Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed taking my time reading this. The poetry itself was beautiful, however, I have difficulty reviewing the poetry itself as it can be deeply personal at times. I have a surface-level understanding of tarot, so while I do not believe that I am the target audience for this book, I enjoyed it nonetheless. The poems flowed beautifully from one to another; each being somehow distinct from the rest.

While there is an index at the back of the book, it could have benefitted from having keywords (perhaps under the cards' names?) that sort of sum up or represent what each card means so as to give a little insight to the cards. This is just a little thing. As I am a naturally curious person, I found myself reading this on one screen while having Google open on my laptop so that I can look into what each card is meant to represent. This helped me see the overall picture of each poem if the meaning was a bit hazy or unclear.

One of the poems that really stood out to me was “The Devil”. I'm a sucker for poetry that has visual representations of the theme/words themselves. I believe the latter half of the book contains a few others with interesting visual setups, but this is the one that really called to me. The duality of the "two choices" and "two people" really got solidified with the branching lines on the left and right.

Overall this book felt very inviting and mysterious! I particularly enjoyed how the little blurb at the beginning invites the reader to “take part” in this art form by providing us with blank pages to fill. It really makes me as the reader feel as if I am part of this journey through tarot.

4 stars for this refreshing poetry collection~

Thank you to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for providing a digital ARC for review~

This was an interesting collection of 78 poems that are based off of the Major and Minor Arcana of tarot. I thought they were all very interesting and tied into the cards well - I think that this would be nice to complement a tarot card reading.

Thank you, NetGalley for the chance to read and review this!

As someone who has just started exploring the Tarot, this book seemed perfect. The cover just leaped out at me and while I wasn’t supposed to request books, I requested this one.

The introduction was also promosing. Kim Rashidi wants you to use this book as a helpful cheat sheet of sorts alongside your tarot cards and that sounded awesome!

But that’s where it kinda ended. Unfortunately, as poetry book it just didn’t work for me, even if does seem to be work as a small handbook for when you’re stuck with your cards.

Fortunate is a poetry book inspired by tarot cards. Each poem correlates with a specific card in the major and minor arcana. Rashidi encourages readers to use this book in their tarot readings and interpret each piece in ways that speak to us.

I love this concept idea for poetry. I enjoy tarot reading and this book gives great insight on each card and its meaning. I’m still familiarizing myself with certain cards and these poems allow for a different way to view and memorize them. I cannot wait to get my hands on a physical copy and utilize this book in my readings. I highly recommend this book for all tarot lovers. Thank you to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for this eARC in exchange for my honest review.

This book is perfect for reading in the morning with a cup of coffee. I read a NetGalley ARC of the book, but will definitely be purchasing a paperback copy (for myself & a friend of mine). I would love to be able to pick this up & flip through & pick a random page every day & use the empty pages to jot down notes or poems of my own.

I read this with my Tarot deck out, matching up the cards to the poems. It was a lovely little meditation time. If you enjoy tarot at all this is a perfect addition to your collection.

I liked this collection of poetry, but didn’t find it particularly impactful or moving.

I really like the author’s suggestion of flipping to a random page for guidance, much like shuffling through a tarot deck.

The work would be more powerful accompanied by illustrations of the tarot cards they represent. The cover illustration is so beautiful, and I want to see more of it.

The order of poems is fine, but the table of contents at the back is SO hard to read.

As for the price, as it stands, this collection of poetry, void of illustrations, is not priced appropriately, in my opinion. $20 CAD is quite steep for 170 pages when half of them are blank, I would think $12-15 CAD would look much more enticing to book shoppers.

Thank you Netgalley for an arc in exchange for honest review
Fortunate was a super fun and unique collection of poems inspired by different tarot cards! I've never learned how to read tarot cards but always been interested in them and poetry. My favorite poem from this was the moon. "the moon hides its white, and leaves half the world relying on man-made light." Not every rhyme lines, but I appreciated the rhymes that were there! I also like how this has blank pages in between, making it interactive for the reader to do whatever they want with those.