Elegant and empowering. Amanda Lovelace turns unspoken struggles into beautiful poetry. Shine your icy crown is a book most women related to in one way or another.

If you've read Amanda Lovelace, you kind of know what to expect with her poetry. I like the symmetry with the different covers, if that makes sense.

Beautiful poetry that makes any woman feel empowered. Amanda is a phenomenal writer that deserves more attention for these amazing poems. You can feel the emotion beneath the words which makes this book more powerful!

*Thank you very much to the publisher, Amanda Lovelace, and Netgalley for giving me an E-ARC of "shine your icy crown" in exchange for a honest review * Another amazing book of poetry from Amanda!

shine your icy crown by Amanda Lovelace is an astute and powerful collection of prose that will speak to the very heart of the female experience in a world that persists in trying to diminish the unbreakable strength of the feminist spirit. This is writing, reflection, and observation that gives voice to what so many of us keep locked away in our conscious thoughts, never daring to speak our individual truth for fear of offending the status quo. This is a relevant and empowering collection that I will return to again and again. Recommended. 4.5 stars

Many thanks to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for an ARC.

3.7/5 stars.

Amanda Lovelace delivers another sweet and heartfelt poetry book that really speaks on the experiences of many young girls growing up, the pressures of society and even close loved ones to be pretty and good and fulfil gender norms. I related a lot to many of the poems, feeling very small and insignificant, and while it's crushing that other people have also experienced those feelings it was wonderful that someone else related and I was not alone. It's a reminder to be aware of how other People are doing and be caring - as one of the poems said, "let's normalise caring about each other - not out of politeness but out of genuine compassion.

While simplistic, the poems were also succinct and to the point about what they were about. That being said, some of the really short poems felt purposeless, and like they could be added to, but that's just myself not really enjoying short two line poetry.

All in all, some really pretty poetry. I adored the artwork that went with them, it was beautiful and really added to the poems.