Several luscious paranormal covers were revealed this past week including brand new looks for a few old titles, vampires who want to bite you who you’d probably let (I’m looking at you Laurie London’s vampire), and the cover for my favorite zombie series looks even better than the last two. - Abigail
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| A great call back to the cover for book one, these two in particular fit well together. Interesting lighting, and it’s striking how intently he’s staring at us. I can’t decide if that’s a “I wish she was you” look or a “Back off I’m busy” look… either way, it makes an impression. | This is my new favorite for the series. The lighting is stunning. I didn’t love the cover for EMBRACED BY BLOOD nearly as much as BONDED BY BLOOD because he wasn’t looking at us. There is a thrilling question that this cover makes us ask: What is he thinking? Can’t wait to find out. |
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| I need more thumbs to show how much I love the progression of these covers. The colors cool, the barbed wire disappears, and the clouds and smoke fades away. This works so well with the title, too, it definitely has me thinking Cass’s horizons are opening up. | Julia, you are so right about the story these covers tell. The increasing clarity of Cass and the setting are very revealing about her as a character. |
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Description: Switched - the first book in the Trylle Trilogy... When Wendy Everly was six-years-old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. It isn't until eleven years later that Wendy discovers her mother might have been right. With the help of Finn Holmes, Wendy finds herself in a world she never knew existed - a world both beautiful and frightening, and Wendy's not sure she wants to be a part of it. Torn - the second book in the Trylle Trilogy... Wendy thought she finally understood who she was and what she wanted, but everything changes when the rival Vittra come after her. She's caught between two worlds, torn between love and duty, and she must decide what life she is going to lead.
Ascend... The final chapter in the Trylle Trilogy. With a war looming on the horizon, Wendy’s fate seems sealed. But everything she sacrificed might be in vain if she can’t save the ones she loves. Her whole life has been leading up to this, and it’s all coming to an end.
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| I think these are a beautiful look for this series, though less of a panoramic picture than the three previous covers (shown below). This series starts out strong, with SWITCHED and TORN being my favorite of the three. | really pretty. I was never taken with the originals, but these new versions have a whimsical quality and such beautiful colors. SWITCHED and ASCEND are my favorites. |
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Description: Amongst the Dark Ones there is one they call The Betrayer, one who is doomed to hand his own kind over to a demon lord... for eternity. But now a small boy’s been kidnapped, and it’s up to Nell Harris – a Charmer – no, literally, that’s her job – to rescue him. Problem is, she can’t help but find The Betrayer a teeny, tiny bit attractive... is it possible he is not as soul-less as he seems, or has her penchant for bad-boys just gone into overdrive?
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| I’m torn on this one. Though infinitely better than the dated 2005 cover, the framing of this new cover looks a little off to me. I love the colors, the way their skin glows, but her neck seems to be floating out there and her giant earing is visually distracting (I kept thinking it was a neck tattoo). Has anyone read this, is the earing from the book? | I agreed it is better than the original, but this couple doesn’t look human (or vampire). They look more like video game characters. |
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Description: Entangled includes ten suspense-filled paranormal stories from authors Lori Brighton, Michelle Diener, Cynthia Eden, Jennifer Estep, Misty Evans, Nancy Haddock, Liz Kreger, Dale Mayer, Michelle Miles, and Edie Ramer, plus a novella by Allison Brennan. Proceeds from the sale of this paranormal anthology will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF).
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| The title font seems to jump off the page a bit too much, but I adore the cover image. Definitely take a look at the enlarged version, it looks even more fabulous up close. Her hair seems to melt into spider webs and feathers and frost… gorgeous. | I do like this, but the web over her face is a little weird. I thought it was features at first. |
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Description: Have you ever had the feeling that you've lived another life? Been somewhere that has felt totally familiar, even though you've never been there before, or felt that you know someone well, even though you are meeting them for the first time? It happens. In 2073 on the remote and secretive island of Blessed, where rumour has it that no one ages and no children are born, a visiting journalist, Eric Seven, and a young local woman known as Merle are ritually slain. Their deaths echo a moment ten centuries before, when, in the dark of the moon, a king was slain, tragically torn from his queen. Their souls search to be reunited, and as mother and son, artist and child, forbidden lovers, victims of a vampire they come close to finding what they've lost. More…
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| This is another tough one for me. I like how the drawn figure reminds me of Edward Gorey illustrations, but it seems out of place on a realistic background. The knife and the cloak remind me of the SCREAM franchise, and I really don’t get that heart… just feels like elements are out of sync, something needs to change. | I really like the illustration style and the knife and heart make me very curious about their significance to the story. |
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I like the Amanda Hocking covers the best. I agree with you on Sex, Lies and Vampires but Midwinterblood doesn't bother me.
ReplyDeletebooks by amanda hocking is definitely the best
ReplyDeleteGood for Hocking! I've not read her work, but those are fabulous covers, and I'm quite thrilled for her!
ReplyDeleteI actually like the cover of Switched more than the austere blues of Torn. I love all those reds.
ReplyDeletewhere is Entangled going to be offered through? I tried to search for it on Amazon and nothing came up :(
ReplyDeleteErin - Jennifer Estep said it will be on Amazon tentatively on Sep 13th
ReplyDelete@Midnyte, Arianne, Calicoreaction, & Rubita - I think it's extra interesting to see the whole series side by side, especially when being able to compare it to the previous covers. The new art does a much better job of catching my attention.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny how opinions differ. When I first saw Laurie London's Bonded by Blood on the shelf, my immediate thought was "Why do her publishers hate her?", and the next two covers haven't changed my mind. It's a good thing that others don't feel that way!
ReplyDeleteMickie T
Thanks! BTW... love the cover reviews! Not only do you give me updates on my upcoming releases, but it's fun to see the covers and what you guys think.
ReplyDeleteOh I do love this post!
ReplyDeleteYou always show me new covers! =)
Thanks