Welcome back to Cover Snark!
Sarah: Is that a Bro of the Jonas variety?
Why aren’t they looking at each other? Is his breath bad?
What’s with her hand?
and SIXTY SEVEN people gave the cover a thumbs up on NetGalley. what
Claudia: Something odd is going on with her hair too!
Amanda: As someone who also has long hair, I know she’s uncomfortable. Ow!
Sarah: That is ALSO real housewives hair.
Sneezy: I get kinda creepy pasta vibes from it.
Elyse: Not so much cover snark, but nothing makes my vagina dryer than the idea of being delayed at an airport.
I do not believe true love is happening at Chili’s Too.
Sarah: Airport, nah, no thanks for romance. But I also have some questions. For one, is that a submarine plane? Is it landing in ice? What’s going on?
They might want to relocate their meet cute, is what I’m thinking.
Sneezy: Okay, but hear me out, at the airports with amazing food a meet cute could be possible. Although if you’re in one of those airports, you’re probably better off hauling ass to spend the rest of your delay outside of it.
Sarah: Have we snarked this?
I think we have.
Amanda: The title is very familiar, but I think the book cover placement for aerospace engineering is new.
Sarah: Crotch rocket aside, is the title Space Juuk?
Sneezy: Look, I’m not one to pass up a low brow pun, the cheesier, the dumber, the more I go for them. But somehow, this sparks no joy in me.
From MaryK: I just can’t with this glowing boob.
Sarah: So what kind of a bra would 10,000,000 fireflies make, do you think?
Tara: He should really get that checked out.
Sneezy: Oh man, this reminds me I want to see some fireflies this year. Mr. Boob Shine better go see a doctor. I WILL kill anyone who ruins this for me.
Amanda: In my head, “Mr. Blue Sky” is now “Mr. Boob Shine.”
The sad part is, TO CATCH A FIREFLY is an incredibly good book—well-written, angsty, incredibly romantic, and—in parts—suffused with a rosy nostalgic glow. But you’d never get any of that from the cover…the man-boobs are just far too distracting.
@DDD, also the cover model looks about 16, so if it’s not YA, that’s distracting.
Probably because my kiddo has been watching The Vampire Diaries recently, but that last cover model is giving me strong Ian Somerhalder vibes.
I can’t be the only one who read it as Space Fuuk, right?
A Tempest of Desire was actually really good, and more bonkers than the cover suggests (the heroine crashes her hot air balloon on the hero’s island, where he has gone to brood, then they fall in love). Agree it’s crap cover
A Tempest of Desire: wtf? A title like that just screams Old Skool Reissue. Not only that, but First Draft Cover Design for Reissue. I believe this is the first time I’ve seen a cover with too few fonts. Don’t try to fool us with that drop shadow on the author’s name; it’s all the same font.
@Kristin: Tell me the heroine’s name isn’t Miranda, if that’s what the title word Tempest is supposed to suggest.
Love Delayed: Well, Elyse beat us all to it. There is nothing romantic about being stuck in an airport. Pity, because other than that I kinda like the cover: nice color palette, suitable number of fonts …
Space Junk: Oh dear lord.
:: hastily averting eyes ::
To Catch a Firefly: Does the cover model not own a comb? Or, come to that, a bra?
cover snark never fails to make my day better.
@Kristin: Ah, that explains all those trailing ribbons. I thought for sure the MMC was an amputee and that was his empty pants leg laying behind him.
Tempest: The guy is worse, but they both look like dolls/mannequins.
To catch: those look more like sparks about to catch fire than fireflies to me, and I know I sometimes miss stuff because I’m ace, but is literally bursting into flame actually sexy?
Also, I’m very confused by his hair. I cannot see how the swoosh of blond fluff works with the hoodie. Is it growing through the hoodie? Is it some sort of hair edging to the hoodie? (why have a fur edging when you can use cruelty free human hair?) Does the hoodie only have one side of a hood? (and would that be a “die” or a “hoo”?)
Sadly, the heroine of A Tempest of Desire is Marlowe, not Miranda. I don’t hate the cover, although it needs more fonts and her hair doesn’t look like she’s been stranded on a desert island. I think I’m going to read it!