Beautiful Covers Hiding Awful Books
Books with stunning cover art that hide the horrible content within! Will we ever learn not to judge a book by its cover?
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Jun 04, 2010 05:19PM

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Katyana, I have Sunshine on my shelf right now waiting to be read! Glad to hear it's great!

I like that cover that you posted better than the recent reprint too:

I have this one:


Lol, I actually haven't read the ones that are up there that you posted. Most of them I own too ...



That's one that I really wanted to read. But go ahead and add it! I added some that I think some people liked a lot more than I did. Who cares? It's your opinion.


... but it killed the Wicked Lovely series for me. By the end, I loathed - literally - all the characters. I can't read a book when I find myself chanting "Die, die, die" while reading about the protagonists.
But Sunshine was great. And I agree, I am sad there won't be a sequel. Ah well.

It's cover is plain, but if you are looking for a fun faery book, this one is pretty awesome imo:


And honestly, I didn't put Twilight on the list because, 1, I haven't read it, and 2, I don't think the cover is beautiful.

This is the list for you Bry, lol.
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/35...


This is the list for you Bry, lol.
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/35......"
LOL! I have voted on that list before! It wasn't until I saw that list that I realized just HOW MANY books have covers like that!

Well, the people that think it has a beautiful cover probably think it's a good book too, so that would be a whole different list.



I usually like me some Kelley Armstrong, but I thought she dumbed down her YA series. I know she can write much better than that & just cause your marketing for teens doesn't mean you have to feed them crap. They're not stupid(for the most part). I feel the same way about Kim Armstrong's YA series. Some authors just can't make a great transition from PNR/UF to YA. I liked Gena Showalter's debut YA series though so maybe there's hope.

by Scott Westerfeld...was awesome i couldnt but those books down there never a dule moment

I usually like me some ..."
i agree

It's cover is plain, but if you are looking for a fun faery book, this one is pretty awesome imo:
[bookcover:Bones of Faeri..."
i loved the books myself im waiting for wounderous strange 3 ...1211! enjoy!

I haven't read the Summoning series, but I really enjoyed Graceling (4 stars) and have had the sequel Fire on my shelves waiting to be read for months.

I loved Shiver, and Brightly Woven, but HATED The Summoning with a passion. I just can't connect with Armstrong's stories, she leaves me cold every time.
But I completely agree on the Wicked Lovely front - the first two were pretty good, but the latest books have made me hate everything about the series - it's all so doom and gloom. Honestly, I'm expecting a meteor to hit them all and wipe out man and fey kind in the last one, it's that depressing...

AH, it's ok that you didn't like Fire. It's about what all of us thought were crap books hidden by beautiful covers. You don't have to follow the crowd.


I say, if you thought the book was awful, add it. Like Shannon said, it's your opinion. And I think it has a beautiful cover (but I liked this book, but not because it's well written, because it's not. I NEED to write a review to explain why I like this book but I'm not feeling particularly motivated to do so).



I say, if you thought the book was awful, add it. Like Shannon said, it's your opinion. And I think it has a beautiful cover (but I liked this book, but not because it's well written, because it's not. I NEED to write a review to explain why I like this book but I'm not feeling particularly motivated to do so). "
I think it has a beautiful cover too, but if the insides don't match then it belongs on the list! You're also not the only one I've heard say it's not good.



I added BRIGHTLY WOVEN
:P
It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either. And hmm, maybe I shouldn't have added it, because I actually HATE the cover design - that girl on the front looks weird


The singles from that CD all had similar artwork as well:

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Makes me wonder if the designer for the book is a Tori fan.

You know, I'm not a huge fan of lily-white skin and red hair, but I think the girl on the cover is pretty in an unusual way. She has piercing blue eyes and that really beautiful shade of red hair, the sort that hardly anyone is lucky enough to have naturally. Also, I think the cover is just artsy looking. *shrugs*
But yeah, it wasn't written well. So I don't blame others for not liking it.




but wings was horrible. to me its like a book u would read to a 5 year old. i couldnt finish it.


Are there any on the list that you're glad people added because you were thinking about reading them and now you're not?

The Luxe series for sure, and maybe the Melissa Marr books and Libba Bray books. But still on the fence about those.


And I also liked A Great and Terrible Beauty - I thought it made a good start to a potentially solid series - but book 2 (Rebel Angels) ended up being so bad (really convoluted, iirc) that I never bothered to pick up book 3 (The Sweet Far Thing). Alas.

Anyone can add books to this list.