AtoZ Book Covers Challenge - Zero Repeat Forever

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Zero Repeat Forever (The Nahx Invasions #1)

by Gabrielle Prendergast 

He has no voice, or name, only a rank, Eighth. He doesn’t know the details of the mission, only the directives that hum in his mind.

Dart the humans. Leave them where they fall.

His job is to protect his Offside. Let her do the shooting.

Until a human kills her…

Sixteen year-old Raven is at summer camp when the terrifying armored Nahx invade, annihilating entire cities, taking control of the Earth. Isolated in the wilderness, Raven and her friends have only a fragment of instruction from the human resistance.

Shelter in place.

Which seems like good advice at first. Stay put. Await rescue. Raven doesn’t like feeling helpless but what choice does she have?

Then a Nahx kills her boyfriend.

Thrown together in a violent, unfamiliar world, Eighth and Raven should feel only hate and fear. But when Raven is injured, and Eighth deserts his unit, their survival comes to depend on trusting each other…

 Dani - Oh man we are ending on a fantastic cover!! Like wow!! I really adore this so much; it's simple but powerful and really captures my attention.

Jax - I agree, Dani! And I'm really loving the dandelion in the globe, begging for someone to make a wish... or is it feeling safe and sound from wish makers?

AtoZ Book Covers Challenge - You Don't Know Me But I Know You

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You Don't Know Me But I Know You 

by Rebecca Barrow

There’s a box in the back of Audrey’s closet that she rarely thinks about.

Inside is a letter, seventeen years old, from a mother she’s never met, handed to her by the woman she’s called Mom her whole life.

Being adopted, though, is just one piece in the puzzle of Audrey’s life—the picture painstakingly put together by Audrey herself, consisting not only of the greatest family ever but of a snarky, loyal, sometimes infuriating best friend, Rose; a sweet, smart musician boyfriend, Julian; and a beloved camera that turns the most fleeting moments of her day-to-day routine into precious, permanent memories.

But when Audrey realizes that she’s pregnant, she feels something—a tightly sealed box in the closet corners of her heart—crack open, spilling her dormant fears and unanswered questions all over the life she loves.

Almost two decades ago, a girl in Audrey’s situation made a choice, one that started Audrey’s entire story. Now Audrey is paralyzed by her own what-ifs and terrified by the distance she feels growing between her and Rose. Down every possible path is a different unfamiliar version of her life, and as she weighs the options in her mind, she starts to wonder—what does it even mean to be Audrey Spencer?

Rebecca Barrow’s bright, honest debut novel about chance, choice, and unconditional love is a heartfelt testament to creating the future you truly want, one puzzle piece at a time.

Jax - This feels so real, like I can smell the fresh grass and the water in the background. 

Dani - This cover grabbed my attention because the title conflicts with cover. The title seems menacing yet the cover is peaceful and calming. I want to read just to see how it correlates.

AtoZ Book Covers Challenge - X Isle

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              X Isle Vol 1 (X Isle Mini)

by Andrew Cosby and Michael Alan Nelson

A team of researchers drift on the ocean, lost, in their quest for an enigmatic island that's never been explored. Washing on its shores, they find a dense, terrifying jungle populated with animal and plant life that has evolved along a completely different path. What secret does this isle hold? Why are the life forms there so dangerous - and so alien? In the tradition of Alien and the recent horror-hit The Descent! Featuring art from Greg Scott (Gotham Central, Sword of Dracula).

Dani - What a super eerie cover! Very Ominous for sure.

Jax - I love the cool tones of the cover. The cliffs look menacingly inviting, but the lightening warns them to stay away. Fabulous artwork!

AtoZ Book Covers Challenge - Windwitch (The Witchlands 2)

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Windwitch (The Witchlands 2) 

by Susan Dennard

After an explosion destroys his ship, the world believes Prince Merik, Windwitch, is dead. Scarred yet alive, Merik is determined to prove his sister’s treachery. Upon reaching the royal capital, crowded with refugees, he haunts the streets, fighting for the weak—which leads to whispers of a disfigured demigod, the Fury, who brings justice to the oppressed.

When the Bloodwitch Aeduan discovers a bounty on Iseult, he makes sure to be the first to find her—yet in a surprise twist, Iseult offers him a deal. She will return money stolen from him, if he locates Safi. Now they must work together to cross the Witchlands, while constantly wondering, who will betray whom first?

After a surprise attack and shipwreck, Safi and the Empress of Marstok barely escape with their lives. Alone in a land of pirates, every moment balances on a knife’s edge—especially when the pirates’ next move could unleash war upon the Witchlands.

Dani - The title is what got my attention at first and then the awesome cover did. It portrays a strong character with a fanciful landscape and colors. 

Jax - This is one wicked looking cover! It for sure makes me want to read this because of the magic feel to it.

AtoZ Book Covers Challenge - Venturess

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Venturess (Mechanica #2) by Betsy Cornwell

Young inventor Nicolette Lampton is living her own fairy tale happy ending. She's free of her horrible step-family, running a successful business, and is uninterested in marrying the handsome prince, Fin. Instead, she, Fin, and their friend Caro venture to the lush land of Faerie, where they seek to put an end to the bloody war their kingdom is waging. Mechanical armies and dark magic await them as they uncover devastating secrets about the past and fight for a real, lasting happily-ever-after for two troubled countries—and for themselves.

Dani - Besides the cool title, the Pegasus is my favorite thing. This novel is sure to take you on an adventure!!

Jax - I love the colors of this! And hints of a steampunkish feel, whether on purpose or not, makes it a cool cover! 

AtoZ Book Covers Challenge - Unrivaled (Beautiful Idols #1)

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Unrivaled (Beautiful Idols #1) by Alyson Noel

 

Everyone wants to be someone.

Layla Harrison wants to leave her beach-bum days for digs behind a reporter’s desk. Aster Amirpour wants to scream at the next casting director who tells her “we need ethnic but not your kind of ethnic.” Tommy Phillips dreams of buying a twelve-string guitar and using it to shred his way back into his famous absentee dad’s life.

But Madison Brooks took destiny and made it her bitch a long time ago.

She’s Hollywood’s hottest starlet, and the things she did to become the name on everyone’s lips are merely a stain on the pavement, ground beneath her Louboutin heel.

That is, until Layla, Aster, and Tommy find themselves with a VIP invite to the glamorous and gritty world of Los Angeles’s nightlife and lured into a high-stakes competition where Madison Brooks is the target. Just as their hopes begin to gleam like stars through the California smog, Madison Brooks goes missing. . . . And all of their hopes are blacked out in the haze of their lies.

Unrivaled is #1 New York Times bestselling author Alyson Noël’s first book in a thrilling suspense trilogy about how our most desperate dreams can become our darkest nightmares. 

Dani - Does this cover portray a girl at peace or in turmoil? Whichever it is, it grabs your attention.

Jax - The lights of the city is the perfect background for this cover and description.  

AtoZ Book Covers Challenge - True North (True Born Trilogy, #2)

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 True North (True Born Trilogy, #2) by L.E. Sterling

 
Abandoned by her family in Plague-ridden Dominion City, eighteen-year-old Lucy Fox has no choice but to rely upon the kindness of the True Borns, a renegade group of genetically enhanced humans, to save her twin sister, Margot. But Nolan Storm, their mysterious leader, has his own agenda. When Storm backtracks on his promise to rescue Margot, Lucy takes her fate into her own hands and sets off for Russia with her True Born bodyguard and maybe-something-more, the lethal yet beautiful Jared Price. In Russia, there's been whispered rumors of Plague Cure.

While Lucy fights her magnetic attraction to Jared, anxious that his loyalty to Storm will hurt her chances of finding her sister, they quickly discover that not all is as it appears…and discovering the secrets contained in the Fox sisters' blood before they wind up dead is just the beginning.?? 

As they say in Dominion, sometimes it’s not you…it’s your DNA.

Jax - I LOVE the tagline: It's not you... It's your DNA. That, combined with the calming colors of the cover, make me want to read this!

Dani - I can't quite put my finger on it, but there is just something I love about the cover. It's creepy yet satisfying.

AtoZ Book Covers Challenge - The Scarecrow Queen

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The Scarecrow Queen (The Sin Eater’s Daughter #3)

by Melinda Salisbury

The final battle is coming . . .

As the Sleeping Prince tightens his hold on Lormere and Tregellan, the net closes in on the ragged band of rebels trying desperately to defeat him. Twylla and Errin are separated, isolated, and running out of time. The final battle is coming, and Aurek will stop at nothing to keep the throne forever . . .

Explosive, rich and darkly addictive, this is the stunning conclusion to Mel Salisbury's internationally best-selling trilogy that began with The Sin Eater's Daughter.

Dani – Every single one of The Sin Eater’s Daughter covers are beautiful and this is no different. The colors, and bottle, the girl, it’s all magical and whimsical yet daunting – and that’s the appeal.

Jax - Holy smokes! This cover is gorgeous!!! And the colors? Perfectly eye catching!

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AtoZ Book Covers Challenge - RoseBlood

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RoseBlood

by A.G. Howard 

In this modern day spin on Leroux’s gothic tale of unrequited love turned to madness, seventeen-year-old Rune Germain has a mysterious affliction linked to her operatic talent, and a horrifying mistake she’s trying to hide. Hoping creative direction will help her, Rune’s mother sends her to a French arts conservatory for her senior year, located in an opera house rumored to have ties to The Phantom of the Opera. 

At RoseBlood, Rune secretly befriends the masked Thorn—an elusive violinist who not only guides her musical transformation through dreams that seem more real than reality itself, but somehow knows who she is behind her own masks. As the two discover an otherworldly connection and a soul-deep romance blossoms, Thorn’s dark agenda comes to light and he’s forced to make a deadly choice: lead Rune to her destruction, or face the wrath of the phantom who has haunted the opera house for a century, and is the only father he’s ever known.

Jax - Another one of my fave covers. The phantom of the opera feel, along with the beautiful girl encircled in the thorn covered branches, captures my attention. And the red at the bottom makes this cover pop!

Dani – A.G. Howard has always been a favorite of Jax and mine for many years and for many reasons.

1) Her stories are saturated with mystery and wonder. 2) Her covers are always Fab-U-Lous!

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AtoZ Book Covers Challenge - Queen of Chaos

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Queen of Chaos (The Fourth Element #3)

by Kat Ross 

Persepolae has fallen.
Karnopolis has burned.

As the dark forces of the Undead sweep across what remains of the empire, Nazafareen must obey the summons of a demon queen to save Darius's father, Victor. Burdened with a power she doesn't understand and can barely control, Nazafareen embarks on a perilous journey through the shadowlands to the House-Behind-the-Veil. But what awaits her there is worse than she ever imagined…

A thousand leagues away, Tijah leads a group of children on a desperate mission to rescue the prisoners at Gorgon-e Gaz, the stronghold where the oldest daēvas are kept. To get there, they must cross the Great Salt Plain, a parched ruin occupied by the armies of the night. A chance encounter adds a ghost from the past to their number. But will they arrive in time to avert a massacre?

And in the House-Behind-the-Veil, Balthazar and the Prophet Zarathustra discover that they have more in common than meets the eye. But is it enough to redeem the necromancer's bloodstained soul and thwart his mistress's plans?

As a final showdown looms with Queen Neblis, the truth of the daēvas' origins is revealed and three worlds collide in this thrilling conclusion to the Fourth Element series. 

Dani – This cover caught my eye so much so that I had to go back and look at the first two. Can I just say that all of the covers are amazing! I think I found a new series to start!

Jax - What a brilliant cover! I like the underwater slash smoky feel of it and the light illuminating the crown draws me right in. 

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AtoZ Book Covers Challenge - Parallel Triangles

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Parallel Triangles (Bermuda Triangle) 

by Kimberly Ann Miller

How does a cruise change your life? By sailing through the Bermuda Triangle. Carly Carmichael has one goal in life--to perform on Broadway. She refuses to have a Plan B because she's never needed one--until now. When Carly's parents send her on a cruise as a graduation present, she takes her best friend and their boyfriends along with her. Once the ship sails into the Bermuda Triangle, Carly finds herself unable to sing or walk, much less perform. And things just go downhill from there. Hoping for help from the ship's doctor, she ends up with more questions than answers about the mystery behind the Bermuda Triangle and why her life is now unrecognizable. If Carly can't get her real life back on track, she may end up spending the next sixty years trapped in a life the Triangle chooses for her.

Jax - One of my fave covers! The cruise ship at the bottom has a taunting feel to it, inviting you in. The parallel triangles entwined with the dancer is smooth and subtle, making this a gorgeous cover!

Dani – I was gifted, by Jax, Kimberly Ann Miller’s Triangles novel, which I read a while back and just by looking at this cover, I really want to read this one too!

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AtoZ Book Covers Challenge - One Dark Throne (Three Dark Crowns, #2)

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One Dark Throne (Three Dark Crowns #2)

by Kendare Blake

The battle for the Crown has begun, but which of the three sisters will prevail?

With the unforgettable events of the Quickening behind them and the Ascension Year underway, all bets are off. Katharine, once the weak and feeble sister, is stronger than ever before. Arsinoe, after discovering the truth about her powers, must figure out how to make her secret talent work in her favor without anyone finding out. And Mirabella, once thought to be the strongest sister of all and the certain Queen Crowned, faces attacks like never before—ones that put those around her in danger she can’t seem to prevent.

In this enthralling sequel to Kendare Blake’s New York Times bestselling Three Dark Crowns, Fennbirn’s deadliest queens must face the one thing standing in their way of the crown: each other.

Dani – This cover is a great addition to the first novel. And, since I read Three Dark Crowns, this cover is very representative of what’s to come.

Jax - This throne is inviting in all its majestic glory with the cushy seat, pretty roses, and ivy growing throughout... but with a closer look, it's a chair you wouldn't want to sit in surrounded by snakes and flames. 

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AtoZ Book Covers Challenge - Now I Rise (The Conqueror's Saga)

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Now I Rise (The Conqueror's Saga #2)

by Kiersten White

Lada Dracul has no allies. No throne. All she has is what she’s always had: herself. After failing to secure the Wallachian throne, Lada is out to punish anyone who dares to cross her blood-strewn path. Filled with a white-hot rage, she storms the countryside with her men, accompanied by her childhood friend Bogdan, terrorizing the land. But brute force isn’t getting Lada what she wants. And thinking of Mehmed brings little comfort to her thorny heart. There’s no time to wonder whether he still thinks about her, even loves her. She left him before he could leave her.

What Lada needs is her younger brother Radu’s subtlety and skill. But Mehmed has sent him to Constantinople—and it’s no diplomatic mission. Mehmed wants control of the city, and Radu has earned an unwanted place as a double-crossing spy behind enemy lines. Radu longs for his sister’s fierce confidence—but for the first time in his life, he rejects her unexpected plea for help. Torn between loyalties to faith, to the Ottomans, and to Mehmed, he knows he owes Lada nothing. If she dies, he could never forgive himself—but if he fails in Constantinople, will Mehmed ever forgive him?

As nations fall around them, the Dracul siblings must decide: what will they sacrifice to fulfill their destinies? Empires will topple, thrones will be won . . . and souls will be lost.

Jax – Very interesting cover. It’s simple, yet affective/effective.

Dani – I just really like this cover! You don’t need a lot to make a big statement, and this cover manages to do just that. I want to read this.

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AtoZ Book Cover Challenge - The May Queen Murders by Sarah Jude

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The May Queen Murders 

by Sarah Jude

Those are the rules in Rowan’s Glen, a remote farming community in the Missouri Ozarks where Ivy Templeton’s family has lived for centuries. It’s an old-fashioned way of life, full of superstition and traditions, and sixteen-year-old Ivy loves it. The other kids at school may think the Glen kids are weird, but Ivy doesn’t care—she has her cousin Heather as her best friend. The two girls share everything with each other—or so Ivy thinks. When Heather goes missing after a May Day celebration, Ivy discovers that both her best friend and her beloved hometown are as full of secrets as the woods that surround them. 

Dani – Creepy cool. It’s instantly captivating.

Jax - This is a hauntingly beautiful cover; so captivating, but chilling at the same time.

AtoZ Book Cover Challenge - Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

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Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2) 

by Cassandra Clare

Emma Carstairs has finally avenged her parents. She thought she’d be at peace. But she is anything but calm. Torn between her desire for her parabatai Julian and her desire to protect him from the brutal consequences of parabatai relationships, she has begun dating his brother, Mark. But Mark has spent the past five years trapped in Faerie; can he ever truly be a Shadowhunter again?

And the faerie courts are not silent. The Unseelie King is tired of the Cold Peace, and will no longer concede to the Shadowhunters’ demands. Caught between the demands of faerie and the laws of the Clave, Emma, Julian, and Mark must find a way to come together to defend everything they hold dear—before it’s too late. 

Jax -  From the water and London Bridge, to the guy with the sword, to what looks like a dark shadowy figure... the cover is creepy and fabulous all in one.

Dani – So much is happening and that is what I love about this cover; it’s one you can look at for hours and still find something different.