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Winner of the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award, the princess saves herself in this one is a collection of poetry about resilience. It is about writing your own ending.

From Amanda Lovelace, a poetry collection in four parts: the princess, the damsel, the queen, and you. The first three sections piece…

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One of the most powerful, magical poetic storytelling I have ever read. Amanda Lovelace weaves heartache and magic into a tale of love, loss, and rebirth. Unraveling the magical tropes, this poetic tale proves that the greatest hero is ourself. That the princess can be both victim and heroine, and that wielding a broken heart can be as powerful as any magic talisman.

This book mixes prose and poetry and breaks every rule of writing a novel that one can imagine, but in doing so, it brings you into the author’s world so deeply, that you forget that you are reading or that you haven’t even met her.

This is the first book that I started and finished in one sitting. Many readers remember that first and how amazing it feels to indulge in a book without interruptions. The author portrays emotionally heavy issues and comments on society while completely entertaining the reader. If you want to fall into a fictional work of…

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