A review by graypeape
Under Her Skin by Lindy Ryan, Linda D. Addison, Toni Miller

dark emotional medium-paced

3.5

This collection is a bit different than what I was expecting. It definitely has body horror, and there's some straight-up creepy stuff, but for the most part, this is social horror - the horrors of abusive partners, of being judged on appearance, the ways women hurt themselves in order to be accepted. I admit, I was looking for spooky tales of ghosts and witches and things that go bump in the night, but the horrors found here are certainly valid and horrific. As with any collection featuring numerous authors, some poems were hits and some were misses for me; YMMV. The themes and imagery got a bit repetitive at times, and the poems started blending together, so the reader might want to read this collection a few poems at a time, rather than in one shot like I did. 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4.


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