I love Amanda's poetry and i was extremely happy when NetGalley accepted my request.

The first thing that surprised me at this book are the illustrations. She always has beautiful little drawings that can express the poems better, but this time, the book is starting with two cozy pictures that made me smile at 7:30 am.

A always find myself in her poetry, she talks about things everyone goes through. In this one she talks about books, new beginnings, about love and pain, about loss, patience and humans. She tells stories through her poems.

At page 32 it's a poem that i felt with all my heart, so beautiful and real.

I found this book inspiring and real, like every of her books. In the end, it's all about moving on from the bad things in life and discovering new chapters.

I have read every Amanda Lovelace collection so far and this is another wonderful anthology. Her poems just tend to lift your heart and spirit just when you need it.

I've read every Amanda Lovelace poetry collection so far, and this one has been, for me, the weakest one. Don't get me wrong, I still liked it, but the poems are starting to sound pretty similar, and the topics don't vary much. Although, I'm still going to continue reading her. It's one of my pleasures in life.

Will there ever be a more magical phenomenon than a case of Right Book, Right Time? I don't think so.

I've been along for the ride for all of lovelace's releases, with a couple of them having reached far into my soul to rearrange a few things. This last installment of You Are Your Own Fairy Tale has firmly joined those titles than I feel the most connected to.

I had to pause multiple times to put this down and walk it out. I find so much kinship and sisterhood in lovelace's words, and this one didn't pull it's punches.

It is so magical to feel seen and heard in a perfect stranger's words. To feel validated and respected and understood.

I can't wait to add this one to my shelves and to see what else Lovelace brings to the table.

I like Amanda Lovelace's poetry. I find it soothing to read and listen to. It encourages me to heal and self love.

2.75

This poetry collection by Amanda Lovelace is the third instalment of the "you are your own fairy tale" series. And this is the seventh poetry book I've read by Amanda Lovelace. It has three parts and features beautiful illustrations within, and also displays a list of TWs right before diving into the books content.

Overall, I really enjoyed the illustrations quite a bit but I did not connect with many of the poems within. I feel like poetry can be such a personal venture and just because I didn't connect well doesn't mean that it will have the same impact for others, and may actually be quite cathartic for the reader. I found that there was a fair amount of redundancy that just left me wanting a bit more range and exploration than was provided. I'm glad I read it because there were a couple of standout poems that I am going to note in my journal that deal with grief I found truly resonated with me.

CW: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Child abuse, Confinement, Self harm, Death, Eating disorder, Queerphobia, Grief, Trauma, Sexism.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher/author for providing an advanced review copy in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 rounded up. If you enjoy Lovelace's poetry, then you're going to enjoy this newest work. It's got short poems, longer paragraph poems, and sweet artwork, combining for a sweet, cozy aesthetic. If you need a little inspiration to follow your own path in the form of poetry, this would be a good book to pick up.
Thanks to Netgalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for the e-ARC!

i've been trying to get into poetry a bit more and amanda lovelace's name is a very well known name within the genre. she's great at piecing together those parts inside of you that feel like only you feel them, making you feel not quite alone anymore, but still a bit special

i loved the way it was split up into parts, including the books and the lists. it didn't always feel like poetry, at least not in the very traditional sense, but more like advice, and it was words that i needed

Thank you to Netgalley and publisher for an e-arc in exchange for my honest review.

I always enjoy Lovelace's works and this one is no different. I found it inspiring and helpful because I read this while I was feeling down. It gives great reminders about self love and the importance to self care. The structure of it was a little disorienting closure to the end and was a bit heavy handed on the message BUT I appreciate the message either way. I liked that Lovelace goes over a bunch of issues that people struggle with on a day to day basis (disordered eating, OCD, homophobia, sexuality, etc). I also liked how this was a bit of a love letter to their partner which was sweet.

I'll continue reading Lovelace's works for as long as they keep coming out.

This poetry book is simply gorgeous! I love how Lovelace makes me feel SEEN! The illustrations are gorgeous and I am so glad I now have a physical of this one for my collection.

An absolutely beautiful collection of poetry. There are such wonderful words woven throughout these pages, that makes you feel like you’ve read a little bit of magic.

I loved unlock you storybook heart. It was a beautiful new fairytale and gentle, powerful encouragement for women to be themselves and find themselves. I loved the theme of green throughout, since green is generally a theme for hope, but also with the talk of magic, it reminded me of Tinkerbell. This collection of poetry is about moving on from the bad things in your life and the words that have cut you down, and finding it in yourself to get back up again. It's now among my favorite Amanda Lovelace collections, and I can't wait to purchase a physical copy once the book is released!

Thanks so much to the author, Netgalley, and Andrews McMeel Publishing for the gifted advanced e-copy of this collection in exchange for my honest thoughts. All opinions are entirely my own. { partner } All of my reviews can be found on Instagram @Tackling_TBR and on my blog at tacklingtbr.home.blog

TW (from the book): eating disorders, mental illness, self-harm, sexism, queerphobia, death, grief, trauma, and possibly more

It should not be any surprise at this point that I loved this collection. While sometimes difficult to read based on the subject matter, Amanda Lovelace's collections are my favorite for this type of poetry. It isn't the more traditional sweeping, lyrical poetry that people might think of first when thinking of the genre, but it's just as meaningful and a bit more approachable as a read.

This might be my favorite of Amanda's collections that I've read so far. And I've read all but one or two of the collections that have already been published. The Women Are Some Kind of Magic trilogy helped me a lot when I was younger and needing help getting through some of the emotional baggage that I wasn't quite ready to unpack yet, and it helped me when I was a bit more ready to go through it all as well. And the You Are Your Own Fairy Tale series really feels like what I have needed each time I'm reading them.

The stories in this collection really felt like they touched my heart while I was reading them. While there are, as always, some pretty major trigger warnings for this collection, I would say that if you are able to read it without being in an unhealthy place emotionally, then I would absolutely recommend it. I think it is a great read. And again, if you've been wanting to dip your toe into more poetry but you're maybe intimidated or don't know where to start, this could be a really easy and approachable way to try it out.

This wasn't my favorite from Lovelace and I was a tad disappointed. This felt a little like a self-help book which is fine but I came into this wanting poetry and not advice about how to love myself. The advice was great but still, this just felt so different from Lovelace's usual style. Overall I would still recommend it because I did enjoy it but fair warning that it's definitely different from her previous works.
I appreciated the themes, but I couldn't help but feeling that something was missing here. Amanda covers familiar topics in a fresh and original way, which was always the case with her previous collections, but I felt a bit detached from her writing in this one. Maybe it's something about the topic, because this felt like a self-love manifesto instead of a careful character study.

In all of her series there is relatability, there is the common and sometimes common but silent plights of individuals displayed on these pages which I never find fault with.

Poetry is a fluid medium with collections such as these accessible to younger or less poetry oriented audiences;it is the beginning.

However, these poems are laid on haphazardly, with no rhyme nor reason but common threads of themes that are consistent overall but not in this anthology. In addition, the poems themselves suffer from the same plights Rupi Kaur often does which is write prose but with sharp sentences endings to make it poetry.

These sound like self help paragraphs, with many of the poems sounding the same. There is nothing wrong with this, as i know that when I was much younger and much sadder, this would have been the perfect fit for me. Every book has an audience, however it just did not do anything for me as a young adult in her early twenties.

There is little substance but very pretty art and a heart to be shared by the author which is always commendable.

Thank you NetGalley and Andres McMeel for the advanced copy.

A swell departure from their previous work, I would say that this poetry collection is one of Amanda Lovelace's finest works of poetry. In this riveting, adventurous new poetry collection, we are met with new and refreshing stories that follow the same pathway as their other poetry collections based on fairy tales.

This collection is a swell evolution from their work prior to this, with works that feel like actual poetry. I read her most famous works, <I>The Princess Saves Herself in This One</i>. I felt that in that there was nothing special about it, nothing fresh and exciting that I'd never heard before. It felt like an aspiring poet wishing to get work out and in order to do that they needed to aggressively hit the enter tab. There were no major themes or plotlines that were interesting.

However, in this new collection, Lovelace presents us with a plethora of new topics and themes to discuss in her poems. Their poems weren't five words each with their own line break, but actual poems with similes and metaphors and hyperbole and genuine meaning.

They brought us with things we can think about and sit with. They made poems about things you can connect to your own life and take as advice.

Although I did enjoy this, it felt quite bland. This is quite contradictory to what I previously said, and everything I said was true. Yet the topics discussed in this were overly discussed. Now I understand if that was the intention when writing this and if it is I take back what I said. But if it isn't, I wish to have seen more topics discussed. I wished to have seen more connections to their mother, more relationship happenings. It kind of felt like they were giving very vague situations when I was expecting something much more subjective.

All in all: this was alright. Not the best but much better than Lovelace's other works.

Thank you to Andrews McMeel Publishing and NetGalley for this Advanced Readers Copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

This is a beautifully written, sapphic book of poetry. While it is the third in a series, it can be read on its own and is just as beautiful. I look forward to purchasing it when it is released.

"...despite what you've been led to believe, you can have beauty as a brain. you can have so much more than that, too. go on, keep confusing them. keep making them flustered by how much you are."

I've read my first Amanda Lovelace book at the beginning of this year and I was instantly drawn to her writing. I was excited to read this one and all I have to say is that it didn't disappoint but it also didn't measure up to the one I've read. It isn't my favorite but still good in its own way.

I highly recommend anyone who likes poetry or is starting to read it to try Amanda's books, she has a way with words and the words have a way of reaching you even after you close the book.

3,5 Stars.

A huge thank you to Netgalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for providing me with an arc.

This may be my favorite of the series. You can feel the authors love for her partner. I would totally read a whole novel based on the keys.

The illustrations added such texture to this book. Wonderful all around.

Friends, Lovelace has done it again! I’m always impressed by her poetry collections and how she can truly put how I am feeling onto the page. This one doesn’t come out for a little bit, but when it does, I encourage you to pick it up!
As soon as I saw this was available as an ARC on @netgalley I knew I had to request it because I’ve been waiting and stalking for this book to be released!
This one does wrap up this poetry collection trilogy, but I’ll be looking to see what else Lovelace has in store!