Cover Awe: Sensible Clothes, Hunter Green, & More

Welcome back to Cover Awe!

Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa by Julian Randall. A young woman with tan skin and curly brown hair and glasses swings from vine. She's wearing gloves, a t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers. She also has a backpack. An adult woman with a similar skin tone and hair swings behind her. Below them are angry wolves.

Cover art by Mayara Sampaio

Cover design by Aurora Parlagreco

Maya: Not a romance, still a delight

Amanda: Love the motion and sensible, protective gloves!!

Carrie: and tennies, glasses, and shirt tied around the waist, something no self-respecting teen goes without these days! Also great use of light.

Sarah: I love this cover. Delight is the perfect word!

Witcha Gonna Do by Avery Flynn. A hunter green cover with an illustrated couple. There's a woman with red hair in a bun, wearing a cream sweater and plaid tan pants. She has a cell phone in her hand. The man has brown hair and is dressed in a tweed jacket and khakis. He's holding a book. The borders have all sorts of little images like feathers and lockets.

Cover art by Leni Kauffman

Cover design by Katie Anderson

Claudia: Ooh Hunter green!! I’ve been seeing that color more and more.

Shana: I love everything about this.

Amanda: I want to zoom in on all the little border objects.

Sarah: I love the tiny details. I always like filigree on a cover, but hiding little items inside makes me extra curious. Also, I love her style.

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson. A Black woman with long curly hair looks at us through a mirror. She's wearing a deep red dress and a black choker necklace. Behind her are lit candles and blood droplets dots the reflection.

Cover photography by Lillian Liu

Cover design by Katie Anderson

Kiki: She’s spooky and I love her.

Amanda: The red dress! The carefully placed blood splatter!

Sarah: The effect of the shadowy glass of the old mirror is exquisite. This designer did such a great job.

Better Than Fiction by Alexa Martin. An illustrated cover. It appears we're looking at two figures through different shop windows. On the right is a Black woman shelving a book. On the left is a man looking back at her. The building is red with little filigree designs around the door.