We’re chatting about covers on Chapter Break. ‘Cause you know we all judge books by covers, whether we admit it or not. We judge the style, the color and font choices, and just the overall look. That might not keep us from reading the book, but we do still judge.
Alright let’s go, dragons! Well, maybe.
Let’s start with what I do like. I like the fonts. The font selection is great – it is easy to read, not boring, but not too fancy. Just the right amount of fancy. And the gradient textured silver font color looks great.
I also like the creepy mouth of the dragon, how the teeth and fire glowing from within look. And the lightning perhaps on the chest of the dragon, with the purple.
But, the rest is too blendy dark. There is no contrast in colors. The wings, you can barely see them. And dragon’s wings should be beautiful. The rider, I can barely see her at all. Did someone draw in the dark? Where are the contrasting outlines? Especially over the city and sky background that is also dark.
So overall, meh.
Yeah. I agree with Julie’s meh. Too dark. Not as much definition as I would want\expect.
I do really like the purple glowing from within on the dragon. That’s super cool. They should have stuck with that color scheme across the rest of the cover. The wings and the moon in the background also work for me.
Fonts are good – like Julie says. Readable. Not overly fancy.
I’d go so far as to say the cover interested me enough to read the blurb.
What are your thoughts on this cover?
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