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OwlCrate YA Book Subscription Box Review – September 2015

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OwlCrate is a relatively new book subscription box. Each month they send you a newly released YA book with some bookish goodies.

FYI – this box is currently in waitlist mode. (You can sign up on their site to get an email when subscriptions open up).

My Subscription Addiction pays for this subscription. (Check out the review process post to learn more about how we review boxes).

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The Subscription Box: OwlCrate

The Cost: $29.99 plus shipping ($6.99 to US, $10.59 to Canada, $19.99 Worldwide)

The Products: A new YA book and 3-5 book-related goodies.

Ships to: Worldwide!

Check out all of my OwlCrate reviews!

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Each box comes with a card detailing the items included. This month’s theme is Leading Ladies – I love it!

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Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy – Retail Value $17.99 (On Amazon for $10.29)

Book Summary from Amazon:

For fans of John Green and Rainbow Rowell comes this powerful novel with the most fearless heroine—self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson—from Julie Murphy, the acclaimed author ofSide Effects May Vary. With starry Texas nights, red candy suckers, Dolly Parton songs, and a wildly unforgettable heroine—Dumplin’ is guaranteed to steal your heart.

Dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom, Willowdean has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American-beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked . . .  until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.

Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Teen Blue Bonnet Pageant—along with several other unlikely candidates—to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any twiggy girl does. Along the way, she’ll shock the hell out of Clover City—and maybe herself most of all.

Love the cover! And I’ve seen this book getting a lot of positive buzz and reviews. I’m happy with this selection!

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This box also included a Dumplin’ sticker and a letter from the author!

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Whoviandrea Divergent Inspired Tote – Value $17.50

I may be the only YA-obsessed reader who hasn’t read the Divergent series yet. I’ve heard that once you start them they fly, so I may try to knock out the series this weekend!

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Pocket POP! Keychain in Daenerys Targaryen – Value $6

Yes to the Mother of Dragons! I think this is very appropriate for the Leading Ladies theme! And fun fact from my POP-collecting husband: the keychain part screws out, in case you want to display it.

And this illustrated picture of Hermione and Crookshanks is a coupon for 10% any length MeowBox subscription! (More companies should make their coupons cute enough to keep around!)

I took advantage of this coupon – look for MeowBox reviews from Ragan starting next month. (And I’m happy to share that MeowBox accepts PayPal!)

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Megan Lara Photo Print – Value $5

More Hermione! And this bookmark is from Whoviandrea. On the flipside is a coupon code for $5 off any order. (Expires 12/31/15).

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Crystal Compass Arrow Necklace – Value $8.50

I didn’t think we’d get a Leading Ladies box without a Katniss-inspired item, and I was right! Here is a picture with more detail:

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Verdict: OwlCrate is one of my favorite subscriptions. I think their curation is great, the themes are fun, and they do a great job at finding enough extras to make the cost worth it (vs just buying the book via Amazon).  Using the Amazon discount pricing on the book, the value of this box still comes to $47 – I think that’s great for a $37 book box! ($30 plus $7 shipping to the US).

What do you think of the Leading Ladies OwlCrate box?

Written by Liz Cadman

Liz Cadman

Liz is the founder of My Subscription Addiction. She’s been hooked on subscription boxes since 2011 thanks to Birchbox, and she now subscribes to over 100 boxes. Her favorites include POPSUGAR Must Have, FabFitFun, and any box that features natural beauty products!
All views in this review are the opinion of the author. My Subscription Addiction will never accept payment in exchange for a review, but will accept a box at no cost to provide honest opinions on the box. This post may contain affiliate/referral links. Read the complete My Subscription Addiction disclosure.

7 Comments

  1. This month was my first Owl Crate and I love it! I look forward to October’s. This box brought a genuine smile to my face when I opened it.

  2. As a teacher, I read a ton of YA all the time (and also because I LOVE it). Owl Crate has the best curation of all my subscriptions. They pick such great books to add to my classroom library. I love recommending them to my students.

  3. Yay! Can’t wait to see reviews for MeowBox! Thanks Liz and Ragan
    (and that is the CUTEST coupon ever – I love it)

  4. This was also my first OwlCrate box, and what a delight to open! The curation was great, and “Dumplin'” has gotten great reviews. And I *love* Megan Lara’s work, so that was an extra bit of awesomeness!

  5. This is becoming my favorite sub box too. Can’t wait to read Dumplin’ and love the necklace.

  6. This was my first month with them and I have to say it was one of the most fun box openings I have ever experienced! Everything just made me so giddy. This sub is s keeper! 🙂

  7. It looks like a great box! I do love everything in it even though I am not a subscriber.

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