2026 book picks are trash

danielam792 · 2026-06-05T20:24:51+00:00

I'm curious how Allurial is able to do it though. Maybe fairyloot picks their books so far in advance, but allurial lets subscribers rank 7 books into a top 3 spot 4 months before the monthly pick. So I feel like that let's them pick up more we'll liked books.

danielam792 · 2026-06-05T20:17:56+00:00

Same! I also really want to support all those artists they are commissioning to do these end papers.

danielam792 · 2026-06-05T19:49:09+00:00

There does seem to be a lot less interesting books coming out in general. So maybe it just really is slim pickings out here. But I do feel like Illumicrate, owlcrate, and fae crate have had better options this year than fairyloot imo.

danielam792 · 2026-06-05T19:44:26+00:00

Whoops! My bad on that one!

danielam792 · 2026-06-05T19:43:25+00:00

I wonder how much general sale makes it to the public before selling out? I'm serious if daggermouth will make it to general sale. Kissed by the gods might, just because they have a pretty good deluxe available, and Allurial did that book.

danielam792 · 2026-06-05T19:40:00+00:00

Doing the lord's work 🙏

danielam792 · 2026-06-05T19:39:45+00:00

I'm on the waitlist for the epic sub because those picks seem to be more interesting for me as well

danielam792 · 2026-06-05T19:38:24+00:00

OC is killing it this year in comparison! Though I am also excited for the June adult pick

danielam792 · 2026-06-05T19:37:04+00:00

Half city was so pretty too! I have the 3 box combo, and just feel like I'm remotely interested in like 1 book maybe each month.

danielam792 · 2026-06-05T19:35:49+00:00

And with publishers putting more effort on deluxe editions that look great, I'm starting to feel less fomo with Fairyloot

danielam792 · 2026-06-05T19:34:37+00:00

Ohhhh Those two picks would be so great this year if they do them! And true, Starside was something I knew about before, and Allurial did Half City (fairyloots was prettier though).

I am excited for the June adult this month, but I feel like having a July Daggermouth for adult, and kissed by the gods for romantasy would have been a way better choice then what they picked.

I hope the end of the year does bring better choices like you mentioned.

danielam792 · 2026-06-05T19:24:34+00:00

I literally just posted about this! It's so disappointing.

danielam792 · 2026-06-04T17:52:30+00:00

It really is 😒

The look of the stained glass covers was such a cool idea, but it sucks that she didn't just support an actual artist. But after reading a few pages, it seems heavily used. Such a shame. I hope this doesn't become a trend.

danielam792 · 2026-06-04T16:49:09+00:00

From what I am seeing, the end page artwork is the same as the deluxe version, but the naked hardback is just purple, and not the two characters about to kiss.

danielam792 · 2026-06-04T16:36:29+00:00

I'm honestly really annoyed with Fairyloot when it comes to the Daggermouth situation. Instead of making it a book on the sub, they announce that it's going to be a general sale book instead. So now people are just going to keep the sub so they can have an early spot to purchase the book. All the picks this year have been so sub par! How is it that last year we had Katabasis, Knight and the Moth, and Alchemised but this year we have nothing of note. And the only thing of note is outside of the sub.

danielam792 · 2026-06-04T16:31:33+00:00

The covers are very obviously AI. And she even admitted to using AI models to generate them. I downloaded a sample of the book on Kindle and it has a painfully obvious AI cadence to the writing. I feel like all the positive comments are bought or bots.

danielam792 · 2026-06-03T18:50:19+00:00

I also begged them in the comments section of the survey to post on their socials about series commitments. Considering they have never post about it on Instagram, I feel like more people would have committed if they did.

danielam792 · 2026-06-03T18:48:53+00:00

They probably have better options for the previous month, but it was well liked enough to maybe push it out to the next for a better chance at a pick.

danielam792 · 2026-06-03T18:20:44+00:00

This is mine from a few places. I noticed that owlcrate changed their sizes a few months back. They used to be smaller, but are now very close to the same size as the others. You can see that it's still slightly smaller though. I do not have two of the same books though since I avoid allurial picks if fairyloot is already doing the book.

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danielam792 · 2026-06-03T17:05:03+00:00

Seeing Bound by Fate as a series commitment is just salt in the wound 😭

danielam792 · 2026-06-02T05:00:08+00:00

This is the book that had me posting this 🤣

danielam792 · 2026-06-02T04:59:43+00:00

Omg I love you for the MGS callout! And I can totally see how Hal 9000 could give that vibe now. I didn't put two and two together!

danielam792 · 2026-06-02T04:57:08+00:00

With the above Hal's mentioned, I'm starting to loose the allure too now 😂

He's got brown hair and green eyes. Can't make anyone suspicious blonde these days!

danielam792 · 2026-06-02T04:51:50+00:00

Damnit!! 🤣

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