Fairyloot Unboxing February 2018

This is the unboxing of the February 2018 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 Twisted Tales

 (Spoiler filled post under the cut)

Book Box Club Unboxing February 2018

In this post I am going to be unboxing the February 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 Into Dystopia (Spoiler filled post under the cut)

Top 5 Wednesday - 21st February 2018

Top 5 Wednesday!

Top Five Wednesday was created by Laineyand is currently hosted by Sam from Thoughts on Tomes. There is more information at the goodreads group. 

February 21st: Favorite Romance Novels
-- Romance as a genre is very under-appreciated in lots of circles. So recommend your favorite romance books. These are books where romance is the main genre, not a secondary one. 

So for today's topic I am going to list my top 5 favorite Romance Novels. I don't read a lot of romance but I managed to find 5 for this. 

Apologies for the delay in getting this up. 

Review#23 - Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card vol 2 - CLAMP

Details:

Title: Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card

Author: CLAMP

Publisher: Kodansha Comics

ISBN 13: 978-1632365385

Synopsis:

Strange things are afoot in Sakura’s neighborhood again, beginning with the appearance of puzzling transparent cards in her dreams. Those same dreams have brought her a key that can capture the cards, but as Sakura begins to round up the troublemaking cards that are complicating her shiny new middle-school life, the mysteries only multiply—beginning with the mystery of the new transfer student in her class…

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Review #22 - Shadowblack by Sebastien de Castell

Details:

Title: Shadowblack

Author: Sebastien de Castell

Publisher: Hot Key Books

ISBN 13: 978-1471406676

Synopsis:

SORCERY IS A SCAM . . . 

Four months after fleeing his own people, Kellen has discovered he's an even worse outlaw than he was mage. It doesn't help that his only allies are a swaggering card player and a thieving squirrel cat.

Then he meets Seneira, a blindfolded girl who isn't blind, and whose secrets get them caught up in a conspiracy of magic, blackmail and murder. Now Kellen must find the mage responsible before the entire frontier falls victim to the mystical plague known as the shadowblack.

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Review #21 - Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

Details:

Title: Nevermoor@ The Trials of Morrigan Crow

Author: Jessica Townsend

Publisher: Orion

ISBN 13: 978-1510104112

Synopsis:

Morrigan Crow is cursed, destined to die on her eleventh birthday. But, as the clock strikes midnight, she's whisked away by a remarkable man called Jupter North and taken to the secret city of Nevermoor.

There she's invited to join the Wundrous Society. Mystery, magica and protection are hers - if only she can pass four impossible trials, using an exceptional talent. Which she doesn't have...

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Top 5 Wednesday - 14th February 2018

Top 5 Wednesday!

Top Five Wednesday was created by Laineyand is currently hosted by Sam from Thoughts on Tomes. There is more information at the goodreads group. 

February 14th: Favorite F/F Couples
-- Who are your favorite ladies loving other ladies? (Note: this isn't specifically cis lesbian couples, but also applies to couples that include bi women, trans women, pan women, ace women, etc.)

So for today's topic I am going to list my top 5 favorite F/F couples (Warning there will be spoilers for Shadowhunters, Of Fire and Stars, Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, Godsgrave and Mirror Mirror)