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: A cover that gives you chills.
The theme this week is to pick something in particular that scares me, but I’ve decided to go with a specific cover that is so freaky! There are only two covers to it’s going to be a true Friday Face-Off: U.S. cover vs. UK cover! Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw is super creepy and both covers are fantastic, take a look:
U.S. cover, Tor.com. I love everything about this cover, the creepy ghost with no eyes, of course; the black and white palette with touches of red, and the minimalistic design. It’s so hard to look at this, right? I just want to look away, lol.
UK cover, Titan Books. Wow I love this one too! This time we have more of the Japanese details, since the story is set in Japan. We still get creepy ghost girl with no eyes, and the pile of bones in front of her relates to the story, so that’s a nice touch.
Got to agree with this cover, there’s just something bone chilling about it. The US cover just has that added WOW factor, I think!
Oh jeez, they are both so spooky! (Brutally delicious is quite the cover quote though!)
The first cover – the one I’m more familiar with having already seen it around – is both disturbing and intriguing. And the book should be out just in time for Halloween…. 😉
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Both are great but I think I prefer the US one too.
Well honestly both give me chills and I would never dare read it! 🙂
You just had to do it, didn’t you? Couldn’t leave well enough alone. Couldn’t let me get just a little peaceful sleep. Noooo! You had to post this cover yet again. 🙂 I do love that US cover, just something so disturbing about it. It reminds me of many of the older Japanese horror movies I love.
LOL I almost chose this book too, because I HATE these covers – they scare me so much!
OMG, yes, perfect choice for this topic because this cover gives me the chills every single time I see it. The first one creeps me out the most. The backdrop of the second one actually offsets the creepiness a little for me.
Omg, I’ve seen the US cover a fair bit by now but that UK cover is horrifying. That one *actually* gave me chills. Nope. xD
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We were definitely on the same page with this prompt. That book just frightens me so much that I’m a bit scared to pick it up.
Lynn 😀