Cover Love Week: Day 7 - Planesrunner by Ian McDonald

Today's Pick:
Planesrunner



Release Date: January 24, 2012

Why I love it
I love this cover because cards cards! I'm not sure this is the final cover yet, but it's already pretty awesome. The girl's hair that is glittery and the feeling of things coming towards you makes it yet another powerful cover.


Summary (from Goodreads)
There is not one you. There are many yous. There is not one world. There are many worlds. Ours is one of billions of parallel earths.

When Everett Singh's scientist father is kidnapped from the streets of London, he leaves young Everett a mysterious app on his computer. Suddenly, this fourteen-year-old has become the owner of the most valuable object in the multi-verse - the Infundibulum - the map of all the parallel earths, and there are dark forces in the Ten Known Worlds who will stop at nothing to get it. They've got power, authority, and the might of ten planets - some of them more technologically advanced than out Earth - at the fingertips. He's got wits, intelligence, and a knack for Indian cooking.

To keep the Infundibulum safe, Everett must trick his way through the Heisenberg Gate his dad helped build and go on the run in a parallel Earth. But to rescure his Dad from Charlotte Villiers and the sinister Order, this Planesrunner's going to need friends. Friends like Captain Anastasia Sixsmyth, her adopted daughter Sen, and the crew of the airship Everness.

Can they rescue Everett;s father and get the Infundibulum to safety? The game is afoot!

Cover Love Week: Day 6 - The Wood Queen by Karen Mahoney

Today's Pick:
The Wood Queen



Release Date: February 8, 2012

Why I love it
I love this cover because of its power (yes I know that was the reason for the first cover too :P). It also tied in very nicely with the name of the book with the wood surrounding the girl, and the queen part of it being the power emanating from her. I also like the tie in with the first book with the 'scarring' on the arm turning into white light.


Summary (from Goodreads)
Donna Underwood is facing an alchemist tribunal for stealing the elixir of life when
her ailing mother takes a turn for the worse Donna seeks an audience with Aliette, the Wood Queen, who offers a deal: if Donna can use her powers to open the door to Faerie and send the wood elves home, Aliette will free her mother from the elven curse that shattered her mind.

Along with friends Navin and the half-fey Xan, Donna struggles to unlock the secrets
of her iron tattoos in time to save her mother's life. But she discovers that some secrets might be better left untold . . .

Cover Love Week: Day 5 - Pure by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Today's Pick:
Pure



Release Date: April 2, 2012

Why I love it
I love this cover because well first of all it's blue, and blue is my very favorite color so it has that in its favor. Of course there is also the almost hypnotic draw of the fire that is a flower. Can you imagine how good this would look if it were embossed and slightly metallic?


Summary (from Goodreads)
Alex lives--and loves--recklessly, until a single decision leads to a heartbreaking revelation. As a mysterious threat closes in and she confronts a Council that wants to see her in servitude, Alex must face a choice between love that is fated... and love that is forbidden.

Cover Love Week: Day 4 - Everneath by Brodi Ashton

Today's Pick:
Everneath



Release Date: January 3, 2012

Why I love it
I love this cover because it looks like her arm is made out of mist although if you look closely you will notice that her arm is folded in close to her. The effect it gives off is very mystical and surreal feeling.


Summary (from Goodreads)
Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath, where immortals Feed on the emotions of despairing humans. Now she's returned- to her old life, her family, her friends- before being banished back to the underworld... this time forever.

She has six months before the Everneath comes to claim her, six months for good-byes she can't find the words for, six months to find redemption, if it exists.

Nikki longs to spend these months reconnecting with her boyfriend, Jack, the one person she loves more than anything. But there's a problem: Cole, the smoldering immortal who first enticed her to the Everneath, has followed Nikki to the mortal world. And he'll do whatever it takes to bring her back- this time as his queen.

As Nikki's time grows short and her relationships begin slipping from her grasp, she's forced to make the hardest decision of her life: find a way to cheat fate and remain on the Surface with Jack or return to the Everneath and become Cole's...

Cover Love Week: Day 3 - Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey

Today's Pick:
Witch Eyes



Release Date: September 8, 2011

Why I love it
I love this cover because it's got a very eerie feel to it, but it's not just a standard house that's kind of creepy feeling type of cover. The face of the guy at the top with the mutated eye gives off an extra sense of scary, and the whole cover just comes together very nicely.


Summary (from Goodreads)
Braden was born with witch eyes: the ability to see the world as it truly is: a blinding explosion of memories, darkness, and magic. The power enables Braden to see through spells and lies, but at the cost of horrible pain.

After a terrifying vision reveals imminent danger for the uncle who raised and instructed him, Braden retreats to Belle Dam, an old city divided by two feuding witch dynasties. As rival family heads Catherine Lansing and Jason Thorpe desperately try to use Braden's powers to unlock Belle Dam's secrets, Braden vows never to become their sacrificial pawn. But everything changes when Braden learns that Jason is his father--and Trey, the enigmatic guy he's falling for, is Catherine's son.

To stop an insidious dark magic from consuming the town, Braden must master his gift—and risk losing the one he loves.

Cover Love Week: Day 2 - Thief's Covenant by Ari Marmell

Today's Pick:
Thief's Covenant



Release Date: February 14, 2012

Why I love it
I love this cover because it has a girl hanging upside down. No seriously, I think that's really awesome. It's also great because it's a very clean cover so that your eyes are drawn to the girl and what is probably her target.


Summary (from Goodreads)
She is Widdershins, a thief making her way through Davillon's underbelly looking to find answers, and justice with a sharp blade, a sharper wit, and the mystical aid of Olgun, a foreign god with no other worshipers but Widdershins herself.

Cover Love Week: Day 1 - Song of the Nile by Stephanie Dray

So, I've decided to dedicate this week to covers of upcoming books that I am loving, which I haven't yet featured on the blog because who doesn't love gorgeous covers?

Today's Pick:
Song of the Nile



Release Date: October 4, 2011

Why I love it
I love this cover because it is so powerful. I get this feeling of power crackling through the air whenever I see it. It definitely makes a statement, and I'm really looking forward to reading this book ^.^


Summary (from Goodreads)
Sorceress. Seductress. Schemer. Cleopatra’s daughter has become the emperor’s most unlikely apprentice and the one woman who can destroy his empire…

Having survived her perilous childhood as a royal captive of Rome, Selene pledged her loyalty to Augustus and swore she would become his very own Cleopatra. Now the young queen faces an uncertain destiny in a foreign land.

Forced to marry a man of the emperor’s choosing, Selene will not allow her new husband to rule in her name. She quickly establishes herself as a capable leader in her own right and as a religious icon. Beginning the hard work of building a new nation, she wins the love of her new subjects and makes herself vital to Rome by bringing forth bountiful harvests.

But it’s the magic of Isis flowing through her veins that makes her indispensable to the emperor. Against a backdrop of imperial politics and religious persecution, Cleopatra’s daughter beguiles her way to the very precipice of power. She has never forgotten her birthright, but will the price of her mother’s throne be more than she’s willing to pay?

New Cover for Skyship Academy

So, one of the books I got an ARC of at BEA was Skyship Academy: The Pearl Wars by Nick James. I have yet to feature it on my blog since... well as mentioned I haven't been home and there are piles of books which I haven't gotten around to processing yet. Well, one of these books was Skyship Academy, and apparently it got a facelift!

So here is the new and improved cover!


It's kind of reminiscent of The Water Wars and The Marbury Lens, but this cover will likely have a broader appeal than the original one (which had a spaceship and a few guys with green glowing things) so I imagine that's the reason for the change. I personally prefer the original cover, but I'm all sorts of weird so there's that heh~~

O, you might also be interested in a synopsis:

A devastated Earth’s last hope is found in Pearls: small, mysterious orbs that fall from space, and are capable of supplying enough energy to power entire cities. Battling to control the Pearls are the Skyship dwellers—political dissidents who live in massive ships in the Earth’s stratosphere—and the corrupt Surface government.

Jesse Fisher, a Skyship slacker, and Cassius Stevenson, a young Surface operative, cross paths when they both venture into forbidden territory in pursuit of Pearls. Their chance encounter triggers an unexpected reaction, endowing each boy with remarkable—and dangerous—abilities that their respective governments would stop at nothing to possess. Enemies thrust together with a common goal, Jesse and Cassius make their way to the ruins of Seattle to uncover the truth about their new powers, the past they didn’t know they shared, and a shocking secret about the Pearls.