By Love Possess is a collection of short stories that touch the heart. Some of them will make the reader incredible frustrated. Goodison starts strong and ends strong with this collection. Usually, when reading a collection of any kind (story stories, poems etc) I'll make my favourites in the table of contents, and with this work, I marked more stories than left them unmarked. I enjoyed how the love in these collections was not just romantic, but familiar and friendly love; violent love and undying love. The collection showcases all sides and emotions of love.