Down The Rabbit Hole Book Box July 2021

July’s Down The Rabbit Hole Book Box includes a thrilling tale about a reporter returning to her home town to cover the murders of two preteen girls and a thrilling array of gifts taken straight from pages.

Hello Lovelies,

 

I have a thrilling new book box to share with you and it’s the Down The Rabbit Hole Book Box. This book box is a bit unique because it’s a box that’s been curated around a dark read (more about dark reads in a bit). As someone who has always loved dark, gothic novels, I was intrigued by this book box.  

Here’s a little more about the box before we dig in.

 

What is Down the Rabbit Hole Book Box? Down the Rabbit Hole Book Box is a monthly book box that sends you one dark, mesmerizing, and gripping read (either paperback or hardback) along with 4-6 individually wrapped gifts that’s been curated around the book.

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Price: $34.99 (plus shipping) at the moment this is only offered in the US

Use the coupon code SIMPLYANGELA10 for 10% off your first box or a year's subscription. This code is not an affiliate code.

How is it shipped and packaged? The box is shipped via USPS and the last two months it has arrived  in a plastic poly mailer. The box itself contains shredded paper packaging that protects the items inside. Each item inside the box (other than the book and pamphlet) is individually wrapped and numbered.

What is a dark read? Per their website, they define dark books as a book without a happy ending. The books we will choose for you will have scary and dark plots, not so nice protagonists that will leave you questioning the world as it is.  There will be no books with happy endings coming from us!

Genres included (but not limited to): Southern Gothic | Dark Fantasy | Psychological Thriller | Horror | Mystery | Dark Fiction | Crime

Because of the content of the dark reads, the website does recommend that this book box is for those 18 years of age and above.

Can I find out the title of the book? Unlike other companies, Down the Rabbit Hole Book Box makes it easy to discover the title. Each month hints will be revealed on their website and Instagram. You can also email the company directly to discover the title. 

Each month you receive a pamphlet that tells you the theme of the month, a little about the author, and how to open your gifts. Because this is an Immersive Experience Book Box, it’s best to open the gifts as you read (you’ll find a little sticky tab on the page telling you which gift to open).

What is an Immersive Experience Book Box? It’s a box that’s been curated to pull the reader further into the sensory experience of the story with sounds, scents, tastes, and objects of interest from within the story. While items like candles, drinkware, and jewelry could be included, it also includes story specific items such as letters, photos and such. 

Here’s what’s in July's Down the Rabbit Hole Book Box.

 

July’s Book: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (Trade Paperback, $17.00, 2006)—my book club selected this book as the group read for their thrill-a-thon that’s coming up so it timing was perfect! I’ve heard mixed things about this one, either people loved it or hated it so I’m eager to give it a read!

July’s Theme: Mama Always Told Me I Was Not A Nice Little Girl

Here’s what’s in July's Down the Rabbit Hole Book Box.

Gift 1—Metal Bookmark

Gift 2—Straight Razor Pin

Gift 3—Stainless Steel Stork Scissors

Gift 4—Mason Jar Cup with 3 bags of Southern Breeze Cold Brew Tea

Gift 5—Flower Crown with card tell the myth of Persephone

Gift 6—Letter 

My thoughts on the July box: This was a fabulous box!

 While there wasn’t a matching bookmark with a bookish quote, we did receive a lovely metal bookmark as the first gift. These are the types of bookmarks I enjoy getting as gifts in subscription boxes. The straight razor pin will go on the bookish cross-stitch pin hanger I’m planning to make. I will never say no to a good pair of scissors, especially ones that I can use in my embroidery box. I like getting tea and tea items, and the Mason jar type cup was definitely a different type of cup, but I wish that they had included an unsweetened tea as I’m allergic to stevia and sucralose (and this contains sucralose). The flower crown is cute and I can see it being used as a prop in pics or maybe wearing it to a Renaissance Faire. I also liked that they included the myth of Persephone card. I’m always happy to receive a letter as I can use it in my book journal.

Overall, I’m excited about the book and the products were fantastic. A lot of these items are useful items so I won’t have them just sitting around and I do like when useful items are included. 

Number of Items received: 6 (5 bookish items, 1 story specific item)

 

Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the unsolved murder of a preteen girl and the disappearance of another. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story—and survive this homecoming.