Cover Reveal: Greta and the Goblin King

Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Release Date: November 13, 2012

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While trying to save her brother four years ago, Greta was thrown into the witch’s fire herself, falling through a portal to a dangerous world where humans are the enemy, and every ogre, goblin, and ghoul has a dark side that comes out with the full moon.

To survive, seventeen-year-old Greta has hidden her humanity and taken the job of bounty hunter—and she’s good at what she does. So good, she’s caught the attention of Mylena’s young Goblin King, the darkly enticing Isaac, who invades her dreams and undermines her determination to escape.

But Greta’s not the only one looking to get out of Mylena. The full moon is mere days away, and an ancient evil knows she’s the key to opening the portal. If Greta fails, she and the lost boys of Mylena will die. If she succeeds, no world will be safe from what follows her back…

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Chloe Jacobs is a native of nowhere and everywhere, having jumped around to practically every Province of Canada before finally settling in Ontario where she has now been living for a respectable number of years. Her husband and son are the two best people in the entire world, but they also make her wish she'd at least gotten a female cat. No such luck. And although the day job keeps her busy, she carves out as much time as possible to write. Bringing new characters to life and finding out what makes them tick and how badly she can make them suffer is one of her greatest pleasures, almost better than chocolate and fuzzy pink bunny slippers.


Twitter: www.twitter.com/Jacobs_Chloe
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ChloeJacobsAuthor
Website: http://www.chloejacobs.com
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Okay, so . . . I'm kind of in love with the look of this.


Between the gorgeous backdrop, the rare girl on a YA cover who is actually carrying a weapon, the rather attractive male, and the lovely gold font . . . this cover just does it for me.  I adore it. So much.


Also, the concept itself really intrigues me.  Portals, fantastic other worlds, bounty hunting (which means she will most likely be 1.2 billion times more badass than most YA girls of today!), handsome kings.  I love it.  Really, really love it.  You know what I don't love? That this is coming out in November.  I'm not sure I can make it another seven months.

What do you guys think?

Cover Reveal: Pretty Amy

Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Release Date: May 15, 2012
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Sometimes date is a four-letter word 

Amy is fine living in the shadows of beautiful Lila and uber-cool Cassie, because at least she’s somewhat beautiful and uber-cool by association. But when their dates stand them up for prom, and the girls take matters into their own hands—earning them a night in jail outfitted in satin, stilettos, and Spanx—Amy discovers even a prom spent in handcuffs might be better than the humiliating “rehabilitation techniques” now filling up her summer. Worse, with Lila and Cassie parentally banned, Amy feels like she has nothing—like she is nothing. 

Navigating unlikely alliances with her new coworker, two very different boys, and possibly even her parents, Amy struggles to decide if it’s worth being a best friend when it makes you a public enemy. Bringing readers along on an often hilarious and heartwarming journey, Amy finds that maybe getting a life only happens once you think your life is over.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Lisa Burstein is a tea seller by day and a writer by night. She wrote her first story when she was in second grade. It was a Thanksgiving tale from the point of view of the turkey from freezer to oven to plate. It was scandalous.

She was a lot like Amy when she was in high school.

She is still a lot like Amy.


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I really, really love this cover.  It's so cute and lovely, with the gorgeous prom dross and scrawling, quirky font.  I'm especially fond of what they've done with the title; I love that it looks as though it was painted on the jail wall.  And yes, I realize many will look at this and sigh, Oh, yet another YA book with a girl in a dress. Goodness, couldn't they do something different for once? But this is one of those rare cases where it is actually quite fitting for her to be dolled up; her prom night is a huge focus of the book.  Plus . . . she's in a jail cell.  I cannot tell you the last cover I saw with a girl in a stunning dress locked behind bars.  That alone makes it fantastic.


I also just adore the summary.  It's got this adorable, awesome vibe going on, and I love that.  Definitely one to add to your shelves if you're a contemporary fan.


And, in addition to the PRETTY AMY cover reveal, Lisa Burstein will be hosting a Worst Prom Photo contest in the weeks leading up to AMY's release on May 15. Make sure to dust off your old prom photos, and watch Lisa's site, http://www.lisaburstein.com, for details on how to submit/enter to win a beauty package. 

Lisa's Junior Prom photo

So what do you guys think?

Cover Reveal: Luminosity by Stephanie Thomas

Publisher: Entangled Publishiing
Release Date: September 11, 2012
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My name is Beatrice. When I was born, I was blessed with the Sight. I was immediately removed from my parents and enrolled in the Institution. At the age of twelve, I had my first true vision, earning my raven’s wings.

And when I turned seventeen, one of my visions came true. Things haven’t been the same since.

The Institution depends on me to keep the City safe from our enemy, the Dreamcatchers, but I’m finding it harder to do while keeping a secret from everyone, including my best friend Gabe. It is a secret that could put us all in danger. A secret that could kill me and everyone close to me.

But the enemy has been coming to me in my dreams, and I think I’m falling in love with him. He says they’re coming. He says they’re angry. And I think I’ve already helped them win.
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I'll admit, I'm not usually a fan of the first-person pitches.  They often feel too chatty, too informal, too melodramatic.  But honestly?  I kind of love this.  The first person is completely worth it just for that last line.  And just the idea itself--clairvoyance, wings, secrets, forbidden romance, and a bunch of other fantastic stuff that we'll probably not understand until we read it.  Sheer awesomeness.

Personally, I'm a big fan of this cover.  I don't love the font and placement of the author name, but the title font, the haunting image, the dark colors . . . it's definitely working for me.  I particularly love the wing sprouting from her eye. I'm assuming that's what the pitch means by "her raven wings," which makes the cover that much more awesome.

What are your thoughts?

Cover Reveal: Inbetween by Tara Fuller

Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Release Date: August 7, 2012
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Since the car crash that took her father’s life three years ago, Emma’s life has been a freaky—and unending—lesson in caution. Surviving “accidents” has taken priority over being a normal seventeen-year-old, so Emma spends her days taking pictures of life instead of living it. Falling in love with a boy was never part of the plan. Falling for a reaper who makes her chest ache and her head spin? Not an option.

It’s not easy being dead, especially for a reaper in love with a girl fate has put on his list not once, but twice. Finn’s fellow reapers give him hell about spending time with Emma, but Finn couldn't let her die before, and he’s not about to let her die now. He will protect the girl he loves from the evil he accidentally unleashed, even if it means sacrificing the only thing he has left…his soul.
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I love the sound of this one!  I've always been a fan of reaper books, so this one's right up my alley.  Also, for some reason the idea of other reapers teasing one of their own made me giggle--you don't usually think of reapers as the teasing type.  


And the cover itself is awesome.  Simple but striking.  I'd pick this off the shelf.


What do you guys think?

Cover Reveal: Gravity by Melissa West

Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Release Date: October 2012

In the future, only one rule will matter:

Don’t. Ever. Peek.

Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed—arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die. 

Ari knows she should report him, but everything about Jackson makes her question what she’s been taught about his kind. And against her instincts, she’s falling for him. But Ari isn’t just any girl, and Jackson wants more than her attention.  She’s a military legacy who’s been trained by her father and exposed to war strategies and societal information no one can know—especially an alien spy, like Jackson. Giving Jackson the information he needs will betray her father and her country, but keeping silent will start a war.

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I have two things to say:

1. How gorgeous is that cover? I think I've been starting at it for about ten minutes straight.

2. This sounds so incredibly, incredibly awesome.

Aliens?  Secrets?  Military strategies? Floating people?  It's safe to say my attention is caught. Melissa West is a debut author, so all of you participating in the DAC, definitely add this one to your shelves. It looks fantastic.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I'm going to stare at this cover for another few hours.