Previous to requesting this title, I had not read any of Bianca Stone's poetry. I was drawn in by the title and the cover of this collection! I really enjoyed the poems in this collection. There were some poems that I connected with more than others but I found this this was overall, a really enjoyable read! I'll definitely be picking up anything Bianca Stone writes!

A beautiful collection of poetry. This was my introduction to Bianca Stone and it will not be the last I read of her. This is a very cerebral collection with a lot of references, biblical imagery, and connections to mythology. I did not get every reference but the ones I did get I found to be very striking. "Autobiography" has joined the ranks of my favorite poems of all time.

**Big thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC copy in exchange for an honest review!

I was unfamiliar with the author but this book caught my attention. Some poems were a miss and I found the continuous naming of a intellectual person or literary reference to seem deep a bit distracting when it's every poem, but I did enjoy most of them. They were certainly provocative and the themes were impossible to look away from. Dark Academia fans will surely like this one!

This is the first collection of poetry by Stone that I've read and it didn't disappoint. In many ways, it is full of contradictions and juxtapositions, not least tragic and comic, high-brow and domestic. I enjoyed the strong female voice which is playful, thoughtful, lyrical and cutting. It's best enjoyed in the privacy of your own home as I found myself saying out loud how beautiful and insightful particular lines and images are.

Thank you to the publisher for an opportunity to read an advance copy, and to the poet Bianca Stone and her publisher.