Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - El Sol Y Sus Flores

I wanted to read this book because I read Milk and Honey back in 2021 and I enjoyed it, I’ve been reading to Rupi’s recent work and it just got lost on the TBR, so this year I'm determined to go back to authors I've enjoyed and read some of their newer work. Rupi has a way of getting in your brain and just mixing your thoughts in a mixing bowl.

This is Rupi’s second collection of poetry and it’s a vibrant and transcendent journey about growth and healing. Ancestry and honouring one’s roots. Expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself. This book is divided into five chapters and has beautiful illustration. The sun and her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming. It is a celebration of love in all its forms.

I love how these poems are a mixture of brutal truth and compassion, the illustrations are gorgeous and add so much more to these poems. These poems covered a lot of topics that are forgotten or “the same old” news in this day and age and they shouldn’t be the same old news. They should be talked about more often. This book was inspiring and took you on a journey of growth and I related to parts of this book and wanted to hug the author for the words she wrote on the pages.

I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a quick read or who wants to read a beautiful and brutal book. I cannot wait to read Rupi’s next book and this time it won’t take me three years to read it.

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