**A Book Lover's Delight: A Review of "The Toe of the Fox" by Julie Kagawa**

As a book lover, I am always excited to dive into a new read, especially when it comes to retellings of classic literature like Pride and Prejudice. "The Toe of the Fox" by Julie Kagawa is just that - a modern retelling of the beloved novel set in contemporary times with a unique twist. The story follows Darius, his brother Dart, and their family as they move into a new house across the street from their neighbors, who happen to be the Bennett siblings.

The author's use of spoken word poetry adds a beautiful touch to the narrative, making it feel like a work of art in itself. The cover is stunning, with a design that I couldn't get enough of. But what truly sets this book apart is its unique take on the classic tale. Kagawa's writing is engaging and immersive, drawing the reader into the world of 19th-century England.

As for my experience with Julie Kagawa's works, I have read some of her books before and enjoy her writing style. However, I must admit that I was a bit disappointed by some of her other series, particularly her vampire novels. But "The Toe of the Fox" has left me wanting more, and I'm excited to dive back into her works.

One of the most intriguing aspects of this book is its connection to Japanese or Chinese culture. While I don't know much about it, I'm eager to learn more and see how Kagawa incorporates these elements into the story. The plot itself seems epic fantasy with a rich world-building aspect that promises an exciting journey for the reader.

**Book Details**

"The Toe of the Fox" by Julie Kagawa comes with two beautiful books - one signed by the author, which I couldn't be more thrilled about. The box also includes a lovely bookmark, a letter from the author, and some delightful treats to go along with it. It's clear that Kagawa put a lot of thought into curating this special package, and I can only imagine how beautiful it must feel to open it.

**Box Contents**

The theme for this book-themed box is "Rise from the Ashes," and as always, it does not disappoint. The exclusive wax seal kit from Team Al crate is a stunning addition to the box - though it's not pictured here, I can only imagine how breathtakingly beautiful it must be. It seems that every element of this box has been carefully chosen to create an immersive experience for the reader.

**Conclusion**

If you're a fan of Pride and Prejudice or just looking for a new read with a unique twist, "The Toe of the Fox" is definitely worth checking out. With its beautiful cover, engaging narrative, and special edition box contents, it's clear that Kagawa has put her heart and soul into this retelling. And as always, I'm excited to share my thoughts on this book and hear from fellow readers in the comments below.

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two books are in this box but let's open it up and find out what's in it and let the thief mints because I'd done a card we have a card each month but this one looks like looks like a girl that is reading little witches and she's got like she's a witch she came and this month is lost in the bookstore which would be the best place ever to be lost in my opinion the first thing I see are sucks yes these are from underlined I'll create exclusive and they are a book nerd socks they just are black and they have white and blue books on them which I like I never get mad about getting socks just boxes because especially for fall/winter that's all I wear like I just wear socks like really cute socks because they're adorable and these are no exception look how freaking adorable they are I love it oh wait wait wait a second let me open these up these don't just have books on them but on the bottom of them this one says book in this one so on the bottom of them I think at the bottom of your feet it'll say book so that's gonna be freaking cute I love them is a tea strainer oh it's got a heart on it it's really cute I just don't like tea or coffee like I'm the most lame person ever I like some coffee I don't like tea a lot though but either way you can use this amazing thing to straighten your teeth Oh do you think we have some tea so this is from tea spot and this is cocoa MIT truffle interesting and has black tea peppermint chocolate chocolate flavoring and then basically you can use this like kind of um strain your tea so that would be great I'm gonna try this team because I do like mint and I like chocolate so that would be interesting it smells really good but I mean I like how you have a combo so basically you have tea and a tea strainer I just don't love these because I don't love tea but I know a lot of people love tea unlike one of the rare few who don't huh then we OH then we have this beautiful print I know the artist of this print too because I have another one of her prints from another box this is a Hogwarts print so we have the mirror of Erised arise I always say that wrong and then inside we have some books we have Hedwig we have a wand it's beautiful I love it and the artist Michelle gray I love her prints in fact let me show you the other print I have of hers this is just my frame that I keep all of like my prints in that I kind of I rotate if you don't know how my book backgrounds a lot ease rotating things so in here there it is right here this is so she has a series kind of like this where it's like things like this this one is Narnia and this one I always put on my shelf in December and January because holy crap it's wintery go ahead and pop this one of my friend to the either way it's just beautiful she has a whole series like this beautiful prints where it's like that they have like she has Hobbit ones I just I love her so yeah it seemed to say I love that print already the next thing I see is this it's like a little tote and it says books are uniquely portable magic which is beautiful and it's like a little canvas tote and you open it up and you can carry things in it you can probably like put a book in it honestly maybe it's like a book sleeve maybe I don't know this is from it's a clutch purse and they made this pouch so that you can it's big enough to fit small books you can protect your read on the go that's great taking store books in it for me honestly I'll probably use this for traveling I'm actually traveling very very soon and I would probably put my like jewelry and makeup in here like that I want either way it's really cute I do like it a lot and if you don't want to use it it's great to put on your shelves as well a big proponent of making do a lot of decor in your bookshelves this is fun bookworm boutique don't say that are you I don't know but lastly we have the two books in here which are amazing I love that there are two books in here so the first book is pride by Ibiza boy which I have already read and really enjoy so this one is a sort of signed edition oh so it comes with a beautiful bookmark like that it also comes with the sign letter from the author and this is the Edition if you're wondering what the original Edition looks like oh it's right here I did not plan that I've had that there to like help prop open this book so this is what the original Edition looks like right here and this is so obviously the biggest difference is there is pink on this cover and there's blue on the original so I do know after already owning it that there is beautiful yes look how beautiful that is I love this so much and on the insides the same so everything is the same just a different color and I love that that's our two main characters we had a Zuri and Darius our two main characters of this book there even on the back as well this if you don't know is a Pride and Prejudice retelling it is signed that's awesome so there's a good chance I'll probably keep this one because it is signed I'll do a giveaway for this one because I don't need two copies of the same exact book but that's for right now we're just gonna put it back because we have to get the decor right there we go so this is a Pride and Prejudice retelling it follows our main character Zuri and she has a lot of pride for her block she loves where she lives she lives in kind of not-so-great neighborhood but she's lived there her whole life all of her friends her family live there she has a lot of sisters her last name is Vanitas aka kind of like the Bennett's and Pride and Prejudice and basically Darius and his brother dart Darius and his brother the Darcy is moving across the street and they have this huge house that they can construct it and they're kind of at a feud and of course you can guess what happens because it is a Pride and Prejudice retelling I listen to the audiobook of this really enjoyed it I'd say if you're a fan of Pride and Prejudice check it out if you're a fan of contemporary books check it out it also has a lot of spoken word poetry in it which I enjoyed so I really like and I love the cover my favorite part of this whole book is the inside like how beautiful is that so stunning I can't get over it so I'm so excited to have this a toe of the Fox by Julie Kagawa I have read a few of Julie colossal I cannot think of a single one that comes to mind she did this vampire series that I never finished and I'm kind of mad at myself so again this comes with a beautiful bookmark and a signed a letter from the author or author's note and I think this one is signed as well let's figure out yes it is Wow beautiful so this book what else she written that's what I need to know I'm Fae series that's right that's actually one of the first series I ever read on booktube and I think I loved it back then but looking back on it now if I were to read it now I probably wouldn't fall in love with it but that's okay you grow as a reader every single year it's one it is 1,000 years ago the great cami Comi ooh dragon was summoned to grant a single terrible wish and the land of oh my goodness it guató was plunged into an age of darkness and chaos now for whoever holds the scroll of a thousand prayers a new wish will be granted a new age is about to dawn raised by monks in the isolated silent winds temple jamika has trained all of her life to hide her nature half kits own half human her skill with illusion is matched only by her penance for mischief until the dagger home is burnt to the ground her adoptive family is brutally slain and she is forced to flee for her life with the temples greatest treasure long part of the ancient scroll there are many who would claim the Dragons wish for their own cage a mysterious samurai of the shadow clan is one such hunter who under orders to retrieve the scroll and a cost fate brings cage and youmu code together with a promise to lead him to the scroll and on easy alliance formed offering umeko her best hope for survival with an army of demons at her heels and they unlike this allies either side you make us secrets or more than a matter of life or death they are the key to the fate of the world itself so this sounds really interesting I'm guessing it's either please forgive me Japanese or Chinese culture I'm guessing which sounds amazing I don't know much about it so forgive me if I am brutally messed up any word phrasings or even which culture this really is I apologize immensely when I read the book I will know for sure or you could tell me that would be great I apologize once again be either right it sounds very epic fantasy it sounds awesome I've read Julie Kagawa books before and do enjoy her writing so it might be time to dive back into her works because I'm always interested in her writing so that is awesome so let's cover thing you're getting in the box first of all give not one but two books so that's a real awesome like score right there just write them for my least favorite - my favorite I guess my least favorites would have to be the t's because T items because I just don't drink tea I'll give these to a friend then I think I'm going to put the clutch in because it's really beautiful then I'm going to put in this beautiful print which I'll be using my favorite item Marco I do you are these socks because I'll probably put these on right now because my feet are cool and socks are amazing so yeah that's everything you're getting in the box as always I love out great and next must theme is rise from the ashes interesting and this little sneak peak is you know you know oh my gosh it'll include an exclusive wax seal kit from team al crate it is not pictured here but as beautiful I hope it's like Hogwarts or something that would be freaking amazing either way like I said that's everything you're getting in our crate box so be sure to check that out great and yeah if you enjoyed this video be sure to give it a thumbs up hit subscribe and I will see you guys in the next one bye youhello everyone today I am here to unbox out great if you didn't know al-qura is a monthly white book box and it's themed each month I'm doing that theme you get three and five coinciding items that go home with set theme and you get one newly released why a book either it's signed or it comes with a signed book plate so that's what I'll crate is all about they're one of my favorite book boxes of all time I'm so glad I'm an ambassador for them and if you're interested in checking out crate I'll leave all the links below and as always I have a coupon code for you you can use the code book Abul is to get 10% off of your first box which I always recommend because oh but I am a big advocate of saving money because money's expensive keeping up with my trend of not knowing the themes I don't know if the theme is this month who's surprised not me I do know that there are two votes in this book box which is a rarity for Ella create some interesting to see what two books are in this box but let's open it up and find out what's in it and let the thief mints because I'd done a card we have a card each month but this one looks like looks like a girl that is reading little witches and she's got like she's a witch she came and this month is lost in the bookstore which would be the best place ever to be lost in my opinion the first thing I see are sucks yes these are from underlined I'll create exclusive and they are a book nerd socks they just are black and they have white and blue books on them which I like I never get mad about getting socks just boxes because especially for fall/winter that's all I wear like I just wear socks like really cute socks because they're adorable and these are no exception look how freaking adorable they are I love it oh wait wait wait a second let me open these up these don't just have books on them but on the bottom of them this one says book in this one so on the bottom of them I think at the bottom of your feet it'll say book so that's gonna be freaking cute I love them is a tea strainer oh it's got a heart on it it's really cute I just don't like tea or coffee like I'm the most lame person ever I like some coffee I don't like tea a lot though but either way you can use this amazing thing to straighten your teeth Oh do you think we have some tea so this is from tea spot and this is cocoa MIT truffle interesting and has black tea peppermint chocolate chocolate flavoring and then basically you can use this like kind of um strain your tea so that would be great I'm gonna try this team because I do like mint and I like chocolate so that would be interesting it smells really good but I mean I like how you have a combo so basically you have tea and a tea strainer I just don't love these because I don't love tea but I know a lot of people love tea unlike one of the rare few who don't huh then we OH then we have this beautiful print I know the artist of this print too because I have another one of her prints from another box this is a Hogwarts print so we have the mirror of Erised arise I always say that wrong and then inside we have some books we have Hedwig we have a wand it's beautiful I love it and the artist Michelle gray I love her prints in fact let me show you the other print I have of hers this is just my frame that I keep all of like my prints in that I kind of I rotate if you don't know how my book backgrounds a lot ease rotating things so in here there it is right here this is so she has a series kind of like this where it's like things like this this one is Narnia and this one I always put on my shelf in December and January because holy crap it's wintery go ahead and pop this one of my friend to the either way it's just beautiful she has a whole series like this beautiful prints where it's like that they have like she has Hobbit ones I just I love her so yeah it seemed to say I love that print already the next thing I see is this it's like a little tote and it says books are uniquely portable magic which is beautiful and it's like a little canvas tote and you open it up and you can carry things in it you can probably like put a book in it honestly maybe it's like a book sleeve maybe I don't know this is from it's a clutch purse and they made this pouch so that you can it's big enough to fit small books you can protect your read on the go that's great taking store books in it for me honestly I'll probably use this for traveling I'm actually traveling very very soon and I would probably put my like jewelry and makeup in here like that I want either way it's really cute I do like it a lot and if you don't want to use it it's great to put on your shelves as well a big proponent of making do a lot of decor in your bookshelves this is fun bookworm boutique don't say that are you I don't know but lastly we have the two books in here which are amazing I love that there are two books in here so the first book is pride by Ibiza boy which I have already read and really enjoy so this one is a sort of signed edition oh so it comes with a beautiful bookmark like that it also comes with the sign letter from the author and this is the Edition if you're wondering what the original Edition looks like oh it's right here I did not plan that I've had that there to like help prop open this book so this is what the original Edition looks like right here and this is so obviously the biggest difference is there is pink on this cover and there's blue on the original so I do know after already owning it that there is beautiful yes look how beautiful that is I love this so much and on the insides the same so everything is the same just a different color and I love that that's our two main characters we had a Zuri and Darius our two main characters of this book there even on the back as well this if you don't know is a Pride and Prejudice retelling it is signed that's awesome so there's a good chance I'll probably keep this one because it is signed I'll do a giveaway for this one because I don't need two copies of the same exact book but that's for right now we're just gonna put it back because we have to get the decor right there we go so this is a Pride and Prejudice retelling it follows our main character Zuri and she has a lot of pride for her block she loves where she lives she lives in kind of not-so-great neighborhood but she's lived there her whole life all of her friends her family live there she has a lot of sisters her last name is Vanitas aka kind of like the Bennett's and Pride and Prejudice and basically Darius and his brother dart Darius and his brother the Darcy is moving across the street and they have this huge house that they can construct it and they're kind of at a feud and of course you can guess what happens because it is a Pride and Prejudice retelling I listen to the audiobook of this really enjoyed it I'd say if you're a fan of Pride and Prejudice check it out if you're a fan of contemporary books check it out it also has a lot of spoken word poetry in it which I enjoyed so I really like and I love the cover my favorite part of this whole book is the inside like how beautiful is that so stunning I can't get over it so I'm so excited to have this a toe of the Fox by Julie Kagawa I have read a few of Julie colossal I cannot think of a single one that comes to mind she did this vampire series that I never finished and I'm kind of mad at myself so again this comes with a beautiful bookmark and a signed a letter from the author or author's note and I think this one is signed as well let's figure out yes it is Wow beautiful so this book what else she written that's what I need to know I'm Fae series that's right that's actually one of the first series I ever read on booktube and I think I loved it back then but looking back on it now if I were to read it now I probably wouldn't fall in love with it but that's okay you grow as a reader every single year it's one it is 1,000 years ago the great cami Comi ooh dragon was summoned to grant a single terrible wish and the land of oh my goodness it guató was plunged into an age of darkness and chaos now for whoever holds the scroll of a thousand prayers a new wish will be granted a new age is about to dawn raised by monks in the isolated silent winds temple jamika has trained all of her life to hide her nature half kits own half human her skill with illusion is matched only by her penance for mischief until the dagger home is burnt to the ground her adoptive family is brutally slain and she is forced to flee for her life with the temples greatest treasure long part of the ancient scroll there are many who would claim the Dragons wish for their own cage a mysterious samurai of the shadow clan is one such hunter who under orders to retrieve the scroll and a cost fate brings cage and youmu code together with a promise to lead him to the scroll and on easy alliance formed offering umeko her best hope for survival with an army of demons at her heels and they unlike this allies either side you make us secrets or more than a matter of life or death they are the key to the fate of the world itself so this sounds really interesting I'm guessing it's either please forgive me Japanese or Chinese culture I'm guessing which sounds amazing I don't know much about it so forgive me if I am brutally messed up any word phrasings or even which culture this really is I apologize immensely when I read the book I will know for sure or you could tell me that would be great I apologize once again be either right it sounds very epic fantasy it sounds awesome I've read Julie Kagawa books before and do enjoy her writing so it might be time to dive back into her works because I'm always interested in her writing so that is awesome so let's cover thing you're getting in the box first of all give not one but two books so that's a real awesome like score right there just write them for my least favorite - my favorite I guess my least favorites would have to be the t's because T items because I just don't drink tea I'll give these to a friend then I think I'm going to put the clutch in because it's really beautiful then I'm going to put in this beautiful print which I'll be using my favorite item Marco I do you are these socks because I'll probably put these on right now because my feet are cool and socks are amazing so yeah that's everything you're getting in the box as always I love out great and next must theme is rise from the ashes interesting and this little sneak peak is you know you know oh my gosh it'll include an exclusive wax seal kit from team al crate it is not pictured here but as beautiful I hope it's like Hogwarts or something that would be freaking amazing either way like I said that's everything you're getting in our crate box so be sure to check that out great and yeah if you enjoyed this video be sure to give it a thumbs up hit subscribe and I will see you guys in the next one bye you\n"