I wrote this unboxing AGES ago but completely blanked and forgot to post it. Since it's been so long, I've forgone with the usual spoiler warnings! I'm so excited to open this box, especially after how much I loved last month's box, and the book, which was fantastic! Okay, so before we get to the unboxing, two things: 1. This unboxing is super late because work has been insane the past couple of weeks. 2. I am so, so grateful to Illumicrate for choosing me as one of the April photo competition winners, and I'm really excited to be receiving my June box for free! Let's just have a quick recap of the May theme: We all love those characters who see their fate and refuse to accept it. Who forge their own path through life, no matter how hard. Who never give up the pursuit of their goals and dreams. 💛 Our book this month is an epic fantasy set in an Indian-inspired world. A princess, held captive in an abandoned, ancient temple plots revenge on the brother who banished her there. When the princess witnesses the hidden powers of one of the maids sent to clean the temple, she forces her into an uneasy alliance in order to escape and overthrow her brother. Together, they will set an empire ablaze. We loved the gorgeous prose and the dynamics between our two morally grey main characters! 💛 Our Illumicrate edition will have exclusive stencilled edges and embossing on the hardback and come with a signed bookplate! Both the full box and book only option also come with the matching pin designed by @Stacey.McEvoy.Caunt 💛 Our items this month are inspired by Girls of Paper and Fire, Spinning Silver, Skyward, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and City of Brass! This month we'll be including one of our @pauhami booksleeves in the box! 💛 The book at a glance: 📚 Adult fantasy, first book in a series 💡Stencilled edges, embossing on the hardback, signed bookplate 💫 Indian-inspired characters & setting written by Indian author, F/F relationship between main characters Okay, I'm so excited. Let's get into this! As always, there will be spoilers beyond this point so look away now if you don't want to see what's inside this box. The first thing I pulled out was this gorgeous tin. The artwork on this is absolutely stunning. It's designed by Shirley (@lioninthetrees) and is inspired by the mythical creatures from the Daevabad Trilogy. I absolutely love this tin. The artwork is beautiful, really colourful and it's air-tight which makes it perfect for storing tea. The next item I pulled out was this absolutely beautiful, Wilder Than Memories Notebook. I could immediately tell that this item was inspired by The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab and I'm a little bit annoyed with myself for leaving that particular book at the bookshop the last time I was there. This notebook is so pretty, it matches the actual book cover perfectly and @rena.illustration has done an amazing job. One thing I absolutely love about this book is that the pages are sort-of mixed media which makes it perfect for sketching and painting, which is something I'd love to do more of. Next up, I pulled out two smaller items. A Girls of Paper and Fire inspired enamel pin, designed by @blissfullybookishtees, which is extremely pretty and detailed. And something called an M-Bot Illumikey, which admittedly baffled me when I saw it and thought it was supposed to actually unlock something 😅 until I realised it's part of Illumicrate's new collectible key range. I love the idea and it's really unique, so I'm looking forward to next month's design. Okay, okay, I won't lie. The second I opened the box, I saw this book sleeve and I squealed...and then made myself wait until I took it out. This is easily the most gorgeous sleeve I own. It's enormous, easily fitting this month's book, and honestly Illumicrate, can we please have one of these every month!?!?! The sleeve was designed by @pauhami and is inspired by Spinning Silver, another book I haven't read yet! It's a stunning sleeve and I am in love with it. Finally, finally, we're onto the book, which is a thing of beauty. The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri is such a beautiful, chonky book. It has stunning green vine stencil edges on all the edges, foil embossing on the hardcover and it's accompanied by a signed bookplate from the author. In addition to all that, there's a letter from the author with some really beautiful character art on it and the monthly pin designed by @stacey.mcevoy.caunt which is really pretty. Overall, this box was incredible. I'm in love and can't wait to read the book, which is a sapphic, Indian-inspired fantasy! Comments are closed.
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Book addict, film mad, music lover, business owner, writer and mum (not necessarily in that order), living in the UK. About Sophie (She/Her)
Sophie loves books (obviously). She has a passion for photography and spotting wildlife, and is interested in anything made with passion and creativity. THIS BLOG IS SPOILER FREE!
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