‘Cover Crush’ is a regular feature here at BCC. I love covers – they’re the first thing that catches my eye and will be the primary reason I pick up a book. This feature is where I highlight gorgeous covers of books I’ve seen either around the blogosphere or at the bookshop. These posts run sporadically, as soon as I see a cover I love, I post it!
I saw this cover on Goodreads and Oh. My. Lordy. What a cover! I think it’s absolutely gorgeous – I love her little wings, the city skyline and the lighting, just beautiful. It sounds like quite a different paranormal story too so I’m looking forward to its release in 2012. So, what do you guys think?
Summary
Matthew’s father had lion’s feet and his mother had gills, and both fled the modern-day city to live in underground Safe, a secret community of freaks, ghost-whisperers, and disabled outcasts hidden beyond the subways and sewers. Raised underground, Matthew is responsible for the keeping of both Safe’s histories and the traumatized shapeshifter Ariel, the girl he took in, fell in love with – and can’t stop from constantly running away.
But Safe is no longer safe: the night after a frightening encounter in the sewers, Safe’s founder Atticus is murdered by the one person Safe ever exiled: mad Corner, whose coup is backed by an army of mindless, whispering shadows.
Only Matthew, Ariel, and a handful of unstable, crippled compatriots escape to the city that cast them out; the dangerous place he knows only as Above. Despite Ariel’s increasingly erratic behaviour and with the odds against them, Matthew must find a way to rescue Safe from Corner’s occupying army. But as his quest leads him through abandoned asylums and the dregs of urban poverty, Matthew discovers that the histories he’s devoted his life to aren’t true: Corner’s invasion — and Ariel’s terrors – are rooted in a history of Safe much darker and bloodier than Matthew ever imagined.
And even if he manages to save both home and Ariel, he may well lose himself.
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Gorgeous!!
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Firstly, the cover is stunning you're right! But the books sounds fab too – going straight on my wishlist!
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This cover alone would not have pulled me in; but the summary is intriguing. I'll get this book. Thanks for helping me discover it.
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OMG! What a stunning cover!
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Bookish Brunette – Agree
Laura – Yes, it is stunning and the premise sounds cool – will be picking up this one me think
Allan – You're welcome! I love the cover, if I saw it on a bookshop shelf it would definitely pull me in…
Vivienne – I know! I'm glad you think so too
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Yea the cover is great eye candy, I'm just not a big fairy fan.
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Rain Maiden – Me neither, but I just love the cover. I think the story sounds interesting so will give it a go – but yeah, know what you mean about fae
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You right, the cover is fabulous! But this also sounds like a really different paranormal fantasy book that may break through the norms. Thanks!
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Awesome cover!
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Lovely cover!
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That's a beautiful cover! I love it, awesome choice!
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