Dear Girl

My copy of Dear Girl arrived this morning and when I finished work I opened it, Planning to flick through and before I knew it I was reading aloud, shouting these words through my tears. Still crying and still strong. This is a beautiful piece of art that I’ll be buying for everyone I love x.

Wonderful poems. Bought 6 of them as gifts for my besties.

Where is the rest of the book, this should have been half the price since I received half of a book. This is more like a leaflet. The content was OK, not great. I was expecting some heart wrenching, inspirational stuff. I am very disappointed

Firstly I would like to thank NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for an eARC for an honest review.I hadn't heard of Aija Mayrock before finding her book on NetGalley and then went on to find her on Instagram and fell in love with her spoken words and everything that she stands for. Her first book being focused on bullying is one topic that has pushed her into her success as she is speaking for the voiceless. 'Dear Girl' is a beautiful debut poetry book that encourages and builds up women. It feels like Aija is focused on seeing what sometimes feels like we can't put words to. It isn't a book that shames men or feels like an attack but a push for equality and speaking the truth and how we as women have to live.'Dear Girl' is compiled of five chapters that focus' of different topics. Summarised as the truth, freedom, healing, love and sisterhood. I have to say that my favourite piece has to be 'The Truth About Being a Girl' because it is such a beautifully long piece that I read as a spoken word and went on to find her actual spoken word and loved it even more. It really was an empowering read and I hope to read more from Aija in the future.

Thank you to Netgalley and publishers for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.Rating: 2.5/5Dear Girl is a poetry collection about girlhood and womanhood. I found parts inspiring, but overall it was a bit too generic and nothing new. I wanted something deeper with a bit more insight. This was full of generic things most woman can agree and identify with. I wanted something more personal. Still a great message if you want to check it out for yourselves.