Let’s look at covers that have caught our eye!
Cover design by James T. Egan & Bookfly Design
From Pam: Do y’all accept suggestions for Cover Awe? Because the following cover just grabbed my eyeballs and won’t let them go.
Elyse: Oh that is lovely
Sarah: This use of cutouts and shadow is a brilliant design.
Cover art and design by Will Staehle
Elyse: These are all of my favorite colors
Sneezy: Ooooh that PATTERN!
And I love how it’s woven through the words and interacting with the silhouettes!
Catherine: That top one is like a William Morris design.
Amanda: It reminds me of those fancy wallpapers – I want to say Victorian but I have no knowledge of history and design.
Elyse: I used to work in a bookstore and I hated it when customers came in and were like “I’m looking for the book with the blue cover I saw last week” but if someone said “I’m looking for the book with the woman whose dress formed a human heart” I would definitely remember.
Amanda: I love this one so much! Lots of Gothic vibes.
Sarah: Holy crapping hot damn
Carrie: Stunning in the true sense of the word. So creative, so different, and what a powerful visual and emotional impact.
Tara: Right? That was a “whoaaa” from me.
Sneezy: WOW!!!!!
(Also, I would love if a Eurovision contestant wore this dress)
For Sneezy – check out Estonia’s Eurovision 2018 finalist in blue or Moldavia’s 2013 entry in red for a more flame like appearance.
Catherine – William Morris designs illuminate a key character point in the novel, so it’s definitely intentional!
What a great group of covers this week!
My last boss but one decided our staff restroom needed decor so he brought in a shawl/scarf from the Metropolitan Museum of Art gift shop that featured a kind of patchwork of William Morris designs. The fabric is stretched over a piece of foam core and mounted on the wall and measures maybe a meter square. After 20+ years of contemplating that thing, alls I can say is I’ve never seen a more phallic or perhaps genitalic display of floral design. So appropriate for a romance cover but for a workplace restroom–I just don’t know. I sit in there speculating on whether I’m the only one who sees it and what that says about me.
*bookmarks several of these cover artists for if they ever decide to self publish*
The heart cover is clever and stunning! And that final cover is lovely. Definitely a winning collection.
Just finished A Marvellous Light yesterday and I AM BUZZING. Total squee, one of my favorite books of the year.