Cover Awe: Mostly Blues & Greens


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Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse. The face of a teal blue, feminine figure. Matching tentacles and flowery sea kelp surround their face and emerge from the dark backgruound.

Cover art by John Picacio

Carrie: Oooh that’s a one click right there

Sneezy: WOW!

AND it’s Rebecca Roanhorse!

Shana: I’m obsessed with this cover

Sarah: I hope the artist who worked on this knows we’re all loving everything about it.

Elyse: Tentacles make everything better.

Voice of Command by Melanie Cellier. A brunette woman in a green cloak with the hood pulled up is casting a spell. Blue light swirls out from her right hand and around her body.

Cover design by Karri Klawiter

From Lillian P: I really like this cover.

Elyse: The blue is gorgeous.

Sarah: I love the hood and how she’s looking at the reader.

Rook by William Ritter. Emerging from the bottom left corner is a curl of light green smoke. In the smoke is a woman holding a lantern as she walks through cobblestone streets. The top of the smoke leads to the side profile of a person with a red background.

Cover art by Corey Brickley

Amanda: I’m a sucker for an image within an image.

Shana: The smoke merging with the hair is gorgeous.

Sarah: The tilt of the city scene into the profile of a person is the exact right amount of off-kilter. I love how the profile is pretty still but the image inside is full of movement.

Elyse: This makes me nostalgic for the Gothics from the late 70s and early 80s that I read as a kid.

A Dawn of Onyx by Kate Golden. A dark burgundy backgroudn with muted white and pink florals. Dark iron filigree decorates the top and bottom of the cover with a dark, shining oval jewel on the bottom.

Cover design by Jack Johnson and Katie Anderson

Sarah: Eye candy! Filigree! And queer colors, too.

Amanda: Yes! It definitely signifies “lush and rich” to me.

Sarah: “Lush” is a very good word.

Amanda: It reminds me of the era of erotica/BDSM covers where it’s just a tie or cufflinks to signify wealth.





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