Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an e-arc in exchange for an honest review!

As a fan of Taylor Swift, her music, and the community she has built through the Eras Tour, I was intrigued to request this poetry collection. I read this collection between December 6 - December 8, also the dates of the last shows of the Eras Tour. It was perfect timing. This collection is the perfect love letter to Swift's songs and how they inspire artistry and creativity in so many of us. It was fun to try and figure out which song inspired by which poem, but honestly I just appreciated each poem and the beauty it contained even if I couldn't figure out the song being represented. Major kudos to Kristie Frederick Daugherty for creating this project and compiling this beautiful collection. I think it will touch the hearts of many poetry lovers and Swifties alike.

Poetry is a very subjective thing. Attach it to something as personal as how you experience a song and the subjectivity gets even more intense.
I realized that maybe I wasn't the intended audience for this book when the opening lines were all about how Swift is a lyrical genius and her songs near perfect. Being a casual fan, I had a flash I'd jumped into something I might not connect with, and that's pretty much what happened. Some of the poems are truly fantastic and a couple are deeply touching, but the majority just weren't for me.
In the end, I'm probably more interested in seeing people's reactions to the poems than the poems themselves.

Happy thanks to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for the chance to read some poetry!

I love poetry and I love Taylor Swift, so this was the perfect anthology for me. I appreciated the variety of poems and enjoyed most of them. Some are easier to connect to the lyrics than others, but all stood up well on their own.

I was disappointed in this book of poems for a couple reasons, but the main being that I could not decipher 90% of the poems and which Taylor Swift song it was related to. This book could've held a lot more meaning for each piece of work if the corresponding song that inspired the poem was listed, that way it took the guessing game out of reading the material.

I also found reading the book, even in chunks, hard to digest. The poems themselves were great works but as an anthology, they did not mesh well, especially under the umbrella of Taylor Swift songs or lyrics. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.

THank you netgalley for the chance to read this!
I really enjoyed this. I will say, I am not a big "lets read poetry in one go" reader, so this really took me some time to get through. Im also not big on trying to interpret what the poet is really trying to model, so don't ask me which of these is which Taylor Swift song. But overall, I just thought these were well done and really interesting.

While Swifties will be more focused on matching the poems to the songs, the poems in this collection can also be enjoyed by readers of poetry who've never heard her music (although what the former group will get out of it is on a different level, of course). We had a fun little Taylor Swift display with this book, Heartbreak Is the National Anthem, Heavy Hitter, and a few others--but not, sadly, the Eras tour book :)--but right now of course all the titles from it are always checked out.

What a sweet treat! This is the perfect anthology for the holiday, or really any, season. The writers and poets responses to Taylor Swift's songs is inventive, creative, and fun of heart. While you don't have to be Swiftie to appreciate Invisible Strings, if you are a fan the book adds a layer of nuance to Taylor"s music. This is a collection I'll keep coming back to. Many thanks to NetGalley and Random House for the opportunity to read and give feedback on this lovely eArc. 3.5/5⭐️⭐️⭐️

I really enjoyed this book of poetry and the connections tied to Taylor Swift. It was a nice peaceful read and I enjoyed thinking through some of the similarities to Taylor’s own music and writing process.

What an amazing anthology of poetry.
Such a fun read.
Any Swiftie fans will love this collection.

I got an email about downloading this arc and downloaded it right away!! I’m a newer Swiftie.. more like a few years. I don’t know her whole back long yet or all her Easter eggs. I figured this would be a lot of fun to try and decode!

There are so many amazing poems in this one! I enjoyed so many of them, but you don’t necessarily have to be a Taylor Swift fan to enjoy them. I feel like a lot of of them weren’t so obvious and harder to decode. I had a hard time and only a few were very obvious. I think there are many here that fans of poetry would enjoy, even if they don’t like Taylor. It’s also fun for fans though!

My biggest issue with this book is that there is no answer key!! I would LOVE to know what song influenced each poem and re-read them knowing that. I wish there was a code at the back or something. I hope one day she will release this information to help us out! I feel like some of these poems would have bigger impacts if they know Taylor’s lyrics, but not the biggest poetry fans.

I did enjoy this one and I think many of her fans will too! Thank you to Ballantine Books and Netgalley for an arc. All thoughts and opinions are my own!

This is a really cool collection. I love the wide pool of poets featured with many different styles and tie-ins to Taylor's music. I found myself bookmarking several of them to read later and/or use in the classroom. While interpretation is integral to poetry, I do wish there was a little more information of how the poems connect to her music -- I would have liked a short blurb for each of the poet explaining what they chose to connect with and how. That's just me being picky!

Not my favorite collection, but it is still a nice read and would make a good gift.

4⭐

I had a really hard time getting into this book. I wish that I could have read more of it. It just didn't seem to be for me. I DNFed at about 10%. I will not be submitting a review anywhere else. I will only submit it here. I thought this was going to actually be about Taylor Swift's music instead it didn't really connect.

This is a really cool anthology of poetry. I like that you get to see lots of different poets in one place. I couldn’t really see the connection to Swift’s songs, so maybe I’m not enough of a swifty, but I enjoyed it.

Swifities and Poetry lovers rejoice! This is your perfect worlds colliding. Daugherty has curated a collection that is never boring and always refreshing. She has invited some of the most lauded poets of our generation to become inspired by Taylor Swift. Swift fans should note that this might not have many Swift reference or songs, but you will come away with a few new writers that you will follow.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you Netgalley and Random House and Ballantine Books for sending me this ebook for review consideration.

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This book was such a delight - the Taylor Swift analogies, the writing style of the poems felt like they truly were written for each specific Era and were a delight to read. Such a wonderful homage to Taylor!

Thanks to NetGalley for this arc in exchange for my honest review!

Like many millennial women, I am a Swiftie and know all the words to every song she’s ever written. I think what’s beautiful about the Taylor Swift community is that the fandom can use Taylor Swift’s work of art as a way to build their own art. That’s encouraged and that’s beautiful. Invisible strings is a series of poems based on Taylor Swift songs and filled with truly lovely poems.


Thank you to the author for the ARC and exchange for an honest review

I enjoyed reading Invisible Strings by Kristie Frederick Daugherty. You will fall in love with all the characters. I received an ARC of this book courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and given freely. Happy Reading!

This was so fun to try and decipher which song was what and each were done so well. I loved the premise of this and I enjoyed reading them!

I’m not usually a poetry reader, but I’ve always loved and marveled at Taylor Swift’s lyrical prowess, so I knew poems responding to her songs would be something I’d absolutely have to check out. Reader - this book did not disappoint.

INVISIBLE STRINGS is a beautiful anthology of poems inspired by, and in conversation with, Taylor Swift's own gorgeous lyrics. Thought-provoking and overflowing with a range of emotions, I highly recommend this collection to fans of Taylor, but also to those who simply love poetry. Additionally, if you’re someone who appreciates a good puzzle, I think you’ll enjoy trying to match each poem with its song!

Thank you to Random House, Ballantine Books, and NetGalley for the digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

As a Swiftie, I was so excited to start this one! I really like the idea that each poem responds to a specific Taylor song. It is a fun challenge to figure out which song goes with each poem as you read through them. Some of the poems weren't quite my style but I can still appreciate the artistry and thoughtfulness of them. Overall this is a great collection of poems that any swiftie will enjoy!

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine for the ARC!