hey guys welcome to planning with crystal so today's unboxing is the illumicrate box for
april 2021 and the theme is daily departed you may be wondering why i am posting this
in mid-may but it did take until about the 10th of may to get to me
they tend to ship this out at the end of each month so you receive it kind of the next month
it's a young adult based subscription and it's 33 pounds 55 including shipping in the uk so
i'm going to unbox this for you and show you everything that came in this month's box it used
to be that we got bright yellow alumicrate boxes but unfortunately due to shortages in cardboard
boxes and things they are now just a standard brown box with a bit of a loom crate tape on
okay so this is what it looks like when you open up the box it did also have this inside but i
took it out just so i could have a look and kind of know what i'm going to be showing you today
so let's check it out one by one okay so we've got this cardboard box so this
is a book of the dead book pot the artwork is by chatinora who is at chattanoora on instagram
our latest bookpot is inspired by ancient egyptian mythology so it's called a book pot because it
does literally look like a book made out of pots and you can store whatever you like in it really
so you could kind of store your bookmarks in it pens whatever you like but it feels
pretty well made and it's something that little bit different really like that then we have
this so whenever i saw this i actually thought it was like a tote bag or something it is not
a tote bag i will show you what it is in just a second so it's pretty much the same on both sides
so what this is it's even got a little bit of that lining going around the inside is for storing
books in so these are just some kind of random books i had to hand but essentially that is
what you can do so i've got like a hardback book and a couple of paperback books but it obviously
fits a few more as well and it's just to keep your books in there nice and safe and looking
pretty funky so i'm pretty happy with this as well i think this is another lovely item this month so
it's the two many books organizer designed by fez inc wright who is at ross dottier i'll link the
handle underneath use this canvas book organizer inspired by nevernight to store your current
tbr or anything else you choose then something exciting wrapped in bubble wrap so this is like
mason jar style and it says jacques restaurant and it's a jacques mason jar glass designed by
that's lovely dear at that's lovely dear shop this souvenir glass from jack's restaurant is inspired
by the beautiful and i'm not familiar with that book but it is an interesting design and it's
got that like lion on there as well then we've got a couple of magnets these are the gloom mistress
and griddle magnets the artwork is by dri who is at underscore saint dry featuring our favorite
necromancer and cavalier pear from gideon the nymph i'm just like a plain sort of magnet on
the back then we've got a couple of bookmarks don't really know anything about these because
i can't see any reference to them on the leaflet so if this means something to you do let me know
i'm guessing they're all kind of characters from a book or a book series or something then we've got
this sickle keyring it's really difficult to kind of get a good angle on this so it says designed by
daniela who is at palace of resin and the keyring is inspired by jane's sickle and features a quote
from dread nation and the quote is i ain't waiting for an opportunity i'm making one and as i said
it's just a keyring and then it's got a little bit of color there on the handle of the sickle
and then it's just plain on the back then every month we get a monthly collector's pin and this
is going to pair with the book that comes this month which i'll show you in just a second
so as usual it's by stacy mcavoy conte who designs all of the monthly enamel pins and as it says it's
inspired by the ravenous dark for april 2021 which brings us on to our oh so it used to be that the
books came in nice little yellow drawstring bags but again shortage of those so we haven't got one
let's get this out the plastic and i'll tell you a little more about this one's book
so this is the ravenous dark by a.m strickland on the back it says she loves a princess she's
bound to a warrior she must betray them both and it's got nice sort of stenciled edging just on
that part of the book it's just like white there and there so usually the books come signed but on
this occasion there is a bit of an issue with that so they're going to send a book plate separately
there's also this like little letter which is from the author and the book it says power never dies
and neither does desire anthonopolis magic is rare and closely controlled those blessed or cursed
with power are put under constant guard assigned to undead spirits who watch their every move
ever since her father died to save her from this fate roven has kept her magic a closely
guarded secret until an accident exposes her powers for the world to see and her tenuous
freedom comes crashing to an end brought to the royal palace against her will and thrust into a
maelstrom of intriguing deception roven is drawn to two people she cannot fully trust
lydia beguiling and rebellious princess struggling against her own destiny and ivrelus the handsome
powerful spirit she has been bound to who can control roven body and soul together they uncover
a terrible secret that could destroy everyone in thianopolis the living and the dead to save them
roven will have to start rebellion in both the mortal world and the underworld and find a way
to trust the princess and the undead spirit vying for her heart if she doesn't betray them first
so underneath it is just red and it's just got that title on the edge and obviously
inside you've got a bit of that design so i think these are the people on these
bookmarks yep that seems to fit so we've got some matching bookmarks
to go with the book which is a nice little idea and makes a little bit more sense and then this is
the little book pin as well so a quick little recap of everything that came in this month's
box we've got the magnets we've got the book pin we've got the bookmarks we've got the book
we've got the mason jar we have got the book pots and we have also got the books organizer and not
forgetting our little keyring there as well and i can tell you that the may box theme is change your
stars 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 love the gorgeous prose and the dynamics between our two morally grey main characters our
luma crate edition will have exclusive stenciled edges and embossing on the hardback and come with
a signed book plate both the full box and book only option will also come with the matching pin
designed by stacey mocha by kant our items this month are inspired by girls of paper and fire
spinning silver skyward the invisible life of adiro and city of brass this month we'll
be including one of our book sleeves in the box so make sure you come back next month to watch
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