Book Box Club Unboxing May 2018

In this post I am going to be unboxing the May 2018 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 Stargazers (Spoiler filled post under the cut)

Review #66 - The Surface Breaks by Louise O'Neill

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Title: The Surface Breaks

Author: Louise O'Neill

Publisher: Scholastic

ISBN 13: 978-1407185538

Synopsis:

Deep beneath the sea, off the cold Irish coast, Gaia is a young mermaid who dreams of freedom from her controlling father. On her first swim to the surface, she is drawn towards a human boy. She longs to join his carefree world, but how much will she have to sacrifice? What will it take for the little mermaid to find her voice?

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Review #65 - Star Wars Shattered Empire by Greg Rucka

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Title: Star Wars: Shattered Empire

Author: Greg Rucka

Publisher: Marvel

ISBN 13: 978-0785197812

Synopsis:

Journey with us into the time after the end of Star Wars: Episode IV Return of the Jedi! Writer Greg Rucka and artist Marco Checchetto take us past the destruction of the second Death Star--and into the chaos of a shattered Empire. Everything you need to know is right here! 

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Review #64 - Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young

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Title: Sky in the Deep

Author: Adrienne Young

Publisher: Wednesday Books

ISBN 13: 978-1250168450

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OND ELDR. BREATHE FIRE.

Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient, rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield--her brother, fighting with the enemy--the brother she watched die five years ago.

Faced with her brother's betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbor is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan thought to be a legend, Eelyn is even more desperate to get back to her beloved family.

She is given no choice but to trust Fiske, her brother's friend, who sees her as a threat. They must do the impossible: unite the clans to fight together, or risk being slaughtered one by one. Driven by a love for her clan and her growing love for Fiske, Eelyn must confront her own definition of loyalty and family while daring to put her faith in the people she's spent her life hating.

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Review #63 - Saga vol 3 by Brian K Vaughan

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Title: Saga vol 3

Author: Brian K. Vaughan

Publisher: Image Comics

ISBN 13: 978-1607069317

Synopsis:

Searching for their literary hero, new parents Marko and Alana travel to a cosmic lighthouse on the planet Quietus, while the couple's multiple pursuers finally close in on their targets.

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Review #62 - To Kill A Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

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Title: To Kill A Kingdom

Author: Alexandra Christo

Publisher: Hot Key Books

ISBN 13: 978-1471407390

Synopsis:

Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. 

With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most - a human. Robbed of her song, Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elian's heart to the Sea Queen or remain a human forever. 

The ocean is the only place Prince Elian calls home, even though he is heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world. Hunting sirens is more than an unsavoury hobby - it's his calling. When he rescues a drowning woman in the ocean, she's more than what she appears. She promises to help him find the key to destroying all of sirenkind for good. 

But can he trust her? And just how many deals will Elian have to barter to eliminate mankind's greatest enemy?

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Review #61 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Jason Fry

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Title: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Author: Jason Fry

Publisher: Century

ISBN 13: 978-1780898414

Synopsis:

From the ashes of the Empire has arisen another threat to the galaxy’s freedom: the ruthless First Order. Fortunately, new heroes have emerged to take up arms―and perhaps lay down their lives―for the cause. Rey, the orphan strong in the Force; Finn, the ex-stormtrooper who stands against his former masters; and Poe Dameron, the fearless X-wing pilot, have been drawn together to fight side-by-side with General Leia Organa and the Resistance. But the First Order’s Supreme Leader Snoke and his merciless enforcer Kylo Ren are adversaries with superior numbers and devastating fire power at their command. Against this enemy, the champions of light may finally be facing their extinction. Their only hope rests with a lost legend: Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

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