Happy Monday, Cover Snarkers!
From Melodie: There is just something about his meticulously quilted pecs and the ab window that I find more giggle-worthy than seductive.
Sarah: METICULOUSLY QUILTED PECS. I am deceased. I cannot. Omg.
Oh, gosh, LKBookLover sent me this cover too. Quilted pecs for all!
Amanda: In fairness, drinking whiskey can lead to lots of troubles. (Upon reading the book description, Whiskey is the family surname on which the entire series is based. Huh.)
Elyse: I have questions:
- Is that tattoo supposed to be the state of California?
- What is his pelvis resting on?
Maya: For a sporty boy, his planking technique is abysmal.
Amanda: In fairness, the audiobook cover is wider and they definitely did some photoshopping and blurring to accommodate. The book cover cuts off right at the bottom of the tattoo. He does look too long and noodly here.
Sarah: My former trainer would have Things to Say about that plank posture. So would my physical therapist.
Wait. WAIT. Is he about to spin around on the tip of his erection? Wheeeee?
From Laura: I find this cover quite amazing.
Sarah: I’m so confused. Who is in need of daycare? The penguin? The bear? The smooth smooth dude?
You know how sometimes waking up at 3am means coming up with things to think about so you don’t have to think about whatever you don’t want to think about (just me)? I’m adding this cover to my list. I’m going to THINK about it.
Maya: Ok is that a penguin shifter?? Or just a penguin? And also, do you think that a shifter who does a lot to change his human form (e.g., renders himself essentially hairless) would have some impact on his shifter form? What does a shorn polar bear look like?
Amanda: Sir, that is not a dog.
Elyse: Ghost dog returns
Sarah: Murder kitten disguised as dog
Amanda: “Oh no, I am totally dog. Very much dog over here – woof woof, see?”
Sarah: “You should…uh, you should see if my teeth need…need brushing. Yeah. Take a close look.”
“I’m going to THINK about it” – me too, as it is 2am and I need a silly thought to distract me so I can go back to bed.
THE HOT SHOT: yes, that’s a map of California and it’s actually one of the model’s real tattoos (he’s on lots of covers, sometimes they keep the tattoo, and sometimes it’s airbrushed out). The tattoo is mentioned in the book—so I’m guessing Callihan added the reference after the cover image was chosen. If you look through photographer Michael Stokes’s portfolio (warning: many images would be classified as NSFW) you will find the original photograph which shows, um, a bit more of the model.
The Photoshopping on RESCUE US is awful, especially the ghost dog.
Polar Bears and penguins don’t even live on the same continent
@Rebecca F – I had the same thought. And then I thought, if a polar bear ever did encounter a penguin, they’d think it was a nice snack, not something to play rubber ducky with.
Okay, I know how silly it sounds, but the Day Care for Shifters series is pretty fluffy and adorable, with cute shifter kids that shift into, yes, penguins, squirrels, deer, etc. Meanwhile, the MMC is a polar bear shifter who steps in to help a single mom who had no idea that her 2 YO was actually a shifter until he spontaneously turns into a penguin one day. I know the plot sounds a bit bonkers, but it’s the perfect stress relief from our rather horrible and endless news cycles.
I like the bath bubbles on the cover of First Comes Love.
I first thought the rubber duckies were sitting on a scale–the kind used for weighing cats and babies–and wondered why on earth you’d need to weigh a rubber duck.
Then again, I misread the last title as “Re-save us”, so perhaps I should not try to use my brain until I’ve finished my tea.
In any case I think the tiger poses no threat, since the taxidermist was only able to stuff the front one-third of its torso.
Wait. WAIT. Is he about to spin around on the tip of his erection?
Now that’s a novel breakdancing move.
@DiscoDollyDeb My first thought on seeing HOT SHOT in Cover Snark was “Hell no you’re not coming for that cover!” I came here to offer up a defense but your comment covered everything I was going to say. I love that book and the cover is an accurate representation of a scene in the book, which is way more than can be said for many covers.
I just see Channing Tatum in the face of The Trouble with Whiskey.
Magic Mike, anyone? lol
Re. polar bears and penguins… same thought here! I work in a travel company, and once we had a marketing agency who managed to put images of polar bears and penguins on the same flyer (IIRC it was for a trip to the Arctic) *facepalm*. I will never forget that!
@Midge
Obviously the penguins used the travel agency…
🙂
Murder Kitten… I am dying over here.
THE HOT SHOT: He is humping the floor (or a football?) while fantasizing about the other character.
FIRST COMES LOVE: If this isn’t the most delightful shifter cover I’ve ever seen, it’s up there.
RESCUE US: I briefly misread the series(?) title as “Must Love Drugs”. Maybe the tiger is a hallucination!
WHISKEY: As soon as I saw those “meticulously quilted pecs” I started searching for words to describe them, but luckily Melodie had already found the right ones!
That Day Care logo in First Comes Love – reminiscent of the Babysitters’ Club series logo?
However, First Comes Love certainly has the most intriguing cover to the point that I hardly noticed Mr Smooth in the corner, what with the polar sharing a bubble bath with a penguin and everything.