Texts I Never Sent by Ariel Day

Heartbreakingly beautiful texts that have been typed and remain unsent to an ex. A simple yet effective way to find some closure and freedom from your thoughts and emotions for sure. I think many if us can relate to the thoughts and feelings captured in the messages and concept of the book. Beautiful and heartbreaking words.

Held By Words by Ruel Fordyce

This collection starts with an instant relatable poem, The Weight We Carry, a beautiful way to sum up how I have felt about anxiety, depression, grief and just coping eith life too. Another poemthat moved me deeply too, The mirror doesn't lie, too is achingly real to how I have and many others I think have often felt growing up and in general everyday life too. Simple, stunning poems you with surely find make you think and find one at least you can relate too.

Accumulated Poems by D Ortega

Beautiful poetry collection summing up growing up and life's events we can encounter over the years. My favourite from this collection was easily Broken Reflection I find it really true and relatable as well as the ending poem to poets and poetry lovers was a lovely note to us readers, writers and lovers of poetry indeed too.

We Bloom In The Dark By Aria Hill

With themes of trying to please your parents born into a life of trying to be enough, good enough, for everyone else and trying to find your identity, struggles with depression and how it separates you from who you are at your core and who you crave to be yet yearn for that wanting to get well. Aria's writing is so relatable and refreshing to me documenting feelings in short impactful poetry about the struggles life can give us in the background we grow from.

Chasing Euphoria by Nicole Mcallister

All about falling in love and the pain when it comes apart at the seams of the relationship breaking down from the happy place you were in. That being said, the author depicts the beauty in finding a love within yourself that is enough to carry on and enjoy the simple beauty the world around us brings everyday which I feel all the more is aided by the simple lovely cover for the book. After all, the sky and clouds are works of nature's art we are all lucky enough to witness and can't create ourselves.

You Left Me On Read by Akhira

A sweet potry book, told in a mix of verse and actual text messages printed depicting a relationship between a couple in love exploring the start and growth of their relationship. I found this book a really sweet and delightful look firstly, into how a relationship can be enlightening and feel full of hope and joy and the less lovely part if a sudden fade in contact leaving the writer questioning everything and overthinking the relationship completely. A relatable and emotional read.

I Hope My Voice Doesn't Skip by Alicia Cook

As a new poet to me, I really enjoyed this collection of work. I knew basics around the themes including mental health, death, beauty, acceptance, love and more.

The layout, part as poetry, black and white then switching to vinyl format of a tracklist followed by more emotional song lyrics.

For me, these subjects are relatable and drew me more into the power of Alicia's poetry. They start off as basic observations that become a mostly saddening reality which bred these beautiful, moving poems.

Each situation was imaginable and immersed me into a world through the art of Alicia's words, truly moving, captivating and inspiring.

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!