Cover Love

So many gorgeous new covers were revealed this week.  I spent a lot of time this week squeeing over theses covers and furiously adding books to my "To Be Read" list...As awesome a reading year as 2010 has been, 2011 looks to be even better.

The first cover is the US cover for Sarah Rees Brennan's The Demon's Surrender, which is the last book in her The Demon's Lexicon Trilogy. 

This was my initial reaction:  Hello Alan! 

The color makes this cover a great bookend to the series, especially for readers that have the original Demon's Lexicon hardcover.  I love the silhouette of London in the background.  I have to admit that this is my favorite US cover of the series (even though I secretly love the UK covers and can't wait to see Sin's cover).  Even though Alan's weapon of choice is a gun, the bow and arrow still makes him look pretty badass.  Oh, Alan... your bookish demeanor and button down shirts hide your true nature.  The Demon's Surrender is one of my most anticipated books of 2011.


This morning Andrea Cremer shared the cover of Wolfsbane, the sequel to Nightshade.

The green and gold exude warmth, which is so different from the cool feel of the purple Nightshade cover.  And this is much closer to how I picture Calla.  What do you think?

A new to me author is Melissa Walker.  I haven't read any of her Violet books, but the summary for her book Small Town Sinners sounds intriguing .  Plus check out the cover...

Lacey Anne Byer is a perennial good girl and lifelong member of the House of Enlightenment, the Evangelical church in her small town. With her driver's license in hand and the chance to try out for a lead role in Hell House, her church's annual haunted house of sin, Lacey's junior year is looking promising. But when a cute new stranger comes to town, something begins to stir inside her. Ty Davis doesn't know the sweet, shy Lacey Anne Byer everyone else does. With Ty, Lacey could reinvent herself. As her feelings for him make Lacey test her boundaries, events surrounding Hell House make her question her religion. Does falling in love mean falling out of faith?

What 2011 releases are you excited about?  Which new covers are you madly in love with?

Lovely, Lovely Covers

Covers for two highly anticipated sequels were released today.  Both books will be published in December, so that's less than 6 months before they'll be on bookstore and library shelves.

The first is The Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead.  It's the sixth and last book of the Vampire Academy series.  But, on her blog, Ms Mead explained that this is the last book of Rose's story and that she's working on a "spin-off" series about other characters in the Vampire Academy world. Isn't that exciting?

The Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy #6) by Richelle Mead

Publisher: Razorbill (Penguin)

Release Date: December 7, 2010

Murder. Love. Jealousy. And the ultimate sacrifice.

Now, with Rose on trial for her life and Lissa first in line for the Royal Throne, nothing will ever be the same between them

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The second cover release is for The Lost Saint by Bree Despain.  It's the sequel to The Dark Divine. I'm interesting in seeing where Ms Despain takes Grace and Daniel's story.  Ms Despain is also holding a contest on her blog on the 28th of every month until the release of The Lost Saint in December.

The Lost Saint: A Dark Divine Novel by Bree Despain

Publisher: Egmont USA

Release Date: December 28, 2010

A family destroyed. A love threatened. An enemy returns.

Grace Divine made the ultimate sacrifice to cure Daniel Kalbi. She was infected with the werewolf curse while trying to save him, and lost her beloved brother in the process. When Grace receives a haunting phone call from Jude, she knows what she must do. She must become a Hound of Heaven.

Desperate to find Jude, Grace befriends Talbot—a newcomer to town who promises her that he can help her be a hero. But as the two grow closer, the wolf grows in Grace, and her relationship with Daniel is put in danger—in more ways than one.

Unaware of the dark path she is walking, Grace begins to give into the wolf inside of her—not realizing that an enemy has returned and a deadly trap is about to be sprung.

What do you think about the covers?

New Cover for The Demon's Lexicon

Sarah Rees Brennan has unveiled the cover for the US Paperback edition of The Demon's Lexicon. 

Wow!  Nick with a sword!  So much action!  The swirling gray in the background gives the cover an ominous feel.  But, it also makes Nick stand out.  The way he is looking of to the side with his sword raised makes me wonder who or what he's fighting.  This cover will appeal to boys as much as girls. 

I have to admit this is much closer to what I imagined Nick to look like than the Tom Welling look-alike on the hardback cover.

The hardback cover has Nick (looking very much like Tom Welling) with his talisman.  I have to admit that I like the title lettering a bit better on this cover.  But, the red lettering on the paperback cover stands out more.


Which cover do you like ?