I’ve been reading a lot of fiction. It’s my favorite genre, and is usually easiest for me to read, because escaping into books can be truly wonderful. But sometimes, I need a little dose of nonfiction; a moment to live in someone else’s story. I picked up The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace not knowing what exactly was in store, but I’m glad I checked it out.
This is a book of poetry that follows our author through multiple hurdles in quite early stages of her life, dealing with boys, relationships, and death. It is a heavy book for one so brief and filled with poems, but it’s incredible.
The back of the book reads:
the story of
a princess
turned
damsel
turned
queen
And it is true. This is the story of a woman coming to realize her power and abilities, despite what has happened.
Reading about women overcoming obstacles is always fantastic, but reading this, a book about a real woman who truly had to fight her demons to become herself, was inspiring beyond belief.
I don’t think you need to like poetry to fall in love with this book. I think you need to have an open mind, and an ability to read subject matter that isn’t always kind; there is a trigger warning list before this book begins, and I highly recommend you read that before diving right in.
I really enjoyed reading The Princess Saves Herself in This One, and I think most of you will too. I’ll be picking up Lovelace’s second book soon, and reading that as well.
Have any of you read this book of poetry? What did you think?
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