All the FEELS!!!
A modern love story about age old heartbreak.
So much emotion in so few words.
Loved it.

Thank you to NetGalley and publisher for sharing an ARC with me.

Unfollowing You is a story of a "situationship" (because, let's be honest, judging from the text, it never really reached full "relationship" status) going wrong. It starts off cheesy, but with promise, but sadly, goes downhill very quickly in quality and the poetry becomes off-putting, childish, repetitive, and unrefined.

"Time with you now feels
like a trip to Taco Bell;
great in the moment
regretful the next day."

Yup... that's a direct quote.

I was still going to give this 2.5 stars until I reached the end and there was an advertisement for Bumble thrown in the mix. (Bumble is a dating/meet-up site.) I don't mean it was casually mentioned, I mean that it was literally spouted off like an advertisement—"You should leave Tinder and move to Bumble!"—complete with an incredibly corny tagline, one of those "Give love a try!" sort of motivational moments. It's a mess. I honestly can't help but suspect that the entire collection was written for the sole purpose of promoting this dating site now.

Thank you so much to Andrews McMeel Publishing for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Unfollowing You was a delightfully fun romp that explored what it feels like to fall in love in today's society.  Kapoor uses text messages, social media posts, and micro poems to vividly bring to life what it feels like to fall in love through a phone screen. In our world heavily laden with social media, the image we project is much more alluring than reality of who a person is in real life. 

 Kapoor tells a universal story that is updated for a modern audience: What happens when a deeply introspective woman falls in love with a playboy? The feelings are ageless but the telling of the tale is distinctly modern. 

Anyone who has fallen in love within the last five years will know what it means to create a joint a Netflix account with one's beloved. Modern readers can all identify with the heartbreak of an unanswered text message with a "read" receipt. 

This book captures the hilarious and at times heartbreaking moments we all experience in today's world of dating. I can personally attest to the unique anguish of how it feels when he won't return your return texts but you see him active on Instagram. Kapoor captures that feeling perfectly. 

Kapoor also captures what it actually feels like to move on after experiencing such an ill fated love. Her poetry collection shows a deep understanding of the myriad of minefields that plague modern relationships; nevertheless, she remains hopeful. 

I heartily recommend Unfollowing You to anyone who enjoys unique forms of poetry and diverse books. If you've ever creeped on a crush's Instagram feed, Kapoor's work will resonate with you.



Thank You, Andrews McMeel Publishing!


I would like to take a moment to commend Andrews McMeel publishing for the wonderful work that they have been doing by bringing diverse poets to the forefront of the reading public's awareness. 

I started blogging about three months ago in order to develop my platform as an author and to connect with other book lovers. One of the delights of blogging has been the fact that publishers now allow me access to free advanced reader copies of books in exchange for my honest reviews. In the past, I have spent a great deal of money on books (especially poetry) and I'm only too delighted to participate in this exchange.

I was immediately drawn to the books released by McMeel because I absolutely love poetry; furthermore, as a female of minority descent with a disability, I am particularly hungry to read the work of poets from the Own Voices movement. 

The Western literary canon is heavily dominated by people who are white. For years I have asked myself, "What would the art of poetry become if we allowed people from the margins to have a voice/" 

 McMeel  is exploring the answer to that very question. Along with Unfollowing You, McMeel has has published many diverse books including, Love Looks Pretty on You by Lang Leav and You are Here by Dawn Lanuza (click the links to see my reviews).

Although I realize that taste is entirely subjective, I have yet to pick up a book of poetry from McMeel that I haven't enjoyed. Thank you, McMeel, for sponsoring the unique and beautiful brand of poetry that comes to us only when we listen to the margins. 

*Please note: I received a free digital advanced reader copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for my honest review.

Unfollowing You is a collection of poetry all too relatable in this modern age.  It felt all too familiar to me and my experiences, the experiences of texting, Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook all the while falling in and out of love with someone.  Interspersed with group texts and texts with "Desert Bae," this makes for a fun, multi-media-esque collection of all-too-real poems.  This is also filled with fun, modern-day references such as Taco Bell and Beyonce, and allows for some humor in the midst of some very real, very harsh feelings.  Overall, this is fun and entertaining as well as fresh, modern, and realistic.

I'm not usually into poetry, but this book was amazing.

Written in such a way that makes you want to find out what happens next. The phone styled pages also break up the traditional prose, giving it an incredibly modern feel.

"Love me
like the world loves
Beyonce"

"You are
my favorite
notification"

... Okay, this is definitely not for me. There's a couple of cute poems but most of them try too hard to be deep while making zero sense or are just awful sentences like the ones I quoted above. At least it's short and easy to fly through.

I really enjoyed this book of poetry! As someone tuned into dating in the digital age, I have never related more to anything. :) Komal Kapoor accurately captures contemporary dating in a concise, easy-t0-read format that is also quite poetically sound. I enjoyed this book and will look forward to more by this author.

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.