Thank you to NetGalley and central avenue poetry for the arc copy of this book!

This is a very fast paced poetry collection with little interpretation needed to understand the writing. Usually I enjoy when an author just tells the story through their poetry without too much fluff. However, this collection was a bit too simple. It couldve benefited from more imagery and depth. Still, it was n enjoyable read

This collection—𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘌𝘹𝘦𝘴, 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 by Elison Alcovendaz—is everything I never knew I needed. It’s 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦, 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒, and 𝒗𝒖𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦. ✨🥹💕

Elison writes like your favorite friend who’s been 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒕, healed a little, but still flinches when certain names pop up. The tone is 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍, and 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑦 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅—like someone finally saying the things you’ve been trying to put into words. 😭🫶🏼

His poems are little love letters and breakup ballads wrapped in wit, longing, and perfectly timed punchlines. 🔥🙌🏼

This one’s for the girls who love hard, cry in the shower, romanticize everything, and still manage to laugh at the chaos.

𝒴𝑜𝓊’𝓁𝓁 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝒶𝓎, “𝒪𝓂𝑔… 𝓈𝒶𝓂𝑒.”
Read it. Feel it. Screenshot it. Heal a little. ✨📖💕

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫, & 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰🥰

Elison Alcovendaz’s *Lovers Exes Soulmates* is a beautifully crafted collection that takes readers on an emotional journey through love’s triumphs and heartbreaks. The poetry and prose are deeply personal yet universally relatable, making this book a compelling read for anyone who has ever loved and lost.

Thank you, NetGalley, for the ARC.

Lovers Exes Soulmates is a fairly lighthearted, at times emotional poetry and essay collection. Most poetry is fairly straightforward and simplistic in rhyme and style, especially those in the first section called Lovers. But the collection does evolve stylistically over the course of the book and what seems to be the life of the author. I appreciate how this collection is divided up into well defined, but connected parts. They all convey the feelings generally associated with these concepts and terms.

"Poetry is the act of making the unsaid, said."

This collection is funny at times, while occasionally dipping its toe into deeper emotional territory. I personally prefer my poetry to devastate me or make me look at the human experience in a new light. Sadly I didn't quite get that specific feeling from Lovers Exes Soulmates. It probably doesn't help that I'm not a big fan of the concept of 'the One' that is a big theme throughout.

Lovers Exes Soulmates might be your next favourite read if you enjoy the exploration of love in various stages of relationships, and specifically the concept of 'the One'.

Overall, there were some very catchy parts. I liked the set up, of having 3 sections and really discussing a large part of human affection. Some of the poems were clever in their construction, but felt derivative. Overall it was a pleasant reading experience.

Review: I thought that this was absolutely stunning. It was heart wrenching, beautiful, sad, and inspiring. I found myself annotating over and over again. Very early on there was part of a poem that really stood out to me: "You're acting like a word, when you're the whole story, sitting hidden on the shelf, when you deserve glory." I'll be thinking about this poetry collection for a long time to come and can already see myself rereading it over and over again.

Synopsis: Our entire lives are dictated by love. Love creates our brightest joys and our deepest aches. Love cures and love scars. It brings out both the best and the worst in us. Through the highs and lows, we learn and grow, preparing ourselves to find enduring love.

Lovers Exes Soulmates is a testament to those who take our hearts, break them, and make them whole again. From the intensity of our first loves, through the despair of heartbreak, and to finding 'the one' and beyond, this collection of poetry and prose captures the essence of humanity: to love, to lose, and to love again.

I feel privileged to have been able to read this. What a rollercoaster of emotions!

Lovers was so sweet; I actually read Messy and Dictionary to my fiancé I loved them so much. Exes all but tore my heart out and threw it at the wall, and Soulmates was beautiful, so much so that I cried at a couple towards the end.

My favourite part, however, was actually the interlude. I didn't realise how badly I needed to read those words; part of my soul feels healed.

My favourite poetry collection so far this year. Will deffo be buying when it's out.

A jumble of good poems portraying every part of different types of relationships. Whether it’s Lovers, exes, or soulmates you can deeply connect with these poems.

Absolutely delightful.

I know this might be considered a crime because poetry is supposed to be savoured but i read this whole book in one go at 1 AM on a saturday night. Poetry isn’t something I read often and I count myself as one of those people who reads most poems and has no idea what they’re about but these I thoroughly enjoyed. I definitely have a preference for poems that rhyme and of course not everything hit the same for me but there are certainly a few poems that I'll reread in the future.

Arc review.

This poetry is really good, there are such good poems in here.
This is a book I would buy, and just open some of the pages on days I would need them.
And there are so many that could help in some situations.
There is not much to say about the poems, you just have to read them.

4,5/5.

Thank you so much to everyone involved for this ARC copy!

I DNF'd at 25% I wasn't feeling the poetry it felt on organized and wasn't getting a certain vibe from it.

Stunning words. Such beauty in them! A great mix of hope and pain with love and lose! I hadn’t heard of the author before this and can’t wait to read more!

this is one of the best poetry collections i've ever read. effusive with hope and heartbreak, so many of these poems hit me deeply. beautifully written.