The caliber of writing in this collection is good, about 4-stars worthy, but the thoughts and images didn't infuse the subject matter (falling in love, heartbreak) with enough originality or freshness to keep my interest as much as I'd have liked.

I was quite excited to get into this poetry book, however, it just wasn't for me.
Reading the book didn't really feel like I was reading poem, it was more like the author stuckbrabdombsentences together and hoped for the best.
The book did have promise and potential, I just wasn't the right audience for it.

Absolutely addictive. Lying in bed one evening, I didn't just read this. I felt the words, I experienced the rhythm of the life it described. I felt moved to tears, empowered, in love. All from one page to the next. I wanted to know this woman who bared her soul to me. To comfort her, to be known by her. Absolutely wonderful.

I wasn't a huge fan of Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey and this seems to be in that same vein of self-help, healing poetry that probably isn't for me. That being said though I did like some pieces within the collection especially "Coffee" and "Furniture". And Lee Broda seems like an interesting person with her Israeli ancestry coming out strong, but her interest in astrology and pagan traditions.

I feel like the collection should of ended on a different chapter that was a little more hopeful... The four chapters were named after the phases of the moon: full, waning, eclipse and waxing. Full and waning were happy and hopeful, about falling in love and eclipse was about the break-up and and waxing the recovery. I felt like waxing was mostly about moping around after the break-up and that Broda hadn't quite finished the grieving process, maybe we never do, but I would have liked to have seen her a strong single woman in the end, not half of a whole.

Broda seems like an interesting mass of contradictions, which I totally relate with. In "my child" she expresses a yearning and a preparedness to have a child, but in several of the poems, "textile" for instance she comments on the huge human population, recognizing in a way that she would probably be contributing to overpopulation, but still having that yearning to carry a child.

A couple more critiques, though heterosexual myself, I was annoyed by heteronormative some of the poems were; i.e. in "paper and plastic" the reader is advised to observe the crowded coffee house where she may find the one, either the guy reading a book or the one in skinny jeans. I think 'thirsty' as a euphemism for desire is terrible, I hate how it is use in common parlance today, and it seems to have made it into this collection as well and just confused me when I encountered the word 'thirst' in poems, alluding to its proper usage.

Its an interesting little collection, maybe it would be helpful for someone recovering from heartbreak, but it doesn't end on a high note, which I would have thought a reader with heartache would want...

I really enjoyed reading the poems and how the poems where categorized under the different phases of the moon. Not light hearted poems or a lot of short poems if that is what you want.

I applaud any poet who can so vulnerably and bravely publish their work. Especially when your writings are of a more personal nature. Lee Broda is undoubtedly a passionate person and feels deeply.

However, I did not enjoy this collection of poems. I have heard many compare her work to poets I have truly loved and found a great connection with their words. I couldn't find a connection here and it was difficult to continue reading. I need poetry to leave a lasting impression, an image that profoundly moves me to remember and to share their words with others. This collection is missing something and I can't quite put my finger on what that is for me. It is fair to say that all poetry speaks differently to each reader and this did not speak to me.

I will say great cover!

I found Lee Broda's debut poetry collection to be an enjoyable read to say the least. I enjoyed the raw emotions expressed through meaningful pieces, beautifully capturing the highs and lows of love, heartbreak and healing. I found it very insightful, often referring back to my own experiences and applying them to what I was reading.

I was drawn to the pretty cover and title. But found myself quite disappointed.

The collection is divided into four sections, one for each of the moons phases; full, waning, eclipse and waxing. I thought the poems would change in mood with each section to correspond to the phases, but couldn't really find any correlation between them. A lot of the poems felt like the same thing only with other words. However I did find some poems beautiful, but not so much as to give a higher rating.


Thank you NetGalley and IBPA for providing a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I feel slightly disappointed after reading this, because I really loved the idea that the poems (and the relationship they center on) were broken into phases of the moon, and I think it has a truly beautiful cover! The poems themselves did not give me the same excitement. To me, they kind of seemed like first drafts that never got workshopped--they are very confessional without really offering much beyond that. Everything felt predictable. However, I think people getting into poetry or fans of confessional, emotional/relationship poetry in writers like Rupi Kaur will probably enjoy this.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I have read poetry from many authors and I just love how different everyone’s writing style is. Was this just any writing or was the author going through a lot of heart break and betrayals and just disappointments? Read this books of poetry and make up your mind your self.

I’ll admit that the idea of four sections of poetry being broken into phases of the moon was clever, but I couldn’t connect to the book. Some poems were repetitive adding a feeling of dejavu.

'Whispers From The Moon' is a beautiful book of poetry. I was planning to put some beautiful quotes and snippets from these poems in this review but that would honestly take up so much time and space! But at the end I will list some of my favourite poems. This book was filled with such deep and BEAUTIFUL poetry. I was just hit with a beautiful wave of emotion with every poem! I could feel the love and loss, joy and hurt, in every single poem. I could feel the impact of every single word.
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Some of my favourite poems in this book are:
-‘The Language of Love’ - I LOVED this one so much
-The poem: ‘Good Morning’ really resonated with me! Beautiful!
-‘Hard Rain’
-‘My Women’
And –‘Paper and Plastic’
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If you are a lover of Poetry I would highly recommend this book to add to your poetry collection.
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[I received this book from NetGalley for my honest opinion and review]

This collection of emotional poems forms itself around the moon's cycles, and is divided thus.

Lee Broda has a beautiful voice. Her poetry is colourful yet honest, and expresses a depth of feeling and thought that I find lacking in a lot of similar modern verse. She writes in the same segmented, snappy pieces made so popular by the likes of Rupi Kaur, but the short length of the poems does not mean that they are all simplistic or shallow. She manages to condense a whole field of thought and emotion into a few short phrases, and the results are beautiful.

Having said that, as I read I wished for less of the heart-broken romantic poems about the pain and loss of love, and more of the empowered and inspired pieces, They were there throughout, but always quickly left behind with another piece about pain. I understand that pain is a powerful and stimulating inspiratus, and that presumably that is what the author was dealing with as she wrote this book, but I found the pieces about her power and bravery through it all to be the most inspiring and firey.

I hope she continues to write from the point of healing and fierce self understanding that shows through in this book, that would make a truly inspiring piece of writing.

Finally, I was a little bit confused by the sections in this book. It advertises as corresponding to the phases of the moon, which should be Waxing, Full Moon, Waning and New Moon, but she swapped out New Moon for Eclipse, which I wouldn't have called a moon phase, per se. But hey, maybe I'm being nit-picky here now.

Thanks to Netgalley for an advanced reader copy.

I really liked the poems, but they felt out of order to me. But overall there're some beautiful poems that I enjoyed and they felt very honest.

Wasn't particularly moved by the poems or enjoyed them as much as I thought I would. I would often skim or skip through the poems because it just didn't have much affect on me like other poets. Sorry to say but I wouldn't have this as one of my coffee book reads.

I  received a free digital copy of this book from Netgalley for an honest review.

Honestly, I didn't enjoy this poetry book as much as I thought I would. It has some good poems mixed in with others.

"I promise to honor
The woman in me,
Even when poison pours from her lips,
Searing holes of insecurity
Into her beautiful skin."

"I will invite you to dance with me,
on our faded pages of the past,
let you live on in them until forever,
pressed tightly
in my heart"

Whispers From The Moon is a short poetry collection about love, loss, grief and heartache. This is the first time I’ve read Lee Broda’s poems, and some of them were really beautiful. Some of the other poems didn’t really grab my attention or didn’t mean something to me.

"I miss the days you used to
cup my melting heart.

I wish you still got me,
like you did at the start."

My favourite poems:
hard rain
the vow
my child
a picture book of you
a hive
the way he looks at me
empty
my ocean
do you choose love
this morning
cutting ties
entranced
a second skin

Overall I liked this book. The poetry was evocative and the imagery was beautiful, but in some places it felt like I was reading a story out of order. The poetry could also get pretty repetitive in places but I'd still recommend checking it out.

At first sight I thought I’d love this book; but turns out it didn’t quite meet my expectations. Maybe because of my emotional state, because there was absolutely nothing wrong with the poetry itself. It was beautiful and raw and I’m sure that I’d be super enthusiastic about it

I have read a lot of poetry collections over the last few days, and this has to be my least favourite. I'm not trying to take away from the fact that this is evidently a very personal expression of emotions, but it just didn't hit the mark for me. Where I should have been able to connect to the poetry, I just felt like I was reading page after page of repetitive teenage heartbreak drivel. This had the potential in terms of how it was set up and the phases of the moon representing the phases of getting over heartbreak, but it just didn't quite fulfil that potential.