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: “them bones, them bones, them dry bones.” – A cover featuring a skeleton.
I don’t have a lot of time right now to search for books with skeletons on them, and I’m sure there are better examples, but I decided to feature Looking Glass by Andrew Mayne this week, which features a part of a skeleton on the US cover. I loved this book (and the whole series!). Just four covers, so this will be quick:
U.S. Thomas & Mercer edition 2018 | Russian edition 2019
Ukrainian edition 2020 | Latvian edition 2019
This is an easy choice for me, since I’ve always loved the Thomas & Mercer edition, but I have to say the Russian edition is pretty good as well. That Latvian cover though? It’s a little weird!
It’s a good choice for this theme – I would have gone with this too tbh but I used this series myself fairly recently. Plus, I love that cover that you chose, I love the original covers for this series.
Lynn
I love your choice and I had not seen that cover before. I think I have the newest book from this author on my shelf, and I’m grateful to hear you are a fan, Tammy.
Skeletons! Yesss I’m gonna do this as an excuse to shill Discoworld Death books (and totally not cause I’m running very behind on my scheduled review)
I love how the US and Ukranian covers for Looking Glass are so much more omnius than the other two
I can definitely say I dislike the Latvian edition the most.
Sometimes subtlety does it – those bones aren’t immediately apparent, but noticing them is what draws you in.
Hands down the US version is the best IMHO. However, I can’t stop looking at the Russian one and thinking “huh?’ I know you and Mogsy both love this series. Hope it continues being a good one for you.
The US edition is my favortie too. I’m not really too fond of the other covers. They wouldn’t draw me in.
Oooo…I like the US version the best, too.
(Also, I don’t participate in this because I don’t have the extra time to right now, but I always try to think about books I might have that fit the categories. I don’t know that I own a book with a skeleton on the cover…hmmm…)
My favourite is the first one – it’s the best cover by a long country mile – never mind about the bones:)). This is a series I’ve been promising myself to tuck into.
I’m with you on this one, I prefer the Thomas & Mercer edition, perhaps because it’s the one I read, but it also fits the story and series.
OMG I always thought it was just leaves on the US cover, I completely missed that there was a part of a bone. Nice pick!
I like the Ukrainian and also the US version. The US one is a little freaky with the bones!
Huh. Only one of them has a skeleton. Well, that’s interesting. They all feature wildly different elements, and you could’ve told me they were all different books, and I would’ve believed it. xD Like … where did the Ukranian edition come from, with the random floating-looking car thing? xD
I like the first cover. It’s the one I own. And you reminded me I need to read it!
I agree with you!
The Thomas & Mercer edition is fantastic and I completely agree about that last one being weird, especially when compared to the first three. It looks more like a YA contemporary cover.
I really love that cover with the leaves!
I agree with your choice! The skeleton is super subtle. I didn’t even notice it at first.
I actually can’t choose — I think they’re all so atmospheric in different ways.