Ciao a tutti booklovers, oggi andiamo a spacchettare la Fairyloot di febbraio, arrivatami proprio oggi. Siete pronti?

 BOOK OF THE MONTH: "CITY OF NIGHTMARES" BY REBECCA SCHAEFFER

TRAMA:

Gotham meets Strange the Dreamer in this thrilling young adult fantasy about a cowardly girl who finds herself at the center of a criminal syndicate conspiracy, in a city where crooked politicians and sinister cults reign and dreaming means waking up as your worst nightmare.

Ever since her sister became a man-eating spider and slaughtered her way through town, nineteen-year-old Ness has been terrified—terrified of some other Nightmare murdering her, and terrified of ending up like her sister. Because in Newham, the city that never sleeps and the only other home Ness has known, dreaming means waking up as your worst fear.

Whether that means becoming a Nightmare that is only monstrous in appearance but is otherwise able to live a semi-normal existence, to transforming into a twisted, unrecognizable creature that terrorizes the citizens of Newham, no one is safe. Ness will do anything to avoid becoming another victim, even if that means lying low among the Friends of the Restful Soul, a seedy organization that may or may not be a cult.

But being a member of the Friends of the Restful Soul has a price. In order to prove herself, Ness cons her way into what’s supposed to be a simple job for the organization—only for it to blow up in her face. Literally. Tangled up in the aftermath of an explosive assassination, Ness and the only other survivor—a Nightmare boy who Ness suspects is planning to eat her—must find their way back to Newham and uncover the sinister truth behind the attack.

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- Tazza ispirata da Blood and Ash di Jennifer L. Armentrout

- Stampa con disegnati Jacks ed Evangeline di Once Upon A Broken Heart

- Collana ispirata a The Stolen Heir

- Pochette ispirata a These Violent Delights di Chloe Gong

- Tarot Cards (Tarocchi) del mese, con disegnati Imani e i due ragazzi di Spice Road

Il tema del prossimo mese è "Eternal" e mi ispira tantissimo!

Siete pronti?

 

Fairyloot Unboxing | "Hidden Worlds" January YA Box

 Ciao a tutti booklovers, oggi andiamo a spacchettare la Fairyloot di gennaio, arrivatami venerdì. Siete pronti?

 BOOK OF THE MONTH: "SPICE ROAD" BY MAIYA IBRAHIM

TRAMA:

The first book in an epic fantasy series for fans of Sabaa Tahir, Hafsah Faizal and Elizabeth Lim, set in an Arabian-inspired land. Raised to protect her nation from the monsters lurking in the sands, seventeen-year-old Imani must fight to find her brother whose betrayal is now their greatest threat.

In the hidden desert city of Qalia, secret spice magic awakens affinities in those who drink the misra tea. With an affinity for iron, seventeen-year-old Imani wields a dagger like no other warrior, garnering her the reputation as the next greatest Shield for battling the dangerous djinn, ghouls, and other monsters that lurk in the sands beyond city limits.

Her reputation has been overshadowed, however, by her brother who tarnished the family name after he was discovered stealing their nation's coveted spice - a tell-tale sign of magical obsession. He disappeared soon after, believed to have died beyond the Forbidden Wastes, and leaving Imani reeling with both betrayal and grief.

But when Imani uncovers evidence her brother may be alive and spreading their nation's magic beyond the desert, she strikes a deal with the Council to find him and bring him back to Qalia before he can reveal the city's location. Accompanied by Qayn, a roguish but handsome djinni, and Taha, a powerful beastseer whose magical talents are matched only by his arrogance, they set out on their mission.

Imani will soon discover there are many secrets that lie beyond the Forbidden Wastes - and in her own heart - but will she find her brother before his betrayals endanger the fate of all of Qalia?

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- Mascherina da notte copri-occhi ispirata appunto a Spice Road

- Scrunchie con nastro ispirato a We Hunt the Flame

- Pin ispirata a The Stardust Thief

- Scatola Collectible n.01 a forma di libro

- Tarot Cards (Tarocchi) del mese, con disegnati Jacks ed Evangeline di Once Upon A Broken Heart

PS: Se volete vedere l'unboxing, ho fatto un video Youtube, uscito ieri sera. Vi ricordo di seguirmi a The Bookish Scorpio!

Il tema del prossimo mese è "Morally Gray" e mi ispira tantissimo!

Siete pronti?

 

Fairyloot Unboxing | "Come one, Come all" December YA Box

 Ciao a tutti booklovers, oggi andiamo a spacchettare la Fairyloot di dicembre, un po' in ritardo. Siete pronti?

 BOOK OF THE MONTH: "CRUEL ILLUSIONS" BY MARGIE FUSTON

TRAMA:

Caraval meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this deliciously dark young adult fantasy about a girl who makes a deal with a magical secret society to enter a potentially deadly competition for the chance to avenge her mother’s death.

Ever since a vampire murdered her mother, Ava has been determined to get revenge. This all-encompassing drive has given her the fuel she needed to survive foster home after foster home.

But it’s been ten years since anyone’s seen a vampire, and Ava has lost hope that she’ll ever find one…until she stumbles across a hidden magic show where she witnesses impossible illusions. The magicians may not be the bloodsuckers she’s hunting, but Ava is convinced something supernatural is at play, so she sneaks backstage and catches them in acts they can’t explain.

But they’ve been waiting for her.

The magicians reveal they’re part of an ancient secret society with true magic, and Ava has the same power in her blood that they do. If she joins them, they promise to teach her the skills she needs to hunt vampires and avenge her mother. But there’s a catch: if she wants to keep the power they offer, she needs to prove she’s worthy of it. And to do so, she must put on the performance of her life in a sinister and dangerous competition where illusion and reality blur, and the stakes are deadly.

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- Bookends ispirati al carosello con i cavalli

- Asciugamano ispirato a "The Night Circus"

- Booksleeve ispirata a Caraval

- Mythology Bookmarks con disegnati Afrodite e Ares

- Tarot Cards (Tarocchi) del mese, con disegnati le protagoniste di Girls of Paper and Fire.

Il tema del prossimo mese è "Hidden Worlds" e mi ispira tantissimo!

Siete pronti?

 

Illumicrate Unboxing | "From Beyond Death" YA October Box

 Ciao a tutti booklovers, oggi andiamo a spacchettare l'Illumicrate di ottobre, arrivatami qualche settimana fa. Siete pronti?

 BOOK OF THE MONTH: "THE WHISPERING DARK" BY KELLY ANDREWS

TRAMA:

Delaney Meyers-Petrov is tired of being seen as fragile just because she's Deaf. So when she's accepted into a prestigious program at Godbole University that trains students to slip between parallel worlds, she's excited for the chance to prove herself. But her semester gets off to a rocky start as she faces professors who won't accommodate her disability, and a pretentious upperclassman fascinated by Delaney's unusual talents.

Colton Price died when he was nine years old. Quite impossibly, he woke several weeks later at the feet of a green-eyed little girl. Now, twelve years later, Delaney Meyers-Petrov has stumbled back into his orbit, but Colton's been ordered to keep far away from the new girl... and the voices she hears calling to her from the shadows.

Delaney wants to keep her distance from Colton -- she seems to be the only person on campus who finds him more arrogant than charming -- yet after a Godbole student turns up dead, she and Colton are forced to form a tenuous alliance, plummeting down a rabbit-hole of deeply buried university secrets. But Delaney and Colton discover the cost of opening the doors between worlds when they find themselves up against something old and nameless, an enemy they need to destroy before it tears them -- and their forbidden partnership -- apart. 

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- Coperta dedicata a Strange The Dreamer di Laini Taylor

- Tazza con raffigurati Ade e Persephone

-  Piattino con disegni che rievocano il mito di Ade e Persefone

Il tema del prossimo mese è Some kind of Monsters e so già che al suo interno ci sarà un'edizione esclusiva di The Luminaries di Susan Dennard, un libro che punto dal suo annuncio di pubblicazione

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Fairyloot Unboxing | "Sell My Soul" October YA Box

 Ciao a tutti booklovers, oggi andiamo a spacchettare la Fairyloot di ottobre, arrivatami giusto ieri. Siete pronti?

 BOOK OF THE MONTH: "ONE DARK WINDOW" BY RACHEL GILLIG

TRAMA:

Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom of Blunder—she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets.

But nothing comes for free, especially magic.

When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest to cure Blunder from the dark magic infecting it. And the highwayman? He just so happens to be the King’s nephew, Captain of the most dangerous men in Blunder…and guilty of high treason.

Together they must gather twelve Providence Cards—the keys to the cure. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.

PRINCESS OF SOULS DI ALEXANDRA CHRISTO

TRAMA:

For sixteen years, Selestra Somniatis has been trapped in a castle on the Floating Mountain, preparing to take her mother’s place as King Seryth’s right hand. Tied by blood to steal souls for the immortal King of the Six Isles, the Somniatis Witch foretells the deaths of participants in the Festival of Predictions. To outrun your fate is to save your soul and steal the King’s immortality. But if you die, your soul is forfeit. And though thousands have tried, nobody has ever beaten death.

As a soldier in King Seryth’s army, Nox Laederic is an unlikely candidate for the Festival, but he has no plans to die at the hands of the King or his witches. His plan is more akin to violent revenge: steal the King’s immortality and kill the entirety of his court, starting with Selestra herself.

But when Selestra touches Nox in her very first prediction, she sees her own death alongside his--their fates are unmistakably intertwined, and Selestra is no longer safe in the only home she’s ever known. Nox and Selestra will have to enter a turbulent alliance in order to survive long enough to free the Six Isles from King Seryth’s clutches and escape the new fate that hunts them.

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- Basket canvas ispirato a Once Upon A Broken Heart della Garber

- Calzini ispirati al Raven Cycle di Maggie Stiefvater

- Stampa raffigurante Howl e Sophie di Howl's Moving Castle

- Tarot Cards (Tarocchi) del mese, con disegnati i protagonisti di Scythe, Rowan e Citra.

Il tema del prossimo mese è The Witching Hour e mi ispira tantissimo! Purtroppo ho visto delle controversie sul libro. Io per ora non mi esprimo.

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Fairyloot Unboxing | "Trials and Retribution" July YA Box

 Ciao a tutti booklovers, oggi andiamo a spacchettare la Fairyloot di luglio, arrivatami giusto ieri. Siete pronti?

 BOOK OF THE MONTH: "THE DARKENING" BY SUNYA MARA

TRAMA:

In this thrilling and epic YA fantasy debut the only hope for a city trapped in the eye of a cursed storm lies with the daughter of failed revolutionaries and a prince terrified of his throne.

Vesper Vale is the daughter of revolutionaries. Failed revolutionaries. When her mother was caught by the queen's soldiers, they gave her a choice: death by the hangman's axe, or death by the Storm that surrounds the city and curses anyone it touches. She chose the Storm. And when the queen's soldiers--led by a paranoid prince--catch up to Vesper's father after twelve years on the run, Vesper will do whatever it takes to save him from sharing that fate.

Even arm herself with her father's book of dangerous experimental magic.

Even infiltrate the prince's elite squad of soldier-sorcerers.

Even cheat her way into his cold heart.

But when Vesper learns that there's more to the story of her mother's death, she'll have to make a choice if she wants to save her city: trust the devious prince with her family's secrets, or follow her mother's footsteps into the Storm.

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- Portaspille ispirato a Dance of Thieves, di Mary E. Pearson

- Calzini ispirati a Gideon The Ninth

- Tarot Cards (Tarocchi) del mese, con su Sloane e Dane di Blood Scion (il libro della Fairyloot di aprile).

- Raccoglitore dove mettere la Tarot Cards (io ci ho messo tutto quello inerente alla Fairyloot)

- Aprilettere a forma di pugnale (che userò per i cosplay) ispirato a Lila Bard di A Darker Shade of Magic

Il tema del prossimo mese è Tell Me Lies e mi ispira tantissimo!

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Fairyloot Unboxing | "Chosen Ones" YA June Box

 Ciao a tutti booklovers, oggi andiamo a spacchettare la Fairyloot di giugno, arrivatami settimana scorsa. Siete pronti?

 BOOK OF THE MONTH: "THIS VICIOUS GRACE" BY EMILY THIEDE

TRAMA:  

Three weddings.

Three funerals.

Her divine "gift" is supposed to magnify a partner’s magic, not kill everyone she touches.

With only weeks before she has to protect her island home from an apocalyptic invasion, Alessa is running out of time —and suitors. And when a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing Alessa is their only hope, her own soldiers turn against her. With mutiny growing inside the Citadel and rebellion erupting beyond the walls, Alessa coaxes a cynical outcast marked as a killer to become her personal bodyguard as she tries one last time to find a compatible partner.

But Dante has dark secrets of his own.

He might be the one person who can help her master her gift... or destroy her once and for all.


Set on an island inspired by Italy's colorful, lemon-soaked Amalfi coast, The Last Finestra is a high-stakes Young Adult fantasy full of intrigue, excitement, humor, and romance.

PAPERBACK BOOK: TWIN CROWNS BY CATHERINE DOYLE AND KATHERINE WEBBER

TRAMA:

A high-stakes fantasy rom-com about twin princesses separated at birth—one raised as the crown princess, and the other taken as an infant and raised to kidnap her sister, steal the crown, and avenge the parents' murders.

Wren Greenrock has always known that one day she would steal her sister’s place in the palace. Trained from birth to return to the place of her parents’ murder and usurp the only survivor, she will do anything to rise to power and protect the community of witches she loves. Or she would, if only a certain palace guard wasn’t quite so distractingly attractive, and if her reckless magic didn’t have a habit of causing trouble…

Princess Rose Valhart knows that with power comes responsibility. Marriage into a brutal kingdom awaits, and she will not let a small matter like waking up in the middle of the desert in the company of an extremely impertinent (and handsome) kidnapper get in the way of her royal duty. But life outside the palace walls is wilder and more beautiful than she ever imagined, and the witches she has long feared might turn out to be the family she never knew she was missing.

Two sisters separated at birth and raised into entirely different worlds are about to get to know each other’s lives a whole lot better. But as coronation day looms closer and they each strive to claim their birthright, the sinister Kingsbreath, Willem Rathborne, becomes increasingly determined that neither will succeed. Who will ultimately rise to power and wear the crown?

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- Piattino ispirato a The Poppy War di R.F Kuang

- The Atlas Six booksleeve (in pratica un contenitore in tessuto protettivo per libri)

- Tarot Cards (Tarocchi) del mese, con su Poppy, Hawke e Kieran di From Blood and Ash.

- Stampa di Adelina Amoterou, protagonista di The Young Elites

- Post-it ispirati alla spada elfica di LOTR (Il signore degli anelli)

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Il tema del prossimo mese è Trials & Retribution e avrà la replica di una spada all'interno!

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Fairyloot Unboxing | "Cloaks and Daggers" YA May Box

Ciao a tutti booklovers, oggi andiamo a spacchettare la Fairyloot di maggio, arrivatami settimana scorsa. Siete pronti?

 BOOK OF THE MONTH: "THE STARDUST THIEF" BY CHELSEA ABDULLAH

 

TRAMA:  

Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hunts and sells illegal magic. When she saves the life of a cowardly prince, she draws the attention of his powerful father, the sultan, who blackmails her into finding an ancient lamp that has the power to revive the barren land.

With no choice but to obey or be executed, Loulie journeys with the sultan’s oldest son to find the artifact. Aided by her bodyguard, who has secrets of his own, they must survive ghoul attacks, outwit a vengeful jinn queen, and confront a malicious killer from Loulie’s past. And, in a world where story is reality and illusion is truth, Loulie will discover that everything—her enemy, her magic, even her own past—is not what it seems.

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- Tazza ispirata a Daughter of The Moon Goddess 

- Apribottiglie ispirato a Red Rising di Pierce Brown

- Tarot Cards (Tarocchi) del mese, con su Brie, Sebastian e Finnian di These Hollow Vows di Lexi Ryan.

- Colino per il tè ispirato appunto a "The Stardust Thief" di Chelsea Abdullah

- Scrunchie di From Blood and Ash della Armentrout

- Segnalibri mitologici: quelli di questo mese sono ispirati a Loki e Kumiho.

Il tema del prossimo mese è Chosen Ones... e avrà due libri al suo interno!

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Fairyloot Unboxing | "Bittersweet" YA April Box

  Ciao a tutti booklovers, oggi andiamo a spacchettare la Fairyloot di aprile, con due libri! Siete pronti?

 BOOK OF THE MONTH: "BLOOD SCION" BY DEBORAH FALAYE

 

TRAMA:  

This is what they deserve. They wanted me to be a monster.
I will be the worst monster they ever created.1>

Fifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will—she is a Scion, a descendant of the ancient Orisha gods.

Under the Lucis’ brutal rule, her identity means her death if her powers are discovered. But when she is forcibly conscripted into the Lucis army on her fifteenth birthday, Sloane sees a new opportunity: to overcome the bloody challenges of Lucis training, and destroy them from within.

Sloane rises through the ranks and gains strength but, in doing so, risks something greater: losing herself entirely, and becoming the very monster that she ahbors.

PAPERBACK BOOK: AN ARROW TO THE MOON DI EMILY XR PAN

TRAMA:

Romeo and Juliet meets Chinese mythology in this magical novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Astonishing Color of After.

Hunter Yee has perfect aim with a bow and arrow, but all else in his life veers wrong. He’s sick of being haunted by his family’s past mistakes. The only things keeping him from running away are his little brother, a supernatural wind, and the bewitching girl at his new high school.

Luna Chang dreads the future. Graduation looms ahead, and her parents’ expectations are stifling. When she begins to break the rules, she finds her life upended by the strange new boy in her class, the arrival of unearthly fireflies, and an ominous crack spreading across the town of Fairbridge.

As Hunter and Luna navigate their families’ enmity and secrets, everything around them begins to fall apart. All they can depend on is their love…but time is running out, and fate will have its way.

An Arrow to the Moon, Emily X.R. Pan’s brilliant and ethereal follow-up to The Astonishing Color of After, is a story about family, love, and the magic and mystery of the moon that connects us all.

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- Portaoggetti ispirato a La Vita Invisibile di Addie LaRue

- Vassoio del Circo della Notte

- Tarot Cards (Tarocchi) del mese, con su Chang'ee (The High Priestess) e Liwei (The Emperor) di Daughter of The Moon Goddess.

- Fairy Lights a forma di cuore

- Spilla di Strange the Dreamer

Il tema del prossimo mese è Cloaks and Daggers... 

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Fairyloot Unboxing | "Threads of Fate" YA March Box

 Ciao a tutti booklovers, oggi andiamo a spacchettare la Fairyloot di marzo, la mia prima Fairyloot! Siete pronti?

 BOOK OF THE MONTH: "THE GIRL WHO FELL BENEATH THE SEA" BY AXIE OH

 

TRAMA:  Deadly storms.

An ancient curse.

Will her sacrifice save them all?

For generations, deadly storms have ravaged Mina’s homeland. Her people believe the Sea God, once their protector, now curses them with death and despair. To appease him, each year a maiden is thrown into the sea, in the hopes that one day the ‘true bride’ will be chosen and end the suffering.

Many believe Shim Cheong - Mina’s brother’s beloved - to be the legendary true bride. But on the night Cheong is to be sacrificed, Mina’s brother follows her, knowing that to interfere is a death sentence. To save her brother, Mina throws herself into the water in Cheong’s stead.

Swept away to the Spirit Realm, a magical city of lesser gods and mythical beasts, Mina finds the Sea God, trapped in an enchanted sleep. With the help of a mysterious young man and a motley crew of demons, gods and spirits, Mina sets out to wake him and bring and end to the storms once and for all.

But she doesn’t have much time: a human cannot live long in the land of the spirits. And there are those who would do anything to keep the Sea God from waking…

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- Tea Tin (porta tè) ispirato da The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea, -il libro del mese.

- Carte da gioco con bordo metallizzato e disegni dei personaggi tratti da Six Crimson Cranes di Elizabeth Lim; Only a Monster, di Vanessa Len; Jade Fire Gold, di June CL Tan e Daughter of the Moon Goddess, di Sue Lynn Tan.

- Tarot Cards (Tarocchi) del mese, con su Xingyin (The Fool) e Wenzhi (The Magician) di Daughter of The Moon Goddess.

- Adesivi carinissimi dei Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle di Maggie Stiefvater).

- Woodmark (segnalibro in legno) ispirato a Circe di Madeline Miller.

- Federa di Raybearer di Jordan Ifueko (già sul mio letto).

Il tema del prossimo mese è Bittersweet... e ci saranno due libri! Siete pronti?