Even though I've written quite a bit of poetry myself I don't read much. I'm not sure why but it's never been a big interest for me when it comes to reading. I've seen this book around for a little while and absolutely loved the title as well as the simplistic design of the cover. It stands out and drew me in instantly. There were so many pieces that I, myself related to and even the ones that I didn’t particularly relate to from personal experience, I still utterly connected to them.

I've read more poetry this past year than I ever have in the past. The Princess Saves Herself in this One reinforced why I need to read more of this genre. I may not have identified with all of the topics discussed in the book, but all of the words hit me hard. That's what's wonderful about poetry. It has a way of making you feel so many emotions, even when only a few words are used. The poems may be short but here less is definitely more! Lovelace graduated with a BA in English and a minor in sociology from Kean University in May 2017. [3] In 2017, she also married fellow poet Parker Lee. She identifies as queer and is a practicing witch. [3] She and Lee live in New Jersey with their three cats. Facetiousness aside, Lovelace’s poetry book asks an essential question. How much has the fairy tale princess and the fairy tale itself shaped the female psyche? Lovelace’s speaker is obsessed with books and has transformed her life into a story. Anyone with even a mildly literary imagination can fall victim to this.

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a b says, Robert Newman (2017-04-25). "Spotlight On: Amanda Lovelace". The College Juice . Retrieved 2019-04-09. The Princess Saves Herself in his One is a poetry collection divided into parts: the story of a princess turned damsel turned queen. Amanda Lovelace dedicates this collection to "the boy who lived", which is extremely relatable for anyone in their 20's right now. A huge chunk of millennials grew up with Harry Potter; I'm sure he has inspired plenty of currently published work.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing a free ebook copy of The Princess Saves Herself in this One By: Amanda Lovelace in exchange for an honest review. His Hideous Heart: Thirteen of Edgar Allan Poe's Most Unsettling Tales Reimagined (2019), edited by Dahlia Adler The Princess Saves Herself in this One is a poetry collection written by Amanda Lovelace. We follow her through four sections named:

a b c d e f Masaki, Nicole (24 July 2017). "Princess Saves Herself In This One' By Amanda Lovelace". Odyssey . Retrieved 10 December 2018. The first section, the princess, details Lovelace’s childhood. There are poems about her love for reading, her loneliness and weight problems, and her cold mother.

That said, some poems were a little too clichéd for my liking; but I suppose in this kind of work, which has been dubbed “tumblr-esque”, you have to expect that. I mostly found this to be the case with the poems that dealt with love and romance, but not at all in those that dealt with complicated family relations. These are the passages that really hit you in the gut and bring you into Amanda Lovelace’s world. And what does a modern princess do once she’s escaped the tower and found her prince charming? Why, she moves to New York, of course. The last section of the book is a weird medley. A person jumps in front of the speaker’s subway train and the speaker memorializes her in a poem (no mention of Anna Karenina, sadly). A man on the street asks the speaker to help him find lost photos. Caught in the millennial rat race, the speaker writes about “working minimum wage jobs/ with college degrees.” But the poems don’t go deeper than this and fail to comment on the conditions of injustice, or social and racial inequity that got us here to begin with. The Princess Saves Herself in This One is the debut collection of poetry by American poet Amanda Lovelace, first self-published in 2016 through CreateSpace and then published by Andrews McMeel Publishing in 2017. [1] Its narrative arc follows a princess who is learning to become her own savior; the semi-autobiographical book's author is the princess. [2] It is the first installment in a series called Women Are Some Kind of Magic, which focuses on the resilience of women. [3] The book won the Goodreads Choice Award for poetry in 2016. The third section, the queen, is probably best summed up by the first poem in the section “how’s that for a happily ever after?”: She takes her readers on a journey through the bitter moments in life including violence, abuse and loss. However, she also reveals the sweetness of life, offering hope for the future.

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I'm a little torn about how to review this, in the end, because I really wanted to like it more than I did. I liked the message. I felt it was realistic, even if that also meant it wasn't as unique a perspective as I might have enjoyed. As I've already said, I liked certain individual poems a lot, and will probably revisit them. However, there were others that felt too simplistic to me, perhaps because my tastes run to the more esoteric imagery some poets use, and overall, I didn't particularly feel like the collection said anything *new* or innovative. I was excited to read A Princess Saves Herself in This One, but I didn’t really know much about it or know what to expect. As soon as I saw that it was dedicated to Harry Potter, the boy who lived, I had a feeling I’d like the collection. The Princess Saves Herself in This One is separated into four sections: I. the princess, II. the damsel, III. the queen and IV. you. So there’s my list of books similar to milk and honey! Do you have any more poetry collections or books to recommend? However, I felt it was more successful as a collection than as a set of individual poems. Like I said, some of them were gorgeous, but some of them didn't feel that... sophisticated, I guess? I'm not saying that all poems need to be deeply complicated and full of imagery and literary techniques, but I do feel like there's more to poetry than just linebreaks, and in a few poems it was hard to see what else there was to it.

So as bit of a disclaimer, I would like to admit I’m not the biggest fan of poetry. In part, I believe this is because of how it was forced down my throat in school. As a result, I never really explored all it had to offer and I’m just now starting to slowly see what else is out there. The book is divided in four sections: “the princess, the damsel, the queen and you”, and while you could easily read each section separately I found each section flowed smoothly together. There was a clear progression of emotion and there were many sections that brought tears to my eyes, resonating deeply in my heart.

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Most, actually almost all, of this book was in my opinion written as a catharsis for Amanda herself. But she thankfully decided to share her beautiful words and all of her deepest emotions with the world. My favourite part of the entire book was the part for “you” the reader, it had many of my favourite (and admittedly less sad) pieces.