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: “How sweet to be a cloud, floating in the blue.” – A cover that is predominantly blue.
This week kicks of a bunch of fantasy-themed Friday Face-Off posts, in honor of Wyrd and Wonder! I’m doing something a little different today. Instead of choosing just one book with different blue covers, I’ve decided to highlight a bunch of BLUE fantasy covers that I think look beautiful together! Take a look:
And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Blue is a very popular cover in fantasy, and I could list even more if I wanted to. It’s hard to pick a favorite because they are all so different, but I’m going to have to pick the recently revealed cover of Shorefall, which is so vibrant and magical:
Which cover do you like best? Have you read any of these books?
I really love blue fantasy covers! So ice cold
I am actually obsessed with blue covers. When I see one I just can’t resist. All of these covers look amazing but I’ve got to agree with Shorefall. So magical! I also really adore the cover of The Wicked King. This book was my first 5 star read of the year even. ^_^
Hands down Shorefall. No question about it haha. I may be a little biased, but meh.
This reminds me of a recurring librarian chat theme. A patron that is looking for a book, but can’t remember the title. Only that the cover is blue.
The blues! My favorite color, especially for covers. That Shorefall cover is, indeed, very special!
There are some great books here – ones I’ve read and ones waiting for me on my shelves. You know my favorite is going to be The Secret Life of Souls.right? I loved that book so much. Although, I have to admit Lost Boy is a close second. Maybe not in cover design but definitely in content.
Oh, what a fabulous idea, Tammy:)). And what a marvellous collection – this is a tough week… Though I think Shorefall does edge it – that shade of blue is just so intense and glorious… Though I was also caught by Fellside, also because I haven’t yet read it – and I very much want to!
Too many lovely covers to make it easy to choose… But I love the one you picked because its peculiar shade of blue is so beautiful… 🙂
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Blue is my favorite color, so this post is just….be still my heart! Love the Shorefall cover, as well as the Queen of Swords.
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I like your take on this! With all the different covers you displayed I would have given us almost no chance of having the same favorite, but I completely agree with your pick! The colors are amazing and the black really makes them pop!
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This was a good topic today, I should’ve done it! I love all the books you did, they look so good together. I love the blues in Shorefall and The Secret Life of Souls–blue is one of my favorite colors and I love when it’s that deeper, vibrant shade.
It’s been a while since I posted anything and I missed you guys! I really like the one you chose with the pirate (?) on a throne. It’s dark and has a tinge of yellow where the light/sun is shining. Very cool. Just btw, Game of Thrones has a blue cover and I was going to go with that one but then I saw all the other choices and well it was hard to decide on just one like you. Anyway, I haven’t read any of your books yet but the one intriguing to me is Winter of the Gods. I like the deer so I choose that cover? IDK, city dwelling is my vibe 🙂 lol I like the landscape.
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I really like the Jackaby cover. 🙂
I love that you displayed a whole range of covers – I very nearly did the same as there were so many lovely ones when I was trying to pick so it’s really great that you did so – they just look ace.
I love your choice too.
Lynn 😀
Ooh The Underwater Ballroom Society is a favorite, and The Queen of Swords rocks too.
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I love all of the different shades of blue you shared. So pretty! That Shorefall one is my favorite too. Love the blue sky in the background and of course the blue character himself. Can’t wait to read this installment in the series!
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So pretty! I’ve always loved the cover for Winter of the Gods
I’m torn between Winter of the Gods and The Gutter Prayer.
I like them all, but especially the top three in your list, The Gutter Prayer, Shorefall, and The Secret Life of Souls. Out of curiosity, have you read Pride and Prometheus?
I read Kessel’s The Moon and the Other before and loved it, but I haven’t tried P&P because it seems like such a departure from what I loved about TMATO.
I LOVE the cover for Shorehall so much!
The Secret Life Of Sould is my favorite. But I like your choice too and so many of these are awesome.
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Yeeeeeeessssss I definitely have to agree! The Shorefall cover! Tbh I’ve always kind of hated that cover of Lost Boy. The UK cover is so much prettier, and I’m jealous they get to have the pretty one lol.
Such beautiful covers!
I love the one you picked – it kinda looks like a fortune telling card <3
I really love seeing all those blue covers together
So many good ones! I love that cover for Shorefall too. 🙂