Our September theme is . . . MY LAST BREATH!
Standing between the ceaseless sea and endless sky, I know I will love you until my last breath.
Our featured book this month is a YA Fantasy standalone! When a young student learns of a competition to design the house of her recently-deceased favourite writer, she enters immediately. But when she arrives at the manor, she finds it decrepit and inhabited by a fellow student determined to prove her favourite author a fraud. As they unveil the secrets of the house and the writer who once lived there, dark forces begin to conspire against them – and could bring them to ruin.
Our Illumicrate Exclusive edition is signed by the author and features:
- An exclusive cover
- Full colour printing on the hardback (by @c.e.illo)
- Digitally printed edges
- Endpaper artwork (by @ekbelsher)
Items this month are inspired by Belladonna, Mexican Gothic, and If We Were Villains. We have a popular fandom-neutral item in this box!
The book at a glance:
- YA Fantasy standalone
- All exclusive: cover, full colour printing on the hardback; digitally printed edges; endpaper artwork; signed by the author
- M/F romance; secondary queer character
Content warnings:
- Parental abuse and neglect
- Psychological abuse; gaslighting
- Domestic and intimate partner violence (off-page; non-graphic)
- Grief, death of a parent (off-page)
- Sexual abuse (off-page; non-graphic); grooming and manipulation; sexual harassment
- Mental illness including hallucinations and delusions, suicidal ideation and self-harming behaviors; post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety
Subscription spots for September will be offered exclusively to our Illumicrate waitlist. You can join the monthly subscription waitlist here.
