Monday, July 23

Covers Of The Week: July 23rd

Covers of the week is one of our features here, written by Brittany. Each week I post newly revealed covers from the week before and comment on them. Hopefully you'll be exposed to some new books, series and authors!


Inbetween (Killed by Death #1) by Tara Fuller
Will be released on: 30th August 2012


Since the car crash that took her father’s life three years ago, Emma’s life has been a freaky—and unending—lesson in cau­tion. Sur­viv­ing “acci­dents” has taken pri­or­ity over being a nor­mal seventeen-year-old, so Emma spends her days tak­ing pic­tures of life instead of liv­ing it. Falling in love with a boy was never part of the plan. Falling for a reaper who makes her chest ache and her head spin? Not an option.

It’s not easy being dead, espe­cially for a reaper in love with a girl fate has put on his list not once, but twice. Finn’s fellow reapers give him hell about spend­ing time with Emma, but Finn couldn’t let her die before, and he’s not about to let her die now. He will pro­tect the girl he loves from the evil he acci­den­tly unleashed, even if it means sac­ri­fic­ing the only thing he has left…his soul.


This cover definitely appeals to me. I like the colours and I especially like the thing going on with the clouds in the background. However to me the people look, I don't know, computer generated? They seem really fake-looking. Also, while it is pleasant to look at, it's not very eye-catching. I wouldn't look at this on the shelf and pick it up straight away, intrigued by the cover. This cover gets 2.5/5 stars. It's boring.

Doomed, by Tracy Deebs
Will be released on: 8th January 2013
Beat the Game,
 Save the World.
One Stuxnet type worm,
One Greek-themed MMO,
One real world scav­enger hunt,
Three teenagers on the run,
And a ten-day count­down to total nuclear annihilation. 
Pandora’s Box isn’t just a myth anymore …
When seventeen-year-old Pan­dora Walker opens an email attach­ment, she uploads the most fright­en­ing worm ever invented—and in doing so, brings about total tech­no­log­i­cal Armaged­don. Every­thing from the inter­net to com­mu­ni­ca­tions to util­i­ties col­lapses and sud­denly Pan­dora finds her­self on the run from Home­land Secu­rity, the FBI and every police depart­ment in the coun­try, all of whom blame her for the tech­no­log­i­cal waste­land sweep­ing across the U.S.. With the help of step­broth­ers Eli and Theo, her neigh­bors and the two hottest guys in school– plus codes encrypted in a world famous MMO– she sets out on a real life scav­enger hunt that only she can solve. A scav­enger hunt that pits her against one of the most bril­liant men in the world—the maker of the Pan­dora worm. Her father. Only by unrav­el­ing the clues left by him in the MMO, and in real-world places around the U.S., can they hope to beat the clock ticking the days off until the entire planet is Doomed.


This, on the other hand, looks very cool and not boring at all. That girl looks like she's on a mission, and it's gonna involve some epic butt-kicking.  The boys behind her look just as determined, and the whole cover really gives off an aura of epic-ness. I like the computer pixels blending into the buildings thing: it makes me think that this'll be dystopian just from looking at it. This is a very fitting cover that gets 4/5 stars.

 The Star Child by Stephanie Keye
Will be released on: 21st September 2012

The world is about to be cloaked in dark­ness. Only one can stop the night.
Kellen St. James has spent his entire life being over­looked as an unwanted, ordi­nary, slightly geeky kid. That is until a beau­ti­ful girl, one who has haunted his dreams for the past eleven years of his life, shows up spin­ning tales of a prophecy. Not just any old prophecy either, but one in which Kellen plays a key role.
Sud­denly, Kellen finds him­self on the run through a Celtic under­world of faeries and demons, angels and gods, not to men­tion a really ticked off pack of hell­hounds, all in order to save the world from dark­ness. But will they make it in time?


I love this cover. It's just so pretty and interesting looking. The sparkling dust stuff is really cool and I love how it's swirling around and you can practically see it moving. The moon looks very mystical as it looms above the guy. I love the lighting and how the guy is illuminated. The guy looks eerie and slightly inhuman, and I think the cover portrays what it's about well: Looking at that in a store I would probably suspect it was a fairy/magical story without reading the blurb. The lettering is eye-catching and unique. This whole cover is eye-catching. I rate it 5/5 stars.

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