Words You Never Thought You'd Hear

by Rhiannon Janae

Words You Never Thought You’d Hear is a compelling poetry series book of rebuilding yourself after breaking free from unhealthy relationships while learning how to embrace authentic, selfless love. Its pages paint cosmic imageries of falling in love with someone while also finding magic within yourself. Each of these chapters reminds you how real love is warm and enlightening, and that falling in love with someone else’s spirit is just as important as falling in love with your own. Count all the reasons you are worth it as you read Words You Never Thought You’d Hear.

Genres: Poetry, Romance, Nonfiction

155 pages, Paperback

Published June 13, 2022

About the author

Rhiannon Janae is a female writer residing with her girlfriend in New Jersey. Rhiannon has been writing ever since she was young as an outlet to use her voice, she wasn't comfortable expressing in spoken words. Rhiannon hopes to connect her words with those who suffer from grief and codependency. Rhiannon has suffered numerous losses of those closest to her and hopes those who have also suffered can find a form of healing through her words.

Reviews

[Jessi ❤️ H. Vojsk [if villain, why hot?] · Rating 5 out of 5]

read me like
the book
you can't put down.

sing me
like the song
you hit every note on.

draw me
like the picture
you can't get out of your head.

Love me
like the love
you have been waiting
your whole life for.

[Olivia Shelton · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love poetry, but I think this will be a favorite of mine forever. Every poem resonated with me and it will be a special collection to me because of the moment of life in which I read it.

[edu · Rating 3 out of 5]

"I think we chose
temporary silence;

subconsciously knowing
we'd be speaking
together forever"

[Samantha Sutherland · Rating 4 out of 5]

Insightful and short

I’m not a big poetry reader but I saw this on tiktok and wanted to give it a shot. Nice easy read, I did enjoy it a lot.

[isu ✮ · Rating 3 out of 5]

★ 3.75
«if my waves become heavy,
i’ll make sure my stars become brighter.»

[Ares · Rating 1 out of 5]

Oh, how I love poetry collections.

This book is exactly like all the other poetry collections I have read and not any different, which is already pretty telling on how deep this goes. It is generic and something you can find on Pinterest in a few seconds when you look up "deep romantic quotes" or something. I know it is a free verse but god, at this point it is an excuse to publish whatever and call it poetry.

There is really not too much to say to the poems themselves. I hate to say it, but I can wring those poems out in a few hours. Which does not mean I am good at poetry, but it is more telling about how this isn't good either. This is just comparing your partner to the moon, stars and flowers for a while, and then stuff about healing and moving on which is so generic that I heard some of the stuff almost word for word in a YouTube video I watched yesterday.

I would not be so harsh if it didn't cost so much money. Additionally, it is a waste of paper. The poems are everywhere and there is barely anything going on. Some poems are just a sentence, but of course, they are broken up into multiple smaller sections to draw the thing out. It is more a collection of shower thoughts in a weird formatting.

This is a poem from the book:

if loving her is a sin,
then i shall never ask
for repentance.

I don't know anymore, looks like something you find in your notes app after a sad night.

[perlinda · Rating 3 out of 5]

⭐️overall rating
📚reread-ability
🕰bingeworthy scale
🚫***zero rating for any of the the categories above***

⭐️⭐️⭐️LIKED IT
(the poetry was sweet and easy to read, nice bittersweet topics, good melancholy)
📚📚📚📚📚REREAD-ABLE AT ANY POINT
(this book can be reread at any point in time, in one sitting even)
🕰🕰CALM READ
(the pace is good, short enough to be read in one sitting, maybe under an hour)

127 PAGE COUNT

told in one POV

there wasn't a character per se, but the poet did well in touching upon subjects that pretty much can be relatable to most people. i'm not sure if the title really lived up to what i read exactly but because it touched upon subjects that can relate to others, the personal touch of the title name stayed relevant.

"Words You Never Thought You'd Hear is a compelling poetry series book of rebuilding yourself after breaking free from unhealthy relationships while learning how to embrace authentic, selfless love. Its pages paint cosmic imageries of falling in love with someone while also finding magic within yourself." (Amazon, 2022)
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[A Hopeless Romantic's Booklandia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Back in September, I had planned to read poetry a little more regularly and I kept up with that for maybe a week or two, but once October hit, I just wanted all romance, all the time, particularly Halloween romance there for awhile and I just had no burning desire to pick up any collections. I haven’t really felt the urge for poetry since then and I was looking for my next book when Words You Never Thought You’d Hear was recommended to me and my interest went through the roof. I don’t know what it is, but I just love titles like “The Words I Never Said/The Words I Wish I Said/Things I Wish You Said” you get the picture, so when I saw this title, I thought that it was different and I loved that!

I skimmed the synopsis, but I had pretty much already decided I was going to read it, so I did and I loved this collection! I’m so happy that Rhiannon Janae has found happiness, peace, love, and healing and that she encourages her readers and tries to affirm and empower them to love themselves and that healing is possible. It was a beautiful book of poetry and there was definitely more than one poem that I really loved and that touched me. It was so wonderful and I would love to read her again!

~ Sonja, 5 Stars

[Savannah Cherniwchan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This poem collection is divided into 4 different sections: Becoming,Jupiter, Homecoming & Breakthrough. I thought the poems were short and sweet very Instagram caption like. I was able to resonate with alot of them. The only thing I wasn’t a fan of was the formatting on the kindle. Below are a couple of my favourites.

“we fell in love while watching each other grow”

“you are not your pain. your pain is a part of you. a part that stings, but then turns into tiny seeds where flowers will once again bloom, and in time, you will shed into new growth”

“take the parts of you that hurt the most and hold them tight. let them feel your warmth, and show them your light. remind them that they will bloom again.-healing”

“growth is finding forgiveness for those who have hurt us the most”

“sometimes we must breakdown, in order to breakthrough.”

[Giselle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Me duele que no me encantara este libro.
Usualmente este tipo de poemarios me destrozan el corazón, hasta ambiente la atmósfera. Puse música, prendí vela y abrí la persiana para que entrara la luz del sol… y nada. Ni una sola lágrima de sentimiento.
Si marqué uno que otro poema, pero nada trascendental que se quede en mi alma y corazón.

[lizsreadingjourney · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this after reading “let me fxcking cry” and I am so happy that she got her happy ending. This book made me realize that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Where there is darkness, the light will soon shine. It takes real heartbreak to find the person to help you heal while still allowing you to heal yourself.

[Litzy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely read again 💕

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful

[Camille · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book made me feel all the feels on healing

[Caitlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this poetry book! Every poem just resonated so well!

[Hiba · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 star
such an excellent poetry book
really unerrated
better than Rupi Kaur's poetry

[Amélie Bernard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, just didn't click with my soul at this time

[Gih Chechetto · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh

[Anessa Lawrence · Rating 5 out of 5]

maybe i loved this so much because everything in it i could relate to. that may make this a biased rating, but there’s a bigger possibility that i don’t care!!! it meant so much to me

[Mariah Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very beautiful and the perfect book to read after Let me F*cking Cry.

[Charmi Zielinski · Rating 5 out of 5]

Give me more

I absolutely adore this book. I haven’t come across much queer poetry, I’m so glad I found this one. It was so beautifully written

[Shiela Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

'I will love you forever, even if we grow apart.'

This hit me.

[Jeanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

⭐️3.5

[Haley Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the type of book you need page markers, a highlighter and a pen for. I re-read whenever my heart needs some TLC and it’s great for soul healing.

[Perri Mercer · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was not good. Felt like reading high schoolers’ poetry during a breakup.

[Maui Rochell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short poetry about love, cherry picked the lines that made me think of my husband. Grateful for our marriage.

[Keeks Knight · Rating 3 out of 5]

eye opening

It was eye opening, was confusing just a lot of emotions at once. Will read again another time to see how it makes me feel.

[Stella Marchione · Rating 3 out of 5]

Such beautiful words. You will feel every verse.

[Booqmonk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tears wan kormot from my eyes taya. This book na for every lover out there or anybody we dey feel less loved..give them, highly recommended!

[athy ♡ · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is NOT poetry