Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
We all know how much I LOVE Will Herondale and I don’t know why I haven’t mentioned Clockwork Angel yet. I’m honestly not a huge fan of the original book covers, although I will admit that I own both versions of The Infernal Devices and The Mortal Instruments.
I feel like the newer covers are a little more understated and I love the character designs a lot more. I’m starting to notice that I really like blue themed book covers. I’d be interested in seeing if people prefer the new or original covers. I really like and own both, but the newer ones have the connected art work on the spines which push them just a little higher.
Synopsis: In a time when Shadowhunters are barely winning the fight against the forces of darkness, one battle will change the course of history forever. Welcome to the Infernal Devices trilogy, a stunning and dangerous prequel to the New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series.
The year is 1878. Tessa Gray descends into London’s dark supernatural underworld in search of her missing brother. She soon discovers that her only allies are the demon-slaying Shadowhunters—including Will and Jem, the mysterious boys she is attracted to. Soon they find themselves up against the Pandemonium Club, a secret organization of vampires, demons, warlocks, and humans. Equipped with a magical army of unstoppable clockwork creatures, the Club is out to rule the British Empire, and only Tessa and her allies can stop them…
Love Is A Revolution by Renèe Watson
If you have read any of my previous posts about my favourite covers then you will have definitely noticed a theme. I love the drawn/painted art style. I believe it has made YA covers look way more mature and there’s just something so classy about them.
The cover was definitely what first drew me into this book. The green background with the main character wearing a yellow top was super eye catching and I will admit that I definitely need to start reading more books by black authors. My lack of reading books by black authors has never been intentional, but I know now that I need to start looking into them more.
This cover has a lot of character and I like that it acts as a sort of timeline for the story.
Synopsis: When Nala Robertson reluctantly agrees to attend an open mic night for her cousin-sister-friend Imani’s birthday, she finds herself falling in instant love with Tye Brown, the MC. He’s perfect, except . . . Tye is an activist and is spending the summer putting on events for the community when Nala would rather watch movies and try out the new seasonal flavours at the local creamery. In order to impress Tye, Nala tells a few tiny lies to have enough in common with him. As they spend more time together, sharing more of themselves, some of those lies get harder to keep up. As Nala falls deeper into keeping up her lies and into love, she’ll learn all the ways love is hard, and how self-love is revolutionary.
In Love Is a Revolution, plus size girls are beautiful and get the attention of the hot guys, the popular girl clique is not shallow but has strong convictions and substance, and the ultimate love story is not only about romance but about how to show radical love to the people in your life, including to yourself.
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