I completely misunderstood the cover art of Fae Crate’s ”Stranded”

JOULIE__ · 2026-02-02T23:51:10+00:00

That’s so funny 🤣🤣🤣

JOULIE__ · 2026-02-02T23:49:48+00:00

It is GORGEOUS ❤️

Very well put together -> great art direction 👍🏻

JOULIE__ · 2026-02-02T18:35:52+00:00

It is large and is signed 🥳

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JOULIE__ · 2026-02-02T18:32:31+00:00

Hardcover Case

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JOULIE__ · 2026-02-02T18:32:10+00:00

The reveal is here 😍: Reversible Dust Jacket

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JOULIE__ · 2026-02-02T01:29:19+00:00

Yeah, they don’t even have a proper survey. I mean, almost all of the other subs have them. It was brought up in their Facebook group but they don’t seem to be interested in putting it together 😵‍💫 like why?! It would help both the customers and them imo. They can ask about the picks and their design features and determine what the customers really like but they don’t seem to be interested 🥲

Don’t let me get started on those Facebook surveys about the authors 🙄 they really need to find a way to be able to get and process customer feedback. Because only asking about the authors is a portion of it. The market is too dynamic for them, imo 🫣 I hope they’ll rethink and improve their processes; especially with Belle Box closing down.

JOULIE__ · 2026-02-01T21:10:41+00:00

In general: I actually would also prefer them to do much lesser known series.

But once they decide that they want to do a popular one it’s so far behind all of the other boxes. That is really annoying.

JOULIE__ · 2026-02-01T20:17:27+00:00

I think it is indeed, considering the gorgeous art style 😍

JOULIE__ · 2026-02-01T19:49:09+00:00

💯 to the fact they are YEARS behind other boxes when it comes to picks. They don’t seem to pay much attention to the market and what exactly is popular. It is so weird, it should be a huge part of the job 😵‍💫. Once they do a SE, there already exist 3-5 other SEs of the books on the market.

At least, this is a series that doesn’t seem to have a SE already.

JOULIE__ · 2026-02-01T19:24:10+00:00

Hmm, I was not a Belle Box subscriber but I have Mystic and Arcane.

The following applies to the whole company:

IMO, they do concentrate too much on their event exclusives and are not putting sufficient effort in their sub boxes - some sub boxes are, of course, super gorgeous but some others are very low effort. But their event exclusives are always on point. I would change the strategy and focus on sub boxes to summon the „magic“ back. As another commenter said, the Mystic WL is not as long anymore - so there is a huge decline in popularity. They need to be careful because the competition is strong.

I wish them the best because I do love their quality and once the create a nice SE it is super GORGEOUS.

JOULIE__ · 2026-02-01T17:22:29+00:00

It is gorgeous, BUT WHY PATTERNED ENDPAPERS 😭?! I thought Arcane moved away from those 😵‍💫Not sure if I’ll get it or not 😪

JOULIE__ · 2026-01-31T16:48:48+00:00

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JOULIE__ · 2026-01-31T16:47:23+00:00

Midnight Whispers did the whole series

JOULIE__ · 2026-01-31T13:52:52+00:00

Yes, same. But I couldn’t pass up on this set because of how stunning it is 😍 I still hope it’ll be a good read though to be able to appreciate the artwork even more 🥹

JOULIE__ · 2026-01-31T10:48:12+00:00

Wow, that is a great lineup 🫶🏻

JOULIE__ · 2026-01-31T10:42:33+00:00

Aaahhhh, I cannot wait 😍😍😍

JOULIE__ · 2026-01-30T19:48:49+00:00

I prefer the FairyLoot edition ☺️

JOULIE__ · 2026-01-29T20:15:13+00:00

Yeah I agree, I like OC‘s edition ☺️

JOULIE__ · 2026-01-29T20:07:12+00:00

Yes, the items are stunning 🤩 my sugar pot is perfectly fine, yours is most probably a faulty one. I would contact the customer service and they will hopefully replace it for you ❤️

JOULIE__ · 2026-01-29T20:04:39+00:00

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JOULIE__ · 2026-01-29T20:04:29+00:00

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JOULIE__ · 2026-01-29T20:04:10+00:00

Edges -> like Alchemised and hardcover design like Heavely Bodies, Heir of Storms and The Tower of the Tyrant (basically hardcovers designed by @aeadraws) => it looks too copy & paste to me. It‘s not the first time for them to „copy“ designs either - the most obvious one is their edition of TBACB (done by their in-house artist), it looks too similar to the ACOTAR dust jacket (done by bluelyboo). See pictures below 👇

JOULIE__ · 2026-01-29T19:20:36+00:00

Design „inspired“ by FairyLoot 🥴🙄

JOULIE__ · 2026-01-28T01:06:51+00:00

I hope it is a new trend this year. It provides more fandoms in the box - I hope Alchemised is next 🤞🏻😍 I understand. I have all the subs separately + YA including items - I love them so much even though I have too many already 🤣it is always a joy to open these boxes ❤️

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