Fairyloot Unboxing October 2017

This is the unboxing of the October 2017 FairyLoot box. (What follows will contain spoilers so please do not read if you don't want to know what is in the box)

FairyLoot is a monthly book subscription box mainly focusing on fantasy YA and YA crossovers. Each month you receive a new release book, mostly hardback and 4-6 bookish items which fit in with the theme.

The theme this month was Villainous

 (Spoiler filled post under the cut)

Review #69 - This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada

Details:

Title: This Mortal Coil

Author: Emily Suvada

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN 13:  978-0141379272
Release Date: 2nd November 2017

Synopsis:

When a lone soldier, Cole, arrives with news of Lachlan Agatta's death, all hope seems lost for Catarina. Her father was the world's leading geneticist, and humanity's best hope of beating a devastating virus. Then, hidden beneath Cole's genehacked enhancements she finds a message of hope: Lachlan created a vaccine.

Only she can find and decrypt it, if she can unravel the clues he left for her. The closer she gets, the more she finds herself at risk from Cartaxus, a shadowy organization with a stranglehold on the world's genetic tech. But it's too late to turn back.

As the pieces fit together it's clear there is one final secret that Cat must unlock. A secret that will change everything.

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Book Box Club Unboxing October 2017

In this post I am going to be unboxing the October 2017 Book Box Club box. (What follows will contain spoilers so please do not read if you don't want to know what is in the box)

Book Box Club is a monthly book subscription box. Each month you receive a specially selected YA book release and 2-4 hand picked goodies which fit in with the theme. Book Box Club also hosts a members only online book club where subscribers get a chance to chat to each other as well as the author about the book.

The theme this month was Quests and Legends. (Spoiler filled post under the cut)

Leafer Box Unboxing October 2017

So today I have another Leafer unboxing for you all! I am going to be unboxing the October 2017 double Leafer box which they kindly put together for me because I liked the sound of the Historical and Fantasy boxes The theme for Historical was 'Orleans' while the theme for fantasy was 'Nature's Wrath'. (What follows will contain spoilers so please do not read if you don't want to know what is in the box)

Leafer box is a UK monthly book subscription box focused on providing good reading material to avid readers around the world.

Review #68 - Even the Darkest Stars by Heather Fawcett

Details:

Title: Even the Darkest Stars

Author: Heather Fawcett

Publisher: Harper Collins

ISBN 13: 978-0062463388

Synopsis:

Kamzin has always dreamed of becoming one of the Emperor’s royal explorers, the elite climbers tasked with mapping the wintry, mountainous Empire and spying on its enemies. She knows she could be the best in the world, if only someone would give her a chance.

But everything changes when the mysterious and eccentric River Shara, the greatest explorer ever known, arrives in her village and demands to hire Kamzin—not her older sister Lusha, as everyone had expected—for his next expedition. This is Kamzin’s chance to prove herself—even though River’s mission to retrieve a rare talisman for the emperor means climbing Raksha, the tallest and deadliest mountain in the Aryas.  Then Lusha sets off on her own mission to Raksha with a rival explorer who is determined to best River, and Kamzin must decide what’s most important to her: protecting her sister from the countless perils of the climb or beating her to the summit.

The challenges of climbing Raksha are unlike anything Kamzin expected—or prepared for—with avalanches, ice chasms, ghosts, and even worse at every turn. And as dark secrets are revealed, Kamzin must unravel the truth of their mission and of her companions—while surviving the deadliest climb she has ever faced.

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Review #67 - Because you love to hate me by Various

Details:

Title: Because you love to hate me

Author: Various (anthology)

Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens

ISBN 13: 978-1408882764

Synopsis:

In this unique YA anthology, thirteen acclaimed, bestselling authors team up with thirteen influential BookTubers to reimagine fairy tales from the oft-misunderstood villains' points of view.

These fractured, unconventional spins on classics like "Medusa," Sherlock Holmes, and "Jack and the Beanstalk" provide a behind-the-curtain look at villains' acts of vengeance, defiance, and rage--and the pain, heartbreak, and sorrow that spurned them on. No fairy tale will ever seem quite the same again!

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Belated Fairyloot Unboxing September 2017

This is the unboxing of the September 2017 FairyLoot box. (What follows will contain spoilers so please do not read if you don't want to know what is in the box)

FairyLoot is a monthly book subscription box mainly focusing on fantasy YA and YA crossovers. Each month you receive a new release book, mostly hardback and 4-6 bookish items which fit in with the theme.

The theme this month was All That Sass

 (Spoiler filled post under the cut)