Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book.

A deeply personal collection that's also full of rage and pain, to the point of vulgar and graphic. I think my threshold for explicit content is pretty high but this just came across as tastelessly crude. I wish I could have resonated with the book more but it wasn't my cup of tea at all.

Not that my review should matter. It's clear that these poems are for the author herself (in case it isn't obvious enough, one is titled 'A Poem In Which I Talk To Myself Just Like In All Of The Others') and I appreciate the raw honesty and self-expression.

I absolutely loved this collection. Some of them poems were a harder and more emotional read, but worth it because they were so impactful and moving.

Baby, SweetHeart, Honey Review! 🍯

Thank you Alien Buddha Press and Netgalley for this gifted copy, in exchange for an honest review! Baby Sweetheart, Honey is out now!

I never really gotten into poetry since I was forced to read it so much in high school. I do really love Poe’s work, so I figured maybe if I read a topic of poetry I’m interested in, I’ll like it! Sweetheart, Baby, Honey was a 2/5 ⭐️ for me. This collection of poems just wasn’t for me. Most of the poems read like I was just reading the authors texts, which I do believe some of the poems were meant to be. The topics were very dark and intriguing , I just think I had trouble grasping them in poem form! Still give it a try, especially if you enjoy poetry!

I found the topics and themes discussed in this collection really compelling, but unfortunately found the poetry a lot less compelling.

This collection of peoms potray the difficulites woman face in society. I found the poems t be so raw and the author's writing was simply beautiful yet very very powerful. This was such an eye-opening read.

Thank you to the author and the publisher for this arc through netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

<I>the way the mirror explodes
when it sees my face.
how two of my fingers fit
so perfectly at the back of my mouth.
how i reach for the devil and up comes the ache.</i>

Sadly, this wasn’t really my cup of tea

girlhood is a curse in perkovich's poetry collection, one marred by viscera, religious imagery, and explicit sex. the author's depcition of abuse is so poignantly done and the overarching theme of the collection translated from piece to piece. i give this collection four stars instead of five just because some of the prose-poems were incredibly dense, which was sometimes difficult to get into following shorter poems with a lot of white space on the page. these stylistic concerns have nothing to do with the content, but if you're an unfocused reader like me, you may want to take those longer prose poems in chunks.

Perkovich points a spotlight on misogyny and violence against women in "baby, sweetheart, honey" and does so with gusto. The collection is harsh, angry, volatile and incredibly well written. Perkovich is obviously inspired through music as a handful of poems contain tidbits and references (fall out boy lyrics are the key to my creative heart tbh).

The formatting is inventive and new, though I will admit that the juxtaposition between some of her form breaking poems alongside traditional form made it feel like I was reading two books at some points.

My favorite poems are: "THE MATCH THAT SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE", "my teeth have teeth of their own", and "double helix."

Thank you NetGalley and Alien Buddha Press for the chance to read and review this book.

Poetry is deeply subjective. For me, this collection was unexpected, but also wasn't too my taste. It just didn't make me want to finish the collection, even though it's a very short book at less than 100 pages.

I liked the poems, they were harsh but exposed the difficulties of living in the world as a woman. Powerful writing

I really enjoyed this poetry book. My favorite poem was probably Roxanne, there were just so many great lines in that one, but overall this book was 5 stars. There weren't any poems that I didn't enjoy. This book was a quick and evocative read. Would definitely recommend.

Visceral, and at.times graphic this collection sets out its stall and doesn't back down, viewing the violence inflicted on females and feminine presenting people. Not an easy read but an honest.one
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This is a collection of poetry that focuses on issues women face on a daily bases like sexual assault, and aggression. This is shown through the lens of sex workers.

I found this collection of poetry to be interesting and informative. Sometimes I was a little uncomfortable, but in a good way because we should be uncomfortable when it comes to the topics that are discussed throughout this collection. It starts a conversation and keeps people engaged with what you’re saying! We talked about a few of these topics in my Women’s Health Psychology Capstone at UNI, so I was familiar with some of the topics explored. I admire the author for her brutal honesty and for refraining from censoring her feelings. Some of my favorites include: The Ballad of Maddy and Cassie (Euphoria <3), What You Stole from Me, No Inheritance, and Girls in White Dresses.

Thank you to Net Galley, the author, and the publishers, for granting me access to an arc of this wonderful book in exchange for an honest review.

Explaining the trauma that comes with being both marginalized and living as a woman, Perkovich documents her life in a collection of poetry and prose; baby, sweetheart, honey is a brutal and honest personal narrative. With vivid details and startling imagery, there are a few moments where I had to set the story down just because of my own discomfort. Perkovich provides a list of trigger warnings at the beginning of the story, and I definitely recommend that everybody read them before reading the rest of it.

Perkovich’s writing is intense. One poem in particular, replicating the tone of direct messages on social media, was a gut punch. I was deeply uncomfortable as I read it, which was definitely her intention. She is talented at expressing just how vile and violent misogyny is, and I think a lot of people could benefit from reading this.

Outside of that, my only issue is that the story is slow to start, and it took me about twenty pages before I actually got into it. With how short of a story it is, I imagine that some people would DNF it.

This is not a story that I would read more than once, but it is a story that I am glad that I read. I would recommend this book conditionally, with the caveat that that people who have severe trauma should probably not read this as it is very triggering.

I received a free ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you so much to NetGalley and Alien Buddha Press.

A super visceral and powerful collection of poems. I am not much of a poetry reader, but did find this interesting and eye-opening to read (if a little shocking at times).

This was a brutal, gut wrenching read. From the description, I expected it to be more of a "fight the patriarchy", pro-sex, pro-sexual fluidity collection, but it's actually a woman's attempt to process her assorted sexual traumas. It's one of the darkest things I've ever read, and far more violent than I expected based on the description.

It's less than 100 pages long but I had to frequently stop and take a break from it because the author's pain is so visceral that I found I could only handle it in small doses. A worthwhile read, for sure, but definitely not for everyone.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for access to a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

If there's a poetry collection that had me from the very first line, then it's this one. Of course, the description gives a warning: "baby, sweeetheart, honey is a poetry collection with a focus on the aggression against women and femmes, through a sexually fluid, sex worker's lens," but that in itself was what made me want to read this collection so much so that I felt the rage, guilt, desire for vengeance, angst, fear, indecision, self-loathing and eveything in between.
Forget the cover, there is nothing fluffy and cute and sweet about this book. What is there is sheer rawness, the ability to open up wounds, to keep bleeding as you go about life and if you think I'm being dramatic- well, get the book and read some of the poems that stuck on me like: "DMs"- which starts out with 'no disrespect,' but is a full fledged disrespect and disregard for women and privacy on social media, or "CHAPTER3: The Things that Lawyers Never Tell," and if you continue down that path, wait till you read "5" and "Wild Ones Like the Wild Ones," then wind your way down to "Ouroboros" and when you are able to come up for air, share your thoughts just like I did.
Thanks Netgalley for the eARC

Incredibly powerful and confronting at times.
I had to sit this down a couple of times to catch my breath.
It's so relevant in today's climate of how women are mistreated.
I received a copy via NetGalley and all opinions are my own.