Love Makes You Pretty

by K.S. Whittaker

love makes you pretty is a collection of poetry devoted to grief. spanning over a period of nearly seven years, these poems are filled with autobiographical depictions of hatred, mental illness, sexuality, and obsession. clinging to love and all that we dare to keep, it shows the promise of abandonment and how we as humans learn to adjust within a tragedy. made up of sixty two poems, love makes you pretty is violent, paralyzing, and desperate; a fever dream that “will not live in a burning home.”

178 pages, Paperback

Published August 2, 2021

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Don't let the title fool you, it is also love that makes you grieve and makes you ugly at times. This book is filled with poetry that gives a cold awakening yet a brutal honest portrayal of love. Brilliant and beautiful. Powerful and chilling. This book will leave you with the very heartache the author has felt. Unique in the way the story is told, "love makes you pretty" is emotional and dark, vulnerable in the way it bares everything to its reader. I would highly recommend this book to anyone, especially the LGBTQ+ community. I haven't quite shaken off the feeling this book has left me with since finishing it.

[Aasif Mirza · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 parts in ...
I want that to sink in for a moment ❤️

Just to let you know , I was loving this girl ❤️

[AJ · Rating 5 out of 5]

A breathtaking, tortured collection depicting love, obsession, loss, angst, and hatred. Weaving emotions with words in a way that feels deeply personal yet universally resonant, Whittaker’s ability to capture the essence of longing and desire is nothing short of complex. Through imagery that is vivid and poignant, the poems explore the beauty of intimacy and the pain found in vulnerability. Voices are raw and unfiltered, speaking glaring truths, unapologetically bold, beautiful and brutal.