Lite Boxes
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OUABC Lite 2026
The Wicked Sea
The Wicked Sea by Jordan Stephanie GrayTaste: Page 13: ""Then perhaps you should eat some ginger or, even better, leave.""
The included gift was a recipe card for ginger tea.
Sound: Page 244: "Midnight-blue tapestries drape along driftwood walls, sea-glass wind chimes ring softly from an icy breeze that stretches across the whole of the grandiose room. Thunder booms. Distant, a mere echo of reverberations that only gently quakes the floor."
The included gift was a custom card with the quote from the scene written on one side and a QR code on the other that leads to a video with chimes, rain, thunder, and wind ambiance.
Touch: Page 258: "He trips over the corner of a hastily strewn violet rug, and the skull begins to careen off the platter."
The included gift was a bookmark with a tassel attached and the quote I am not just a mermaid. I am every drop of water in every sea. I am the riptide. I am th salt and the silt. I am the ocean..
Sight: Page 273: ""Yes, Historian. I mean Queen Emilia." Amaya kisses the temple of the skull."
The included gift was a custom skull floral sticker that says Queen Emilia.
Smell: Page 395: "A preternatural gust - sweet as strawberries - blows through the temple. The ocean outside, beyond, grows louder."
The included gift was a custom art print of a mermaid holding the moon. On the back is a quote from the scene in the novel with a spot to scratch to sniff the scent of strawberries.
OUABC Lite 2026
Graceless Heart
Graceless Heart by Isabel IbañezSight: Page 199: "Ravenna picked up the note, opening it with steady hands even as the air around her coiled tight, as if she were spinning frantically in a circle."
The included gift was a copy of the letter Ravenna receives in the story.
Smell: Page 283: "Lit lanterns guided her way, and the scent of blooming roses, jasmine, and orange blossoms clung to her hair, her skin. Spring was making herself known."
The included gift was a custom art print of a floral garden. On the back is a quote from the scene in the book with a scratch-and-sniff sticker that smells like roses.
Sound: Page 392: "Above her the cathedral bell tolled, a haunting melody, drowning out the cries for help, the cries for blood."
The included gift was a custom card with the scene from the novel written on one side and a QR code on the other that leads to a video of haunting cathedral bells.
Touch: Page 445: "Marco let out a piercing whistle as the spectators jumped to their feet, ribbons fluttering wildly."
The included gift was a custom a blue night sky bookmark with the quote The moon is yours to make of it what you will. There is a blue tassel attached to the bookmark to represent the ribbons in the story.
Taste: Page 468: "Ravenna nibbled on a biscotto di Prato as she stared at the Luni famiglia. It was her favorite almond biscuit, and she craved them at all hours."
The included gift was a recipe card for Biscotti di Prato.