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Description: Two weeks after the events of The Iron Witch, reluctant alchemist-in-training, Donna Underwood, must face the consequences of her actions--actions that some believe make her a traitor. At the same time, Donna’s iron tattoos are acting strangely and she experiences bleak visions filled with warnings of a coming darkness. When the Wood Queen steps into her life once more, it appears that Donna’s role in the centuries old war against the fey is very far from over--only this time it is her mother’s life that hangs in the balance...
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| The gorgeous filigree from THE IRON WITCH is a hard act to follow, and at first glance this cover didn’t do it for me. Once I looked at the enlarged cover (and placed it on a book rather than glowing out of my computer screen), I realized that the flash won’t be so washed out, and the branches over her arms tie back to the first cover. Very nice. | Yeah, this one didn’t ‘wow’ me at first glance either. But the more I looked at it, all the little details emerged. Not as good as the previous cover, but I like it. |
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Description: This contains the first two books in the Blood Coven Vampire series: Boys that Bite & Stake That in one volume.
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| This cover is ok, but I wouldn’t pick up the book on it’s basis alone. BOYS THAT BITE is my favorite cover in the series, a lot of sass and tension. STAKE THAT and this latest one are pretty forgettable… | I like the shock of orange and the flower detail enough to give this a mild thumbs up. |
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Description: Sixteen-year-old Trinity Monsour wants nothing more than to live a normal life. But that isn’t as easy as it seems. Trinity is different. She is special. She sees visions, and for those she’s seen, it’s already too late. Trinity arrives on her aunt’s doorstep in New Orleans with virtually no knowledge of her mysterious heritage. She begins settling into life at a new school and even starts making friends. But all too quickly her dreams accelerate; twisted, terrifying visions of a girl locked in a dark room. And when the head cheerleader, Jessica, goes missing, Trinity knows she has no choice but to step forward with what she’s seen. ...more
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| My thoughts on this one were quite literally, “Ooh, pretty necklace, I want to look closer… wait, where is her shoulder? Where is her shoulder?!” | Julia, you totally ruined this for me! All I saw was the pretty necklace and you had to point out the shoulder thing. Logically, I know her hair is just covering it, but my eyes are too busy screaming to listen. |
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Description: Nastasya has lived for hundreds of years, but for some reason, life never seems to get any better. She left her spoiled, rich girl life to find peace at River's Edge, a safe haven for wayward immortals. There, she learned to embrace River's Edge, despite some drama involving the sexy Reyn, who she wants but won't allow herself to have. But just as she's getting comfortable, her family's ties to dark magick force her to leave. She falls back into her old, hard partying ways, but will her decision lead her into the hands of a dark immortal? Or will it be her first step to embracing the darkness within her?
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| In the darkness, I would expect bats not doves. Interesting effect, my eye kept trying to turn the doves into other limbs… | I don’t love the hyper colors. Maybe it looks better in person… |
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| I feel like this cover image could have fit any number of books, it doesn’t really scream “zombie” to me. I love the title, though, and the arrangement of text on this cover really pulls everything together. | It totally screams zombie to me  The first book had tons of beautiful detailing that didn’t translate on screen. I’m betting this one does too. |
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| *fan-girl-squee* I love anything that makes me feel one day closer to a new Ilona Andrews book. Love the sword, initially thought the guy had mutton chops (just stubble and scruffy hair, false alarm), all in all a nice addition to the series. I feel like the floating guy heads on all of these covers are a great “old school romance” touch, especially when paired with women poised and ready to kick butt. | Yep. I love it too. The colors are so soft and pretty. The autumn scenery is just lovely. Can not wait to read it! |
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Description: October “Toby” Daye is settling into her new role as Countess of Goldengreen. She's actually dating again, and she's taken on Quentin as her squire. So, of course, it's time for things to take a turn for the worse. Someone has kidnapped the sons of the regent of the Undersea Duchy of Saltmist. To prevent a war between land and sea, Toby must find the missing boys and prove the Queen of the Mists was not behind their abduction. Toby's search will take her from the streets of San Francisco to the lands beneath the waves, and her deadline is firm: she must find the boys in three days' time, or all of the Mists will pay the price. But someone is determined to stop her — and whoever it is isn't playing by Oberon's Laws…
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| All of the previous art in this series has done a great job of including details from the book on the cover, which is why the fish scales on the gorgeous cover above is particularly worrisome. I was already eagerly awaiting this book, so glad to see such it getting such a fabulous cover. | Chris McGrath usually sticks to more muted colors, so I love the peachy pink here. And I’m behind on this series, but the mermaid idea is very intriguing. |
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Description: Amy Goodnight's family is far from normal. She comes from a line of witches, but tries her best to stay far outside the family business. Her summer gig? Ranch-sitting for her aunt with her wacky but beautiful sister. Only the Goodnight Ranch is even less normal than it normally is. Bodies are being discovered, a ghost is on the prowl, and everywhere she turns, the hot neighbor cowboy is in her face.
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| I feel like the smoke and the hair are just too busy together. Given the tension in the book description, I think they were going for the “smothered” feel, but this particular arrangement didn’t work for me. | The piercing green of her eyes, the paleness of her skin, and the vibrancy of her read hair all contrast really well. It works for me |
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Description: Riley Blackthorne’s adventures continue in the second spellbinding Demon Trappers novel, as she battles demons… and a love that could destroy her At the start of the second thrilling installment of the Demon Trappers series, 17-year-old Riley Blackthorne has about had it up to here. After the devastating battle at the Tabernacle, trappers are dead and injured, her sweet boyfriend Simon is gravely injured, and now her beloved late father’s been illegally poached from his grave by a very powerful necromancer. ...more
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| Definitely click to enlarge, the I love the impact of the charcoal drawing top meeting the blue bottom. | Agree completely. I really love that they kept Riley’s sneakers. |
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Description: They say the dead should rest in peace. Not all the dead agree. One night, Silas Umber's father Amos doesn’t come home from work. Devastated, Silas learns that his father was no mere mortician but an Undertaker, charged with bringing The Peace to the dead trapped in the Shadowlands, the states of limbo binding spirits to earth. With Amos gone, Silas and his mother have no choice but to return to Lichport, the crumbling seaside town where Silas was born, and move in with Amos’s brother, Charles. ...more
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| As spare as this is, I want a little bit less. I feel like leaving off the subtitle would have made this cover even more effective and intriguing. | It is simple, but I kind of like that here. The Death Watch mentioned in the description is all it needed. |
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| I need my “Neutral Hand”, this cover is nice but not particularly memorable. | I like how it slips from B&W to color. I think it’s nice enough for a thumbs up. |
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Description: Kitten-tiger & the Monk by Carolyn Crane - A Disillusionists novella: Sophia Sidway, Midcity's most dangerous memory revisionist, seeks out the mysterious Monk in the wasteland beneath the Tangle turnpike, hoping for redemption...but it turns out that the Monk is not all that pious, and the turnpike is no turnpike at all. Mina Wentworth and the Blushing Bounder by Meljean Brook - An Iron Seas novella: Detective Inspector Mina Wentworth isn't pleased when she discovers that her new assistant is the prudish Constable Newberry. With a brutal murder to solve, the last thing she needs is to be shadowed by a disapproving bounder. But while the search for the killer puts their lives in danger, Constable Newberry faces a danger of another kind: to his heart, by the woman forced to marry him. What will it take for this prudish bounder to convince his wife to stay? Vixen by Jill Myles - A Midnight Liaisons novella: Miko's denied her were-fox nature for far too long and turned her back on her vixen heritage. But when she meets two very sexy cat-shifters, she has to decide if she truly wants to give up on her frisky side, or embrace it. Because the were-fox in her doesn't want to choose between both men...it wants them both.
I am really excited to announce that a Disillusionists novella will be coming out in June in Wild & Steamy. This is an anthology that Jill Myles, Meljean Brook and I have banded together to self-publish - it's three all-new novellas (each are 15K-20K words long) that are spin-offs from our series. You can't pre-order it, because it's self pubbed, but I'll have stuff up on my blog and my website when it's officially on sale in June. This book is going to be so fabulous. – Carolyn Crane |
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| The cover is fine, but this one is all about the names on the front for me. Yes, please! Plus it’s pretty cool that Carolyn made this herself. Not bad for her first cover. | Despite the negative of His & Hers matching tattoos, I like all of the other staging of the cover models on this one. And I can't *wait* to read the stories these authors submit. |
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I think my fab is Soul Thief!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is the Soul Thief cover . Tanks again for sharing ladies. xoxo Parajunkee
ReplyDeleteOh wow!
ReplyDeleteI love this post, thanks =)