NetGalley ARC

This set of poems was very dark and sad with the ending providing a hint of happiness and growth. However, I struggled as an avid poetry lover to connect with the overwhelming negative relationship themes presented as someone who is happily married. I would have loved to see the thunder section have been the negative and the daisy section have fully been about growth.

3.25/5 stars

Thunder and daisy is a soothing collection of soul-stirring poetry that makes your soul embrace on a symphony of emotional vulnerabilities and calming moments after a raging stormy night.

This book explores the themes of love, longing, heartbeat, uncertainties, and more. The poems convey the emotions and sentiments that often have eluded the thoughts. Heart's desire ruling over the brain's pragmatic explanations. The book is segmented into two parts namely thunder and daisy. The first part focuses on heartbreaks, loss, grief and regrets while the second part highlights the strength and resilience to bounce back from fall, rising like a phenomenal phoenix from the ashes of the past.

I was thoroughly impressed with the author's writing style. It's extraordinary and immensely immersive. Each poem builds up a crescendo of resonating feelings. While overthinking and uncertainties are torturous, being broken and disassociated with one's own self can truly rattle your perception of life and reality. However the choice to let it all go and reinvent yourselves is completely in your hands. You have the power of turning those strike down as blocks stacked up to walk to your happiness. In other words, turn your tragedy into strength that no one can dismantle. Your energy is precious so protect it. The message for the section titled as "Daisy" is clear; love yourself and prioritise your happiness.

I love the simple illustrations that profoundly went well with poems. I'd highly recommend this book to all the poetry enthusiasts. It's a must read.

I enjoyed the writing and the imagery evoked throughout the collection. I also enjoyed the use of pictures relating to the preceding poem after many of the poems. I thought some of the rhyme schemes were a little forced and personally I liked the freeform verses better.

⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ 4 stars ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

you’re more of a stranger
than when we first met

i turned the pain you gave me into beauty
you couldn’t break me
i proved i have the strength and energy
to move on to a bigger destiny
i think i’m ready

never stop looking for the flowers
thunderstorms leave behind
trade your tears for flowers
they turn your sorrow into power

love hurts
but it feels too good
to not love again

there will always be some version of you lost within me

it's been a while since i read some poetry so i am really glad i noticed this arc and requested it! these poems were beautifully written and they have so much emotion in them. whether you already like poetry, or want to try reading something new, i totally recommend checking this out. i think this is a great debut poetry book and i hope to read more of the author's work in the future. there are also illustrations throughout the book and although they are simple, they add so much to the book!

˗ˋˏ ୨୧ thank you to NetGalley and Mercedes Paradiso for the digital arc in exchange for an honest review! ୨୧ ˎˊ˗

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC. I really enjoyed this collection of poetry. I really resonated with a few of them and many brought tears to my eyes. I also really enjoyed the illustrations. . Fuck you-flowers, note to self, and beautiful souls were some of my absolute favorites.

𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸.

3.5 stars.
When I saw thunder and daisy on NetGalley, I was interested enough to request it, but I wasn’t sure if I’d enjoy this book, as I’ve never heard of this author before. However, I was pleasantly surprised. I started out thinking this was just going to be a 3 stars book, but I gradually bumped my rating up as I read more of her poems. I thought this author could write well, and some of her poems really connected with me. I thought this poetry book was good, I just didn’t think it was amazing. Some of the poems were good, but others were just average. I didn’t like when the author used modern words like vibe in her poems, it just felt weird to me, but that is a personal thing. Overall, I think this is a pretty good debut poetry book, and I hope the author continues writing.

5/5⭐️

“There will always be some version of you lost in me.”

“You’re more of a stranger than when we first met.”

“Love hurts
But it feels too good
Not to love again.”

Thank you to NetGalley for giving me this ARC! It in no way impacts my review 🩷

I haven’t picked up a poetry book since probably highschool and wow am I so glad I saw this one.

Ocean and the owl, the dealer, unrequited, big love, bouquet, power in feeling, reclamation, masterful are all so beautifully writing that those poems alone are worth reading this.

Always the poet struck something in me I think about often and made me self reflect in a way that actually brought tears to my eyes.

Time of them poems being name delulu made me giggle out loud lmao.


Literally the only negative I have is that a handful of the poems had slightly off/weird rhyming schemes and it took me out of the book, particularly Ghost,
Denial, Dosnt matter where.

Overall- these 150ish poems were gorgeous and beautifully written and I’d 100% reccomend

Full transparency this is my first time reading a poetry book. I have a goal for this new year of expanding my reading outside of my norm. This book was an absolutely beautiful collection of poems that were written straight from raw emotion. This collection is modern, real, and very enjoyable to read. Though I did not connect with each poem I did connect with quite a few and it was lovely to know that emotions I have felt in the past are the same emotions felt by someone else in a different walk of life. If you are a poetry lover or looking for something new to add to your collection I highly recommend you check this out when it released. As an added bonus there are illustrations throughout and they are simple yet lovely.🤍