Do not go into this book expecting just to cry over your misery (although other good books about that really does help a lot as well) because this will take you through the heartbreak and getting over it.
There are chapters for when your heart is in love, when it is aching, mising someone, when it's happy.
The good thing about a poetry book is that you don't have to read it in chronolical order. You can pick exactly where you start and which chapters you come back to.
Broken hearts
Just a word of warning - when the poems about broken hearts hit, they hit real. They’re too explicit that even those who don’t have broken hearts will feel the pain of those who do. Since the language these poems are written in are all too familiar, though poetic, you will find yourself drowning in more than a few verses if you have a broken heart.
Take this one, for example.
When you miss someone
Surprisingly, the book also has something for long distance lovers like me. I was shocked at first but then I realised there really is tiny heartbreaks all over the place when you miss the one you love and those heartbreaks are what you have to heal from every single day that you are apart.
"Find the kind of love that doesn't make you question their intentions. Find the kind of love that makes the distance between you worth it."
-Courtney Peppernell
This section also has something for those who went separate ways with the ones they love and are still missing them in so many ways.
The poems in this section are very comforting and they tug on the heart.
Finding Happiness
If your broken heart is still fresh and you’re still mourning, I don’t suggest you start with the first chapter. It can bring you back to the very first moments when you fell in love with the person who broke your heart and we know that’s only going to make things even worse. Better come back to this when you’ve finally healed and found someone else you are falling in love with.
But if you want to seek as much hope of finding the love of your life after the pain, if you want to smile for the love that others have, if you want to know what finding the right one for you is like...then look no further. There are two chapters that talks about the happiness one finds after healing and I think it's an absolutely beautiful thing to add to this book.
In conclusion...
This is one of those easy to read modern poetry. It is safe to say that her writing style and how the language is used can be understand by almost anyone who has a good grasp of the English language. This is not a bad thing especially if the poetry aims to speak directly to the reader's emotions.
This book is also a quick read. It only took me around 45 minutes in total to finish it from cover to cover. There are some parts where it sounds more a prose than it is poetry, but they're also so beautifully and soulfully written that I don't mind whatever it is really.
I know there are those who say that this kind of writing style is too easy that just about anyone can write this - but can you really though? I still think it takes talent and skill to be able to articulate very strong emotions and experiences in this way.
The paperback costs $18.72 CAD in Amazon and in the Philippines it's around Php 800+ in the Philippines (copies are not always available in mainstream bookstores). The price is way more than I am willing to pay for very quick read books and is actually the reason why I held back on purchasing it for so long. So when I saw this on Kindle Unlimited, I just knew I had to read it. If you ask me, I think this book is worth the read if you got money to spare for a book that you can finish in one brief sitting or you could always wait around for deals or secondhand copies.
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