Book Box Club - December 2019

Theme: Fireside Favourites

Items:

Dangerous Alliance by Jennike Cohen
Dangerous Alliance Badge
Clubhouse Invite
Bonus Arc
Bookish Beanie by Book Box Club
Quotable Classic Pencils by Book Box Club
White Chocolate and Raspberry Bar by Tilly Wonka
Book Box Club's UK YA Digital Zine
Woodmark by Mia Minerva
Calendar

Review:
Check out Sammie's first impressions in the video.

The theme of this box was fireside favourites, I was expecting some hot chocolate or marshmallows with this box, but I was sadly disappointed but on a whole the box was still good. But I still don't think this is the best box out their but it is a good cheap alternative.

The first item within the box was a bookish beanie. This was a really nice item to have at this time of year. The colour was sort of like a forest green with a book on the folded bit of the hat. I felt like the design was quite basic but at the same time it worked and was pretty.

The next item in the box was a pencil, I'm not really a huge fan of pencils as I don't use them, I only use pens or highlighters. There was a quote on the pencil which is "I like good strong words that mean something". The colour of the pencil was also like a forest green, I think it must have been the colour for this theme, even though I would have said it should have been orange, red or yellow.

There was also a calendar within this box for the following year of 2020. I felt this would have been suitable as a desk calendar but it was supposed to actually hang on the wall. So the size of it was a bit disappointing for where it was to be used. I also wasn't really a fan of the art work within the calendar it seemed like it was really basic and plain. But I did like the idea of having a calendar, I just don't think it was to my use sadly.

A wooden bookmark was the next item in the box, by now you should really know I'm not a huge fan of wooden bookmarks just cause they make me paranoid with the ink. Also the design on it wasn't really to my taste sadly, but it will be to someone's it's just my opinion.

The final item before the two books was an enamel badge which was inspired by Dangerous Alliances which was the main book for the month. I actually quite liked the design of the enamel badge as it was just a female silhouette so even if I'm not a fan of the book, I could still wear it because not many people will know it's based on a fandom.

The main book was Dangerous Alliances. It's not something that I would usually read but it does sound interesting, so I'm actually looking forward to something new. I'm sure this book had a lot of hype so it should be good.

The advanced reading copy in my box was And The Stars Were Burning Brightly. This book has been on my to be read list and I can't wait to actually get round to reading it. I really love the cover to it and knowing the actual book cover isn't going to be like that I'm so happy. Most people got a different advanced reading copy and the ones that were in the box are on the postcard with the dates.