I found Momento Mori a brief, elegant collection of poems with a dark tones and intimate emotions. I had expected themes of death, of course, and perhaps of remembrance to live beforehand, but it certainly stayed in the darker end of the pool.
"To My Father" in section V really broke through to me - the mourning of a relationship that was never even had, an absent father and all that could have been. A deeply personal and relatable issue that I wasn't really expecting and will sit with me for a long time.

I found the references to Edgar Allen Poe exciting - echoes of his works added an interesting layer to some of the works, a deeper level of storytelling in a way, and evoke further meaning without adding words. Would love to know about the poet's connection to Poe's works and how they relate to it all!

Thank you to Lenore for the words, and the opportunity of reading this ARC.

I am not the most practiced when it comes to analyzing poetry and authorial intent, but Lenore Nox's raw and passionate poems and verses were powerful enough that I felt myself going through the emotional journey with them.

Some of them spoke to me on a more personal level than others, but none of them I disliked. If you're in a place where you can experience rage, grief, and sadness I would recommend this quick read.