Aphrodite Made Me Do It: Volume 1 (Myth and Magick)

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It gave me the chills, it made me cry and it gave me so many emotions that not many poem books were able to give me.

I want to give young, new poets a chance and I am always looking for new talent, but every time I try them out, I end up disappointed. It’s worship and blasphemy, anger and heartache, capped off with tenderness and self-love and learning to cherish yourself no matter how many people in your life have failed to do so.Aphrodite Made Me Do It is a poetry collection for every fem, feminist, or fan of the goddess of love. There is just something about Trista Mateer’s poetry, and art, that is very identifiable and comforting when you are feeling rubbish. I think it's great that so many people can turn to writing to express their thoughts, heal from their pasts, and fight for social justices. Featuring a vibrant rainbow design, and our super-sized Q logo, you won't find a more stylish way to make a statement.

You will find grace between these pages and a little sadness, too - the kind that makes flowers grow in all of the places you need them most.I usually really enjoy longer poems, but here, the supposed longer poems aren't giving me what they are suppose to : they usually consist of a succession of short sentences that seem more like a bullet-pointed draft than an actual poem.

I received a free ARC of this book, with thanks to the author, Central Avenue Publishing and NetGalley. There are multiple images throughout which felt a little juvenile – they genuinely looked like images captured from google with clip art attached, or were images with poignant quotes on which you’d often see scrolling along your chosen social media platform. Also, some if not all the pictures and drawing - beautiful - have nothing to do with the poems they are associated with, it's disturbing and it makes the poetry book seem really cluttered, which is highly unpleasant. Similar to the witch doesn't burn in this one by amanda lovelace and You'll Come Back to Yourself by Michaela Angemeer, this collection of short powerful poems from Instagram and TikTok poet Trista Mateer will have you believing in the possibility of your own healing.Mateer’s poetry touches on feminism, mental health, assault, and the unfairness of having our stories rewritten for us. Blurb: Bestselling and award-winning author Trista Mateer takes an imaginative approach to self-care in this new poetry and prose collection, Aphrodite Made Me Do It . She says there’s some dispute over the reason for our creation but that it definitely wasn’t to be gilded objects.