Between Skies And Soil by Faith Hubble

This was a brilliant poetry book, showing how life after kids and a divorce whilst it can be rough and tough to go through, you can absolutely reclaim time to discover your hobbies and passions or just try something new. Written in short verses it's a read you can enjoy easily in one sitting and reflect on the life changes as they develop through the book.

The 30-Day Reset For The Burnt Out by Noah Grey

Noah has a way of writing with reassurance that life can get better, no judgement, just guidance, nudging you to see everything in life can improve with time and reflection. 'Burnout is a funeral without a eulogy' Speaks so clearly that you can make yourself feel so run down from life you can't see the good in still just simply being here still breathing alike the old saying working to live, you have to find balance to avoid hitting rock bottom and losing parts of yourself breaking down the person you are as if chipping pieces of you away. With journal prompts to encourage you to work through your feelings and reset tips for you to use in daily life to clear your head and feel more peaceful day to day finding joy in little things daily life brings, it's a friendly reminder that a month can change your life and find joy again.

Aches and Pains by Stacey Nicole Douglas

In this collection the author takes us through her relationship that broke down. For me, a poem about mixed messages, awaiting replies, really hit knowing people can mess you around, keep you hanging but how much you like them makes you remain to you stay and try. I chose you, especially after trying so hard with that person, how you struggle getting over them. One final poem especially that stood out was Letting Go, about how we do so many things for the last time without realising it's the last time and especially in the poem as the author turned thirty writing it and I approach mine next year, it really hits so truthful this whole collection I related too a lot of the poems.

Hurt first by Ticus Poetry

This collection of poetry literally covers the topic of hurt as in the title in various ways from family, love, friendship and just existing. The poems which stood out and spoke to me the most of this collection were, Broken People, about two broken people finding solace in each other, Womanhood, about standing up being strong and proud. Trigger warning here, a poem about self harm too, literally and mentally scar wise, struggling with feelings and urge, control and spiralling thoughts and feelings of hurt. One particular poem stood out most overall, about how before and after a relationship, how you view the other as art at first then old furniture after it ends, feeling nothing special which visualises how much we value those we love or hate. A fantastic and honest collection of poetry.

For The Eyes That Never Met Mine by Maria T. Anderson

This is a great book set out so you can work and write with it about your own situations and experiences. Talking about remembering your person in various situations in and around the house, your life and coping with accepting they're gone from your life in any sense of them doing so and cherishing memories and moments that could have been or were shared in a format allowing you to reflect and sit with your feelings of what could've been. A great book to sit, read, write and reflect on your thoughts and feelings with, no judgement, just care.

The 30 Day Reset For The Abandoned by Noah Grey

Growing up I had various friends andfamily enter and exit my life so was intrigued to read this book. Noah has such an engaging, comforting style of writing, no judgement. Day 3, The Disappearing Act, to me was the chapter that I felt I connected to the most, followed by Day 7, When They Made You Feel Replacable. 'If something felt like love and its absence feels like grief, it was real — even if they never named it.' Truly relatable I've had friends of years suddenly, seemingly just stop replying over the years and I've always thought it must've been me, but it's just the way of life growing up people move on and exist in smaller bubbles despite being present before time can just change them and if they can't hold space anymore it's not anything I did and much alike Day 8 around closure, they left with silence and me pondering and questioning why they did alike Day 13, You Weren't Meant To Carry Their Silence, which again is something I've experienced, the tip was to write a letter to free your mind of the feelings and questions you have for that person or people and it felt good to write it down and feel at peace with life and process feelings still lingering. A really great book to make you feel, sit, process and reflect on life and where you are at.

The Way I Bleed by Mirabela Căpîlna

This poetry collection tackles some great subjects in depth, particularly loneliness or feeling alone or not enough, especially the Dedication, opening the collection summed up the book is inclusive for anyone if any age, gender or situation and at author after note, in particular telling her story, utterly heartbreaking but inspirational to get through to be in her position now writing after everything, fantastic! Alone on purpose about being solo doing what you want trying to be strong, you just want peace and being alone provides that, so relatable! Almost Pretty was a fantastic poem about how as teenager you can learn to wear makeup as war paint to face those people who want to belittle you for your flaws especially if you've experienced bullying. If You See Me, was easily the most relatable, in a busy world one person seeing you, stopping to speak beyond pleasentries can change your life I know it's how I met one of my closest friends that way. The Hour That Knows You, about being unable to rest as the dark night looms and thoughts consume your mind, again simple concept and utterly relatable. Battlefield Lullaby, to me is talking about depression, I relate to it about feeling you're drowning in life, especially when you're a teenager. For me the book completely captures life's trials thrown at you to deal with, open, honest and relatable.

The Ghost In My Phone by David Grayson

These poems are so relatable while only being four to five lines, all the poems play a role in telling the story of love and loss. The final poem especially, about moving on, carrying on a tale of resilience in the face of how the relationship plays out reminds us love is great but even if it breaks down there is always the future and yourself to concentrate on to grow from the situation, a great reminder to all us readers.

Breathe My Heart by L C Raker

This was a great book of life and love observations which I could really relate to in certain situations like being the observant one, not mingling a lot just reading the room, Distance As An Excuse, too, especially hit hard and talk of people playing games in love too. An all round great look at relationships and heartbreak and a good length to read in one sitting to sit and process and reflect your own feelings and reflect on relatable remembered times in your life too.

Words That Speak by Diti Gurung

Such true words written and observations taken from life exactly as the title says. I feel like this collection is almost like a friend in book form to comfort you and make you feel less alone in life. Short and sweet to read during daily life too when all is busy, this little book will give you some calm time to reflect and absorb the life observations documented and think about your observations from daily life too.

Healing My Heart by Bela H

This was a beautiful collection of poetry telling the story of falling in love for the first time and experiencing hearbreak for the first time too. Feeling like you gave everything and that wasn't even enough and making you question yourself and their feelings too. One poem, I give, I really related to about giving eveything and them walking away again leaving you wondering what you did even when it often wasn't anything, alike, Your Priority, about never feeling you'd ever be made time and space for in their life, even in the future and marriage possibly too. Unrecognisable, about changing in a relationship as time goes on together too and just growing apart over the course was sad but very true capturing the way and feelings too. A great collection looking at love/relationships and how it can change over the years.

Echoes Of Love by Ester Roseglenn

Ester writes this book so beautifully, anyone dealing with grief of any form for anyone Ester perfectly captures exactly how it feels that life seemingly carries on like nothing has changed despite it feeling to you like the floor has given way to a new life you didn't ask to be in and weren't prepared for. Ester also captures how grief can linger in various ways, such as causing you to reread their messages and ring to hear their voicemail to hear their voice again and take comfort in it finding comfort too in a new rhythm of life without them. One line really hit me deeply, 'grief doesn’t only miss the past.' Completely how I felt when my friend passed away, he never got to reach thirty, a major life milestone which I feel is cruelly unfair but I remember to be grateful for the years he did have. 'grief can make time feel cruel.' Again about time passing and moments they miss feel heavier again if you are losing or have lost someone consider this book a companion to feel seen and acknowledged in how you're feeling.

Letters I'll Never Send by Sage Bennett

Sage has perfectly captured a break up and it's effects in every day life through this collection of poetry from the little things to the big, lack of messages more bed space etc. The Poem, I Only Looked Once, about checking if they were online I really felt. When you first split up especially, you will always hope to find a message from them randomly. I Cried In The Shower Again, was such an expressive simple poem of grief using the shower as a stage for you to cleanse your mind, body and soul of the relationship and grief of it's end and loss. A great collection resulting from the relationship breakdown which Sage, if she reads this, be proud of these poems from the ashes of that relationship you've created some beautiful emotive poetry!

That Girl by Emily N Kay

The main running theme of this collection despite being about love, was also dealing with feeling inadequate and never enough when alongside other girls and cheating by their partner too. Soulmate, was a beautiful poem about wondering and worrying over if there is anyone for you out there. Drugs, about that person being the source and cause of your happiness and becoming reliant on them to feel right. Twenty Nine, was another poem I really relate to as my 29th approaches this November about how time is flying by and your friends and your life are so different in many ways, some settled down, some not or still figuring everything and feels like a limbo of sorts emotionally. The Shield and Body, two poems perfectly capturing how safety can feel in the arms of the one you love and feel seen and protected by them. The Archive, too was amazing, just basic observations about what we do or don't share what we keep private or openly talk about and how it affects how we can view each other online or offline and deal with what we see mentally. Overall a great collection capturing all the feelings we go through growing up.

The Quiet Part: A Trace of Silence That Never Left by NoteBy T

'Some feelings linger longer because they were never pursued.' I really feel that, the whole book talks about dancing around the edge of maybe, if you shared your feelings and seing where it leads with someone and hinting at a crush or limerence situation, too worried to act on feelings and living in regret of that. A Heart That Reaches Before Words, was a beautiful poem about the way love can show through body language before you speak any words to each other. The One Who Feels More Through Silence, too, beautifully discusses how you can sit in silence happily with someone else and it feel natural and happy not awkward or worrying just comforting. This collection really captured all aspects of lust, love, break ups, hope, healing, hurt, something in here everyone can relate to.

It's Okay If You Don't Love Me by Kellie Luna

A book perfectly capturing the feeling of heartbreak and when love becomes survival you have to self compromise: 'Sometimes the silence is the closure.' “I stopped texting first. And suddenly, the silence got very loud.” The silence says it all when communication breaks or lags, perfectly captured in those lines summing up effort only being one sided sadly. I also liked the illustrations of the girl, I assume the author, throughout annotating the poems at intervals to show even more cause and effect alongside the poems how she faced her feelings, brave and bold.

Love In Bloom 3 by Cheryl Bradshaw

Cheryl is easily one of my favourite poets I've discovered having reviewed her previous collections too, this third one doesn't disappoint. I Think Therefore I Am, shows the importance of being you and not changing for anyone especially a guy also a nod to Billie Eilish with the title, a great song too. Ribbon Of Time, a beautiful look at how time can show love between people, in caring or earning, directly from one to another. Wedded Bliss, a poem about an elderly couple actually reminded me of an elderly couple I see daily and to me it is such a true poem about lasting love and real life love thriving over years and decades of nurtured love and care, simply beautiful work.

The Anatomy Of Goodbye by Nyra Bloom

These poems show the passion from finding love that has grown and thrived in every moment together they share. Standout poems to me were, Soulmate and A Letter From Him, for the simplicity in their subject but the intricacy of the poems written and The Crossroads is a powerful poem about staying or leaving a relationship as well as Solitude, about finding peace and happiness alone. Each poem is emotionally charged and really relatable.

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Anxiety: Poetry For The Anxious by M. M. Crusinberry

As someone who's struggled with anxiety from fifteen and now about to turn thirty, anything about the subject really fascinates me and I relate easily to it as well in equals parts. When silence builds walls, was a poem I really felt about how anxiety can take you over in how you feel daily and The shrinking room, of feeling closed in by anxiety and like the world is crowding in on me/us. Fading Away was a brutal look at how it can come between two people in their relationship, like an unwanted visitor you can't get rid of. The book really captures how anxiety makes you feel in an endless loop/cycle of repeated highs and lows as anxiety can take hold at any moment.

Imagined In White Poetry Of Hope by Anne Brooke

A collection of poetry through various life situations and describing the weather and the effects on life as the seasons change, the weather claims it's hold on gardens and the wildlife enjoying it. A couple of poems describing work life did make me laugh, especially Obscurity and Open Door, I guarantee we have all encountered someone we've had some similar thoughts towards cheeky and funny and very realistic.

The Lover And Her Human by Winnie Nantongo

These poems are stunningly beautiful at capturing love in all forms good and loving, but also drowning, draining, toxic and harmful. Set into four parts, Fall, Break, Heal and rise summing up stages of a relationship as it progresses. I Have Questions You Will Never Answer is such a truthful poem about laying awake unable to figure why someone left leaving you wondering unable to sleep, so relatable to many of us. It also reminded me of the Camila Cabello song, I Have Questions. Poetry Is My Escape, is a poem I really relate to, writing is a truly good way to cleanse your soul and clear your mind and poetry a great outlet to shed the feelings weighing you down as well as finding others who just get how you can find yourself feeling in any situation.

Time Is Running and Distance Is Shortening by Adriana Rocha

This poetry collection was writeen so captivatingly discussing topics of love and sex especially really making the passion developing in a relationship felt. Stand out poems of this collection to me were: I Am Art, a beautiful poem about the reality of life, living in our unique bodies each beautiful and different to each others. I Want To Be His, a simple yet beautiful poem of yearning to be with their crush admiring and adoring them from afar. So relatable! Music, as well, so relatable about in a relationship trying to find how you two work together, harmoniously, rhythmicalluy or otherwise coming together. The Last Kiss Of Goodbye too, about choisng yourself over someone afraid to commit to anything and remembering to love and put yourself first, it's their loss if they can't commit! Overall, as a young woman I found this collection as if a big sister were explaining sex and relationships and how they can play out good and bad, the passion and the chase and it was a great read.

How To Be Ok When Nothing Makes Sense by Noah Grey

Noah always has a way of writing as if his words reaching you through the book are a friend reaching out saying I see you, you'll be ok. A sort of companion book through life not to guide you but to reassure you that you're doing great whatever situation you find yourself in at that moment. A couple of great points that stood out to I have quoted below: "Even the ones who look like they’re gliding are often dragging quiet chaos behind them like a broken kite." Another quote from the book because it hits hard after losing my friend, "grief is a translation. It’s your heart trying to understand how to keep loving something that’s no longer here." Is such a sad and true Chapter 16, talks about a simple life and how it can be fulfilling to not be always in a rush in a busy world and finding your joy in living in a way which makes you happier and relaxed not worried or on edge constantly wondering how to do more, in a world that always seem to be rushing round it's a great reflection to read and sit with. A beautiful book that will make you feel seen and understood whatever you are facing just taking a few minutes to read and sit with the words and reflect on how you feel and how much you have lived through good and bad so far in life.

Glass Girl by Jessyca Thibault

This is a great poetry book for anyone who has been through a relationship that broke down especially through cheating as the author sadly was, I can also relate too unfortunately as well here. So many poems stood out to me in this collection but mostly, Super Glue and Duct Tape about making time for each other followed by, How It Goes and Why are simple in impact about relationships about how easily you seem to come together then thinking and questioning why they have or you hope they will stick around. Like a ghost too relating to crying in the car to sad songs the real emotions felt in Your Call Has Been Forwarded and Teardrops too because I have been there and felt that completely, liking a guy who went on to ignore me, made me sad then inspired my own writing, much alike the author, Jessyca here, so the joke ended up on the guy's who made us feel low and inspired us to do good from their rubbish actions!

To Whom This May Apply, A Poetry Collection by J.B Gabriel

A poetry book short and sweet with observastions of life in all aspects of it. Mother year I found relatable and so true, our mother's wrap us up tight protecting us while they can. Great little collection to read!

Collide by Lola Lawrence & Rhett Lawrence

This couple has perfectly made a poetic collection born from love seeping into each page. I especially loved the layout with backgrounds of some pages bold, bright, detailed, a riot of colour to match the passion in the writing. Sometimes black on white type when a more powerful pointed message but, still a beautiful look and insight into soulmates and love, colliding and uniting.

The Grief Of What's Gone by Sheryl Owens

I was drawn to this book after losing a loved one who would've turned thirty next year, same as me, it seems unreal we won't celebrate together. The book feels like a friend who understands, as the author does, set across different sections, The Quiet Hours the part of the book I found the most completely relatable to the times I have laid awake thinking of him, many tears, many nights writing thoughts, reading as I did this book in part in the early hours to feel a bit calmer and able to drift into sleep. Grief truly comes in random waves, I expect him to come home and be never will do again. The Firsts poem, about doing anything for the first time since they passed away is so heartbreakingly true as well, I've cried driving and had to pull over, I've cried at home and before losing him, no one in my friend group had even seen me cry, grief changes you and hits you randomly. There's a beautiful poem about carrying them with you in your mannerisms and I totally speak sometimes how he did with odd words and phrases he used I adapted to as well, in those times I feel love is reminding me he lives on in certain ways. A song for loss I found helpful is When You Lose Someone by Nina Nesbitt, I hope it helps if you listen to it to feel others get it and are here existing day to day learning how to live again after loss. A truly beautiful poetry collection.

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.

Where No One Looked: 30 Quiet Days of Self-Return by Noah Grey

This was such a great book, one again I found myself nodding along feeling my thoughts heard right from the beginning. The book is set across 30 days, so thirty poems and writing about life and the very first one myself I have realised over the years becoming an adult, I was emotionally neglected growing up becoming quieter and never reaching out. I am glad to say as an adult, family is who I've met and made so with my friends now in my twenties who see me for the person I am and have my back whenever I need them, reflecting on my own past readng this book makes me thankful for them. It is a beautiful book to make you think deeply and question life and moments you have lived through as I found myself reflecting and sharing here definitely worth a read!

Sunsets & Cliffs by Dominika Stančíková

This was a beautiful poetry book and the poems were written like stories, snapshots in verse of a relationship thriving and sadly breaking down. Gentle fortress was my favourite poem so emotive about coming together as a duo in love. I also have to say I love the cover design simple in colour but impactful nonetheless showing a girl standing tall solo overlooking the world around and below.

Broken Petals by Stephanie Rose Correa

As flowers grow so do we through life dealing with love, loss, longing and poems too about dealing with anxiety and depression trying to deal with the daily struggle of life these poems were really touching and relatable. I really liked them being longer poems, each line and verse captured so much feeling to visualise as well.

Love Story In My Notes App by Rommela Marie Panal

Well, I was drawn to read this collection of poetry just from the title I write lots in my own notes app too and thought here's one I can relate to already! Push and pull was my favourite poem easily here so relatable about having a crush, becoming friends, wanting more and feeling torn between telling them or just keeping them in your life, been there and been through that! Simple yet beautiful poems documenting life's rough and tough times.

Black Roses by Ariel Day

A great collection, as I call, of common sense poetry, you read each word or each line, reflect on it and I find myself nodding along agreeing, it makes so much sense, someone else gets how it can feel in certain situations. Poetry about parents and love situations I really related to again agreeing along on how much someone else feels how I too have felt in trying to feel you are enough. The poem, The most popular guy at the funeral, was easily a favourite and made me reflect on my own relationship and how lucky I feel I have someone now who could reply with 20 things I like as Ariel asks her guy in the poem, but, previously I have been in a relationship to realise they dont actually know me, this isn't love, hard as it was and again the poem following it, Naive cynic, was similar again to a situation I went through and generally I love a collection like this that is really relatable and being a shorter collection stans out all the more so impact wise.

The One Who Kept Running by Noah Grey

Gentle words written with care of fond memories and telling the story of a relationship breaking up with tender words and aching lines of longing for things to work out differently. We could've lived a quiet life was a beautiful hopeful poem about imagining a future growing old together which I think all of us could relate to in some way, dreaming or realistically. Stay, as well as a tender poem, from the title you can imagine why that word words packs in a punch in that one word alone and reminded me of the singer Bank's last album and highly recommended giving that song a listen too, a sort of companion to the poem if you will. Tender poetry to be a companion through heartbreak or heart ache.

The Hours I Struggle To Talk About Now by Isobel Raine

Isobel is easily one of my favourite poets I have found as my love of poetry has grown. This collection focuses on poetry born from the late night and early hours when sometimes we feel our emotions strongly especially in a love situation of some kind, it hits different in the night hours when the world slows and you may wait for a message, that may never arrive which she's captured the feelings of love and longing perfectly in this collection.

Subject Unsent by Isobel Raine

This collection of poems was a raw honest look at heartbreak and the aftermath of dealing with the feelings and emotions written as unsent emails born in the early hours contemplating feelings and processing the emotions in the early hours which can be long dark times unable to sleep from overthinking. If you've ever written messages to anyone you felt anything for and deleted it this poetry collection is one to relate to for sure worth a read to sit and contemplate.

Useless by Tanya Landman

When Rob gets a new stepdad he hates him as he feels his dad's been replaced however soon he realizes that his dad chose to leave and the things he liked best about him made him harder to be around...

All about trouble at home and parental issues this is a quick read all about the topic of living but not having that parent be around or reliable and the effect that has on your life growing up.

Butterfly Soul by Michael Patton

A deeply moving collection of poems, after losing someone I cared deeply about these resonate so much in the longing for them not to be forgotten but remembered for who they were not just a marked stone in the ground. The poem, Prayer After Death, especially encapsulates the feelings of being there at the end to witness the passing but feeling useless and unable to help in a physical save your life way more a hope it's an easy not painful slip away, this collection really felt like grief being understood and shared feelings that we are all not alone losing someone even when it can feel that way.

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.

Of Darkness & Light by Despoina Kemeridou

This collection of poetry does have a dark theme mentioning suicidal thoughts and idealisation so trigger warning here please do not read if it will upset you, take care. This collection of poems were sadly beautifully relatable as someone who has struggled with depression for years and dealt with suicidal thoughts at times and losing someone very close to me, these poems really resonated with me. The poem Painting smiles, was easily my favourite about overcoming the dark times together if possible before it overwhelms you and drastic action from the pain is taken. The book was dark but through the darkness can come light as perfectly portrayed here in this collection of poems.

Verses Of The Heart by Aakanksha Nileshkumar Chauhan

This book was beautiful a collection of longer poetry that was woven together so carefully especially the poem Kindness which mirrors exactly how I feel about treating others and hoping to be reflected back. Hug and Trust, again, two poems beautifully woven to capture the feeling of appreciation and giving love and The Sun and Moon is stunning too. Beyond The Rain was so relatable about faking smiles daily despite pain of any kind too. Poems with good common sense messages of how to appreciate and treat yourself and others well and equal.

Showerthoughts By Carrie-Anne Riding

A great collection of poetry from how we view ourselves harshly trying to love our bodies and the person we are, to bullying and depression too as a passing season that returns, relatble truth I felt right there how it can come with a mixture of emotions and feelings the wild weather often matches in seasons! Great little snippets of poetry, nonetheless impactful but, shows the power even a couple of lines of poetry can have with such impactful ways with words. Villains dressed as heroes was a playful painfulful twist on love and lust too which I particularly found clever and relatable.

The Essential Guide To Bulbs by Jenny Rose Carey

The cover of this book drew me in as someone who does enjoy photographing nature, I was hoping and was happily so surprised by some beautiful detailed photo's of flowers blooming from bulb. Packed with chapters of detail about how to plant and nurture bulbs as a beginner with only a few mere daffodils, a pineapple plant and a passionflower in my garden so far this was a great guide for learning more about how to plant and nurture the bulbs to be strong beautiful flowers definitely a handy book to refer to.

Like I Don't Exist by Kaitlan C. Farrior

A beautiful poetry book, as every poetry book often is there's multiple poems I found so relatable. I love the poem The Shadow Author as it can feel like our life has a set story we're following along living what someone else had planned for us and not what we desire to live through and experience in any way. It is well set out and each poem is often set out in verse talking about a range of subjects such as, toxic relationships, lost love, grief and how it feels like the world has fallen apart around you how it altered that world around you forever too.

This Is Why I'm Tired by Faith Hubble

This collection of poetry focuses on Faith herself and the pressures she feels in daily life especially as a mother keeping everyone in the family and the house and daily tasks on track. A real eye-opening collection of poems how a busy house and family life can lead to feeling unnecessary mental loads. I myself am not a parent, however, the poem about mental tabs being open in your brain like a computer I have often said to people myself in my work, I've felt like there's too much on my shoulders to get through and I can fully relate to Faith feeling like tasks are never ending on many days it can make you stressed and lose sleep alike Faith herself wrote. This was an intriguing but nonetheless, honest look into life as an adult adapting to be a wife, mother, anchor for the household and shows how much mothers and parents take on in their households.

Don't Let Go by Autumn Graves

Firstly, the cover, simple and obvious imagery, don't let go of life or each other, who may be struggling, beautiful and simple design. Secondly, the actual poetry, is all about finding purpose and joy in dreaming and acting on to make a new brighter future happen by dreaming yourself there in the future with some positive thinking and actions. The nights can be dark, long, feel lonely but out there if you are awake struggling just remember, others are too out in this world, you are never alone, even if it feels like that sometimes.

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.

Radio Boy by Christian O'Connell

Spike hosts a show on a hospital radio station only after getting fired as his show isn't very popular, he finds out he's being replaced by Graeme's gardening hour show!

Feeling down as radio is his passion, a dedicated member of his schools A/V club alongside friends Holly and Archie and encouraged by Mr Taggard his teacher, he sets up his own radio station from his shed at home thanks to his dad's credit card and permission.

Up against the school radio show which is pathetic as the head masters son runs it with no passion, Spike uses his pseudonym Radio Boy and it rockets him to popularity amongst the pupils even when he starts to let it all go to his head and demand no more homework and a protest that suddenly turns on its head to make them hunt Radio Boy and find out his true identity!

Full of hilarious antics, kooky characters including the headmaster and Graeme the gardener the book is a unique children's read with regular children as the protagonists. We witness all the antics and challenges Spike and his friends face and I hope it inspires future radio hosts and dj's as Spike makes it super fun!

To the Man I Loved Too Much by Gabrielle G

This poetry collection was relatable about love for a guy who doesn't love you right or the way you should be, toxic relationships, dealing with the hurt and jealousy that can leave you feeling and coping with. I C U, was such a clever play on words/letters and was my favourite from this collection of poetry about loving someone for everything flaws and all.

More Than Just Love by May L

Detailing all the little ways love has grown and been nurtured over time from accepting each other, making time and holding space for each other, this book details all the little intricacies we fall in love with in our partners that makes the loving bond all the more deeper and accepted. A short but sweet collection of poetry about feelings between two people in a loving relationship and appreciating them for all they are.