I’ve been so focused on reviews recently that I’ve been neglecting these types of posts. Which is a shame because I really enjoy writing these. I’ve had a backlog of book covers posts scheduled for quite a while so this is the first one I’m writing during the month it will be posted in probably about five months.
A British Girl’s Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak by Laura Taylor Namey
Whoever decided to give the foliage a more blue tint rather than green was a genius. It works so well with the purple that makes up the majority of this cover. The colours really pop and the palette of this entire cover is gorgeous.
Another part that is gorgeous is the character design. What a lovely style – Flora looks so pretty. Gordon is also extremely cute. They both look so much older compared to how they were described in A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow. Which makes sense as this book is a few years later.
Synopsis: Winchester, England, has always been home for Flora, but when her mother dies after a long illness, Flora feels untethered. Her family expects her to apply to university and take a larger role in their tea-shop business, but Flora isn’t so sure. More than ever, she’s the chaotic “hurricane” in her household, and she doesn’t always know how to manage her stormy emotions.
So she decides to escape to Miami without telling anyone—especially her longtime friend Gordon Wallace.
But Flora’s tropical change of scenery doesn’t cast away her self-doubt. When it comes to university, she has no idea which passions she should follow. That’s also true in romance. Flora’s summer abroad lands her in the flashbulb world of teen influencer Baz Marín, a Miami Cuban who shares her love for photography. But Flora’s more conflicted than ever when she begins to see future architect Gordon in a new light.
Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams
I’m fairly easy to please when it comes to romance book covers; pink and flowers. You use both of them and you’re likely to have a winner. Well, not always but this style of cover is my favourite for contemporary romances.
What makes me love this cover even more is how much I adored the characters. This book was a five star read, which is fairly uncommon with me for romance books. Anyway, I’m supposed to be talking about the cover.
This cover has my absolute favourite colour combination, pink and orange. This particular combination is definitely not everyone’s cup of tea, but I love it. The shades have to be just right for it to work (usually neon or darker shades) but when it works, it works. The orange is just a small accent colour but the combination makes both colours pop.
Synopsis: Annie Walker is on a quest to find her perfect match—someone who complements her happy, quiet life running the local flower shop in Rome, Kentucky. But finding her dream man may be harder than Annie imagined. Everyone knows everyone in her hometown, and the dating prospects are getting fewer by the day. After she overhears her latest date say she is “so unbelievably boring,” Annie starts to think the problem might be her. Is it too late to become flirtatious and fun like the leading ladies in her favorite romance movies? Maybe she only needs a little practice . . . and Annie has the perfect person in mind to be her tutor: Will Griffin.
Will—the sexy, tattooed, and absolutely gorgeous bodyguard—is temporarily back in Rome, providing security for Amelia Rose as excitement builds for her upcoming marriage to Noah Walker, Annie’s brother. He has one personal objective while on the job: stay away from Annie Walker and any other possible attachments to this sleepy town. But no sooner than he gets settled, Will finds himself tasked with helping Annie find the love of her life by becoming the next leading lady of Rome, Kentucky. Will wants no part in changing the sweet and lovely Annie. He knows for a fact that some stuffy, straitlaced guy won’t make her happy, but he doesn’t have the heart to say no.
Amid steamy practice dates and strictly “educational” tutoring lessons, Annie discovers there are more layers to Will’s usual stoic attitude. As the lines of their friendship become dangerously blurred, Annie reconsiders her dream guy. Maybe her love life doesn’t need to be perfect—it just needs to be real.
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