March Unboxing - Fairyloot

So today I am going to be unboxing the March 2017 FairyLoot box, this box was Fairyloot's 1 year anniversary box and as such the box itself was purple. (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 Myths and Monsters. (Spoiler filled post under the cut)

Review #16 - A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

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Title: A Monster Calls

Author: Patrick Ness

Publisher: Walker Books

ISBN 13: 978-1406361803

Synopsis:

Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don't quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, there's a visitor at his window. It’s ancient, elemental, a force of nature. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth. Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late, award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd and weaves an extraordinary and heartbreaking tale of mischief, healing and above all, the courage it takes to survive.

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Review #15 - Vicious by VE Schwab

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Title: Vicious

Author: VE Schwab

Publisher: Titan Books

ISBN 13: 978-1783290215

Synopsis:

Victor and Eli started out as college roommates brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same ambition in each other. A shared interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.

Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl with a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the arch-nemeses have set a course for revenge but who will be left alive at the end?

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Review #14 - A Conjuring of Light by VE Schwab

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Title: A Conjuring of Light

Author: VE Schwab

Publisher: Titan Books

ISBN 13: 978-1785652448

Synopsis:

The precarious equilibrium among the four Londons has reached its breaking point. Once brimming with the red vivacity of magic, darkness casts a shadow over the Maresh Empire, leaving a space for another London to rise. Kell - once assumed to be the last surviving Antari -begins to waver under the pressure of competing loyalties. Lila Bard, once a commonplace but never common thief, has survived and flourished through a series of magical trials. But now she must learn to control the magic, before it bleeds her dry. Meanwhile, the disgraced Captain Alucard Emery and the Night Spire crew are attempting a race against time to acquire the impossible, as an ancient enemy returns to claim a crown and a fallen hero is desperate to save a decaying world...

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March Unboxing - I love you Thorns and all by Bookworm candles & crafts

So this post is going to be an unboxing of the March 2017 Bookworm candles and craft box (What follows will contain spoilers so please do not read if you don't want to know what is in the box)

Bookworm candles and craft box is a monthly subscription box which contains 6-8 bookish related items always including a candle, soap or body product and other surprise items all pertaining to the theme.

The theme for the month of March was I love you thorns and all. (Spoiler filled post under the cut)

Review #13 - A Gathering of Shadows by VE Schwab

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Title: A Gathering of Shadows

Author: VE Schwab

Publisher: Titan Books

ISBN 13: 978-1783295425

Synopsis:

Kell is one of the last magicians with the ability to travel between parallel universes, linked by the magical city of London. It has been four months since a mysterious obsidian stone fell into his possession and he met Delilah Bard. Four months since the Dane twins of White London fell, and the stone was cast with Holland's dying body back into Black London. Now Kell is visited by dreams of ominous magical events, waking only to think of Lila. And as Red London prepares for the Element Games an international competition of magic a certain pirate ship draws closer. But another London is coming back to life. The balance of magic is perilous, and for one city to flourish, another must fall...

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Review #12 - A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab

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Title: A Darker Shade of Magic

Author: VE Schwab

Publisher: Titan Books

ISBN 13: 978-1783295401

Synopsis:

Most people only know one London; but what if there were several? Kell is one of the last Travelers magicians with a rare ability to travel between parallel Londons. There is Grey London, dirty and crowded and without magic, home to the mad king George III. There is Red London, where life and magic are revered. Then, White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne. But once upon a time, there was Black London...

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