Fresh Fiction Book Subscription Box Review – May 2015

This looks like an awesome subscription for readers who especially enjoy e-books and/or the romance genre. Neither are for me – I’m still attached to the sensory experience of an actual physical book and while I appreciate a good romance every few years – any more often than that is too often. However, for those readers who love romance and/or e-books – I can see this sub being a great deal and a lot of fun!

I received pretty much the same box, just with a different coozie. I was really impressed with their customer service! One of my ebooks had an expired code and, though I emailed them at like 10pm at night, they responded to me within ten minutes and were able to have the problem fixed the next morning. It seems to be a pretty good valued box, too, as most of the ebooks were retailing for somewhere between 3 and 5 dollars, even on Amazon (though one of the ebooks was free on Amazon, too, which is a bummer). I enjoy reading a romance novel now and then so this was definitely a great box for me!

The price is appealing, but their book choices don’t interest me so far. And yeah, the swag isn’t of much value, esp compared to other boxes like OwlCrate or Uppercase. I’ll keep an eye on this one though.

So far, I see YA books, over priced from Quarterly, or this which is Romance. I want SCI-FI or Paranormal, or Horror/Thriller/Mystery. Aren’t there any boxes of those out there?

I have instead bought one other box whose name I found in one of your comments – Duncan’s bookshelf. Let’s see how it turns out to be.

I love Jill Mansell books but I find it odd that they would include this one. It is actually a reprint of an old book of hers. That being said it is one I have not read yet since it’s old so I will try to see if anyone is trading it.

Another easy pass for me, it looks like a great box though if you’re into romance novels. Otherwise it’d be a bust, but it’s one of the cheaper book boxes.

The coupon you list doesn’t work.

I received the ‘other’ box. It’s ok, but I didn’t receive the same number of ebooks as Liz, I received 4. I guess that’s the risk you take with sub boxes.

The ‘swag’ items weren’t really my taste, but hopefully future boxes will be better.

Overall, for $20, I feel like I got my money’s worth. I’ll give this one a few months to see how things go.

Hey, I received the same box as you, Liz. I received an e-mail that said each box was different (It was an e-mail newsletter letting you know they were being sent out). So, I asked Ande about it. This was the reply: “Everyone will get a different book and everyone will get the same type of swag from different authors.”

So, since so many people received the completely same box (since I’d seen some reveal photos prior to yours and getting mine, and they were all the box you and I received). I’m curious on how/when each box will be different kicks in. Not, that I mind if it’s the same, personally since I’ll read whatever the book is, lol.

With that being said, I really enjoyed the box. The bag we got is really big, much bigger than I thought. It would be great if I could use it for our yearly, ‘Friends of the Library’ book sale, where you get to fill your bag with all the books it’ll hold for $10, but, sadly, you have to purchase/use one of the bags they sell LOL. (The bag is $10, so you basically buy the bag, get the books).

I actually did not receive my ebooks in this package. I emailed their customer service and within 24 hours they had sent me all the ebooks and a bonus book for my troubles. Their customer service was sincere and polite – I’m extremely impressed!

While I do agree that some of the swag feels like freebies, I think the tote, the book, and the ebooks greatly marks up the value. I’ll definitely be sticking around for another month.

Is the book signed?