Special thanks to NetGalley, and Andrews McMeel Publishing for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I'll start by saying I really appreciated the trigger warnings included at the beginning of this book as someone who wishes all too often more books included them. This is the first collection of work I've read by Amanda Lovelace, but it certainly will not be the last.

This collection of poems, broken into three parts, focuses on breaking free of toxic bonds, empowering oneself, and radical self love and acceptance among other things. Along with the beautiful prose is an aesthetic to match with illustrations placed throughout the poems. I wanted the poems following the "princess" character, but I *needed* those alternating "Fairy Godmother Says" poems in which the author gives the reader access to a third party, The Fairy Godmother, forever giving the princess grace and permission to put herself first. Reading those poems in particular felt like being wrapped in a warm hug and I appreciated them.

This book will, I'm confident, resonate with women of many different backgrounds. Most of the poems certainly resonated deeply with me. I am intrigued to see the parts of this series to follow as well as to read other works by this author.