Chat About Covers: Burn Up

 

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.

Well this is something else. While it catches your eye, it isn’t… good, let’s say?

The violin face blend is curious and unique, so that’s kind of points there. But also it might be too blendy, so it almost looks like the girl has weird facial features instead.

I don’t care for the fonts – they are quite generic. And the small tag lines in white are difficult to read, so not a good choice there.

So, meh.

 

What really stands out for me is how the face and violin are merging, and not in a great way. The eyebrows, finger bridge, and the F Holes (Those are the squiggly lines.) are not working for me at all. But also I can’t look away.

I’m also distracted by the woman’s fly-away halo of hair. Between the hair and the drawn-on eyebrows, the cover model seems very angry at something or someone.

I agree with Julie on the small tag lines. I’m also not a fan of the white AND red font colors. I think picking one color would have been a better choice.

Meh for me as well.

 

What are your thoughts on this cover?

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