BOOK REPORT for Made For You by Melissa Marr
Cover Story: Entomologist Engagement
BFF Charm: Meh
Swoonworthy Scale: 6
Talky Talk: Southern Gentility and Psychopathy
Bonus Factor: Second Sight
Anti-Bonus Factor: Shaming
Relationship Status: Leave the Lights On
Cover Story: Entomologist Engagement
Although the bug on the cover is very pretty, if I were to open a velvet jewelry box to find a large bug inside, I’d probably drop it in fright. (I’m not afraid of large bugs, not ...
BOOK REPORT for The Violet Hour (The Violet Hour Book 1) by Whitney A. Miller
Cover Story: Smoke Gets In Your Big Face
BFF Charm: Caution
Swoonworthy Scale: 1
Talky Talk: Figuratively Speaking
Bonus Factor: Cult
Relationship Status: Memorable Fling That Wants to Come Back for More
Cover Story: Smoke Gets In Your Big Face
A vaguely Asian girl against a vaguely Asian backdrop is accurate in the sense that Harry Potter is a boy who goes ...
BOOK REPORT for 100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith
Cover Story: Equine-tastic
BFF Charm: Heck Yes! (And Bonus LOVE)
Swoonworthy Scale: 5
Talky Talk: Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Bonus Factors: Fake Book, Blended Family, Road Trip
Relationship Status: Infinite Miles
Cover Story: Equine-tastic
Good news, everyone: I've finally solved the mystery of the terrible YA cover epidemic! The awesome ones are all going to Andrew Smith, and there are none left for anyone else. STOP ...
BOOK REPORT for Magnolia by Kristi Cook
Cover Story: On the Fence
BFF Charm: Eventually
Swoonworthy Scale: 8
Talky Talk: Straight Up with a Southern Twist
Bonus Factor: Shakespearean Retelling
Anti-Bonus Factor: The Patty Chase Award for Awful Parenting
Anti-Bonus Factor: Natural Disasters
Relationship Status: Great Date
Cover Story: On the Fence
In the Ancient Book of Marketing to Teens, it is written that verily, all books with love/hate relationships must come with stock photo covers of attractive ...
BOOK REPORT for Fiendish by Brenna Yovanoff
Cover Story: Fixer Upper
BFF Charm: Caution
Swoonworthy Scale: 6
Talky Talk: Southern Gothic
Bonus Factor: Magic
Relationship Status: Enchanted
Cover Story: Fixer Upper
Somebody call HGTV! This cover strikes the right tone for the book, but the whole "haunted house" thing is a bit misleading, and that title typeface has GOT to go. I do like the subtle detail of the flowers, which ties nicely to the story, but overall ...
BOOK REPORT for Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the French Kiss Book 3) by Stephanie Perkins
Cover Story: A Welcome Change of Scenery
BFF Charm: Single White Female
Swoonworthy Scale: 10
Talky Talk: 2 Legit 2 Quit
Bonus Factors: Mysterious Loner Artist, Platonic Guy Best Friend, Romantic Gallivanting, Boarding School
Relationship Status: Mandy and the Happily Ever After
Cover Story: A Welcome Change of Scenery
Uniform series cover purists might disagree, but I LOVE the ...
BOOK REPORT for Of Metal and Wishes (Of Metal and Wishes #1) by Sarah Fine
Cover Story: Goin’ to the Chapel
BFF Charm: Yay
Swoonworthy Scale: 5
Talky Talk: Dreamlike
Bonus Factor: Phantom of the Opera
Anti-Bonus Factor: Series Starter
Relationship Status: Great First Date. But....
Cover Story: Goin’ to the Chapel
I took this book to my husband’s bicycle race this past week and one of his friends asked why I was reading “a wedding book.” I’m ...
BOOK REPORT for Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid
Cover Story: Respectable
BFF Charm: Bertie Bott's Every Flavour
Swoonworthy Scale: 4
Talky Talk: Wanderlust Inducing
Bonus Factors: Road Trips, The Kindness of Strangers
Relationship Status: I'll Get Lost with You
Cover Story: Respectable
Related to the story? Check. Absence of overused and unimaginative cover trends? Check. This has all the hallmarks of Things I Like On YA Covers, and I'd understand if it's ...
