BOOK REPORT for The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones
Cover Story: Blurry Big Face
BFF Charm: Let Me Love You
Swoonworthy Scale: 6
Talky Talk: Modern-Day Fairy Tale
Bonus Factors: Deal with the Devil, Portland
Anti-Bonus Factor: Patti Chase Award for Awful Parenting
Relationship Status: Summer Fling
Cover Story: Blurry Big Face
Aside from finding a cover model who looks like Dee, the effort here is really... halfhearted. #sorrynotsorry
The Deal:
When a demon grants a wish, they usually ...
BOOK REPORT for The Wood by Chelsea Bobluski
Cover Story: Dripping With Depravity
BFF Charm: Yay
Swoonworthy Scale: 8
Talky Talk: Straight Up With An Eerie Twist
Bonus Factors: Sentient Forest, Mysterious Loner Time Traveling Dude
Relationship Status: Are There More Just Like You?
Cover Story: Dripping With Depravity
The fact that I love this cover probably speaks to my angsty, goth-y youth—yeah, the leaf dripping with blood is a little bit The Village, but I would still pick this ...
BOOK REPORT for Of Jenny and the Aliens by Ryan Gebhart
Cover Story: Emoji Rebus
BFF Charm: Nay
Swoonworthy Scale: 2
Talky Talk: Boy Brain
Bonus Factor: Aliens
Relationship Status: Look Me Up in a Decade or Two
Cover Story: Emoji Rebus
Did you know that the red-haired girl emoji was named Jenny? Me neither.
The Deal:
Derek is a teenage boy dealing with two things outside of the normal teenage boy issues. No. 1: he’s madly in love with ...
BOOK REPORT for Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
Cover Story: Montell Jordan
BFF Charm: Heck Yes!
Swoonworthy Scale: 8
Talky Talk: Now and (Sometimes) Then
Bonus Factors: Blended Family, Religion, Los Angeles
Relationship Status: Hopelessly Devoted to You
Cover Story: Montell Jordan
This one sneaked up on me, because I fall a little more in love with the cover the more I look at it. The details are perf, as is the pop of color. A classy AF addition ...
BOOK REPORT for What Goes Up by Katie Kennedy
Cover Story: Upside Down
BFF Charm: Single White Female
Swoonworthy Scale: 3
Talky Talk: Science Fiction
Bonus Factors: Alternate Dimensions, Coach Taylor Award
Relationship Status: One and Done
Cover Story: Upside Down
Excuse me, Mr. Astronaut, but you might want to mosey North a little. I know how gravity works, and all, so I’m not afraid you’re going to fall off, but your flag would look a lot better at the ...
BOOK REPORT for Hello, Sunshine by Leila Howland
Cover Story: Hello, Gorgeous
BFF Charm: Big Sister
Swoonworthy Scale: 7
Talky Talk: Easy Breezy
Bonus Factors: New Adulthood, Hollywood Dreams
Relationship Status: Summer Fling
Cover Story: Hello, Gorgeous
OMG YES TO ALL OF THIS. Especially that palm tree suitcase and Becca's beloved zebra flats! However, I can't help but get major vibes of a cover style that I mostly associate with another publisher. But, hey, there's no monopoly ...
BOOK REPORT for The Gold-Son by Carrie Anne Noble
Cover Story: Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave
BFF Charms: Oda Mae Brown, Natalie Imbruglia
Swoonworthy Scale: 4
Talky Talk: Folkloric
Bonus Factor: Leprechauns
Anti-Bonus Factor: Awful Grownups
Relationship Status: Hiding My Valuables
Cover Story: Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave
When first we practice to deceive … or design a cover with a lot of things going on amongst very twisty roots. Each small element has a place ...
BOOK REPORT for Bad Romance by Heather Demetrios
Cover Story: I Want Your Ugly, I Want Your Disease
BFF Charm: Oda Mae Brown
Swoonworthy Scale: A Wary 7
Talky Talk: Goodbye to You
Bonus Factors: Best Friends, Theatre, Shades of Gray
Relationship Status: I'll Be There for You
Trigger Warnings: Dating Violence, Suicide Attempt
Cover Story: I Want Your Ugly, I Want Your Disease
Oh, this is good. Visual artist Valerie Hegarty perfectly encapsulates the unhealthy and deteriorating relationship ...
