Cover me content

Cover art.  It's a killer - whether on the eyes, or the wallet - it can often be the deciding factor for a reader.

Just liking reading, it is subjective.  What appeals to one might not necessarily appeal to another.  And then there are those who don't appeal to anyone with the exception to the individual who signs off on the brief.

Inside of complaining about the common sights in covers, of which has been done well in many spheres of the 'net, I'm going to show off some of the covers that jumped out at me while browsing bookshelves.

All five are covers that I discovered while looking at new releases (and coming soons) in the US market.

Love at first sight (and it is a translation - double points!)

Mister Orange by Truus Matti

Pretty and disquieting (without requiring a pretty dress OR a forest)

Shadow Lands by Kate Brian

Oh wait...there is a pretty dress but it isn't centred on the page....  This one sounds exactly as I've subtitled it.  Straight to my "buy list".

Spare with flair

Teeth by Hannah Mozkowitz

Jar trump chest cavity

Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo

I love Good Oil (the Australian title of this Morris Award honor book).  However, I think this title and cover completely set up a beautiful slam dunk.

Tie me down, rainbow style

Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill

Which cover has recently set your life ablaze?

Vampire Academy casting

Really?

Author Richelle Mead tells us over and over again that Rose is bountiful in assets.  And by "assets" you know very well what I mean.

Or how the official graphic novel presents them....

Source: Shadowkissed.net

See them?  There's boobs (kind of a given) but more importantly Rose is described as having a caboose on her.  Rose has thighs, and a butt, and can kick your arse.

And then they hired this girl - Zoey Deutch

Source: Tumblr

I won't pretend to be surprised.  She's pretty (so is Rose), a brunette (as is Rose) and I am sure she can act but she isn't strong and she's not curvy.

As I said on Twitter, the only thing bountiful about her is her hair.

Rose is supposed to be powerfully built and also womanly.  This girl...looks like a girl.

I had hope.

It's gone.