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The Calling by Kelley Armstrong
Get the book: The Calling (Darkness Rising)
Source: goodreads
Shera’s Thoughts: The purple tone of the color is cool, but not as cool as the blue tones on the first. The cover model is so gorgeous, is great to get a full on view of her face. Though I wish they would get her eyes better. Either sharpen them, or distort them more.
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Hallowed by Cynthia Hand
Get the book: Hallowed: An Unearthly Novel
Source: Author’s Blog
Shera’s Thoughts: Now it’s purple to blue. The dress is a bit different, and I like how it’s a cloudy sunny day in the background. In the end though, the beautiful typography is the winner.
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Yay! I get to reveal the cover for Hallowed!
I woke up this morning to discover that the cover had been loaded to Goodreads and was floating all over the web, which is kind of a bummer, since usually these cover reveals are a big deal and the publisher very carefully times when you can reveal them. :( No idea how it leaked out, but it leaked, so now I've been given the green light to show you all!
Yay! I get to reveal the cover!!!
Of course it will be all silvery and shiny like the UNEARTHLY cover was, so this image won't really do it justice. And it's blue this time. I will have to get me some blue sharpies.
I love it.Mountains and lake in the background. Pretty cloudbursts. Pretty girl. Pretty swirly lettering with a feather.
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Get the book: Balthazar: An Evernight Novel
Source: ATUF
Shera’s Thoughts: This one just isn’t as impressive as the other covers. Especially since Hourglass had such a stunning cover. This tan color is bland, and there’s little to no contrast. The green titling on it is nice . . .
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Halflings by Heather Burch
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Source: ATUF
Shera’s Thoughts: Really like the wings in the background, the glowing ethereal look is nice. However, the rest of the cover just doesn’t do it for me. It’s like something out of the Twilight Zone—trying just a tad to hard to be slick and paranormal.
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Blood and Other Cravings by Ellen Datlow
Get the book: Blood and Other Cravings
Source: ATUF
Shera’s Thoughts: This looks really mysterious and cool!! Love the way the text is matched up with the stairs.
Author’s Thoughts: N/A
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Snow White, Blood Red
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Source: Author’s Blog
Shera’s Thoughts: Text
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Fall River Press, the proprietary arm of B&N is reissuing the first volume of Terri Windling and my adult retold fairy tale anthologies, SNOW WHITE, BLOOD RED. It will be out in hardcover for $7.98 and the official publication date is July 25th.
No link yet but I'll post it once the book is for sale.
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Arcadia Awakens by Kai Meyer
Get the book: Arcadia Awakens
Source: ATUF
Shera’s Thoughts: This is just wicked. The green acting as a highlight on this black and white image is beautiful. The composition of the snake is also amazing. Hopefully it wasn’t to had on the cover model to get this shot.
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Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Get the book: Under the Never Sky
Source: ATUF
Shera’s Thoughts: This is beautiful. It’s like she’s walking in some creepy version of a water world sky.
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Title Author
Get the book: Everneath
Source: Author’s blog
Shera’s Thoughts: This one looks like a sister of the one above, or visa versa. Love how she’s turning into smoke, or coming together from being smoke.
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Also, I have to give a big shout out to the world wide web for all of their support over the cover. And let me tell you, that cover took a lot of work. First, I had to find the girl. Then, I had to shop at JC Penny for the dress. Then - this was the hardest part - I had to search the world for some smoke/cloud/fog action... Okay, I had nothing to do with the cover. Huge thanks for the cover team at HarperCollins. Did you know there are graphic design guys that specialize in smoke?
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The First Time
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Source: ATUF
Shera’s Thoughts: This cover is the embodiment of a Fairy Tale cover. Love the golden fishnets.
Author’s Thoughts: N/A
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Tempest by Julie Cross
Get the book: Tempest: A Novel
Source: Author’s blog
Shera’s Thoughts: This cover is AMAZING! It’s so wonderful how they’re free falling, but they’re still reaching for each other. The tones of the color are all amazing too. Just the right amount of shadows and lightning.
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I should note that I'm SOOOOOOOO in love with this cover!! And I can't claim any of my talent went into it. That was all my editor and his team at St. Martin's Press.
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The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting
Get the book: The Last Echo
Source: Author’s blog
Shera’s Thoughts: Just as pretty as the other covers. I love the shot of this flower. It’s a close up of a certain group of petals, and I just love how the flower shots have changed each book.
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My favorite part: the color of the flower has so much meaning in this book.
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2 comments:
Not loving the new cover for SNOW WHITE, BLOOD RED. I own the original version (as well as two of the other anthologies in that series). Some of the stories were quite excellent. Makes me want to pull it out for a re-read.
<3,
-J
Yeah the cover wasn't that good at all.
Maybe I will check it out since you liked it so much. The cover kind of put me off.
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