Portrait of a Woman: Covers

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Foreign Book Covers - Maggie Stiefvater

Hi everyone!

I will continue on my idea of showing you French and Italian book covers this week by unveiling Maggie Stiefvater covers for both her series!

Check out the other Foreign Book Covers you might have missed!

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The Wolves Of Mercy Falls

If you need reminding, here are the US and UK covers:

US cover

UK cover

I like the UK covers and their designs, but I really love the US ones and the different colours, they are easier on the eye than the UK ones with their strong colours.

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But check out the eerie French covers for this series:

Shiver / Fever (Linger) / Fusion (Forever)

Fusion is by far my favourite of all the Forever covers! I really love the font they are using for this series, with the little hearts in a letter of the title, and how each cover has a real personality.

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And the Italian ones:

Shiver / Deeper (Linger)

Shiver: "A story of love and wolves"

Deeper: "Your destiny is within you"

I really like their simplicity and the gorgeously pink Deeper but they don't have enough personality for me, what do you think?

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The Books of Faerie

Again, remind yourself of the US and UK ones:

US covers

UK covers

I don't really like the US covers to be honest and I love how Maggie Stiefvater's UK publisher is trying to give her a real identity and a recognisable style for her covers but I don't really like the strong red and blue colours. I love the design though!

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The French covers copy the US ones:

The titles are literal translations of Lament and Ballad.

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And check out the Italian cover, my personal favourite:

I generally don't like covers with a real person on it but I find that this cover is particularly spot on! I really love it and I think it definitely captures the essence of the book. I can't wait to see what they make for Ballad!!

What do you guys think?

Which of the different covers for both series do you think suit the stories better?

Foreign Book Covers - Charlie Higson

Hello book lovers!

I hope you are all doing well :)

Several months ago I came across the Italian cover of The Hunger Games which is, by far, the best cover of the book I have seen (remind yourself of its beauty here) and I wanted to share it with you.

I have been thinking for quite some time to create a semi-regular feature to showcase some foreign book covers. As several features exist in the blogosphere on US vs. UK covers, I will focus on French and Italian book covers as I keep falling for their originality.

I am really excited to show you the Italian and French covers of the wonderful Charlie Higson books The Dead and The Enemy. You can check out my reviews of The Enemy here and of The Dead there.

UK covers:

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Italian covers:

Only the children avoided the infectiousness.

Now they have to defend themselves against zombies.

Nowhere is safe

when Death is onto you.

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French cover of The Enemy:

Either this is front and back cover or two different covers for the same book

They chase you

They kill you

They eat you

Flee!

You thought that your parents

would always be there to protect you...

You were wrong

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I have never been much of a fan of the UK covers. I think there are too many things on them and nothing very striking comes out.

I really love the old school feeling of the Italian covers and how they remind me of old zombie films. I find that they encapsulate that zombie tradition but maybe they are not modern enough for younger audiences.

I find the French cover very attractive and better suited for a younger audience and I like the simpler design.

What do you think?

Which one do you prefer and which one would suit the book better?