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To Catch a Raven by Beverly Jenkins
Cover image by Lauren Rautenbach | Arcangel Images
Sarah: This is the Brazilian cover.
Elyse: That is so gorgeous. There a quiet drama there.
Tara: That cover is a balm to my soul, which is weary of illustrated people on covers. This is just perfection.
Sarah: It’s dramatic and intriguing and soothing at the same time.
I love looking at international editions.
Cover illustration by Dawn Cooper
Sarah: That is very cozy and kind of looks like a tarot card.
Shana: That is gorgeous!
Amanda: Is there anything that pairs better with books than a window seat and a cat?
My Vampire Plus-One by Jenna Levine
Cover illustration by Roxie Vizcarra
Amanda: I love the perspective and his vampy shadow and how it kind of matches with her previous book in the series.
Sarah: Illustrations that use shadows as reveals make for very neat covers. Alexandria Bellefleur has one as well and it’s so clever.
The West Passage by Jared Pechaček
Cover illustration by Kuri Huang
Amanda: There are so many details and I want to find out what they all mean!
Lara: Whatever style they’ve used in designing that cover, that is my favourite style.
Sarah: What a cool visual puzzle! Who are they, what’s going on, and why do they look like they are moving? Maybe that part is because I’m tired but wow that’s cool.
That Beverly Jenkins cover is truly stunning and visually soothing.
I’m with Tara re: illustrated cover fatigue (who can forget the eye-burningly orange… thing… that they stuck on our beloved classic “Knight in Shining Armor”? It sent me running back to my lovely 2002 hardcover with its castle landscape and trade paperback with a pretty lady out for a stroll from 2012. My retinas still haven’t recovered.).
The character in Vampire Plus One has a cleverly subtle bit of fang showing.
With respect to the Beverly Jenkins title, I KNEW it was possible to have beautiful, creative covers on historical romance. I hope more publishers follow this example.
These are all so beautiful.