FairyLoot Adult Reviews 2024: Ongoing

Fantasy

May 23

Have you seen those stunning exclusive edition books with stenciled edges, redesigned dust jackets, and character artwork? If so, chances are you’re familiar with FairyLoot!

FairyLoot is a monthly monthly book box with multiple subscription options, including an Adult Book-Only box. And that’s where this page comes in! As the year progress, I’ll post everything you need to know regarding this subscription right here. It’s a one-stop-shop for information!

Get ready for unboxing videos, book reviews, and my thoughts on whether the subscription is indeed worth its pretty penny. You can check back monthly to see updates, or sign up for the newsletter to be notified! Either way, we’re hoarding the love and reveling in the gems received. What more could a book dragon ask for?

THE READS SO FAR

Currently Reading: Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields

I’ve read 50% of the subscription books received thus far, and it’s not looking good. Disjointed plots and passive protagonists have left me wanting for a book worth the money I spent on it. If you’re searching for novels to pretty up your bookshelf, these will certainly be prizes worth showing off to your friends! But if you’re in it for worthwhile content that will have you foaming at the mouth for the sequel, we’ll have to wait a little longer to see. The FairyLoot Adult Book-Only subscription is coming up short thus far.

There’s no doubt in my mind that Georgia Summers could write a literary masterpiece, but her debut novel, The City of Stardust, was not it. It was a complete waste of time reading. And what I mean by that is there was no plot because the finale made the entire book pointless. If you’re a Danielle L. Jensen fan, please don’t come for me. I haven’t read The Bridge Kingdom, but I’ve heard good things, so I went into this new series by the same author quite hopeful. However, A Fate Inked in Blood was led by a passive protagonist who was naive to the point of incredulity and who was dragged about by secondary characters. (Note that, based on the Goodreads rating, I’m a minority opinion.) It wasn’t until the June novel that I found a book worth rooting for! Sophie Kim’s novel, The God and the Gumiho was a breath of fresh air. It’s campy and absurd and inspired by the author’s love for k-dramas, and boy did it work! I found myself smiling the entire time I was reading, and I can’t wait for the next book!

I’ve just started The Honey Witch, and I will say I’m enjoying it so far! Let’s cross our fingers and hope I just got the subpar books read early, and the rest will make the subscription worthwhile!

I usually check The Story Eater for book box spoilers, and they have predicted The Night Ends with Fire by K.X. Song as the July release. So much to read, so little time! (I mean, who needs sleep, right?)

DESIGN: This is hard, because each novel has some features I love, and others I don’t. Overall, A Fate Inked in Blood came together nicely. What set it apart was the cohesiveness of the color scheme, the character art on the endpapers being different on the front and the back, the hardcover foiling, and the digital edges. It truly is a stunning edition! A Feather So Black makes a close second, though the character artwork on the endpapers is the same front and back. Evocation is stunning, but the top and bottom digital edges are visually jarring due to the yellow coloring. I wasn’t a fan of the endpapers of The Honey Witch, nor was I a fan of the redesigned dust jacket for The City of Stardust. Although I’ve read The God and the Gumiho, I have yet to receive my edition from FairyLoot, so I can’t speak to its design yet!

CONTENT: Oof. As mentioned above, I did not enjoy either The City of Stardust or A Fate Inked in Blood. They were painful reads that I struggled to finish. The God and Gumiho, however, was brilliant and fun! Did I think I needed a k-drama-inspired novel following a trickster god and a nine-tailed fox as they solved a murder mystery and bantered while slowly falling in love? No. But now I can’t imagine having not read this little gem! I’m only a few chapters into The Honey Witch, but I am enjoying it thus far. Things are looking up, but I won’t count my chickens before they hatch.

PRICE: I’m sorely disappointed in the first two reads. Is it enough to call off my subscription? Absolutely not. I’ll wait up until the very last month to make that decision. With the times to get on the waitlist, which tend to be months and months, I’d have to be sure I’ve completely wasted my money to pull the plug. Especially considering these books tend to go for more than the subscription price on resale sites. (This does depend on the book—A Fate Inked in Blood is selling for well over, while Evocation is selling for under.) I resell the books I don’t want to continue fueling my book buying, and I do tend to make my money back, give or take a little. Plus, having a subscription gives me first access to independent novels released by FairyLoot. It makes being a subscriber more enticing!

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