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Showing posts with label Veronica Wolff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Veronica Wolff. Show all posts
28 February 2012
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Abigail
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Labels: 1st person, 2nd in series, 4 bats, NAL Trade, Paranormal YA, Review, Vampires, Veronica Wolff
Labels: 1st person, 2nd in series, 4 bats, NAL Trade, Paranormal YA, Review, Vampires, Veronica Wolff
12 October 2011
It’s a mixed bag of titles this week, with very few covers that are all win or all lose. Sometimes it’s only one detail that tips a cover from a thumbs up to a thumbs down, and it looks like a duck face is where I draw that line. If you could tweak one detail on a cover to change it from thumbs down to thumbs up, what would it be?
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Description: "The choices I had made led to the moment when fate took over. I would learn a lesson I wasn’t prepared for. Five years ago Abbey Chandler cheated Death. She survived a horrific car accident, but her lucky break came at the expense of her mother’s life and changed everything. After she crossed paths with Death—by taking the hand of an ethereal boy made of clouds and sky—she would never be normal again. Now she’s the target of Death’s Ravens and an innocent boy’s life is on the line. When Nate Holden—Abbey’s secret crush—starts to climb Alaska’s Denali, the Angel of Death is with him because of her. Abbey finds out the hard way that Death never forgets.
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| I like the birds and the over all cover composition, but his wings don’t look quite right. I think I’d like it better if the wings complimented the angle of the birds across the title. | I agree completely. Overall I’m a fan, but his wings are almost shaped like a butterfly. |
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Julia
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Labels: Carrie Vaughn, Cassandra Clare, cover art, Kristin Cast, P. C. Cast, Rachel Caine, Rachel Vincent, Richelle Mead, Veronica Wolff
Labels: Carrie Vaughn, Cassandra Clare, cover art, Kristin Cast, P. C. Cast, Rachel Caine, Rachel Vincent, Richelle Mead, Veronica Wolff
We’re welcoming back Veronica Wolff today and her protagonist Annelise Drew from ISLE OF NIGHT (available now by NAL Trade), which I called ‘one of the most dangerous, romantic, and exciting paranormal YA titles I’ve read all year.’ Today’s Spooky Legend offers a vampiric explanation of a ghostly phenomenon. Thanks to Veronica, two of you will win a signed copy of ISLE OF NIGHT. See details below.
Click to see the Spooky Legends Master List with links to all the previous posts and giveaways
Annelise Drew on Graveyard Eyes
by
Veronica Wolff
Veronica: Unfortunately, I’m currently on deadline and unavailable to write an extensive blog, so I’ve asked my character, Annelise Drew, to step in and lend me a hand. Drew, we’re discussing urban legends. Have you heard the one—
Drew: No such thing.
Veronica: Um, what do you mean, no such thing?
Drew: There’s no such thing as urban legends.
13 September 2011
Giveaway provided by NAL Books
One copy of ISLE OF NIGHT by Veronica Wolff
The winner (chosen by Random.org) is…
05 September 2011
Author Veronica Wolff was kind enough to join us today and answer my questions about her upcoming paranormal YA debut, ISLE OF NIGHT (September 6th 2011 by NAL Trade), which is the first book in The Watchers series. If you missed my review last week, but I called it, ‘one of the most dangerous, romantic, and exciting paranormal YA titles I’ve read all year.’ Thanks to NAL, one of you who comments on this post will win a copy. See details below.
ATUF: In ISLE OF NIGHT, teen girls are seduced and taken to a secret training facility that pits them against each other and teaches them to become partners with vampires. Where did this idea come from?
VW: It actually sprang from a few completely different ideas that one day clicked together into one. First of all, I do love me some vampires! It started years ago with Anne Rice and Laurell K. Hamilton—their worlds blew my mind. These days, whether it’s set in Forks or in the Vampire Academy, cast with mental images ranging from Somerhalder to Skarsgård…give me a vampire novel and I guarantee I won’t sleep till I reach the last page.
The second element at the root of the idea is Scotland. I love the Highlands and Islands, in particular the Northern Isles. Give me bleak, gray, windswept, and evocative any day of the week.
And finally, for years I’ve had a story in the back of my mind about a teenaged girl who is taken from her home and trained as an assassin.
I don’t remember when the a-ha moment was, but one night I sat at my computer and it came out in a rush: the first-person voice of Annelise Drew. With her, I’ve been able to weave all my passions into one, and the result is my new series, The Watchers.
ATUF: If ISLE OF NIGHT were ever made into a movie, who would your dream or, to keep things interesting, nightmare cast be?
31 August 2011
| Title: Isle of Night
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Abigail
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Labels: 1st in series, 4 bats, Paranormal YA, Review, The Watchers, Vampires, Veronica Wolff
Labels: 1st in series, 4 bats, Paranormal YA, Review, The Watchers, Vampires, Veronica Wolff
03 August 2011
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| I usually hate subliminal “horse” references, but that fits the other covers in the series. Something about this guy’s outfit (the half that he has on) reminds me of The Princess Bride, so he gets a thumb up just for making me imagine Wesley shirtless *happy*. | I like this too surprisingly. I think because it doesn’t feel exploitative like so many shirtless covers do. And who doesn’t love The Princess Bride? |
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| The placement of the tiger face is just too odd. My mind wants to make it a tattoo, but the image just seems to be floating there. | Yep. It looks a little creepy which I’m sure is not the look they were going for. |
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Description: The pages of history are written in the blood of the undead… Caroline Clifford’s bland life as a London tour guide flips upside down when her beloved uncle is brutally murdered at a Bulgarian archeological site. While traveling to recover his remains, she meets a man who corresponded with her uncle. Jude Barrett is a biochemist on a mission—to eradicate the world of vampires… At first, Caro is dismissive of Jude’s beliefs, but she can’t ignore the signs around her—the human bites on her uncle, the strange men following her, the anguished cries after sundown. More…
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| The style of this cover relies too much on the description in the upper left corner to mark this as “urban fantasy.” I missed the shadowy figure all together until I really studied the image. I would like less text, more mood. | I would have expected this to be a thriller not an UF based on the cover. |
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Description: Stephanie Rowe is an acclaimed author whose high-octane romances are attracting a growing readership. The third in a paranormal romance series packed with danger, sensuality and clever twists features Nigel Aquarian, a warrior with an artistic bent, and Natalie Fleming, a chocolatier who has a new lease on life. But her freedom comes with a dangerous gift she doesn't want. Nigel and his fellow warriors have only just escaped imprisonment when an even worse threat emerges. Natalie is the only woman who can help Nigel—but she's also the one most likely to bring him down.
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| The title ruined this one for me. Aside from the distracting thought “Hey, if the guy can hold fire, he can hold anything,” that font is entirely out of place. I know they were following the style of previous covers in the series, but that shade of yellow and the vines on the capital are very distracting with this image. | I’ve liked the previous two covers in this series, but this one seems almost feminine by comparison. I don’t know if it’s his pose or what. |
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| I was on the fence with this one, but the artwork tipped me towards a thumbs up. The title font and colors are terrible, however, even it gives the cover an oddly child-like note. A shame to splash that on top of such an intriguing image. | Love this. I really liked the cover from the first book, but this one is even better. She looks fierce and the background has me very intrigued. |
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| Oh, if only laughter equals a thumbs up. Where to start with this one. His posture? His wig-like hair? The fact that he’s standing in a butt-level, lavender cloud of what I presume is his own “magic”? The only nice thing I can think to say is that I applaud his wrist-watch, it’s the most unique cover model accessory I’ve seen in a long time. | You are killing me, Julia LOL. The hair is wrong. The expression on his face looks confused, and the colors are way too soft. |
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| The female cover model and the background are ok, they give a sense of the story and compliment the title pretty well. The male cover model looks like he’s CGI, I found that distracting enough that I couldn’t focus on anything but trying to figure out what’s wrong with his features. | Honestly, having just read book 1, I’m so excited to get my hands on this one that I’m not noticing any of the problems that bugged you. It looks good to me. |
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Description: In Angel’s Wolf a vampire becomes fascinated with the seductive angel who rules Louisiana. But all is not what it appears to be in her court. In Angels’ Judgment a hunter must track one of her own gone bad, while surviving the deadly tests placed in her way by the archangels themselves. Unexpected backup comes from a stranger who might just be the most lethal threat of all... Plus FIRST TIME IN PRINT In Angels' Pawn a vampire hunter faces off against two rival factions and the angel manipulating them both, and a vampire whose help is not entirely selfless... And NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED In Angels’ Dance an angel trapped in the mountain stronghold of the Refuge finds herself under siege by a warrior angel from a martial court.
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| I agree with the author, this cover is lovely enough to stop me in my tracks in a bookstore. The artwork is gorgeous, and the title copy does a great job of complementing it and not disrupting the sense of movement. | Yes! We can now forget about the unfortunate cover on ARCHANGEL’S BLADE. This is just so many kinds of pretty. |
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| I love the progression from book one. The battered, numbered mask on the cover of ASHES is wonderfully creepy and ominous. | See I think this takes creepy too far. It’s unsettling for me. |
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| I enjoyed reading DRAGON BOUND so much, the rest of this series could come wrapped in brown paper bags and I’d be pre-ordering. This cover is much, much better than STORM’S HEART but not quite as delicious as SERPENT’S KISS. Applaud the continuation of the t-shirt, though sorry we’ve regressed back to partial faces. | You read it? Write us a review :) I think one of the reasons I haven’t read them yet is because of the lackluster covers. SERPENT’S KISS is the best of the bunch, but None are great. |
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Description: Set against the backdrop of a Coney Island summer comes The Vicious Deep, the story of sixteen year old Tristan Hart whose life is turned upside down when the mermaids make an unscheduled return to land in search of their new king. When a sudden storm pulls Tristan from lifeguard duty into a deadly riptide, he discovers what he really is—a prince of the Sea Court. Turns out, his girlfriend hopping and talents as a swimmer aren’t caused by his teenage prime hormones after all. In this modern Arthurian tale with a twist, when all a guy wants to do is get The Girl and enjoy the freak show that is a Coney Island summer, Tristan has to fight for his life, the lives of his friends, and his humanity, if he still wants it, as he’s caught in a race for a throne that is as ancient as the gods.
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| This premise sounds interesting enough to put on the TBR list, but this cover is way too busy for me. The title font is good, but when coupled with the bleeding effect on both title and her lips, her eye shadow and scales and hair flying everywhere… it’s all just too much. One or two of these effects would have been much more effective. | Love the title font. Love the underwater floating hair. Love the shimmery scales. Love them all together. |
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Description: Dream-Hunter Lydia has been charged with the most sacred and dangerous of missions: To descend into the Nether Realm and find the missing god of dreams before he betrays the secrets that could kill her and her kind. What she never expects is to be taken prisoner by the Realm’s most vicious guardian… Seth’s time is running out. If he can’t hand over the entrance to Olympus, his own life and those of his people will be forfeit. No matter the torture, Seth hasn’t been able to break the god in his custody. Then there’s the beautiful Dream-Hunter Lydia: She isn’t just guarding the gates of Olympus—she’s holding back one of the world’s darkest powers. If she fails, an ancient curse will haunt the earth once more and no one will be safe. But evil is always seductive...
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| This cover is a big departure from the previous books in the series, and has a completely different feel to it. On it’s own I like it quite a bit, and wonder if a cover art reboot is in the works for books 1-4? | I like this cover, but unfortunately all of Sherrilyn Kenyon’s new covers all blur together for me. |
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Posted by
Julia
at 6:30 AM
Labels: cover art, Nalini Singh, sable grace, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Thea Harrison, Veronica Wolff
Labels: cover art, Nalini Singh, sable grace, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Thea Harrison, Veronica Wolff
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