I’m super tired from BookCon, and I didn’t have a post up
for today. Hence, I went with one of the easiest posts to write: a cover-reveal
post. These are mostly YA sci-fi/fantasy covers.
(Fantastic Beasts The Original
Screenplay #2)
Publication
Date: November 16, 2018
Hardcover, 304 pages, Arthur A. Levine Books
Genres:
YA, Historical Fiction
J.K. Rowling’s five-film Fantastic
Beasts adventure series continues with the original screenplay for Fantastic
Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
At the end of Fantastic Beasts and
Where to Find Them, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald was captured
in New York with the help of Newt Scamander. But, making good on his threat,
Grindelwald escapes custody and sets about gathering followers, most
unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over
all non-magical beings.
In an effort to thwart
Grindelwald’s plans, Albus Dumbledore enlists Newt, his former Hogwarts
student, who agrees to help once again, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead.
Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends
and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
This second original screenplay
from J.K. Rowling, illustrated with stunning line art from MinaLima, expands on
earlier events that helped shape the wizarding world, with some surprising nods
to the Harry Potter stories that will delight fans of both the books and films.
My Thoughts
It’s a very pretty cover. It matches the first screenplay
book. I haven’t read that first book yet. Is it exactly like the film? Does
anyone know?
Anywho, yes, the gold font and blue-green background are
very pretty. The Niffler is the only creatures I can make out/recognize on
this. Does anyone see any others?
***
Warrior of the Wild
Publication Date: February 26, 2019
Hardcover, Feiwel
& Friends
Genres: YA, Fantasy
How do you kill a god?
As her father's chosen heir,
eighteen-year-old Rasmira has trained her whole life to become a warrior and
lead her village. But when her coming-of-age trial is sabotaged and she fails
the test, her father banishes her to the monster-filled wilderness with an
impossible quest: to win back her honour, she must kill the oppressive god who
claims tribute from the villages each year or die trying.
My Thoughts
Okay, so I love the axe and the image itself. What I don’t
love is the font for this book. The color is weird. It’s a light blue. Why? Why
not gold or silver? It just makes the entire thing look washed out.
I think they were trying to color-pick from the blue of the
sky, but it just doesn’t look very aesthetically pleasing. I am, however,
excited to get more YA Viking-esque stories in my life. Plus, that axe is very
intricate and pretty.
***
Publication
Date: February 26, 2019
Hardcover, Putnam
Genres:
YA, Fantasy
A divided nation. Four Queens. A
ruthless pickpocket. A noble messenger. And the murders that unite them.
Get in quick, get out quicker.
These are the words Keralie
Corrington lives by as the preeminent dipper in the Concord, the central area
uniting the four quadrants of Quadara. She steals under the guidance of her
mentor Mackiel, who runs a black market selling their bounty to buyers
desperate for what they can’t get in their own quarter. For in the nation of
Quadara, each quarter is strictly divided from the other. Four queens rule
together, one from each region:
Toria: the intellectual quarter
that values education and ambition
Ludia: the pleasure quarter that
values celebration, passion, and entertainment
Archia: the agricultural quarter
that values simplicity and nature
Eonia: the futurist quarter that
values technology, stoicism and harmonious community
When Keralie intercepts a comm disk
coming from the House of Concord, what seems like a standard job goes horribly
wrong. Upon watching the comm disks, Keralie sees all four queens murdered in
four brutal ways. Hoping that discovering the intended recipient will reveal
the culprit – information that is bound to be valuable bartering material with
the palace – Keralie teams up with Varin Bollt, the Eonist messenger she stole
from, to complete Varin’s original job and see where it takes them.
My Thoughts
I have mixed feelings about this cover. On one hand, I like
the blue and the crowns, but on the other, two of the crowns are a weird coral
color, the font is strange, and the spotlight is weird. The cover itself kind
of reminds me of Carve the Mark,
because of the blue background, and the crowns are very reminiscent of Three Dark Crowns. Although, these ones
are much prettier and less drawing style, more realistic style. Does that make
sense?
***
The Last 8
(The Last 8 #1)
Publication Date: March 5, 2019
Hardcover, 320
pages, Sourcebooks Fire
Genres: YA, Sci-Fi
A high-stakes survival story about
eight teenagers who outlive an alien attack—perfect for fans of The 5th Wave
Clover Martinez has always been a
survivor, which is the only reason she isn't among the dead when aliens invade
and destroy Earth as she knows it.
When Clover hears an inexplicable
radio message, she's shocked to learn there are other survivors—and that
they're all at the former Area 51. When she arrives, she's greeted by a band of
misfits who call themselves The Last Teenagers on Earth.
Only they aren't the ragtag group
of heroes Clover was expecting. The group seems more interested in hiding than
fighting back, and Clover starts to wonder if she was better off alone. But
then she finds a hidden spaceship, and she doesn't know what to believe…or who
to trust.
My Thoughts
So, I don’t think I’ve ever shared info about what kind of
designs I hate, but this cover is one of them. I do not like the
large-text-grunge-esque, apocalyptic-thriller-esque cover design. Especial.ly
with a mix of green and yellow as the cover color. There are other covers
similar to these that I just can’t think off the top of my head, but I do not
like them. Not my aesthetic at all.
***
(Crown of Feathers #1)
Publication
Date: 2019
Hardcover, Simon Pulse
Genres:
YA, Fantasy
I had a sister, once…
In a world ruled by fierce warrior
queens, a grand empire was built upon the backs of Phoenix Riders—legendary
heroes who soared through the sky on wings of fire—until a war between two
sisters ripped it all apart.
I promised her the throne would not
come between us.
Sixteen years later, Veronyka is a
war orphan who dreams of becoming a Phoenix Rider from the stories of old.
After a shocking betrayal from her controlling sister, Veronyka strikes out
alone to find the Riders—even if that means disguising herself as a boy to join
their ranks.
But it is a fact of life that one
must kill or be killed. Rule or be ruled.
Just as Veronyka finally feels like
she belongs, her sister turns up and reveals a tangled web of lies between them
that will change everything. And meanwhile, the new empire has learned of the
Riders’ return and intends to destroy them once and for all.
Sometimes the title of queen is
given. Sometimes it must be taken.
My Thoughts
There are good things about this cover, and there are bad
things. The bad: the phoenix’s head looks so evil and sort of angry/scary and
the silver font doesn’t match the orange color palette. The good: the phoenix’s
body is very pretty, and it’s a very unique cover design. I hope the phoenix
and the font are embossed on the physical book. That would be cool.
***
Those are some recently revealed covers. What do you think?
Do you like them?
No comments:
Post a Comment
I LOVE your comments! And I do read all of them so keep at it! Thanks for visiting!