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 …

Interview with Illustrator Lisa Perrin

I know I spoiled this during last week's spotlight post, but today's Cover Geek (#16) is an interview with illustrator Lisa Perrin, who has helped create multiple covers for notable young adult novels. I personally was first introduced to her work a year or two ago on the cover of Wink Poppy Midnight, by April Genevieve …

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 …

Cover Geek #14: Delightful Motifs

A popular cover style that I'm definitely seeing a lot more of are border-like motifs on a cover. Whether it's made of vines, swirls, flowers, or jutting spikes, these decorations on covers help turn it from "meh" to "yes!" So, without further ado, here are some of my favorite covers with these gorgeous motifs on …

Cover Geek #13: Popular Spine Colors

It's hard to get a rainbow shelf. There's not just the saturation problem stopping you from deciding where to put that neon book or that really really light pink, but also a significant lack of covers in certain colors. It's obvious that some colors are just more often used than others. So, today I'll be …

Cover Geek #12: Block Letters

Remember all those fancy script fonts and intricate serif fonts all over YA covers? Well, this week we'll be shedding light on a less popular font type: blocky, sans serif letters. Although they're not as elegant or intricate as other fonts, they have wonderful usage and aren't always just boring chunky blocks. They can work …