I’ve tweaked the format of this post yet again. I keep trying to find that perfect balance between layout and information. I think this is better. Any thoughts? And I’ll also be naming my Best & Worst covers at the bottom of this post.
*Covers may not be final*
| Series: Nightshade #2 Date/Publisher: July 12th 2011 by Philomel Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source: A Blurred History: Author Comments: I can't begin to describe how much I am in love with this cover. Green is my favorite color. I love the way that Calla is in the wild, yet still caged by the vines. AND it is a perfect rendering of one of my favorite scenes in the book!! My Thoughts: |  |
Betrayal, loss, pain, fear. How many trials can love endure and still survive?
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| Series: Wild About You #1 Date/Publisher: January 4th 2011 by Signet Book Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source: Vicki Lewis Thompson’s Newsletter Author Comments: N/A My Thoughts: |  |
Emma Gavin writes bestselling novels about werewolves, but that doesn't mean she believes in them -- and she certainly doesn't think she'll meet one. But that's exactly what happens when her books catch the attention of a rich and powerful pack of Manhattan Weres, who have kept their existence hidden for centuries. Alarmed by the accuracy of her novels, they're determined to find out if a renegade is acting as her informant.
Aidan Wallace, the pack leader's son and heir, knows he's the wolf for the job, but when he gets close to Emma, they are both surprised by an attraction too strong to deny. To surrender to it, Aidan will have to risk everything--- including the security of the pack he's sworn to protect...
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| Series: N/A Date/Publisher: January 4th 2011 by Vanguard Press Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source: Goodreads Author Comments: N/A My Thoughts: |  |
When Nicole Walker runs off the road in a blinding snowstorm after attending a friend’s wedding at a Colorado ski resort, she wakes up to find herself stranded at the remote mountain house of a handsome, enigmatic stranger. She lives and works in a fast-paced, high tech world; he is cultured and modern yet lives a quiet life in self-imposed exile. They are both powerfully attracted to each other, but there are things about him that mystify her and fill her with apprehension—and Nicole can’t shake the feeling that he really doesn’t want her there.
She soon discovers that he’s a famous, reclusive author, renowned for his highly detailed and authentic historical fiction, and fiercely protective of his privacy. No wonder he was so reluctant to take her in, Nicole thinks. But he hides a far darker secret. As the sexual tension between them builds, the clues mount up.
When Nicole realizes that her host is an ages-old vampire who thirsts for her blood, there’s nowhere for her to run but the blizzard raging outside, and he’s the only one who can save her life. By now there is no turning back; they have both fallen deeply in love, and share several passionate days together while waiting out the storm—a deep, meaningful, and dangerously seductive experience that will change them both forever
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| Series: Regency Dracula #1 Date/Publisher: April 2011 Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source:Literary Escapism Author Comments: N/A My Thoughts: |  |
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| Series: Demon Trappers # 1 Date/Publisher: February 1st 2011 by St. Martin's Griffin Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source: Literary Escapism Author Comments: N/A My Thoughts: |  |
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| Series: Cassie Palmer #5 Date/Publisher: June 2011 by Roc Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source: Welcome to Larissa's Bookish Life Author Comments: Hunt the Moon, the fifth Cassie Palmer novel, has a cover! Penguin has a reputation in the industry for some of the most attractive, eye-catching covers, and we think it's well deserved. How about you? My Thoughts: |  |
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| Series: Wings #3 Date/Publisher: May 8th 2011 by HarperCollins Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source: Apparently Author Comments: Yay!!! Man this cover makes me so happy!!!!! But wait a second, you may be saying. This cover doesn't look quite like it belongs with my other books. Well, you're right. As the Harper design team was putting this cover together they kept saying that it just worked out so much better to have the title off-set and the image zoomed in more. But . . . well, it doesn't quite match the others that way. Then someone (someone brilliant and amazing) suggested that maybe the whole series could benefit from a bit of a make-over. A more grown-up look, perhaps. And so my special surprise is that the whole series is getting a very slightly tweaked look that I think is totally gorgeous. My Thoughts: |  |
SPOILER IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE PREVIOUS BOOKS
"I don't do patrols, I don't go hunting, I just stick close to you. You live your life, I'll keep you safe," Tamani said, sweeping a lock of hair from her face. "Or die trying."
Laurel hasn't seen Tamani since she begged him to let her go last year. Though her heart still aches, Laurel is confident that David was the right choice.
But just as life returns to normal, Laurel realizes that a hidden enemy lies in wait. Once again, Laurel must turn to Tamani to protect and guide her, for the danger that now threatens Avalon is one that no faerie thought would ever be possible. And for the first time, Laurel cannot be sure that her side will prevail.
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| Series: Sisters Red #2 Date/Publisher: August 2011 by Little, Brown Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source: Dark Faerie Tales Author Comments: I LOVE LOVE LOVE the cover. Now, this is just the ARC, so that cover might not be final, but ISN’T IT THE BEST THING YOU’VE EVER SEEN? I mean, since the SISTERS RED cover which is also THE BEST THING YOU’VE EVER SEEN, right? My Thoughts: |  |
SWEETLY is a modernization of Hansel and Gretel and a companion book to SISTERS RED and FATHOMLESS.
Twelve years ago, Gretchen, her twin sister, and her brother went looking for a witch in the forest. They found something. Maybe it was a witch, maybe a monster, they aren’t sure—they were running too fast to tell. Either way, Gretchen’s twin sister was never seen again.
Years later, after being thrown out of their house, Gretchen and Ansel find themselves in Live Oak, South Carolina, a place on the verge of becoming a ghost town. They move in with Sophia Kelly, a young and beautiful chocolatier owner who opens not only her home, but her heart to Gretchen and Ansel.
Yet the witch isn’t gone—it’s here, lurking in the forests of Live Oak, preying on Live Oak girls every year after Sophia Kelly’s infamous chocolate festival. But Gretchen is determined to stop running from witches in the forest, and start fighting back. Alongside Samuel Reynolds, a boy as quick with a gun as he is a sarcastic remark, Gretchen digs deeper into the mystery of not only what the witch is, but how it chooses its victims. Yet the further she investigates, the more she finds herself wondering who the real monster is, and if love can be as deadly as it is beautiful.
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| Series: Gavyn Donatti #2 Date/Publisher: March 29th 2011 by Pocket Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source: Dark Faerie Tales Author Comments: N/A My Thoughts: |  |
In the bestselling tradition of Jim Butcher, the second book in an exciting new urban fantasy series about a thief and an unlikely genie.
For the past year, “retired” thief Gavyn Donatti has been helping his partner Ian hunt down and destroy the Morai, a dangerous djinn clan bent on murdering them both. Instead of casting a simple destruction spell in a Virginia mountain cave, they uncover a bloodthirsty cult of djinn descendants that shouldn’t exist. And when the cult kidnaps Ian’s wife, the princess Akila, the race to save her becomes a desperate bid to stay alive and stop the Morai from taking more lives, along with the right to rule the world.
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| Series: Shade #2 Date/Publisher: May 3rd 2011 by Simon Pulse Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source: Dark Faerie Tales Author Comments: N/A My Thoughts: |  |
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| Series: Descendants #1 Date/Publisher: April 26th 2011 by Pocket Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source: Dark Faerie Tales Author Comments: N/A My Thoughts: |  |
Description:
A brand-new urban fantasy from the acclaimed author of the Morgan Kingsley series!
Nikki Glass thinks of herself as an ordinary person, although her skills as a private investigator sometimes verge on the uncanny. But whatever Nikki might think of herself, she is far from ordinary, as she discovers one life-altering night when she loses control of her car on an icy road, accidentally killing a man who appears out of nowhere. The man Nikki struck with her car was an immortal who wanted to die—and she has now inadvertently stolen his immortality. As a descendant of the Greek goddess Artemis, Nikki’s talents have reached supernatural proportions. Of course, before she was an immortal, there wasn’t anyone who wanted her dead….
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| Series: Deadworld #1 Date/Publisher: April 1st 2011 by Kensington Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source: Tez Says Author Comments: N/A My Thoughts: |  |
Description:
Jackie Rutledge is a Chicago FBI agent who walks that fine line between competence and nervous breakdown. When a killer begins bleeding people dry, Jackie’s psychic partner Laurel, tells her to get off the case. The spirit world is involved and they aren’t playing nice. Worse, the prime suspect, one PI Nick Anderson, seems to exude death worse than the local cemetery. Jackie is not a “leave well enough alone” sort of woman however. She hasn’t let a bad guy get away since she was twelve, and this one will be no different. Unless of course, he’s not the killer. Despite the evidence, Jackie does not get the “killer” vibe from Nick. He’s not at all what he appears. His past goes back far beyond the humanly possible. In fact, nothing about the case makes sense, and the more they dig, the more it seems Laurel was right. They’re dealing with a killer who effortlessly walks between the living and the dead, and she will need Nick’s help to take that step, because facing the dead is where Jackie’s competence ends and the breakdown begins
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| Series: A Private prequel Date/Publisher: December 21st 2010 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Cover Artist: N/A Cover Source: The Bookologist Author Comments: N/A My Thoughts |  |
Description:
The Book of Spells will make you it's witch.
Just as the Private series comes to a close, we take a look back. Hundred years ago, the originals Billings School for Girls and was the sister school to Easton Academy. Meant to turn girls into dutiful wives, it ended up producing one of the school's most enduring legacies.
At the helm is Elizabeth Williams. Joining with her friends, they decide to form the Billings Literary Society. Initiation is difficult and dangerous, but once the eleven girls are part of the society, she informs them she would like them to a part of her coven. A powerful witch by birth, Elizabeth shares the book of spells that has been passed through her family. The girls cast charms, cursing the headmaster and giving blisters to boys with wandering hands.
But soon things grow sinister and the coven begins to splinter, with some wanting eternal wealth and others looking for even darker magic. Can Elizabeth put a stop to what she has created? And what repercussions will this have for the future girls of Billings?
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And my picks for Best & Worst…
Best Cover: Tie - WOLFSBANE and MASTER AND APPRENTICE.
Worst Cover: SHIFT
So any new to you covers? Any contenders for Best Sneak Peek Cover 2011? Which are your Best & Worst picks?
I love the new Cassie Palmer cover! She looks smokin' hot! YEOW!
ReplyDelete'Sweetly' looks amazing... but I'm kind of bummed that the book isn't a continuation of 'Sister's Red' and focused on scarred-sister, Scarlett. I was really hoping we'd read about Scarlett getting her HEA since she was kinda screwed-over in 'Sister's Red'.
Danielle - Curse the Dawn is still my fav Cassie cover, but they are all gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI didn't end up reading Sisters Red, but you've peaked my curiosity now :)
The sweetly cover scares me! Glad it isn't the final one.
ReplyDeleteI REALLY like the cover of Wolfsbane, and I think the cover for Illusions is pretty cool, too!!
ReplyDeleteNayuleska - I think its brilliant. I hope it doesn't change much for the final cover.
ReplyDeletebrynnerox - Wolfsbane looks amazing. Did you read Nightshade yet? And I like Illusions, but I feel like it's just a flower. Wings was perfect because the petals were actually shaped the wings. Spells and now this one are a little lacking for me.
Oh I'm definitely going to add Jenna Black and Sonya Bateman to my TBR list. My favorite has to be Sonya's for the same reasons you listed.
ReplyDeleteI really dig the new layout for the new cover titles. It's much easier on the eyes, and I don't have to click anything to get a good view of the covers.
ReplyDeleteI adore the cover for 'Sweetly'. It took me a minute, but I finally got why you thought it was so great and I definitely agree!
Wolfbane cover is perfect.
ReplyDeleteThat has to be the best Cassie cover yet. The red dress is a nice change in the black dress line up.
Edna - I like Sonya's cover better and better the more I look at it, plus I loved MASTER OF NONE, so high hopes for book 2.
ReplyDeleteGB - Oh good. I like including all the info b/c I'd want to know it all, but the layout can get tricky. Glad this is better. The SWEETLY cover has that illusion factor that I adore.
Shera - Both great. I do wonder why the Cassie covers have changed from the more dark mysterious look of the first two...