Q: Is this box appropriate for a 16 year old girl?Asked by Nancy S., December 2020
Yes, as long as they like science fiction!
Q: Is this box appropriate for a 12 year old boy?Asked by Nancy S., December 2020
Yes, as long as they like science fiction!
Q: I'm looking to discover debut novels and brand new stories. Are books newly published or do they tend to be a year or two (or more) old? Asked by Brittany D., December 2020
Hi Brittany, our curator finds hidden gems from past years but they are all new books. I hope that helps.
Q: Are the books suitable for YA (13yr old reader)? My son is a reader and this would be great if age appropriate.Asked by Kevin L., November 2020
Hi Kevin, No, we've found that some of the content isn't appropriate for children, sorry.
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All the books received were lacking in diversity of any kind. One was "an alternative nazi history" and given that the marketing for this emphasizes that this is a curated service and not randomly selected... that's such an interesting choice. I will say that one of the books was an anthology and there were some great names on there but that was the only book I felt was any good.
This service just isn't for me.
Enjoy the books; however, have a concern regarding duplication of titles going forward into the renewed subscription. I had hoped there was a checklist to see what had already been sent
I like the service, but I wish that the books they sent me were actually fantasy like I picked, rather than sci-fi. Every shipment I've received so far has not had one fantasy book in it which is very disappointing. I'm probably going to cancel before my next renewal date since it doesn't seem like they're going to be able to send me what I'm looking for.
Good books in good condition!
Purchased 3 month subscription, only received the first box. When I reached out to them, they gave me a tracking number that has been “waiting for pickup “ for over a week now. Do not get scammed by these people.
I really like this box. I subscribed for 6 month. I got books from authors I never would have looked at. The only problem was I received a book in my August box, and then I received the same book in my September box. I sent two emails asking for a new book, but they never replied back. If it wasn't for this, then I would have given them 5 stars.
Customer support is very slow to get back to you if they get back to you at all. You have to ask every month to get your ebook as well which is pretty inconvenient and they just stopped responding after awhile and I eventually gave up. The physical books I’ve gotten have been mediocre at best I’ve a couple of semi popular books but the majority are from no name authors and many have not been “Fantasy” at all and just seem kind of random or definitely Science Fiction. They also twice sent me book 2 in a series?
Good selection of books but shipping took a while
I've had this subscription for a long time and when I first started it was great. But for over a year now, they repeatedly sent books that were not sci-fi - even though I selected the sci-fi-only membership.
Even when I do get sci-fi books often they barely qualify as sci-fi (like a political thriller with some extra spy tech I guess technically could very loosely be called sci-fi?). I've also received duplicates of books they've already sent me several times.
I can't remember the last time I was pleasantly surprised when I opened my monthly box - but I kept my subscription hoping I would start getting nice actual sci-fi books again one of these days. And month after month I've been disappointed.
I hung on - paying month after month for boxes of YA, fantasy, and political thrillers that I have absolutely no interest in - hoping they would start sending the sci-fi books I subbed for again. I have stacks of not sci-fi books from them to donate to the thrift store or library that just makes me feel stupid wasting my money on a subscription that doesn't even send the genre I subbed for.
Reading the first of the two in the box - has kept my interest so far. Looking forward to discovering new authors beyond my normal range.
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