The first two out of this grouping were featuring in my second cover look-alikes feature. Avisannschild suggested the third, The Stone Child by Dan Poblocki. If you look down in the comments on the other post, you will see that Dan Poblocki actually stopped by to make a comment. I was so excited, I'm rerunning this to show you what the cover of The Stone Child looks like alongside the others. Good call, Avisannschild. I'm also excited to have discovered The Stone Child, which is due for release on August 25th. It sounds awesome. Ok, now on to the new matches:
Mercy by Jodi Picoult and The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement Moore. Close-ups of roses. I prefer The Splendor Falls by a huge margin. I love the color, the font, the way you're looking down on the rose... it's pretty and yet ominous at the same time.
A Robert Jordon, Wheel of Time montage. Also known as "Rand holding up his arms before awed onlookers." This series has, in my opinion, some of the worst cover art ever. Pretty funny.
The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott and The Insiders (not to be confused with The Outsiders) by J. Minter. Footsie time! I like the Elizabeth Scott cover best, because I like that both figures have bare feet. I also like the colors better and the way it feels a little more innocent. 
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis and Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. I actually liked the cover of Breaking Dawn when I saw it (though the Eclipse cover is my favorite), but somehow, next to the Tevis cover, it looks overly plasticky.
Which covers do you like best? By the way, if you want to suggest a cover look-alike, please mention it in the comments or drop me an email at gypsyrover21(at)yahoo(dot)ca
7 comments:
Tevis cover looks more elegant and classic.
Peace
Doxys
Never realized how similar Jordan's covers were until seeing them side by side.
And I can't think of any specific look-alikes, outside of any & all romance covers!
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Ooo these are always fun! :)
I vote for:
Stone Chil
Splendor Falls
The insiders
Breaking dawn
:)
Have a fantabulous weekend!
1st- Prophesy Sisters
2nd- I prefer The Splendor Falls image but I don't like the font of the text
3rd- Gah, I never liked tWoT covers either but if I had to choose...probably The Dragon Reborn
4th- The Insiders
5th- Breaking Dawn
Cover look-alikes? Recently, I've noticed that books published by Harlequin in NA and their UK imprint, Mills & Boon sometimes reuse covers for the other editions of other books...if that made any sense. Here's a few examples.
Anne Ashley's The Transformation of Miss Ashworth(UK)
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/anne-ashley/transformation-of-miss-ashworth.htm
and Anne Herries' Marrying Captain Jack(NA)
http://www.eharlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=19800&cid=191
Anne Herries' The Homeless Heiress(UK)
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/anne-herries/homeless-heiress.htm
and Elizabeth Beacon's Captain Langthorne's Proposal(NA)
http://www.eharlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=18636&cid=191
Louise Allen's The Shocking Lord Standon(UK)
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/louise-allen/shocking-lord-standon.htm
and Helen Dickson's Seducing Miss Lockwood(NA)
http://www.eharlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=19633&cid=191
Though at least they flipped the image around in this case.
Heh, I totally agree on the WoT covers. That said, they have character... you can spot them from a mile away in the book store and they stand out from everything else around them.
The covers for WOT are terrible! I never noticed the similarities...only that they were all spectacularly cliche. I guess that really does go to show, never judge a book by its cover, 'cause Jordan is my favorite fantasy author!
Wow, I can't believe I didn't comment on this sooner! Sorry about that and thanks for mentioning me!
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