& a blueberry muffinto coddle you asi try to convince youthat respectingmy existence is essential.Much like the first book in this poetry series, Amanda writes about feminism with a pleasantly surprising level of intersectionality

❥ 2 / 5 starsI understand the word “feminism” and I always believe that men and women should be valued equally but sorry, I‘m not sure this one could be called a feminist book. It’s very ok to be angry at the men who did wrong to you but you should not generalize that every man on the earth is bad so you can feel that you are superior to them. It doesn’t seem right. I know my review might be harsh. I don’t want to say these things, either but the poetess actually gave me that feeling.The Princes...

5 Words: Witch, femininity, sisterhood, fire, solidarity.What did I feel when reading this book?Lots of things. A lot of anger, a lot of pride, a lot of power.I had goosebumps up my arms and down my legs. I wanted to scream and rage and burn things. But in a good way.I loved this collection. I loved the narrative behind each poem, how it told a story as you turned each page. The writing itself seemed to change as I progressed through the book, it became stronger and more mature.This was excellen...

Thank you Andrews McMeel Publishing for proving an ARC in exchange for an honest review.After my disappointment with the princess saves herself in this one, I crossed my fingers I'll like this more. Amanda Lovelace's newest poetry collection centers on feminism. Topic wise, it's good but the poems were still empty, rundown sentences. Some poems are written differently but the thought was just the same. It's quite unimpressive. Do I feel empowered or inspired by this collection? Sadly, no. I gues...

I thought I was being mean every time I made a 😐 face (which happened at least 20 times), but then came“protest → potest → poetst → poett → poetr → poetry”and“you have to eat”—repeated at least 50x in my ear as I listened to the audiobook—and I realized no, I was not being meanI appreciate women’s empowerment, Amanda, but not like this :o)

5 stars! Powerful. That's the first word that comes to me when thinking about this collection of poems. Poetry is not really my thing, I've been getting into it a bit more in the past couple of months. I've heard of this collection of poems compared to Rupi Kaur, but I would disagree. That collection of poems seemed so disingenuine and fake, in my opinion. Lovelace, her poems felt like they were from the heart, she didn't try to use a shock factor to get her point across.There are so many peopl