Once again, Amanda Lovelace, has blown me away. Technically, my review might be a little bias due to an acquaintance/friendship? for at least four years now, though it's been a little less so due to us both being so busy. But despite this, I believe even without knowing her, I would still give this work 10/10 due to the fact she draws on important issues that so many women face on a daily basis. She does so in a way that stays with the reader, words put both elegantly but also bluntly. It's one of the reasons I love her work is that she'll tackle these things no one else will or if they try, are unable to put into words so well. Her words stay with you long after you finish and honestly drives you to want to fight and take action on these issues. It's truthful and empowering and doesn't fall into the traps of some poetry that get caught up in the words that becomes unclear what is being talked about.

I'm struggling with this honestly. I'm coming to terms that this form of poetry isn't for me. Or maybe it's just poetry in general. Either way, I'm teetering between a 3 and a 4 as there are some pieces in this that really resonated with me. Overall, I liked the first collection more, which is why I settled on a 3 not a 4.

This was such a powerful, intense and passionate read. I loved the poems, the witch theme and the unapologetic way the author talks about experiences of herself and other women. This is a great book and I highly recommend it!

I still need to pick up Amanda's first poetry collection because I adored this one! It has so much girl power and I love everything related to queens and girls supporting girls. I think about gifting Amanda's collections to young girls and friends who would love it and find them inspiring and make them ready to conquer the world and have them at their feet.

Thank you Amanda for sharing your thoughts and your heart.

I'm not surprised that I didn't enjoy this book because it's definitely not a style of poetry that I prefer, but I wanted to read it anyway just to see how it compared to her first book that I believe I rated 3 stars. The motif of fire running throughout this was exhausted before I even hit page 25. The lack of variety became repetitive and my eyes started to skim over poems without digesting them. Sometimes the writing is too simplistic and the tone is a bit conceited. As always, though, the message is really empowering and important, but its delivery its often arrogant and cheesy. It's for fans of Milk & Honey, which is to say it will probably appeal to a wide audience of readers who like short, snappy poems.

All women should read this poetry collection. These poems are beautiful and empowering, and will no doubt influence young women to be brave and powerful, while not allowing men to limit their power or diminish their self esteem and self worth. I enjoyed reading 'the witch doesn't burn in this one,' just as i enjoyed 'the princess saves herself in this one.'

"Warning II: no mercy ahead"

Amanda Lovelace goes after the patriarchy and she doesn't take any prisoner.

A great collection of feminist and empowering poems for all the women out there who have ever been wronged by men (let's be honest, I mean /all/ of them).

Seriously! What’s not to love? This book is all about girl power along the dark side. It was fierce, raw and real!! I loved it!

burn whoever tries to burn you.
- coven rule #2.

Amanda Lovelace speaks to my soul and practically every poem in this collection screams empowerment, resilience, intersectional feminism, women taking back power, taking back their agency, and I am so here for it. the witch doesn’t burn in this one made me feel like I could take on the world – it is raw and powerful and unashamedly honest.

ready for a
harsh truth?

women
don’t need
your validation.

we
already have
our own.

- my self-worth shouldn’t feel like an act of bravery.

Although Lovelace doesn’t shy away from difficult topics (rape culture, body shaming, eating disorders, and abuse to name but a few) she always comes back to the most important point – women are powerful, we always have been, we will always rise from the ashes and the abuse that we are subjected to, and we will do it together.

i’m
pretty sure
you have
witchcraft
running
through
those
veins.
- women are some kind of magic II.

To those who try to hurt, who try to control, who think they have the right to any part of a person: remember, we are witches and we will watch you burn.

I hadn't read any of ladybookmad's poetry before, and I really liked this! I love the new style of vicious and righteously angry poetry like Milk & Honey (always with no caps, so some reason? Is that important?)

Amanda's poetry sings with heart and feeling and love and fire. Her latest collection is a masterpiece of modern poetry, a big "FUCK YOU" to sexism and the patriarchy, and an inspiration for all women. Though not having as much of a personal connection to this one as I did the first DID impact my enjoyment of it a little, I still wholeheartedly recommend this to poetry lovers and poetry haters alike.

I loved this one more than Lovelace's first installment in the series. Here are some of my thoughts:

- i loved the emphasis on womanhood and supporting sisters and the emphasis on supporting trans women, not just cisters
- the poems dedicated to other novels and fandoms were great, I recognized the reference to every single poem like that so it was nice
- definitely more empowering than the first, at least to me in my initial reading of this
- you don't have to read the first book in this series if you're interested in reading this one!

Overall, just a great follow up poetry collection.

I loved the princess saves herself in this one so I knew I was more than likely going to enjoy the witch doesn't burn in this one, but everyone of my high expectations were exceeded. This collection was on an entirely new level to princess. It was absolutely incredible and I'm IN LOVE with all of it. There are so many empowering poems in this collection I feel like a changed person. Can't recommend it enough!!

After all of the hype surrounding this author's first release, I was expecting a whole lot more from this collection. What I found inside was trite, unoriginal, and sometimes a direct rip-off of things I had read before. I could find all of this content on tumblr or twitter, from others who write with more grace, subtlety, and wisdom. Such a shame, because I like the idea, but none of this worked for me at all.

This is the first poetry of Amanda Lovelace's that I have read. And it was everything. Brilliant, breath-taking, fierce, fiery perfection. Also, the follow up to The Princess Saves Herself in This One which I have not read, but I now have on order, and am eager to devour. After reading this, I feel extremely clumsy at Words.

These are more than poems - they are battle cries, and every girl&woman (aka WARRIORS) on earth should hear them.

I enjoyed Amanda's first collection of poetry but this... this just felt different and on a whole different level. It is so honest, so angry, and fierce.. I haven't read a lot of poetry in my life but this might be one of the best collections I've read. I long to be as bad-ass as she is, to be as bad-ass as the women she writes about.

I look forward to the next collection because it appears she only gets better and better.

3.75 out of 5 stars.

This book revived my soul.

I read the princess saves herself in this one back when it got traditionally published last year and I felt so so on it. I enjoyed it a lot and really loved her writing but didn't find myself in love with it like so many others. So I was curious how I would like this one and BOY WAS I IMPRESSED. I REALLY REALLY LOVE THIS BOOK. I didn't just mildly love it. I connected with this book in a way that I don't think I've ever connected with a poetry collection before. I love Amanda's writing so much! It just has a way of feeling like it's struck you right to your core. I felt myself holding my breath and gasping over how powerful these words were. I also really loved the added detail of the ink being red, it was a really nice touch. It tackled such big topics, but in a way that doesn't feel like a lot of other poetry. It makes you honestly feel like your reading a new genre almost. I just really loved it okay? If you haven't read anything by Amanda before or were so-so on princess, I cannot recommend this enough! I'm so excited to read more from her in the future and can't wait to read the rest of this series!

The witch doesn't burn in this one comes out on March 6th and I suggest you run and get it!

4.5 stars

I was blown away by this fierce collection of poetry. There's just something about it that will speak to every single woman who reads it. The collection tackles important issues such as misogyny, feminism, abuse, the insidious patriarchy, and does it in super an amazing way - through symbolism and metaphors of the historic Salem Witch Trials. It's incredibly powerful.

The book is very dark, but I loved that. I did, however, have an issue with one or two poems which is why it's not getting a full 5 star rating from me (although I feel so weird rating something that is clearly based on the author's life). The issues are totally on my part as a reader being confused as to their inclusion in this particular collection (perhaps would have been better in another? Idk, I'm not a poet, just a reader).

Aside from that, I loved this collection and highly recommend it. A fantastic feminist poetry collection you NEED to read.

The Witch Doesn’t Burn In This One is a follow up to the author’s, The Princess Saves Herself In This One. Like the previous poetry collection, it talks about misogyny, patriarchy, feminism, abuse, and other things relating to it. While the previous collection used the trope of women always being saved by men as a metaphor, this one used the Salem Witch Trials to portray the oppression of women. It talked about how women are told to remain weak, that women are something for men before we are our own person. I think it did it really well and in a really powerful way.

The book is really dark and heavy since it does talk a lot about misogyny but it also encourages self love and the importance of it. I liked how it used the Salem Witch Trials as a metaphor since the horrific events themselves are a good portrayal of how women were murdered for not falling in line, to the point of being accused of being witches. The author used this as a way to talk about how it’s good to go against that and people thinking that’s wrong doesn’t matter. It’s an amazing and feminist collection of poetry.