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Description: Emma Lost can still remember the day she woke up in the back of a VW van after her famous thousand years' snooze - the one that inspired the Sleeping Beauty myth. Emma knows it's no fairy tale - she's the real Sleeping Beauty, trying to hide her magical powers and swearing off kissing strange men for the rest of her life. Of course, most men follow her around like lovesick puppies...except for Michael Found, her gorgeous boss. The rational, logical Mr. Found doesn't believe her theories about such things as Fates and fairies and magic, and he's determined to expose her as a fraud. But Emma knows for sure the magic truly does exist, and she's going to give Michael a lesson he'll never forget - even if it means breaking her vow of not kissing men.
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| Nothing like a dude in sweatpants trying to act casual to say “Happily Ever After”. The colors are over the top cutesy, this cover needs something that is actually cute to pull it off. He’s hot and hiding his hands… which is worrisome, not cute. | Yep, the colors totally kill this. Way too bright and childish. |
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Description: When a strange boy tumbles down a river embankment and lands at her feet, seventeen-year-old adrenaline junkie Deznee Cross snatches the opportunity to piss off her father by bringing the mysterious hottie with ice blue eyes home. Except there’s something off with Kale. He wears her shoes in the shower, is overly fascinated with things like DVDs and vases, and acts like she’ll turn to dust if he touches her. It’s not until Dez’s father shows up, wielding a gun and knowing more about Kale than he should, that Dez realizes there’s more to this boy—and her father’s “law firm”—than she realized. Kale has been a prisoner of Denazen Corporation—an organization devoted to collecting “special” kids known as Sixes and using them as weapons—his entire life. And, oh yeah, his touch? It kills. The two team up with a group of rogue Sixes hellbent on taking down Denazen before they’re caught and her father discovers the biggest secret of all. A secret Dez has spent her life keeping safe. A secret Kale will kill to protect.
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| Another hot guy with his hands in his pockets… I think the cover model needs to be softened somehow, I don’t think his sharpness with the blurry background works for this title. | I like the intense brooding quality this cover presents. And the dark, masculine colors are perfect. |
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Description: Desire’s never been so dangerous… Gina Coletti’s magic is as rebellious as she is—actually, more like nonexistent—which isn’t exactly normal in her family of powerful witches. Not that Gina cares. The family legacy comes with visions of her soul mate, and the last thing Gina wants is to be attached. When she starts having visions about the one man she does not want on her radar, she hopes it’s a mistake. Especially when she sees a vision of his death. Detective Eric McGrath wants free-spirited Gina in the worst way. Women usually fall all over themselves for a night in his bed, but Gina’s been nothing but resistant to his charm. Which, of course, has only intensified his feelings for her. Eric already knows about the magic that bound his best friend to her cousin six months ago, but when Gina confesses what she saw while he’s working a dangerous case, he’s irked. Will her visions mean his death… or has destiny finally given Eric his ultimate desire?
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| The title font doesn’t work for me, and the wisp of smoke blends in with the pink fabric making it look like it’s going up her skirt. | Any kind of smoke wafting from under a skirt is a bad, bad, bad idea. I actually wrinkled my nose when I saw this. |
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Description: IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR Cryptid, noun:
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| This cover pops right out at you, and I love it. I’m not a fan of the title font at all, I think it competes with the sharpness of the background image. | I spent way too much time on Aly Fell’s website after seeing this cover. I love the cheeky pin-up look…and the premise sounds awesome! |
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Description: Magick. Murder. Mayhem. It’s all in a night’s work… After narrowly escaping her fate as a sacrificial scapegoat, Arcadia Bell is back to normal. Or at least as ordinary as life can be for a renegade magician and owner of a tiki bar that caters to Earthbound demons. She’s gearing up for the busiest day of the year—Halloween—when a vengeful kidnapper paralyzes the community. The influential head of the local Hellfire Club taps Cady to track down the fiendish bogeyman, and now that she’s dating red-hot Lon Butler, the club’s wayward son, she can hardly say no. Cady and Lon untangle a gruesome thirty-year trail of clues that points to danger for the club members’ children. But locating the person behind the terror will require some metaphysical help from Cady’s loyal bar patrons as well as her potent new Moonchild powers—and she’d better figure it out before the final victim disappears and her own darkest secret becomes her biggest enemy
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| I like the composition and color of this cover, though her fly away hair is too much in her face for my comfort. | I was surprised they chose to reveal Cady’s face since they cut her off in the debut, but once again, Tony Mauro has done a fantastic job. This is how to do bright colors. And I love the caduceus staff. |
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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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| I like the movement of this image and the title, though the script for the author and tag line is hard to read (at least in these images). I don’t feel like there’s any clear link between this and book one, though, other than a use of bold colors. | This is leaning more towards a neutral hand for me. I like the colors, but something about the directions isn’t working for me. |
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| This cover looks like a Cassandra Clare placeholder, waiting for a character to step into the frame. The wings are so dark and the title so bright, it feels like the central focus is missing. | It does look like it’s waiting for another element to be added. |
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Description: The human race is all but extinct after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the population. Reduced to tens of thousands by RM, a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island while the Partials have mysteriously retreated. The threat of the Partials is still imminent, but worse, no baby has been born immune to RM in more than a decade. Our time is running out. Kira, a sixteen-year-old medic in training, is on the front lines of this battle, seeing RM ravage the community while mandatory pregnancy laws threaten to launch what’s left of humanity into civil war, and she’s not content to stand by and watch. More…
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| I love how the title nestles in amongst the buildings, a cover and description this catchy has me excited to read this one. | I think we might be biased since this model bears a strong resemblance to our ATUF girl. But I love it. The warm, chocolaty colors are delicious. |
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Description: What happens when you can't outrun Hell—or trust the ones you love?
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| I like the two guys facing off, but the title font is too ornate for me. Having flourishes on so many of the letters is over the top. | I love seeing Luc and Gabe face off, but I wish they’d chosen a different font color instead of the glowing hot pink. Still, this is Cliff Nielsen, and even his okay covers are amazing. |
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| I love both of these fun anthology covers. Striped socks will always say “witch” to me, though I’m glad these two ladies aren’t under a house. | Yes, the socks say witch, but I still underwhelmed. |
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Description: The Mayans aren’t the only ones with a 2012 prophecy… The Time Untime approaches… But if he doesn’t kill Kateri, the deadliest of evils will reemerge and destroy everyone else on the planet. It was a sacrifice he made once.
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| I like this symbol and the lighting, but this cover could be any type of thriller. | I love how instantly this cover screams Mayan! If they are sticking with the symbol style, customizing them like this is the way to go. |
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Description: The dead have tales to tell. The author describes it as 'as CSI/X-Files meets urban fantasy (and cow mutilation mystery!).'
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| This cover is close to being too busy, but I like it. The dragon popping out of her head is distracting, though. | It is right on the edge of too much, but I agree that it works. Really curious about what all the elements will mean story wise. |
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Description: Playing by one’s own rules is tempting danger for a female mercenary and a mysterious stranger in Shiloh Walker’s new novel in a “scorchingly hot”* series… His past is a mystery, even to him — a werewolf with memories so lost in a fog that even the Hunter’s healers cannot help him. Two hundred years ago, Toronto awakened on an unfamiliar street, naked and alone. Dogged by the unanswered questions of his enigmatic existence, he fears he will never find the missing pieces of the puzzle that is his life. The vampire Sylvia is no Hunter. She’s a take-no-prisoner mercenary that just barely skates this side of what the Hunters consider acceptable. She has no use for them, their laws, their rules. All she wants is to hunt her quarry, and make a lot of money. Her newest prey is a killer as devious as he is slippery. But her newest complication is of a more intimate sort: A blonde, blue-eyed werewolf who interferes with her plans in so many exquisite ways.
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| I’m not a fan of the yellow border, the frowning wolf, or the Photoshopped shredded shirt. | I like the colors and the fact that he’s wearing a shirt! I could do without the floating wolf head, but overall I like this. |
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Description: Mackenzie and Amy were best friends. Until Amy was brutally murdered. Since then, Mac’s life has been turned upside down. She is being haunted by Amy in her dreams, and an extremist group called the Trackers has come to Mac’s hometown of Hemlock to hunt down Amy’s killer: A white werewolf. Lupine syndrome—also known as the werewolf virus—is on the rise across the country. Many of the infected try to hide their symptoms, but bloodlust is not easy to control. More…
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| I like the lighting on the cover model and love the vines through the title. | The title design is just lovely. And I couldn’t be happier with the somber, Gothic feel overall. |
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| I love how the covers in this series compliment each other, FEED and BLACKOUT are definitely my favorites. | My thoughts exactly. |
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Which are your Best and Worst?
I really like the covers for Touch and Partials. And i agree with you both when you say you dislike the Enchanted Desire cover. The smoke is not necessary. But I also don't really like the cover of Time Untime. I find it's a little too plain, and I'm not a fan of the color.
ReplyDeleteThis was fun to read! I enjoyed reading your thoughts on each cover!
I agree with the best pick. I love thought provoking covers that make you wonder what the subject is thinking, where they are going, or even what they look like with a hidden face. It leaves more to the imagination.
ReplyDelete@Robyn - Yellows and oranges are hit or miss for me, too. SUMMONING THE NIGHT was almost too much in that tone for me, but I love the elements they included.
ReplyDelete@Dannika - I'm with you! Some covers just pull you right into the story.
After seeing the author's comment on Thoroughly Kissed, I wonder how much control an author has over their cover. Just a thought.. I love when you two hash covers. :). Love the Hemlock cover.... simple but goth.
ReplyDelete@Rain - From what I've heard from authors, "less than none" describes the amount of input most authors get.
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