Cover Snark: Well, That’s Certainly a Helmet

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Dearest Beast by Felicia Grossman. A photography cover of a couple in a very red library. The man is shirtless and wearing a yarmulke. He's standing close to a woman who is sitting on a library ladder, her head thrown back at an uncomfortable angle.

Sarah: This is quite a cover. I’m honestly not sure if I like it?

Elyse: She needs to see someone about her thyroid.

Sarah: I think the sense I get for this cover is “almost perfect.” If he’d been one step higher so they were closer in height and, uh, alignment, I don’t think I’d be so puzzled.

His placement between her knees is very hot – and hey he could be going down the ladder OR up, so perhaps my judgment is inaccurate.

Oh ho: “While he and Rebecca detest each other, several months before the fire, Roger and Rebecca have spectacularly hot sex in a library at a friend’s ball.” (per Lara’s review)

So this is leaning more toward hot for me.

Claudia: Her neck is very distracting! I would have liked it a lot better otherwise.

Amanda: It also looks like she doesn’t know what to do with her hands.

The Brave and the Fearless by Dilan Dyer. An illustrated cover. A cowboy in a brown hat and denim jacket goes to kiss a woman who is leaning back against some barrels. He has dark brown hair and a matching stache and stubble. She has blonde wavy hair and is wearing a purple dress. The background features a field with various tents set up.

Sarah: Did this need the moustache?

Amanda: That looks like a poop log.

Sarah: Partially melted Tootsie Roll?

Wait, no, that’s worse.

Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio. A figure in sci-fi armor with a starry sky and a gray planet in the background. The helmet is the most concerning because it looks like the head of a penis. Like very much so.

Elyse: Am I the only one confused by his head?

Amanda: It’s very…phallic.

Elyse: It looks too small for the body.

Sara: What head? Where is it?

Buddy! Where’s your head?

Tomorrow's Lasting Joy by Naomi Rawlings. The bottom half of the cover features a male figure on a horse looking out at a sepia colored field. In the top half of the cover is a brunette who is turning her head away. Her hair is pulled back at the nape of her neck and she's wearing what looks like a western wedding dress. Looking at her is a man with long blond hair. He has a cowboy hat and is in western wear with a red bandana around his neck. His gaze feels both smug and threatening.

From Kristine: Maybe it’s just me, but the dude in the cover of Tomorrow’s Lasting Joy looks clownish with that expression.

Sarah: His expression is definitely giving me the creeps. Holy cow.

Amanda: His hair feels attached to the hat.

Sarah: Wait, I think that’s a million dollar idea, honestly. Instead of dealing with hat head, tuck all your hair up and wear the Hair Hat so you’re perfectly styled every time? Genius!

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