to drink coffee with a ghost is my favorite collection from Lovelace to date. The poignant themes and their ethereal writing clicked with me in a way nothing else from them has.

I also liked the illustrations. Whereas in the first collection in this duology, I found them slightly disturbing, I thought they were great here. They added another layer to the complexity and emotion of Lovelace’s work.

If you’ve never read any of this author’s poetry, I’d recommend the things that h(a)unt series.

CW: From the start of the book: child abuse, eating disorders, sexual assault, self-harm, violence, cheating, death, gore, blood, trauma, grief, & possibly more.