The Friday Face-Off was created by Books by Proxy, where each week bloggers can showcase books with covers centered around a weekly theme. You can visit Lynn’s Books for a list of upcoming themes. Join in the fun each Friday by finding a book whose cover is based on the theme!
This week’s theme: “Heavy is the head that wears the crown.” – A cover featuring a crown.
I had no idea it would be so hard to find a book that I’ve actually read that features a crown! So my pick doesn’t have as many different covers as I usually like to share, but I did want to choose something I’ve read, so this week I’ve selected The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. Here are the covers:
U.S. hardcover 2018 | Turkish edition 2018
Serbian edition 2018 | Owlcrate exclusive edition 2018
Because this is a fairly recent release, there aren’t that many covers to choose from. Publishers in other countries all seem to like the original U.S. edition for some reason! I think my favorite is the Turkish edition, which is also the cover of the special Barnes & Noble release, although I didn’t showcase that one because it has an ugly gold circle sticker on the front, lol.
Wow, it’s hard to pick a favorite since they all look so good. I like the first one but probably just because it’s the one I’m most used to seeing. The one you picked looks great too though. I like the black. I also can’t wait to read this book!
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I feel like there are so many books which are about royalty and crown games and all that, but few that actually have a crown on the cover! For a cover crown I can only think of Three Dark Crowns and I actually haven’t even read that myself yet xD But I can think of so many with royalty featured though.
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All of these are great. I like the first one the most. That little dab of green draws you in for a closer look.
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I think I like the Turkish edition. This book wasn’t my fave but I am interested in seeing what book 2 holds.
They are ally pretty, but I like the Turkish one best too! Who knew it was hard to find crown covers?!
These are all super pretty. When I saw “crown” as the theme this week, I was like, oh that sounds fun/easy! And then when I thought about it, as I read your post, I was like… WOW. It really IS difficult to think of book covers with a crown in the art. You did good though because these covers are all gorgeous. I love seeing various editions of books! It’s just so fun to compare.
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I also really like the Turkish one and BN edition–I just love the black background, it really stands out to me and feels more dramatic. I was so confused by the Owlcrate edition when I first saw it because it just had such a different vibe from the original.
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I agree with your choice! That is my favorite too 😀
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I kind of like the Serbian edition! I was just leaving a comment on Lynn’s blog saying how I can’t believe I missed the crown in the top left corner after all this time, and I’ve even read this book and seen it featured on so many blogs this year. At least on the Serbian edition, it’s front and center and can’t be missed for unobservant folks like me 😀
Yippee! I love that black against the gold and I’m delighted you chose the Turkish one – I refused this cover on Lynn’s site because of the nasty red blob:)). It’s a really fabulous choice for this subject, Tammy – great minds think alike!
For some reason, I just don’t like the black cover as much as the white. Generally I like black covers, but I feel like the white is more striking here. I really like the Serbian one though!
I like the last one which was the owlcrate edition.
Another book in my TBR pile! This one has a lot of interesting covers. I think it’s fun that one went with a black background and one went with a white! I think I prefer the white but these are all pretty cool.
Every time I look at these covers my opinion as to which is my favourite changes. Today I’m inclined towards the black and gold version that you chose and I also like the Serbian.
Lynn 😀