The Princess Saves Herself in This One Read online

  you shine

  brighter

  than all the

  starlight

  there has

  ever been

  or ever

  will be.

  - emotional abuse is still abuse.

  you deserve

  someone

  who makes

  you feel

  like the

  otherworldly

  creature

  you are.

  - yourself.

  be wary

  of the boys who

  only ever tell

  half-truths

  because they

  will only ever be

  half in love

  with you.

  - slay those dragons.

  when

  someone

  offers to

  save you

  make it

  your mission

  to

  save yourself.

  - i believe in you.

  the end.

  special acknowledgements

  my sun & rain, who believed i could write this even when i didn’t.

  my father, who probably didn’t know i was a writer but will hopefully be proud of me for writing this.

  my sister-savior, who wouldn’t imagine giving up on me even in the darkest of times.

  the rest of my family, who always encouraged me to keep moving forward even if it meant pushing me out of my comfort zone.

  my beta readers (christine, mira, danika, shauna, rob, mason, & lauren), who cried while reading this & – most importantly – pointed out my inconsistences & corrected most of my grammar mistakes.

  about the author

  amanda lovelace is a poetess & storyteller whose words have been shared in her local coffee shop & her tumblr blogs. she currently lives in new jersey with her fiancé. she received her A.A. in english literature from brookdale community college in 2014. as of 2016, she is working toward her B.A. in english literature & sociology at kean university. what she will do next, nobody knows—not even her. for now, you can find her reading anything she can get her hands on, writing while she should probably be paying attention in class, thinking about writing but not actually writing, drinking an inordinate amount of coffee, & blogging about books. on top of all this she is a lover of all things cat-related as well as a staunch mermaid enthusiast. she considers herself to be a feminist & a social justice advocate. you can also find her as ladybookmad on twitter, instagram, & tumblr.