A review by whatbluereads
You Are Here by Dawn Lanuza

3.0

"Who made you believe that you were hard to love?"

Thank you to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for this lovely poetry collection, in exchange for an honest review.

If you ever want to feel understood by a poetry collection, this book is for you. It shows you what it is like to go through heartache, starting over, second chances, the internal struggles a person can encounter throughout their life, and a daily struggle of self-love. There are some I didn't quite connected with and weren't treasured prose, but quite a few felt familiar and I could relate through personal experiences.

"At one point would you stop wishing

that you had a different nose

better hair

lighter skin

lips like a rose"

This book was a breeze to read. I finished in half an hour, and although it's a quick read, the words and the heartache lingers in your thoughts and heart. You are reminded of your first love and how it tragically ended, how you feel like you will never find a love like that again, and how somehow one day, you will wake up and finally understand what it is to love yourself and appreciate what you have now.

You are Here by Dawn Lanuza isn't a book I would recommend to everyone, but there are very specific people I would recommend it to, for example, a young woman going through loss and has a difficult time getting back to her old self or maybe how to find herself again. There are many that are looking for 'popular' poets with their heartfelt and trendy prose, but you should give this collection a shot.



Thanks again to Net Galley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for this ARC.