Blood Noir

[cherith.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the cover Amazon has up for AB:VH book 16? This thing totally caught me by surprise as I was browsing recommendations over at Amazon. I had to click just to make sure it wasn't some other "Blood Noir" novel.

at Amazon.

I would totally buy this book if I'd never heard of LKH. It's sort of a Saw type cover, or J-Horror movie cover, not something I'm used to seeing in reference to any LKH novel. I definitely won't miss the weird angled shots of naked women and the occassional man. What do you think?

Comments

[firesongvx.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I really like this cover! Unlike just about everyone else, apparently, I hadn't seen it yet - so thanx for sharing. :) It's very stark and gritty...cool in a slightly creepy kind of way. Which, of course, makes it just about the worst damned case of false advertising that I've ever seen. :P

[queenbetsy.livejournal.com]

It seems to be a bit of a trend over at Berkley...MJD's (MaryJanice Davidson) cover for UNDEAD AND UNWORTHY is totally, completely different from the other Undead books. As far from a frivolous cartoon-ey one as possible. So maybe it's a publisher thing, not at author thing...my two cents!

[firesongvx.livejournal.com]

Huh, really? *That* is pretty surprising, considering that her books are so purposely tongue-in-cheek as it is. Maybe Barkley is getting branded as publishing frivolous chick-lit too much? ;)

But, unfortunately, it takes more than a badass cover to make a great book. I'm sure that the contents are just as craptastic as the rest of the LKH Circus has been. -_-