Exclusive Cover Reveal & Excerpt: The Sound of Stars, Alechia Dow’s Sci-Fi Debut

I am over-the-moon to be able to share with you the exclusive cover reveal of Alechia Dow's upcoming science-fiction debut, The Sound of Stars--plus an excerpt of the prologue and first chapter! It's out on February 25th, 2020, so a bit of a wait, but it'll be well worth it for alien invasions! road trips! …

Cover Geek #24: Cover Twins

Have you ever seen a book cover and then taken a double take when you realized that it was a totally different book than what you thought it was? Well, that's what this week's cover geek is all about. Below are 5 sets of covers that I just seem to keep mixing up, but I …

Cover Geek #23: Matches & Ashes

This is a pretty short cover geek this week, but I wanted to talk about something I'm seeing pop up a lot in recent YA covers, and that is matches! Technically, there aren't really any ashes featured in this week's Cover Geek, but I wanted something that rhymed, so play along with me, yeah? So, …

Cover Geek #22: Dresses on Covers

Y'know a while back, YA used to be full of covers with pretty dresses on them? Well, that's what this week's Cover Geek is all about! I personally have nothing against lots of pretty dresses on covers (unless it ended up looking ugly, and that's a whole 'nother story). I know some people hate them with …

Cover Geek #21: Why Covers Are Important (a reminder post)

This is going to be a pretty short post, but I'd just like to emphasize once again that covers are so important to a novel and can truly help a marketing campaign & pre-publishing promo of a book. I know covers are totally out of the author's control, so you have to hope and pray …

Cover Geek #20: Ombre Covers

Just trying to brighten your Tuesday morning with some pretty blending colors! Today's Cover Geek centers around some of my favorite ombre covers *cue oohs and ahhs* I love seeing smooth blends on young adult covers, and gradients and ombre covers help contribute to some of the more simplistic designs--which although less complicated, can have …

Cover Geek #19: Flowery Covers

Say hello to post #100! *cue oohs and ahhs* Unfortunately, it's nothing absurdly special, but I do have a strong penchant for these covers. Maybe if we ever when we get to post #1000 I'll do something fun like an INTL giveaway (or a giveaway in general tbh). But, not to delay, this week's cover …

Cover Geek #18: Book Covers with POC Representation

One of the things I love to see on a YA book cover is some good ol' representation of people from all over the world. And so, I decided to compile a list of some of my favorite book covers displaying POC loud and proud on the front of them. Ember in the Ashes (Remake …

Best 2018 Debut Covers

        So, recently I've been going through Goodreads lists of debuts from next year to get ready for the 2018 Debut Challenge hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl (see my challenge here) and I've stumbled upon such gorgeous covers. It was so hard to narrow them down, but here are my top 11 …

Spotlight: The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw (DRC)

Today's post is a cover geek, review, and spotlight all wrapped in one! I'm featuring one of my favorite YA debuts of 2017, which is The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw! The Wicked Deep revolves around the cursed town of Sparrow where three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery two centuries ago. For a …