This is of such badness, it may even surpass Micah.

[freyalorelei.livejournal.com]

So, the cover art for Strange Candy is up.

............

Good GOD it's ugly. Who chose that sickly bile green? (And is the cover model...blonde? *squints* Why yes, it appears she is. Hello, new Mary Sue!)

And gee, thanks for including previously published stories, too. Because we totally need the opening chapter of Incubus Dreams in a third book. And that's not at all a giant middle finger to all the people who bought the supernatural anthologies strictly for Laurell's stories. (Not that I'm one of them, but I feel their pain.)

ETA: As if that's not enough, according to the page on amazon.com it's a mere 272 pages--less than Micah--and retails for $25 in hardcover. (There's also a discussion entry by our very own Darla, whose profile is little more than a boot-licking paeon to her beloved mistress. "My favorite author is Laurell K. Hamilton. I am Laurell Hamilton's assistant." *HEADDESK*)

Comments

[unicornssong.livejournal.com]

ooooh!

I was under the impression that the author sketches out what her book will roughly be about and the cover artist puts it down on paper.

[freyalorelei.livejournal.com]

I think the artist just has a massive cache of "erotic" female poses with no facial expression, and slaps one on randomly whenever a new cover is needed.

Although I think a new artist is required because, speaking as someone who knows virtually nothing about art, their sense of anatomy is wonked to hell and back. First it was the holes in Micah's back; now this woman's ear is disappearing into her neck. If people actually looked the way they do on LKH's covers, there would be charities set up to get them the corrective surgery they so badly need.