The Princess Saves Herself in this One

I've been seeing this book pop up everywhere, and wanted to give it a try after hearing so many good things about it. This book was a very quick read and I was honestly surprised at how raw and personal this book was.

I sat here for a long time struggling to find the right words to explain why this book is worth 4 stars. Its worth the 4 stars, because of how much I saw myself through her words. It's an indescribable feeling when you read a book written by someone else, but their words and feelings are pretty close to your own.

I can see why some people might not enjoy this book. A few didn't like how this book was formatted, however, I didn't mind it at all. Sometimes it changed to correlate with what she was talking about. And to me, that just made it more powerful. At times it did feel like I was reading from a angsty teen's tumblr, but again, that didn't bother me. However, if that doesn't appeal to you, then you may not enjoy it as much as I did.

The reason I didn't give it a 5 stars is because of how messy it was. Amanda Lovelace jumped around a lot from topic to topic. One page she will be talking about her mother, then the next about her body issues, then about a boy then back to her mother. The changes were very abrup and that kind of ruined it a bit for me. Maybe it was intentional, I'm not a poetry reader so maybe I missed the point.

I loved the You section, that was my favorite part of the whole book. I loved seeing her emotions transform from an insecure girl to a more empowered woman.

This book may not be everyone's cup of tea but I do recommend to read it at least once.