Cover Awe: Fantastic Color Choices!

We’re back with Cover Awe, where we oooh and aaah over pretty book covers!

Spindle and Dagger by J. Anderson Coats. The background is a silhouette of medieval battle in shades of green. Front and center is an illustrating of a woman in a striking red cloak, wielding a dagger.

Cover design by Jackie Shepherd

Illustrations by Julia Iredale

Amanda: I know it’s not a graphic novel but boy howdy do I wish it were

Sneezy: The smokiness of it is really evocative.

Lara: The detail! Get in my eyeballs!

CarrieS: That pop of red is fantastic!

Shadowshaper Legacy by Daniel Jose Older. The profile of a young Black woman overlaid with swirls of vibrant watercolor in oranges and deep blues.

Cover photo by Michael Frost

Cover design by Christopher Stengel

Susan: Oh wow, that’s gorgeous

Sarah: Oh holy night.

Maya: Can’t wait!!!!

Tara: Oh that’s stunning

Maya: The rest from that series are great too!!

Amanda: The covers in that series have that lovely watercolor style.

Sneezy: I love the fluidity and movement!!! It really looks like she can melt into another form with a slight wisp.

Someone to Honor by Mary Balogh. A woman in a white dress and bonnet stands beside a pond in a park bursting with lovely, green foliage.

Cover design by Katie Anderson

Elyse: I love how vibrant that green is.

Tara: it’s SO pretty

Sneezy: This is inspiration to reverse global warming

Lara: I want to be in that cover. INSIDE IT!

CarrieS: So peaceful, you can tell it’s a book about healing.

Sarah: I love when the cover so very much conveys the tone or feeling of a book. A lot of talented people had to have been involved.

All American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney. A pink cover with white mixed fonts. Around the edges are blue leaves and dotted with white flowers.

Cover designed by Cassie Gonzalez

Illustration and lettering by Carmi Grau

Amanda: Can you imagine if this cover were turned into a gorgeous paper cut craft?

Sneezy: Omg, I’d throw all my money at it. There’s so much to love here!!! The pattern of the vines, the palette, and mix of fonts, ugh it’s just so PERFECT!!! It visually shouts everything the title says!!!

Lara: You had me with the pink and red combo – the ultimate combo IMHO

Sarah: I have nothing original to say: this is utterly gorgeous.

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