This book spoke to my soul. Still can’t stop thinking about it. It was just so meaningful and healing. Thank you

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a free advanced copy of this book to read and review.

A gorgeous collections of poems, emotions, and artwork that makes for a enjoyable read. Watch out for your emotions though, you can end up relating a lot with Bridgett's words.

Beautiful poetry.
Need to read her other ones for sure. Definitely recommend it to people who enjoy poetry about love and pain.

As a reader I am continuously looking for new and interesting poets to get into. I originally chose this book because of the appealing cover art but stayed for the poems contained within.

Soft Thorns vol. II is a beautifully done collection of poetry. Devoue's work continues to shine and she shows us her journey through life and her discoveries along the way. I can't wait to see the kind of work she continues to produce. If it is anything like this collection, she will continue to shine and be successful.

3.5 Stars ( I received an e-arc from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review)

The arc I had expired so ended up listening to the collection through Scribd, which the author narrates herself. Not sure how the physical layout looks like but the audiobook feels like its a constant stream of thought with a a few breaks in between. I also only listened on 1.2 speed to enjoy it but not have too slow. Very much a focus on being super guarded with relationships, being attracted to unavailable men and just wanting to find your person. Reading poetry this way has a new and interesting experience.

The first collection is about breaking and starting to heal from a terrible relationship. This collection touches on more relationships. I could see myself a bit more in this collection. It was less heavy than the first one. I still enjoy Devoue’s writing and narration. This feels like a tale of a hopeless romantic who struggles to find someone to balance them. I will say, this has helped me to let go of strings of some relationships that I was still clutching onto. Modern poetry is always tough for me to review because many of the ones I find or listen to are from people (typically women) who were broken and wrote to heal.

Soft Thorns Vol. II is a beautiful collection of short poems dealing with topics of hurt, abuse, domestic abuse, shame, heartbreak, and recovery. Some of the poems really hit me and some felt like random thoughts put into verse. Overall, it was a nice collection.

This poetry collection is alright. I feel that at the right moment in someone's like this would be perfect to read, as well as listen along if they have access to the audiobook. Very nice illustrations.

Firstly I'd like to thank Netgalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for the eARC for an honest review.

This was my first time reading Bridgett Devoue's work so I didn't know what to expect. This is a five chapter poetry collection that explores all the emotions that come with longing, lust, toxic love, self-destruction, confusing breakups, abuse, and overcoming it all through finding light in even the darkest of places. Each chapter focused on a different type of relationship or emotion and I really liked that about this collection. The art from Laura Kline was beautiful! Absolutely loved it. The poetry in this collection are of short to medium in length making it a quick read.

I didn't feel like the pieces all resembled poetry but more like quotes or inspiring messages. I also felt like it could have been edited to a higher standard as some of the pieces just didn't work for me and just didn't read well. Having said this I did relate to some of the poetry and also felt like I learnt some things from it as well.

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read and listen to in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

Soft Thorns Volume 2 is a short collection of poetry relating to hurt, abuse, domestic abuse, shame and heartbreak. This book was beautifully narrated by the author and I enjoyed listening to these poems.
Some resonated with me and some missed the mark as I felt they had too much information within one poem all at once, but overall enjoyed this poetry collection.

Whilst poetry isn't my lingo much, this was pretty good and interesting enough to keep me into reading. I enjoy the light sketches between pages, that keeps the book more entertaining for those who'd prefer to see photos or images. It's an amazing collection of short poems. I haven't read the first volume before, though, so it took me a while to get familiar with Bridgett's writing style. But after that, it was easy to comprehend.

I requested this copy and a copy of the audiobook and both did not disappoint. I love this book and plan to buy a physical copy as soon as it is released, I think this may be even better than Soft Thorns Vol.1.

Soft Thorns Vol. II by Bridgett Devoue was a heartfelt and extremely relatable collection of poetry centered around love and heartbreak. Simple yet beautiful illustrations. #SoftThornsVolII #NetGalley

great collection of poems and short stories. If you are a poem lover, definitely pick this up. Really enjoyed it

This was a beautiful collection of poems about heartbreak. I liked the layout and the illustrations were also pretty.

I would definitely recommend this to people and also buy it as a gift.

Some of the poems were a little repetitive so I found myself skimming a few however overall I enjoyed it.

Thank you for the arc.

Unfortunately, this one was not for me. I'm not used to reading poetry but I didn't enjoy this one, it felt like someone picked up phrases that anyone could say and just put it together in a book, I didn't connect with it.
However, this is just my opinion and I think that if you enjoy Instagram poetry and if you connect with the main topic you will like it, so give it a try!
Thanks for this copy in order for an honest review.

Enjoyed these atmospheric verses and artwork. Looking forward for the writer's work. Evoked a lot of relatable emotions.

Basic boring and couldn’t finish. Was too much about feeling sorry for the author. Not a fan of that style at all

Soft Thorns Vol. II by Bridgett Devoue is a collection of poems divided into 5 chapters. The author takes us on a journey of lust, abuse, love, heartbreak and recovery. 

The poems are beautifully written and accompanied with amazing illustrations that gave this book a special touch.