Amanda Lovelace

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Goodreads Choice Award-winning poet and USA TODAY bestselling author Amanda Lovelace presents the mermaid's voice returns in this one -- the third and final installment in her "women are some kind of magic" series, featuring a foreword from Lang Leav and 13 guest poems from leading voices in poetry such as Nikita Gill, KY Robinson, and Orion Carloto. The mermaid is known for her siren song, luring bedroom-eyed sailors to their demise. However, beneath these misguided myths are tales of escapism and healing, which Lovelace weaves throughout this empowering collection of poetry, taking you on a journey from the sea to the stars. They tried to silence her once and for all, but the mermaid's voice returns in this one.

The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

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I received an e-ARC of this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. 


So,this is third book in Women Are Some Kind of Magic series,and it is still on powerful course.
This one is a little bit complicated cause the main theme is sexual assault. And if you ever experienced that this could be little pinch on the skin when you go into reading.
Verse is good,on point. It is simple but still says so much.
I personally didn't liked the homages to some classic works of prose and poetry. For me,it was cute but maybe it should have been saved for something else.
For some,thing poetry could be hard to swallow,because we all have different tastes. 
I enjoyed it cause it is real,it is about how you can survive so much,and continue with your life. It is about how that defines you and about it doesn't at the same time.

Flavia Louise

2.5 stars 
I did like some of the poems in this collection but ultimately didn't connect with most of them.

Destiny J Tamayo

Aksara Alpha

Not really my favorite, but i learned a lot from this book..

Lacey

healing is a journey.
 sometimes the type 
 you jump into the 
 ocean and swim 
 across for.

 maybe your journey to
 healing doesn’t have
 to be like a fire where
 you burn yourself at
 the stake and drag 
 your feet through
 hot coals, skinning
 yourself bare for
 everyone to see.

 let the waves of 
 self reflection 
 take you in.

 wade in your honesty,
 your strength, your
 b r a v e r y.

 we survived our abuse
 now swim.

wading by Gretchen Gomez.
—
Holy freaking moly this poetry collection. First off, I want to mention that there are triggers for child abuse, gun violence, intimate partner abuse, sexual assault, eating disorders, self-harm, suicide, alcohol, trauma, death, violence and fire. 

This is not a light poetry collection. I know that I will feel the heaviness of the words for awhile. You feel the pain in every phrase, and self care is needed after this reading experience. While heavy, there is inspiration to keep fighting and healing in traumatic experiences.

Lorien O'Brien

Another amazing poetry collection by the genius poet Amanda Lovelace. This is her most raw and painful book to read because it deals with sexual abuse so if you can't read that please don't read this book.

But once again she weaves such a terrible thing into beautiful poetry that moves you and helps you. Every woman knows a victim and so every woman can relate, which is terrible. Books like this do more than just help victims and survivors heal, it helps everyone understand a little better, and move us to make the world a better place where hopefully one day this stops happening.
It's beautiful and I'm so glad to have this in my collection.

Anyaconda

The third installment is as beautiful, heart-breaking and empowering as Amanda's first two poetry collections.
What a treat Netgalley!
All about finding your voice again after horrible things happened. Trigger warnings at the beginning of the book (which I think all books should have) for abuse, assault, gun violence, eating disorders and more.
If you like Andrea Gibson and Roxane Gay, please pick this up. You won't be disappointed.

Leonie

sighing
she
closed the
book 
feeling sad
because 
trees
had to
d i e
for this. 
- a disappointed reader

I almost feel like I have to apologize for not liking this, because so many people seem to love this authors works. I picked up this book because I wanted to try something new, and a poetry book seemed like a good choice. I regret that choice now. 
Reading this felt like the author wanted to sound really “deep“, but to me it felt pretty shallow. 
Another thing that bothered me was that there was so much empty space on the pages. It feels like a waste of paper to me. Yes, it’s necessary for the format of the poems, but... yeah. 
In conclusion: I didn’t like this book. 

I received a free copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One

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