The Princess Saves Herself in This One – Spoiler Free Book Review

Title: The Princess Saves Herself in This One
Author: Amanda Lovelace
Genre: Poetry
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Synopsis from Goodreads:

“ah, life—
the thing
that happens
to us
while we’re off
somewhere else
blowing on
dandelions
& wishing
ourselves into
the pages of
our favorite
fairy tales.”

a poetry collection divided into four different parts: the princess, the damsel, the queen, & you. the princess, the damsel, & the queen piece together the life of the author in three stages, while you serves as a note to the reader & all of humankind. explores life & all of its love, loss, grief, healing, empowerment, & inspirations.

My Thoughts:
First off, just wow. I really loved all of this. It’s so personal and this collection of poems left me speechless. At one point, I felt like she was talking about my life because I connected in such a personal level.

I liked how Amanda was very raw and real with her writing, you can tell she didn’t hold back. Her free verse was beautifully done. That’s the thing with poetry, you can write it however you want because there are no rules. Or maybe, but wtf do I know?

Like in the synopsis, she talks about life, love, loss, grief, healing, empowerment, and inspirations AND SHE MAKES YOU FEEL ALL OF IT!!! I was legit tearing at work whilst reading this. This is a real human going through real human emotions and showing us all her imperfections which I appreciated so much. We need other human voices to know we aren’t alone in what we go through.

Down below are two of her poems just so you can get a feel of the book:

what ever
will you do
when everyone
stops believing
your
red lipstick
stained
lies?

–friends can break your heart, too

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if i ever
have a
daughter,
the first
thing
i will
teach her
to love
will be
the word
“no”
&
i will
not
let her feel
guilty
for using
it.

–“no” is short for “fuck off”

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I don’t have much to say but READ THIS!!!

Link to Goodreads page for the book is here