A review by holleyd
Make Believe: Poems for Hoping Again by Victoria Hutchins

5.0

I was lucky enough to win a copy of this collection through goodreads and found it poignant and beautiful. “You used to ask why”, “sugarcoat”, “unbiting the apple”, “let her eat cake” and “airborne” are ones I connected to as a woman in my 30s, but there is a poem for everyone here. I enjoyed the mix of poetical and conversational style, and the use of blank verse works well here. These poems are ones I come back to on a hard day, the affirmations used as needed.