Unboxing Swan Lake & Heists and Hustles | Fairyloot Adult & YA February 2024

[@Marketta7]

I’m currently reading A Tempest of Tea, and I’m really enjoying it so far. The US shipments are delayed so I haven’t received my books yet, but I’m pretty disappointed that book isn’t signed. It’s one of my most anticipated reads of the year also. I’m glad I kept the signed Waterstones edition preorder.

[@Tschotschi17]

That booksleeve is sooo gorgeous can't wait to get mine. With that little pouch its perfect for traveling ^^

[@bonniem3567]

I’ll be happy once I finally get my books, still waiting but I am used to waiting and shall for my beautiful books.

[@thelolloco]

I am so very honored and happy that you liked the book sleeve!! ♥️🥰🌺 Thank you for all the wonderful and sweet words

[@catcreme]

that's a very pretty and rich red on Tempest of the Tea.

[@changedbybooks665]

I prefer thw original cover for A Tempest of Tea and I also don't like the color red on covers 😅 but I love the endpapers ❤ I'm still glad I didn't cancel my waterstones edition though

[@Wanderness]

I wish I hadn't cancelled!

[@bonniem3567]

I wish I hadn’t canceled my waterstones edition too. 😢 I like the A Tempest of Tea thats from Fairyloot but I agree, I like the original cover. Oh well.

[@kaitlynpapaya8909]

I finally got my Adult FL box, so I was finally able to come watch this video haha. But I agree, as soon as I turned it over and saw the back I instantly thought Swan Princess! I loved that movie as a kid. I'm so glad they redesigned the cover on that one, it's gorgeous 😍

[@jolanc]

I'm going to try read all the 3 books of the subscriptions from fairyloot for 3 months and then I'm going to decide which to keep😊 I wish the ya book did have a reversible dustjacket like the adult book😅

[@Wanderness]

That's such a good idea!!! You'll have to let me know how it goes :)

[@heikeb9864]

Just got my package and wow, wow, wow, the adult book is a stunner! I do like the dust jacket design of the YA book, I am just not super fond of the color choice, but overall I am not mad. Including the original design would have been awesome though, because I am with you, I totally did not need the meh original design for the adult book, but the original for the YA was pretty good already. The only downer for me was that my books both came damaged, both shipping and production damage, which is a bummer, but I took pictures and contacted the support and usually they are amazing about these things, so fingers crossed.

[@cleg78]

Hey my lovely great to see you in another video. I think A Feather so Black despite the slight wonky castles is absolutely beautiful. I do like the naked hardcover, it is stunning and the spine is amazing. Love it and agree 10/10

[@cleg78]

Love the book sleeve with the extra pocket on the front. It is beautiful. Actually like the soap dish too, very nice and unique to the box. The book I really like…but the hardcover with just foil is getting a bit tired I think.

[@cleg78]

I would still give the book 8/10

[@badfaith4u]

The books are gorgeous and the book sleeve is absolutely beautiful. Looking forward to your future videos.

[@annamarieinbookland]

I love the design of the adult book, FL brought it with this book and I am so looking forward to reading the book as I love fae fantasy.

[@Wanderness]

I've seen really good reviews for it!

[@annamarieinbookland]

I don’t always take stock in others reviews and what one person likes someone else might not but if there are more 1/2 stars than 4/5 I bump the book down my TBR lol

[@fionaorwin8074]

Hi, when are you going to be posting about the romantasy book? I cant wait to see your reaction!

[@Wanderness]

I'm about an hour 🥰

[@reamyaseen3463]

The special addition of a tempest of tea is pretty but my normal addition has a special place in my heart cus I was able to meet hafzah and get it signed 😢

[@melbreads]

I woke up and saw you had posted videos. Friday morning made!

[@megancheang7858]

The swan lake book is so beautiful. I just had to buy it...indirectly. Now that I actually got it, i'm not as impressed with the female character art as the first time, but the love interest so reminds me of the Darkling and the Erlking that I am satisfied. When I saw the dust jacket on your video, I didn't realize that main character was on it. I thought she was a tree holding up the castle. I didn;'t see her until today. Wonder when the readalong will start.

[@Tiffs-bookshelf]

That FL adult is gorgeous. I cannot wait to see it. Tempest of tea is too red for me but the book is good so far. Love me a heist and a cast of characters

[@jufamy962]

I was sad I cancelled the Waterstones preorder for this when I saw it, even though it's stunning it would have been so much beter with the original cover on the reversed jacket. BUT I'm reading it at the moment, on 1/3rd and I'm not liking it? So now I'm not that sad anymore?

[@Wanderness]

What a plot twist, are you going to dnf?

[@jufamy962]

@@Wanderness I never DNF! That's not my style. Although I had a lot of breaks during the first 60 pages because I couldn't make anything of it.

[@saramm3765]

I just finished A Feather So Black. It was a decent Swan Princess fantasy fae retelling with a great forest magic atmosphere. For me I enjoyed it most for the atmosphere it set up.

[@marcelinochlebiwino3354]

I've heard gossip on Insta that FT have around 40k of subscribers for each sub, so I guess it explains why books are no longer handsigned.

[@Wanderness]

Yikes! Makes sense, they've must have increased their boxes quite a lot over the years

[@Brooksie603]

I do like the cover for the YA book. I only have the YA book only subscription. I’m on the waitlist for the adult and Romantasy books. That adult book is gorgeous 😍

[@jennifernieves6796]

It is signed. The signature is under the author letter.

[@jennifernieves6796]

Well, at least mine was digitally signed.

[@floydandtotoro]

love it all! a video idea that would be nice is a little ‘top five favourite subscription box books’, like ones that you liked the reading book and all the special customizations - I would love to know which ones have been all time all-around favourites! 💕💃 you said your husband likes unboxing the sub boxes too - it would be so fun to get a top list from him too! which he enjoyed unboxing the most :)

[@RebeccaReads]

Thank you for posting as it’s getting me through my treadmill workout 😂

[@Wanderness]

You can doooo it!

[@beingbookishpod]

I have only just added my name to the Ilumicrate waitlist (so a while to go), but after 9 months of receiving the Fairyloot combo I am already done with the subscription. I thought I would love it, but so many of the books are just going straight on my "going on Vinted" shelf 😢

[@LifeWithStefy]

It is a pretty book, although I admit I’d never heard of it beforehand. Waterstones are getting there with their special editions they just lack endpaper artwork. Some books have had them but it would be nice if all SE’s had them. The FL YA book wasn’t overly bad item wise. I absolutely love the book sleeve, stunning ❤ I love the soap dish (and the series) too but I don’t want to use as a soap dish cos I use liquid soap. Hoping I can maybe use as a trinket instead and ignore the ridges 😆 So glad we got another letter opener, obsessed with them. The book is pretty but I do prefer the original cover. I now have the dilemma of do I keep this one and the WS SE I also got 😬

[@Lifeonasofa]

Oh! A Feather So Black is stunning!! They did a great job with that redesign 😍 I’m not loving A Tempest of Tea as much. Quality was there, it just felt underwhelming/simple and I didn’t love the colour. Not for me so will be selling. Glad I cancelled YA for Romantasy 🥰 wish they’d do an adult sub with 1/2 items that would be so fun!

[@angelb5]

I need to figure out what I am going to do as well. I have too many subscription boxes, I need to get rid of either the Fairyloot adult, romantasy or illumicrate

[@estariee]

This is the special moment when I like the Illumicrate box more than Fairyloot (ya box). There's something wrong with the red cover, but the character art inside is wonderful. :)

[@Wanderness]

Oooo do you subscribe to illumicrate? I think maybe it would have been nicer in purple

[@estariee]

@@Wanderness Yes. Currently I subscribe to Illumicrate and Ya Fairyloot :) I agree, a different color would be better and maybe a not foiling title, because it disappear in the light so strangely and it seems as if the cover had no title, which annoys me. Ugh! But apart from that, both boxes in March were great!

[@LJG7654]

Thanks for sharing! The first one was a good edition. The YA I liked the book, but not my favorite. The items were alright. I used to like getting book sleeves, and that one has pretty art and seems nicely padded. I just ended up with a ton of them, especially since I made a bunch myself so it's not as high value to me as they used to be. The soap dish is nice, but unusual for a YA box. Owlcrate did one that was flimsy and had the printing flaking off, so FairyLoot's is a lot nicer at least! The shoe charms seem very niche, and in a couple ways. First, while I love the series, it's an adult series in a YA box? Plus, they serve coffee, not tea. There is a similar series by Rebecca Thorne that is a tea shop (along with books) that would have fit the theme much better. Secondly, thinking that enough of their subscribers would have the shoes to use these in? As someone who doesn't wear Crocs or shoes with holes in them, they'd be useless. Such an odd addition! The sword was nice, but agree that it doesn't really fit the theme. All in all, it's not a bad box, but the more I think about it, it just seems random. I still think that Illumicrate box was better!

[@SweeeetLovex3]

the more unboxing of your FL Adult sub I watch the more enticed I’m getting to consider the sub if I get an invitation. currently subbed to Romantasy - interested to see what the customizations will look like for this sub and hoping the picks get better with time. 🙈 A Feather so black just looks gorgeous all around - love the color scheme sm. 🥺

[@Wanderness]

The adult subscription is worth it for me, not sure I would recommend the YA one, but no doubts about the adult

[@jadiecakes3241]

not my FAVE customisations but they are really pretty, im not dissappointed!! I think those croc charms are a stupid choice... why not do a cute enamel magnet?? We dont get enough magnets.

[@Wanderness]

I literally never see crocs in the UK too!

[@jadiecakes3241]

@@Wanderness right like you live anywhere cold or rainy and they are useless 😅 even in Australia where its hot most people wear thongs not crocs

[@BeyondBookish]

Interestingly enough crocs are highly popular in the US and Canada

[@LittleFox444]

Not a fan of The Tempest of Tea redesign, I seriously dislike the color scheme and I also wished they would give us reverse cover for this one, I would totally flip it. The adult book is absolutely STUNNING though! ♥️

[@-autumnfeelings]

Isn't the reverse side of the dust jacket of the first book a color change too? The original looks red on the right side. On the dust jacket it looks like it's purple (or maybe it's just the lighting?)

[@Wanderness]

I thought it was a colour change but edited it out because on the video it looks like the original, so I'm not sure 🤔

[@laurawessels2490]

I skipped april and got the waterstone's edition for tempest of tea. I am happier with that choice because it is signed And I'm not a fan of orange. I do really like the adult book's features though, But the synopsis just did not interest me, hence the skip. I feel like I have too many books that are pretty, but I don't have any interest in actually reading.

[@Wanderness]

I'm so sad I cancelled my waterstones preorder :(

[@annamarieinbookland]

I was quite disappointed with the YA box, this could be coz it didn’t wow me or coz I’ve been feeling low lately but I’m not really going to get any use from most of the items, I’m using the OUABH item to put pens and pencils in, the soap dish will get broken in my current home so not useful for me right now but it could be used to put tea bags in maybe, the shoe tags I have no idea what I’m going to use them for as I too don’t own any crocks, I liked the replica letter opener but I’ve never seen or read the Hobbit and I have no intention to either. I thought the book had a nice design but I was disappointed that it didn’t have the blurb on the flaps as I had no idea what the book was about until I checked the spoiler card lol but it was pretty.

[@Wanderness]

I can't see many people getting use of the shoe charms to be honest! I can see how this box wouldn't be for you, I hope next month is more your thing 🙏

[@annamarieinbookland]

Hopefully Aprils will be better I’ve seen hints for the books for both the YA and Adult box and they both sound quite good and we’re getting page overlays which I’m hoping are for Belladonna as I loved that book

[@changedbybooks665]

Also, were you previously interested on the first romantasy book? I was but I have seen some really bad reviews with valid criticism and now I think I might sell the book when I get it 😭

[@Wanderness]

Not really but where do I go to look for the valid criticism 👀

[@changedbybooks665]

@@Wanderness do you follow booksandlala here on youtube? She recently uploaded a video in which she read the book and talks about her issues with it, another big booktuber (Chandler) also read it and had similar thoughts let me find the videos 💙

[@melissas554]

Hiya! Just started watching the video but you’ve put February in the thumbnail/title but I think these are the March picks?

[@melissas554]

Also, I adore the look of the items in the YA fairyloot box!

[@Wanderness]

Omg you're right thank you!!

[@Lex77755]

I'm not going to lie, the foiled hardcovers are getting boring for me. They're all different, yet their style is terribly repetitive. They are nice but the illumicrate and owlcrate books are looking much more creative in this and they are hand signed.

[@Wanderness]

Would love more like the Illumicrate one for March. My problem with them is I always end up rubbing the foil off when I'm reading them :/

[@Lex77755]

@@Wanderness same

[@bookventures_of_a_wildflower]

I think that this is a gorgeous edition(FL Adult), one of my favourite FL designs ever BUT the quality.....The naked hardback came with very faded edges and bottom for me, and since I was anticipating this book so much I started reading it rightaway and the naked cover is fading /losing the paint so badly. Even on teh spine just from opening the book there's a white line running along now :( Additionally I could not use sticky notes as the sticky note (same I use for other books) lifted the ink so bad that I had to stop and was thankful I noticed after 3 sticky notes. I am so disappointed :( honestly because it is such a beautiful edition and I just do not understand. I know a lot of people just collect the books to be displayed, but I do read them as well.

[@ayragon]

🫖 💎 🗡️ this book, wasn’t my favorite, but I also got the Waterstones edition, so I’m pleased with the rest of the box.

[@Wanderness]

I wish I just got the waterstones one :(

[@ayragon]

@@Wanderness it is jumping through flaming hoops backwards while reciting Shakespeare in Italian to get a Waterstones SE… I have so many issues and was so relieved when it arrived underaged and not 5 months late…

[@ayragon]

🦢 🪶 👑 I am so pleased they gave the original UK cover too, because that was so pretty.