A review by beytwice
My Darling from the Lions by Rachel Long

3.0

Thank you to NetGalley for the free copy in exchange for an honest review! A decent and sweet little collection of poems exploring femininity, Blackness, and family relations among other nuanced ideas I of course won't pick up on from a personal level. I really enjoyed the intimate and oftentimes lyrical tone Long takes on and as a debut collection I enjoyed the imagery used within. It is hard for me to fully relate or understand the poignance delivered of course but I have done my best to not let that detract from my review! I did feel some poems felt a bit more disjointed and thus struggled to fully grasp my attention.