I don’t know about you guys, but my newsfeed has been filled with ever more entertaining items being added to Pinterest. This week has reached a new high, as Abigail created a board for All Things Urban Fantasy. If you’re ever in the mood for new cover art before Cover Art Coverage hits newstands, feel free to stop by our Pinterest and browse. Global covers will appear there, too, be sure to check it out!
Blue Moon (Holloway Pack #2)
Expected publication: December 3, 2012 by J. Taylor Publishing
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Source: Publisher Newsletter Art by: N/A | Previous Covers:  Buy/Add links: Not Yet Available for Pre-Order.  Description: Someone is watching the Holloway pack, and this time, the female isn’t the target. Life with a group of seven male werewolves worries Jem Stonehouse not one bit. She is engaged to the Alpha’s son Sean Holloway after all. So what has Jem’s territorial instincts on high alert? The pack’s latest addition. Both of them. None of the men think there’s a problem with the new girlfriends. Jem's intuition tells her otherwise—that and a nagging suspicion the new females aren't there to partake. Jem believes they’ve joined in to take. The question is ... What? As the eve of the blue moon draws ever closer, Jem’s running out of time to find the answer and outwit a thief of the worst possible kind. A woman who believes she can’t lose. |
| Author Comments | Abigail’s Thoughts  | Julia’s Thoughts |
| N/A | I kinda don't know what to make of this series since the covers are all over the place. From cutesy to this one that hints at erotic elements. On it's own, I'm not loving this. It needs something to make it look more finished. | A big departure from the first book in this series, but neither one grabs me. These cover elements are too crisp to be alluring, and the shear fabric over her curves doesn’t look quite right. |
An Apple for the Creature
edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner
Expected publication: September 4, 2012 by Ace Hardcover
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Source: Author’s Tweet Art by: N/A | Previous Covers:  Buy/Add links:   Description: What could be scarier than the first day of school? How about An Apple for the Creature, an all-new anthology from the editors of Home Improvement: Undead Edition? Your worst school nightmares—taking that math test you never studied for, finding yourself naked in school In #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris’s story, “Playing Possum,” Sookie Stackhouse brings enough birthday cupcakes |
| Author Comments | Abigail’s Thoughts  | Julia’s Thoughts |
| N/A | The apple is perfect. Another anthology from Charlaine & Toni that boasts a stellar lineup and a cute cover. Definitely going on my Wish List | As much as I love the skull/apple, the mash up of Sookie-esque folk art doesn’t look quite right on this cover. The yellow outline of the title tips me over to a thumbs down. Wish there was a hint of what Ilona Andrews is contributing, her name moved this straight to my TBR list. |
The Friday Society
Expected publication: December 6, 2012 by Dial
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Submitted by: Truly Bookish Art by: Greg Stadnyk | Previous Covers: N/A Buy/Add links: Description: Be your own hero . . . Set in London at the turn of the last century, the novel follows the stories of three intelligent and very talented young women, all of whom are assistants to very powerful men: Cora, lab assistant to a member of parliament; Michiko, Japanese fight assistant to a martial arts guru; and Nellie, a magician's assistant. The three young women’s lives become inexorably intertwined after a chance meeting at a ball that ends with the discovery of a murdered mystery man. It’s up to these three, in their own charming but bold way, to solve the murder—and the crimes they believe may be connected to it‐‐without calling too much attention to themselves. More… |
| Author Comments | Abigail’s Thoughts | Julia’s Thoughts |
| N/A | Sounds awesome and looks cool, but it looks so much like a poster for the movie Sucker Punch...not sure how I feel about that. | There is something about these three that has completely won me over, this cover is fun and exciting. It looks like a caper waiting to happen! |
Alice in Zombieland (White Rabbit Chronicles #1)
Expected publication: September 25, 2012 by Harlequin Teen
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| Previous Covers: N/A Buy/Add links: Description: She won’t resist until she’s sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever. Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. But that’s all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone. Her father was right. The monsters are real…. To avenge her family, Ali must learn to fight the undead. To survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has secrets of his own, and if Ali isn’t careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies…. More… |
| Author Comments | Abigail’s Thoughts | Julia’s Thoughts |
| N/A | Make sure you enlarge this cover to really see all the details (tiny skulls and bones in the border, the card suits on each side etc). The cover is perfect for the title. It says Alice w/out the title, but with a hint of macabre...very cool. | Hahaha, I love the expression on this model’s face as she stares up at the book title. “I’m where?!” Completely didn’t expect Showalter’s name, either, I’m excited about this one. |
The Curse (Belador #3)
by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love
Expected publication: September 18, 2012 by Piatkus
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Source: The Bookoholic Zone Art by: N/A | Previous Covers:   Buy/Add links: Description: On a mission to find a traitor, Evalle becomes the catalyst that unleashes a 2000-year-old Medb curse on the Beladors…and the world. The Medb coven sends a team of deadly Svart Trolls to capture Alterants, starting with Evalle. To stop the troll-led gang wars erupting in Atlanta, Evalle borrows a weapon from her Black Ops friend Isak and, in the process, exposes a secret that complicates her tumultuous love life just as sexy skinwalker Storm surfaces with news of where he’s been – the last place she expects. But Evalle has bigger problems when she discovers the real target in jeopardy and the game changes with no time left on the clock. |
| Author Comments | Abigail’s Thoughts | Julia’s Thoughts |
| N/A | A bit of a departure from the previous two covers, but still fairly nondescript. | Thumbs up on this one, but a very different look and feel than the prior two covers. I like this sword/vibe better, but it’s a confusion switch. |
Flock (Stork #3)
by Wendy Delsol
Expected publication: September 11, 2012 by Candlewick
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Source: Wanton Thoughts & Wicked Scribes | Previous Covers:   Buy/Add links: Description: Having barely survived an eleventh grade of adventures rivaling any mythological tale, human Stork Katla Leblanc is hoping for an ordinary senior year. But when two Icelandic exchange students turn up at Norse Falls High, an uneventful school year seems out of the question. Although tricked into the initial deal, Katla is constrained by a celestial bargain that puts everyone—including her boyfriend, Jack, and best friend, Penny—at risk. She’ll have to use her wits, her wit, her soul-delivering powers, and a few out-of-this-world colleagues to fend off a disaster of epic proportions. |
| Author Comments | Abigail’s Thoughts | Julia’s Thoughts |
| N/A | These are such pretty covers. This one has a warmth that contrasts nicely with the cool tones of the previous covers. Really like this. | The warmest of this series, this cover really works for me. I love her curls, and how the light makes the clouds give the impression of wings. |
Fragile Darkness (Midnight Dragonfly #3)
by Ellie James
Expected publication: November 27, 2012 by St. Martin’s Press
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Source: Wanton Thoughts & Wicked Scribes | Previous Covers:   Buy/Add links: Description: N/A |
| Author Comments | Abigail’s Thoughts | Julia’s Thoughts |
| N/A | This has that elusive ethereal quality that I'm always drawn to. Her dress looks like it's made out of moss and fireflies... | Eeek, talk about fragile, the angle and cover model’s posture is totally vulnerable. This cover is a bit step up for the series (in terms of emotional punch), I love it. |
Incarnation
Expected publication: September 18, 2012 by Gallery Books
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Source: Wanton Thoughts & Wicked Scribes | Previous Covers: N/A Buy/Add links: Description: Lucy Weston tracks down the novelist Bram Stroker in her search to reveal the dark force who made her a vampire—and regain her humanity. Set in the steampunk world of Victorian London, Lucy Weston, a character in Dracula, tracks down Bram Stoker to find out why he deliberately lied about her in his popular novel. She also wants to uncover the truth behind why she was chosen to be made a vampire against her will. With reluctant help from Stoker, Lucy enters the nearby hidden den of the vampires where she first meets the charismatic Marco, who will help her seek out Mordred, the medieval head of the vampire clan, so that she can do battle to reclaim her humanity. All the while, alarmed by her urges, she must do everything in her power to suppress her growing thirst for human blood. |
| Author Comments | Abigail’s Thoughts | Julia’s Thoughts |
| N/A | I wouldn't mind a hint of fang or some other visual clue to indicate this book is about vampires as well as being steampunk, but I still really like it. It feels like maybe a Tony Mauro cover but I couldn't confirm that. The colors are rich and gorgeous. | Love the sass and the curls, all the red fits the description and really makes the cover model pop. Can someone help jog my memory? This reminds me of another steampunk cover, with a similar title flourish and staging, but I can’t remember. |
The Queen is Dead (Immortal Empire #2)
by Kate Locke
Expected publication: July 3, 2012 by Orbit
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Source: Tez Says Art by: Don Sipley | Previous Covers:  Buy/Add links: Not Yet Available for Pre-Order. Description: N/A |
| Author Comments | Abigail’s Thoughts | Julia’s Thoughts |
| N/A | Not quite as cheeky as the first cover (which I liked), but bright color palette is still working for me. | As much as Iike the design for this series, I don’t like the choice of yellow for accent. The model’s face isn’t as engaging (looking for tension?), which means I only like this one in relation to book 1. |
Out for Blood (House of Commarre #4)
Expected publication: October 30, 2012 by Orbit
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Source: Orbit Books Art by: Nekro | Previous Covers:    Buy/Add links: Description: After nearly dying at the hands of the Aurelian, Chrysabelle finds new determination to move beyond life as a comarré. That is until the Kubai Mata bring a new task to her doorstep: rescue the child Tatiana has kidnapped, or Mal becomes enemy number one. |
| Author Comments | Abigail’s Thoughts | Julia’s Thoughts |
| N/A | These covers are really showpieces for artist Nekro. The first is still my favorite, but all are gorgeous. I could literally stare at this for hours. | Such an eye-catching series, and each one can stand on it’s own two feet. Very exotic and trippy, love these cover. |
Jill Kismet the Complete Series (Jill Kismet 1-6)
Expected publication: Fall 2012/Winter 2013 by Orbit
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Source: Orbit Books Art by: Gene Mollica | Previous Covers:       Buy/Add links: Not Yet Available for Pre-Order. Description: N/A |
| Author Comments | Abigail’s Thoughts | Julia’s Thoughts |
| N/A | UP - Gene did the omnibus for Saintcrow's Dante Valentine collection too, so I'm glad to see Orbit snagged him for this one as well. I was never a fan of the original covers for this series, so I'm really glad they went with a very UF feel for the omnibus (which looks very similar to the German cover of book one. | As much as I liked the flirty shadows of the individual books, I think Mollica has done a gorgeous job on the omnibus. Love the silver in her hair. |
Bad Hair Day (Kate Grable #2)
Expected publication: November 13, 212 by Delacorte Press
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Source: Goodreads Art by: N/A | Previous Covers:  Buy/Add links: Description: Senior year is positively hair-raising. Kate Grable is geeked out to shadow the county medical examiner as part of her school’s pre-med program. Except when he’s arrested for murder, she’s left with the bodies. And when Kate’s brother Jonah stumbles upon a dead gamer girl, she realizes that the zombie epidemic she cured last fall was only the beginning of the weirdness taking over her town. Someone’s murdering kids—something really hairy. And strong. Possibly with claws. Is it werewolf awesomeness like Jonah and his dorktastic friends think? More… |
| Author Comments | Abigail’s Thoughts | Julia’s Thoughts |
| N/A | Not as eye catching as debut, but I like that they went for slightly unsettling instead of pretty...any guesses on what's in her hair? | No where near as striking as the cover for book one, BAD TASTE IN BOYS was a visual pun that I couldn’t resist. This one is just dark (though I like the title font). |
Greta and the Goblin King (Mylena Chronicles #1)
by Chloe Jacobs
Expected publication: November 13, 2012 by Entangled Publishing, LLC
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Source: Publisher Blog Art by: N/A | Previous Covers: N/A Buy/Add links: Description: While trying to save her brother four years ago, Greta was thrown into the witch’s fire herself, falling through a portal to a dangerous world where humans are the enemy, and every ogre, goblin, and ghoul has a dark side that comes out with the full moon. To survive, seventeen-year-old Greta has hidden her humanity and taken the job of bounty hunter—and she’s good at what she does. So good, she’s caught the attention of Mylena’s young Goblin King, the darkly enticing Isaac, who invades her dreams and undermines her determination to escape. But Greta’s not the only one looking to get out of Mylena. More… |
| Author Comments | Abigail’s Thoughts | Julia’s Thoughts |
| N/A | The composition is nice, and the muted colors effectively create a feeling of cold/winter, but it does have that slightly homemade feel. More shadowing etc. would have helped all the elements feel more cohesive. | That goblin king looks pretty out of place in the background, why is he in a trench coat while Greta wields a broadsword and furs? |
A Demon to Die For (Demons Unleashed #3)
by Sidney Ayers
Expected publication: February 2013 by Sourcebooks, Inc.
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Source: Love Liv Life Reviews Art by: N/A | Previous Covers:   Buy/Add links: Description: N/A |
| Author Comments | Abigail’s Thoughts | Julia’s Thoughts |
| N/A | The covers for this series go really well together and are instantly recognizable as the Demons Unleased series, always great IMO. Book 2 is still my fav, but this one is a solid follow up. | A nice continuation of the series, I like the colors rising up out of the gems. |
Covet (The Clann #2)
Expected publication: September 25, 2012 by Harlequin Teen
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Source: Love Liv Life Reviews Art by: N/A | Previous Covers:  Buy/Add links: Description: N/A |
| Author Comments | Abigail’s Thoughts | Julia’s Thoughts |
| N/A | I'm a little torn here as I like 90% of this cover: the shadowed scarlet against the crisp white and black, the ivy curly around the edges, even her running. But there is something distractingly off about her face, like somebody goofed in photoshop and aged her fifty years. | This image may be artificially grainy on our copy, but I’m not a fan. The cover model looks like the Blair Witch version of a YA-dress cover. Not a fan. |
Two and Twenty Dark Tales: Dark Retellings of Mother Goose Rhymes
Edited by Georgia McBride and Michelle Zink
Expected publication: October 16, 2012 by Month9Books
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Source: The Story Siren Art by: N/A | Previous Covers: N/A Buy/Add links: Not Yet Available for Pre-Order. Description: Nursery rhymes sung sweetly can take us back to childhood. But deep inside many of those childhood favorites is… a hint of something dark. TWO AND TWENTY DARK TALES: Dark Retellings of Mother Goose Rhymes imagines dark and sinister things amuck in Mother Goose-land. From familiar rhymes, to some of the more obscure, TWO AND TWENTY DARK TALES is a must read for anyone who enjoyed Mother Goose rhymes as a child, but has come to love the darkest of tales. |
| Author Comments | Abigail’s Thoughts | Julia’s Thoughts |
| N/A | A little reminiscent of Meg Cabot's ABANDON cover, the depth created here is really eye catching. love the paper geese too. | A great image, especially considering how many author names were worked into this aesthetic. Gorgeous! |
And our picks for Best & Worst…
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Which are your Best and Worst?
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I'm with Sabrina - Out for Blood is a great cover, and I'd have to go with Incarnation as my second choice.
ReplyDeleteSome great covers this week! But I think my favorites are definitely the Gena Showalter and Kristen Painter covers. So awesome!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is of course is Out For Blood! Totally! Love your cover art posts! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteDeAnna S.
Thanks for the post! Beautiful covers this week and I've added to my upcoming new release list :)
ReplyDeleteI think Flock is my favorite of this batch, and I just added that series and a few other books to my to-buy list! :)
ReplyDeleteJulia - personally I thought that the cover of Incarnation looks similar to The Iron Wrym Affair by Lilith Saint Crow. Is that what you where thinking of?
ReplyDeleteYes! I thought it looked familiar too. That's the cover I was trying to think of :)
Delete*Iron Wyrm Affair
ReplyDeleteI think Flock is my favorite
ReplyDeleteOoh, I may be biased (steampunk, yay!) but Incarnation looks awesome. And the Friday Society. Big week in covers. My poor TBR just groaned, I
ReplyDelete'm sure of it.
I'm going with Abigail's pick for best - Out For Blood. Nekro is absolutely amazing!!
ReplyDeleteAnd Julia is soooo right on with Covet for worst. Ewwwww...
-Kristin @myparahangover
Alice in Zombieland looks awesome! I love the cover and the idea :)
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