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: “Your hair is winter fire, January embers.” – A cover featuring hair.
Luckily, I’ve read a book called Sublime by Christina Lauren which features hair in a big way! The amazing U.S. cover is what drew me to this book in the first place, and even though I didn’t like the actual story that much, I’m glad I can use it this week:-D Check out these covers:
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (US) Hardcover 2014 | U.S. paperback edition 2015
Simon & Schuster UK 2014 | Portuguese edition 2015
Russian edition 2015 | Italian edition 2015
I like a lot of these. I really love the UK edition because it’s so simple and yet very effective. And the U.S. paperback and the Portuguese editions are both really well done and seem to fit the story. I can’t stress how horrible the Italian edition is, however! What’s up with that? The Russian cover isn’t much better, it looks more like a soap opera. In the end, I’m choosing (by a hair) the U.S. hardcover, because I think it’s lovely:
I love the cover you choose too. It’s really beautiful! And yeah the Italian edition cover is so awful LOL
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I kinda prefer your choice as well. Can’t say i totally like it, but is better than the rest.
The Italian one looks like some horrible leftover from the 90s… some medical flyer about blood tests or something 😀 😀
And the Russian, yea, i’m getting soap opera vibes too!
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We really had some problems in Italy with the cover (and don’t ask me why! We bookworms are constantly complaining about them but… to no avail!) so no comment about that, but I would have chosen the one you did, too, even if I like the UK edition, too, but it’s a little bit too… simple?
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Ooo… WHAT a superb choice for this week’s theme! I thought this one was going to be fun, Tammy – and it is:)). Yep. I think the US version wins by a long country mile. Why anyone thought a bloody cocktail of hearts would be remotely appealing is a solid mystery to me – a shame as Italian covers are often really sharply clever. I completely agree with your summing up of the Russian cover – nice one:)). But I don’t much like the UK cover either. Blank with smoke… or whatever going on? Looks more like a vaping party and says NOTHING about the content of the book, so another massive fail as far as I’m concerned.
Much like you, I like all of these except the bottom two (Russian and Italian). My favorite probably is the UK edition, with the US hardcover pick being a close second.
What a great pick for this week. I loved this book and the cover is just gorgeous too. Have a great weekend.
A weirdly beautiful cover, indeed… 🙂
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Wow, this cover is perfect for the topic! I also really love the one you chose, though the UK one does have a nice simplicity. And seriously yikes for the Russian and Italian ones!
Is she supposed to look like a whispy swan thing? because that is all I saw when I first saw the first US cover I think I like the UK edition best. (and props for using a hair pun!)
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For some reason I like the Portuguese edition and the first one. I think the first one just has a sort of supernatural vibe to it, at least for me., And the Portuguese one looks kinda mysterious too?
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These are gorgeous, Tammy! I am a fan of CL now, but it’s more of their recent clever rom coms. I haven’t read any of their previous stuff. I think you picked the prettiest one!
Ooh, yes, those first two covers do feature hair in a very beautiful and artistic way! I love that one you chose 😀
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I haven’t read nor heard of this book but your pick is nice and as good as it gets 🙂
Ooh that one you chose really is an awesome cover! I love it too!
That’s a really interesting cover! So much hair…. 🙂
I love that cover too! The floaty, wispiness of the hair and clothing coupled with the woman’s stark whiteness in contrast with the dark background makes her seem ghostly. I’m thinking she’s probably a succubus. Cool cover.
I love your favourite cover and it’s the one that immediately stood out to me. It has such an ethereal quality that makes it shine
Lynn