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: White cover
I’ve actually done this prompt before, and I chose to highlight as many white covers as I could find. I don’t want to repeat myself, so today I’m choosing one book and doing a face to face comparison, since I could only find two covers. I’ve chosen Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, a non-speculative book of hers that I really enjoyed. Here are the covers:
Agora Books 2020, hardcover edition. This is the book I read, and I really love the simplicity. I think anytime you have a mostly white cover, it’s going to be a fairly simple design. I love the shark in the center and the pops of red. I think this is very effective for the story.
Agora Books 2021, paperback edition. This is a completely different take on the story, and I love it! The story is set in the late 70s in Baja California, and I love the vintage vibe going on here, with the tropical island backdrop. This is definitely my favorite cover, although I do like both.
I like the vintage-look cover too! I wonder why this popular book isn’t available on Kindle?
I like the second cover better, but both are good.
I love how different these covers are and my favorite is the second one too!
I think I like the second cover best, but I do tend to be drawn to more color. I think the first one is attractive too though for the same reasons you gave. I like it when the cover matches the story and it sounds like both of these work from what you’ve said. I hope you have a great weekend, Tammy!
I like the first cover. 🙂
I really love the shark cover, it’s so striking and really makes me want to read it!
wow, the difference between the two covers is intriguing. I like the idea behind the 1st cover, but I think it could have been done in a nicer way.
You have a shark, I have a cat: https://wordsandpeace.com/2022/01/14/friday-face-off-white-covers/
That really is a different take and I love it.
Lynn 😀
I’ve not read the book but do recall seeing that first cover, which is the one I prefer.
I confess that I prefer Agora book cover!
They look so different! And I’m also sad I missed this one when it came out.