The cover for the UK hardback of Laini Taylor’s “Days of Blood and Starlight” (sequel to “Daughter of Smoke and Bone”) has been revealed:
I really enjoyed “Daughter of Smoke and Bone”, which has had some interesting cover redesigns.
But honestly, I’m not really feeling it with this cover. I much prefer the US cover set:
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It’s not going to stop me picking this book up, because DoS&B was one of my favourite reads last year.
Readers, I’m curious — what do you think of the cover?
Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh! Finally a sequel, yay!
But to be honest, I like the UK covers better (without a person, just the feathers and the flame), they’re a bit more mysterious if you ask me.
I loved the UK feather cover, thought that was really beautiful. It’s just this one that’s not doing it for me — think it might be because I’m picky about fire, it’s a hard one to get looking right in an image.
Yeah the cover is pretty naff tbh but the U.S cover I love.
The UK cover fire graphic really bugs me, it has to be really skillfully done for a fire graphic to work for me I think I’m just picky and the background texture seems all wrong, it’s a 15 min Photoshop job if the images weren’t made form scratch. If they were then about an hour.
I agree with Roan the lack of person makes it more mysterious but if I seen the two side by side I know which would be more appealing. It just looks like more care has been taken over the U.S covers.
Oooh, I hadn’t seen either UK cover before! I think I like them better, as a set, although the first US cover is a really pretty shade of blue. But for some reason I’m a little red-averse when it comes to covers, so I’m not as wild about the second US one.