Welcome back to Cover Awe! There’s something slightly new in how we do Cover Awe – the title will be bolded with a link to its SBTB info page where you can find buy links to several retailers.
Sarah: I think this is really alluring. The silhouettes are evocative and intimate, and the solitary animal inside his image says so much – this is lush and gorgeous.
Amanda: I’m a sucker for an image within an image and and the forest green goes well with the setting on the cover.
Swift and Saddled by Lyla Sage
Maya: So fun! And such a nice break from what has become standard romance cover art
Amanda: I know! It reminds me of like Bettie Page tattoos in that American traditional style.
Maya: Yes!! And some comic strips that I absolutely don’t know the names of
Sarah: I’ve started collecting these in a file. The vintage printed comics style with updated elements – her sleeve, for example – is brilliant and innovative.
From PamG: I can’t believe I’m sending you awesome instead of awful for the second time in a row. I love the simple color scheme, the delicate design, and the clever way that the cover relates to the actual story. Also, this has the distinction of being the only cover I’ve ever seen with a blank faced figure that actually fits the book description and doesn’t squick me out.
Sarah: That. Is. Gorgeous. Whoever designed that hit it out of the park. Look at the words on the hem of the skirt!
Lara: It’s exhilarating seeing an original cover!
Sarah: YES! My eyes got all wide and I actually grinned as I noticed all the little pieces – her dress, the shadow, the key, the cat – this is marvelous.
Lucy Undying by Kiersten White
Cover art by Audrey Benjaminsen
Amanda: Now this is the kind of creepy illustrated cover I’ve been waiting for.
Sarah: Whoaa that’s … A lot going on in a wow kind of way.
Amanda: I like how the hairpin blends in with the wolf eyes.
Carrie: Ummm Lucy, I read Dracula many times and you ain’t gonna like what you get transformed into at all.
Sarah: It looks like Dracula’s transformation of her included a really great conditioning regimen for her hair – or maybe it now naturally grows like that, which is a pretty strong argument for vampirism. Gorgeous, silky hair WITH WOLVES in it? I’m in.
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