Hi guys, I'm Olivia from Olivia's Catastrophe. Today I'm here to do my very
first unboxing ever on my channel
because
I have become an illumicrate rep.
So if you would like to get a little bit
of a discount on your illumicrate
you may do so by typing in the code
OLIVIA5
on three and six month book
subscriptions. And
I'll have that in the bottom of the
description box as well if you would
like to
do that and check it out. But today I'm
here to just unbox
this box. It arrived last night but it
was too dark for me to film and like, it
was agony having to wait.
I've had no spoilers and I've decided
that these unboxing videos can just be a
little chatty
talkative video while I pull some
probably funny face expressions while I
open this. So I know that the theme of
this box is in the company of shadows
and that just makes me think of
everything that is dark fantasy
or just pretty much dark fantasy. Let's open this. So if I think of dark
fantasy books that come to mind
are like: A Darker Shade of Magic, The
Poppy War... Nevernight. hose kind of books which
like -- I like fantasy.
I did mention in my one of my videos
that like I don't like reading too much
fantasy back-to-back because it gets all
samey.
But I think if I am going to be reading
fantasy I'd rather read dark fantasy
rather than anything else. Okay, we're gonna do this like,
it's open. Smack bang we have in the
company of shadows.
Okay, the first thing I see when I open
this is a box that says exclusive mug
which makes me excited because
if you don't know me, I collect mugs. I
have a collection of mostly bookish
themed mugs but some other mugs as well. So
an exclusive mug that I can add to that
collection is brilliant
and makes me really really excited. The
fact that I can't open these things
is gonna be a problem. I should probably
do a video where I
show my bookish mug collection. Maybe
recommend books based off of my
collections because book recommendations
are
what I seem to love doing the most. Okay,
we have it. We have it. We have the mug.
I'm so excited. All the tea is gonna be had from this
mug. All of the tea! So this is a wrought and ruin mug and
it comes from VE Schwab's books. The
Vicious and Vengeful
series. i've only read two books by her
and those have been
This Savage Song and A Darker Shade of
Magic so I do need to read more but
it's still beautiful. This is just still
so beautiful. Okay,
we have a tote bag.
Oh no, I don't think this is a tote bag! What is this?
Okay, well this is big. So this is
definitely
Game of Thrones. This is a tea towel and
it's Arya Stark's kill list of people
that she wants to kill. And all I can say about Game of Thrones
is that I've only read the first book
and watched the first season
but I loved, I loved the first book so
much.
And I did enjoy the first season so much.
i don't have any spoilers and I do plan
to continue the series at some point. But Arya Stark was one of my favourite
characters. And I've got three favourite
characters,
and Arya's one of them. And I love
this towel. This is so
great, this is like Christmas. Next thing
I'm seeing is this bookmark.
It says love makes fools of us all
darling. And it's got shelby
Mahurin in it and it's got a couple on it,
so I can only assume that this is a Serpent
and Dove bookmark. I have read Serpent
and Dove. It's a beautiful like, metallic
bookmark. So it's going to be long
lasting.
Oh these things are so beautiful. It's even got the snake on it. We love! We
love to see it. People are scared of snakes but I am
here for snakes. I really am. This is a fan. Oh my gosh it's been so
hot here in The Netherlands. Last week it was in the 30s and
so fans are definitely a must. They are a
requirement.
They will keep me happy and I've
actually got a fan from when i went to
Spain. So -- oh my days -- sorry, how iconic is that? I
am the war you cannot win. Yep, this is
inspired by Nevernight. I did read Nevernight
and I did really enjoy it. I had a
few gripes but mostly
I had a lot of fun with that book. Oh my
gosh this is perfect. I can just see like,
Mia using this and then like, killing
someone.
Character artwork can just be so
beautiful and this art print is so
gorgeous. Oh it's so gorgeous. Okay, these are fey
and one of them's got red hair so I
already know that this is from Crescent
City by Sarah J
Maas. Sarah J Maas has... I've just read a
couple of her books. I've like, started
all of her series and not finished any
of them. And we're going okay. Me and Sarah J Maas,
we're going okay. But everybody's been talking about
Crescent City and I've literally been
seeing
everyone read it. So you guys need to
tell me in the comment section down
below:
should I be reading Crescent City and am
I missing out or not? From this art print
it looks like I'm definitely missing out
on something.
Okay, we have an enamel pin. I've heard
that these are monthly and you get to
see them inspired by the book that we're
talking about. And this one
is from the Court of Miracles which, I
Guess
leads me to follow on to the next thing.
This is beautiful by the way, but it
leads me to go onto the next thing
which
is... I see sprayed edges. Okay, I really
really love spraying edges.
i know that's not a popular opinion. I
know lots of people don't like sprayed
edges
but the spines are colourful. Why would
you not like that? And these ones are
black
like my wardrobe which
I approve of. So this is really shiny. Beautiful shiny cover of The Court of
Miracles by Kester Grant. This says liberty, family and treachery on
the front so
i'm just gonna -- oh! To protect themselves
the city's wretched formed
nine guilds: thieves, beggars, assassins,
gamblers, mercenaries, smugglers,
prostitutes, opium eaters and men of
letters. The lords of each guild sat together to
form the miracle court, bound as brethren
by laws that they had written.
This sounds like it's going to be dark. It's
set in history, it's's in 1828.
This is a reimagining of Les Mis. I've not seen a reimagining or a
retelling of Les Mis at all which
definitely makes this book unique to me.
So basically we're in 1828 Paris. And the
people are still mourning the failed
revolution. And in order to get by all of these
people have formed these guilds that I
just told you about.
And Eponie has been sold into one of the
guilds. And also her sisters have been
and she claims that she will do anything
to get her sisters back. She has to move up
in her guild in order to be able to do
so.
And I think there's something like to
save one sister she has to betray the
other. We know what it's like when it comes to
family situations and having to betray
one to save the other. I've got some
sisters. I think we're going to relate to
that aspect of this book a lot
already. I like, don't understand how
she's gonna be able to make that choice.
This sounds like it's actually gonna be
a really good book. Oh my goodness.
It's time to see this book naked.
Okay, you didn't have to do me like that. You didn't have to do me like that! Oh my
gosh.
Look at this beautiful book naked -- oh
it's so much golden.
Look at the spine. Just look at the spine. Okay, this is one of the most beautiful
books ever. This is absolutely gorgeou. Oh I want to read it right now. There's
one more thing at the bottom of this
box. Good fun never ends.
Oh, this is a letter. So the author
includes a letter but also like, if you
want to stick this up
on your wall you can because it's like...
it kind of looks like a poster
for The Court of Miracles.
I'm in love. What are you supposed to do
with boxes this great?
What are you supposed to do with boxes this
great? I'm just gonna want to --
I'm just... I already know that I'm just
gonna want to read this book
next because it sounds so good and it's
so beautiful.
And you're not allowed to own this many
beautiful bookish things. Like a mug,
a print, a towel... not supposed to
have so many beautiful things.
Thank you so much to illumicrate for
sending me this box. It's absolutely
wonderful. And don't forget that if you want to get
a bit of a discount on your
three or six month book subscriptions
you should be using the code
OLIVIA5. Thank you so much for
watching this unboxing especially as
like, I get my box a little bit later
than others seeing as I'm not in the uk. I'm so excited to read this book. It's
completely made my whole morning. Please let me know in the comment
section down below: should I be reading
Crescent City? Have you read this book?
Should I move it up on my list? And what
was your favorite item
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And you know what they say: onwards and
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