I loved this one. I think I enjoyed the poems more than in the first one. There's a great message and I'm able to connect with them. You could feel the emotion in the narration. I liked listening and reading at the same time

If you've enjoyed Amanda Lovelace's other poetry book series you'll enjoy this one as well! It's nice with the audiobook to hear the poet read her own work, the cadence with which she speaks and emphasis behind the words. Thanks NetGalley for the eAudio in exchange for honest opinion!

“as painful as it may be,
it is always easier to
walk away from the villain

than it is to try to
convince them of their villany.
- a hard pill to swallow”

Out today, Amanda Lovelace returns with a new poetry collection that focuses on empowerment, feminism and knowing your self-worth. Lovelace explores the idea of valuing yourself even if you don’t have a romantic partner and the complexities of family relationships.

This poetry collection was just alright for me. I loved some of the themes explored (feminism - yay!!). It had some cool imagery incorporated and I loved the illustrations. That being said, there is one trope that is woven throughout that is referred to as the Big Sister. The Big Sister seems to know everything and her parts are frequent and seemed almost preachy to me in parts. Big Sister was an all knowing being and those parts almost seemed like a self-help portion to me - which is not my favourite. It’s for this reason I settled on 3 stars as I just couldn’t connect with a lot of the content. For others this poetry collection may be a totally different experience. Thank you to @netgalley and @andrewsmcmeel for this arc.

I LOVED THE AUDIOBOOK EVEN MORE THAN I LOVED THE BOOK!

FACT: THE WORLD WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER PLACE IF EVERYONE READ THIS BOOK.

This book is a “MUST GIFT”. I preordered one for my daughter (and I really can’t remember EVER preordering a book!).

This is everything the world needs to hear about how to raise decent human beings.

BUT, especially, this is everything the world needs to hear about how to (and how to NEVER) raise or treat women.

This is what every woman in the world should hear and (should NEVER hear) from the day she’s born.

A reminder of why we should all be feminists.

Also... I was so pleasantly surprised to discover this book was illustrated. The illustrations are adorable.

Awwww... this was as magical and poignant as I expected... and much more!

I'm a fan of Lovelace's work and narration - I listened to the first collection in the series (Break Your Glass Slippers) earlier this week, and I think this one resonated with me more. I've been a fan of her work since I discovered her in 2017 and this series has definitely reinforced that. I'm excited to listen to the third.

Shine Your Icy Crown is book #2 in Amanda Lovelace’s You Are Your Own Fairytale series. It could totally be read as a stand-alone. I gave this book 5 stars and would totally give it more if I could. Never have I ever related to a book like I have with this book of poetry. It was magically and beautifully written. This book left me all in my feels. It’s been like two weeks since I read this one and I can’t stop thinking about it. Can’t wait to gift a physical copy of this one to my daughter.

I highly recommend this one. I was given an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. I’ve now had the opportunity to read and listen now to this book and I loved it each time!! The narration truly brought these words to life!! I highly recommend both!

Huge thank you for a review copy of this audiobook.
Anything created by Amanda's pen is something I will love and adore and this one was no different. This poetry collection is absolutely beautiful and empowering guide to self love. I loved rereading it as audiobook with Amanda narrating, especially with the music, and I so recommend.

This second installment in a series focuses on the themes of sisterhood and choosing your own happy ending. I still enjoyed it but not as much as the first in the series. While there were no quotes that made me stop what I was doing to jot it down, a few still gave me pause, and I still respect the vulnerability shown.

I'm a big fan of Amanda Lovelace's work. I've read several titles by her the last few years. This is my first audiobook title from her. It was very interesting to be able to hear Lovelace's words in her own voice. It did add another element to the storytelling and you could really feel the emotion she puts into her words.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this audiobook in exchange for my honest opinion.

I love the author's poetry. She has a way with words, like no one else has. There hasn't been a book, yet I couldn't find at least a couple poems I could relate to. It is truly astounding how she can put things I have thought about countless times, but could never express into beautiful sentences. She is an auto-buy author for me and I think the audiobook is definitely a great way to experience her poetry, since the author narrates it herself.

This is by far my favorite Lovelace collection.
This collection struck home for me. I love how it all fit into a fairytale narrative. It made the poetry come to life the way I needed it. It felt like the words were holding my hand and telling me it would be okay. I want to quote pretty much everything Lovelace wrote, so I imagine I will revisit this collection quite often.
Major props to her narration as well. As an audiobook the repitition of certain phrases was more effective at drawing me back in.

I think this hit a bit too close to the bone for me, because I've never cried reading poetry before and now I'm in tears, but not in the good way. Like I'm in pain.

Yes! Finally!

I didn't connect with the other two books in this trilogy, but I did relate to this one and really liked it. Definitely my favorite of the three.

This is the third Amanda Lovelace poetry collection I have read this week. It should tell you something that I immediately sought out more works by this author, once I read the first one.

Like the previous two, this is a short book of very personal poetry, read by the author. The works are short, to the point, presented in a conversational fashion, and linked in an inverted fairy tale format.

I enjoyed this book. It made me think, it made me pause in recognition, it made me ache in sympathy.

Highly recommended.

My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this audiobook in exchange for my honest review.

"fearless is she. to them, this means she is a dangerous thing, because they have no hope of ever taming her." -From shine your icy crown

4 stars

This second collection in the series, especially the first part, is really dedicated to the magic and love between sisters. This book would make a beautiful gift from an older sister to a younger one. That said, it was hard for me to connect as much to the first part. I felt more connected to the second part, and I enjoyed hearing Lovelace breathe life into her own words listening to the audio. Readers should read the content warnings, as I feel a few poems are a bit darker than some of her other collections I've read.

Thank you to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for an advanced audio copy in exchange for an honest opinion.

Not as good as break your glass slippers, this volume seemed to play up the sister aspect of Frozen, but the "older sister" really had the same role as the fairy godmother in volume one, and I really didn't get much of a sisterly theme from the poems. And the poems were loess abstract, less connected to the fairy tale, and more didactic. Have hope for volume three.

I don't know what it is about this trilogy but it's definitely my least favorite from Lovelace's works. This installment just feels more like a self-help collection rather than poetry.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for providing me with this arc in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an eARC of this title in exchange for my honest review.

Please read the TW the author mentions in the beginning!

Out of the You Are Your Own Fairy Tale trilogy, this one is definitely my least favorite. This isn’t a poetry book. It is repetitive advice at best and preaching a to do list you can find on Pinterest at worst.

I’m not sure if the audiobook had anything to do with me disliking this so much, but I felt like I was being talked down to the entire time. This makes it hard for me to explain what exactly fell flat for me. I completely understand that there are people (young women especially) who might really need this collection of affirmations and life lessons, and maybe I am lucky that I don’t need that right now. However, it feels really forced and painful.

I have always loved Amanda Lovelace’s poetry and this one may be my favourites. As a big sister myself, I couldn’t help but notice how I would say every single one of these to my own little sister, and how much I needed to hear them myself. It radiates love from this book and sends such a strong message to every single girl out there that she is perfect and doesn’t need to conform to society’s standards.

I really enjoyed listening to this because even in the redundant parts, it felt worthwhile because it was so short. Some great commentary about mental health and size in here, which is something many young people need to hear. It did feel a bit redundant of phrases vastly circulated on the internet in some places, but I really enjoyed nevertheless.