This has been a year of epic covers! This post most certainly hasn't caught them all, but they're the first I could think of!
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The American cover of Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin. I like the UK one for its simplicity, but this one has a beautiful dress and setting with the clouds and umbrella and text.
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Harbinger by Sarah Wilson Ettienne. The red moon is interesting, the background is good, but the red ties it all together.
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Pure by Jennifer L Armentrout. Actually, all of the Covenent series (which I need to get reading some time!) I love the way the flowers seem to be made of light and smoke at the same time, apart from Elixir, which is water. So pretty!
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A Million Suns by Beth Revis. The space/stars/nebula/whatever the technical term for it is. And the colours. I'm also guessing that the girl and boy in the spacehship are important too.
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Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo. I don't know why, but it's strangely nice to look at.
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman. The detail in that picture! And the dragon!
There was also a big thing about racism on YA covers. I've noticed this with a couple of books, but never really thought about it. There is a very well worded piece on this that can be found here though!
Once again-what would be on your list of favourite covers this year?
Eeep, the covers for Cinder, Seraphina, and Shadow & Bone are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI read the article on cover racism and found it very interesting, it's something I've noticed and I'm glad someone decided to post about it.