I hadn’t a clue what the selects would be this time around from the Hints except for The Poet Empress…but ever since I signed up for Aardvark last year, their selections have NOT MISSED.
I’m so grateful for Aardvark existing because none of the other book box subscriptions fit what I’d look for…
Membership is $17.99 USD/month for 1 book and $9.99 for each extra book up to 3 books. When you first join, there is a deal, $4-5 (last I checked) for the first book!
So what are their February selections and what am I picking??
I would have picked The Poet Empress if it wasn’t already on the way from Fae Crate! So I picked TRAD WIFE intead. I almost went for Superfan and was also thinking of Burn Down Master’s House, but those include trigger warnings that I try to avoid. So TRAD WIFE is it!
This is a horror novel and Aardvark has it as an early release as well as signed.
I LOVE that Aardvark gives you all of the following when selecting books: Synopsis, Content Warnings, Spice Ratings, and a Preview of the first page. I love reading the first page preview because I can tell immediately if it is for me or not!
While I wouldn’t have picked TRAD WIFE on my own, it sounds interesting and it’s good to branch out every now and then.
SYNOPSIS
This is the beginning from Aardvark’s site:
“A “traditional wife” influencer allows a demonic creature to impregnate her in this unnerving horror novel, perfect for fans of Nightbitch and Mary, from the author of Serial Killer Support Group.
Every #tradwife needs a baby. She’ll get one at any cost.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
This is directly from their website:
“Saratoga Schaefer (they/them) is an author who was born and raised in NYC. Saratoga is represented by Amy Giuffrida of Belcastro Agency.
Besides being an avid reader and writer, Saratoga is also sober, and in their spare time, teaches yoga, climbs rocks, and hikes mountains.
Connect with Toga on social media @saratogaishere.”
Also, I should add that Aardvark is not paying me at all to say these nice things about them haha. They are just that fabulous!
A quick word on Fae Crate (since I mentioned it above), this is the first month for me and I’m already thinking of canceling. Firstly, the way my brain works, their emails and system and process of getting waitlisted, then subscribing, then confirming and shipping is very confusing and messy.
I was offered a spot mid January, signed up and paid and haven’t received a confirmation or shipping notification since. They mentioned the books ship in the last week of the month (which would have been last week). So, we’ll see what happens but I didn’t see any shipping notifications yet.
While the Fae Crate selections for February were ones I was interested in (The Poet Empress and Queen of Faces), March’s are not. I think they might be too romantasy focused for me, so I’ll likely vacate the spot.
Aardvark is so much better organized and engaging for me! They post A LOT on social including Tiktok which I LOVE. They make it super clear every step of the way AND they have a really cool underutilized app that features a book club and discussion posts for all the selects.
I’m excited to add Trad Wife to the shelf and we’ll do this again next month!