Shelf Candy is one of my most favorite weekly meme’s hosted by Stephanie over at Five Alarm Book Reviews http://www.fivealarmbookreviews.com. For Shelf Candy a blogger chooses a book cover that they love and then they blog about it!
Here is my Shelf Candy pick for this week:
The NEED series by Carrie Jones
I chose series in part to honor the release of ENDURE, the final book in this series. I just read the book (review to come) and I enjoyed the read but it’s a little bittersweet because the series is over. I fell in love with NEED when I picked it up and I just love the characters in this series and I love the covers.
Black and gold is a personal favorite of mine, I think it translates so well on a the cover. It’s parts of dark, creepy and glittery and hopeful. I really love that. I love the gold accents and way wach one shimmers. The titles are fabulous and so is the font. It’s a book that I am drawn to again and again on a bookshelf. I have a hard time choosing a favorite because they are all so beautiful but I have to say I love the first cover, specifically the way the branches kind of climb up her neck. It’s kind of creepy and I like the contrast between the lightness of her skin and the dark of the branches. It hints at danger… who doesn’t love that?
So what do you think of these covers??
Covers are really pretty. Think I like “Need” the best with the trees moving up her neck, very eerie.
They are all super beautiful. That dust effect makes Entice my favorite! I still haven’t read the series, but I will.
Hi, Cambria!
Oh, I absolutely agree with everything you’ve said! I love these covers, too! This is yet another series I’ve been meaning to get into…”So many books, so little time”, as Frank Zappa used to say!
Anyway…the combination of black and gold is definitely a stunning one! What also makes these covers so beautiful is the fact that the photographer has done extreme closeups of each girl’s face (or is it the same model for each cover?) That makes a real impact!
Thanks for sharing these!! : )
Sigh. I love these covers. I haven’t read the books yet but they are just so pretty. I especially love the gold lips and eyeshadow! The black and gold is eye catching!
Thanks for sharing!
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Happy Saturday!
My favorites are definitely the covers for Entice and Endure. I love the glittery gold breath on Entice, which reminds me of some kind of essence. I also really like the title. And I like the cover of Endure because of the beautiful curly golden background design that really stands out on the black. And I agree, I love the combination of black and gold on a cover. Nice picks :).
i love these covers and these books. I have Endure and about to start it. I love Carrie Jones… ok back to the covers. I love the colors and the gold sparkle dust. very magical and dark. my scs http://jennreneeread.blogspot.com/2012/05/shelf-candy-saturday-12-wildes-fire-by.html
Oh, Cambria!!! I almost forgot! HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!!!! Hope you’re royally pampered tomorrow, because you really deserve it!!!! : )
CAMBRIA!! Hey! How’ve you been? 🙂
I’ve never actually read this series even though I’ve seen it around for years. I don’t even remember why I never picked it up. I have heard really good things about it and the cover whore in my absolutely loves those covers. I think I should probably give up the ghost and just do it. I think I need to read more, period. My kindle books just keep getting bigger. My book buying addiction keeps going even though my reading has dwindled. LOL!
I think what I like most about these is the simple color scheme – gold and black. They really stand out. Beautiful!
i am interested in your book. I think its interesting. Can you send me a soft copy of it in pdf? Thank you. 🙂