After devouring Lovelace's and Kaur's work last year, I looked for similar poetry writers as I knew it was something I enjoyed reading. This is how I found Lang Leav, who came highly recommended on Tumblr. I bought three of her books at once; Lullabies, Sea of Strangers and The Universe of Us.

While Sea of Strangers flowed, Lullabies felt stilted. I found it difficult to read, despite being a poetry book that could literally have been written for me, Lullabies just didn't have that same feel. The themes by the end of each part felt overplayed, there were no interesting points of view or beautiful language. The only thing that saved this book was when Leav experimented with short storytelling in between, which I flew through.

Maybe my opinion about Leav will change again when I read The Universe of Us but currently, I feel underwhelmed and a little disappointed in her books.