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Cover Crush – US Edition: Banished by Sophie Littlefield
by Carolyn • Posted in Cover Crush
I saw this cover over at The Story Siren and I absolutely love it! I think the girl is really striking and I love the font. What do you think?
Oct 2010
Delacorte Press
Artist: Stephanie Moss
Summary
Sixteen-year-old Hailey Tarbell can’t wait for the day she’ll leave Gypsum, Missouri, far behind, taking only four-year-old Chub, the developmentally-delayed little boy her cruel drug-dealing grandmother fosters for the state money. But when a freak accident in gym class leaves a girl in critical condition, Hailey feels drawn to lay her hands on the injured girl and an astonishing healing takes place. Before Hailey can understand her new powers, a beautiful stranger shows up…just in time to save her and Chub from hired killers. A desperate race begins, with Hailey as the ultimate prize: there are those who will stop at nothing to harness her gifts to create an undefeatable army of the undead. Now it is up to Hailey and a small but determined family of healers to stand up to the unbelievable and face the unthinkable.
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The cover is indeed lovely. And the premise of the book sounds worth checking out as well.
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It's simplistic yet dark and haunting at the same time. I love covers like that! Great use of shadowing and color.
Plus, the books sounds fantastic.
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I am a cover whore
I think the cover art on a novel is really important to how much attention it'll get from a reader and to its overall success!
I like the girl's eyes and expression on this cover. There is something mysterious and alluring to her!
The synopsis sounds really interesting too. I might have to check it out sometime
Isalys
Book ♥ Soulmates
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Agree the cover is beautiful!! The books bio sounds interesting as well
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I'm a big fan of eyes on covers, and I love the way they colored hers.
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Love the summary for Banished, sounds very interesting. Nice find!
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Oh stunning! Very beautiful. I think eye contact on a cover really catches my attention.
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I think that this book sounds amazing! I hate that we have to wait so long to read it though. :[
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I love it too! It's so eerie and haunting…
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I agree the eyes are so haunting. The font is really cool.
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Thank you so much for including the cover on your blog! I just about fell out of my chair when I saw it, I was so excited. I guess you guys probably know that authors don't always have much say in the cover, so I think I was extremely, extremely lucky to end up with Stephanie as the artist who designed it.
One interesting little note – originally Hailey had golden-brown eyes in the book (like my daughter!) but when my editor showed me this cover she asked if I would consider changing them. Eye color is not important to the story so I was delighted to do so, in order to match the cover.
thanks again, so fun to see it here!
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Hi Sophie – You're welcome! I really love the cover and I'm glad you decided to go with the coloured eyes as they are really striking with the dark hair. I also love the matching font. Looking forward to reading the book too, it sounds great!
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This one is one my TBR list!!!=)
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By the way, I love the cover & the summary is intriguing, too!
One more book on my wishlist
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This cover is really neat. It gives you the feel of suspense, and intrigue. After reading reveiw it does sound like a great book.
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I love the cover too! Very cool. I'd buy it based on the cover (he he)
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