It’s about that time for some Cover Awe. This is the opposite of Cover Snark; we talk about covers we like and why we like them!
Elyse: YASSS!
Amanda: The movement is fantastic. Also…it’s “Project Runway meets Mulan.” I love both of those things!
Carrie: The movement, and also I love the balanced composition with the wing and the flag, and just in general the unique imagery!
Amanda: I don’t know what it is about this cover. But the fact that the shirtless hero is surrounded by a bunch of soft, delicate flowers has my attention.
Elyse: Feel the need for Benadryl maybe?
Amanda: Oh, I’ll smell those roses all day long.
Carrie: Are flowers in? All of a sudden we have a lot of flower covers. Which is great!
Sarah: Ok. His expression is a little awkward, but they have clothing on, she’s got a great waistcoat and jacket going on, and they’re not half naked and o-facing at each other.
Elyse: WAISTCOAT
Sarah: The previous two in the series are also photographed like that and I don’t know how I missed them.
Usually photography covers on historical bug me but I like these.
Amanda: I had to look up the other covers and here’s the first book in the series. I think this one is my favorite because you can see the butt of a rifle in the heroine’s hand. And the hero is looking at her like, “Go head, honey. Give ‘em what for.”
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Amanda: It’s a very tender cover.
Sarah: What beautiful restraint with the color palette, too.
That’s really beautiful and elegant.
Carrie: I love the colors.
Elyse: That is so beautiful and simple.
Also a plus that the woman with waistcoat looks like Shannon Doherty.
Yes, those photo covers are particularly nice. I hate the Harlequin Historical photo covers showing the hero with stubble,especially since 90% of them are supposed to be dukes. Fer pete’s sake, get a shave! You have a valet to do that for you!
Looks like the primroses on Promises and Primroses benefited from a good dose of fertilizer to this gardener! That said, that is one beautiful cover … the colors and image say it all.
I like the heroines touching the heroes on the Jo Goodman covers.
The Spin the Dawn cover is gorgeous.
Question about American English, I often see ‘vest’ used in the context you’ve used ‘waistcoat’, is there a difference to you? To a Brit a vest is something you wear under your other clothes to keep warm and it always gives me pause when I see someone desribed as wearing a vest over a shirt or blouse.
UK vest – USA undershirt
USA vest – UK waistcoat
Robin (@Tuphlos on Twitter) posted the cover of WAR GIRLS by Tochi Onyebuchi, which juxtaposes soft, misty pastel blue and a pop of lavender with a young Black woman who has a mech arm. It’s pretty and hardcore at the same time.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Tuphlos/status/1112764253608370176
I feel kinda bad for the guy in that second cover. He looks like he’s just shoved his way through that rose hedge and is full of thorns and scratches. That’s one determined prince busting his way through to Sleeping Beauty’s place. But not smart enough to put on that shirt he’s carrying first. I mean, I realize you want to look good when you first meet her so you don’t want to be wearing a torn-up shirt, but is it any better to put on the shirt afterward and bleed all over it?