ARC Review: The Witch Doesn't Burn in this One by Amanda Lovelace

"Boys will be boys"

until the day

we raise our sons

to practice

 the exact same

responsibility,

accountability,

&

maturity

we assign to our daughters 

before choosing 

their names.

- you don't teach, they don't learn.

Amanda Lovelace's poems somehow always manage to make me feel like I could climb mountains with the pent-up feminist rage dwelling inside of me.
I admit, I've never been the biggest fan of analyzing poems back in school and that is probably why I enjoy Lovelace's poem so much: they are accessible, pack a punch, and make you feel - above all else - empowered.
Moving away from the more personal take in The Princess Saves Herself in this One, Lovelace returns with a collection of poems about women and a battlecry. We should no longer be afraid, we should be unapologetically ourselves, and revolt against the kingdom of misogyny reigning us all.
It doesn't matter if you've heard the message before, it's the way Lovelace manages to remind you how inherently powerful and magnificent you truly are while calling attention to barriers we make for ourselves because of what we have been told all our lives: to be complacent and quiet.
Lovelace's power lies in how relatable her words are, she doesn't need heavy metaphors to bring her point across, and yet her language never fails to be beautiful and entrancing.

P.S. huge shoutout for the trigger warnings included in this poetry collection. I know some people actually perceive trigger warning lists as spoilers for the content, but I couldn't be happier about it being included.

4 out of 5 stars for The Witch Doesn't Burn in this One

*An ARC of The Witch Doesn't Burn in this One was provided by the publisher via NetGalley, so thank you very much*