{Cover Wars} Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel

Come one come all, welcome to Cover Wars, where covers go all in and expect us to decide who wore it best, and yes it's that time again let's see which cover got more loving in the Beta smack down. The winner for the Beta cover wars is....

Hardcover Cover

After basking on the glory of the winning cover I thinks it's time to move aside and make time for this week's competitors, so join us as we move from laboratory born girls to a steampunk zombie novel.

The world descended to madness, between wars and natural disasters, we must count ourselves lucky that humans still exist. In the year 2195 people have settled near the Ecuador, the nation of New Victoria has risen taking in the good of technology with the values of the Victorian era.

After school ends Nora and Pamela find themselves packing and getting ready to go back home to enjoy the holidays. Nora returns home only to find out that her only living relative her aunt Gene has spent all the family money and plans to marry her off to the highest bidder. Nora's anger towards her aunt is tossed away when she is being kidnapped by the walking dead. 

Now Nora is brought into the middle of the war, what at first seemed like a fight between Punks and the people of New Victoria turns out to be one of the biggest government cover ups, there is a virus called "Laz" that turns humans into zombies. Nora starts to turn for answers to Captain Griswold, also known as Bram, a soldier with the patience of a saint, a good sense of humor, a noble man, some would called him handsome but most would call him dead. 

In the middle of all the chaos Bram and Nora's relationship soon evolves from trust to something else, they know that their path is not one with out obstacles and that someday the "Laz" will win and their love will end. In spite of it all they will try to stay together until the very end.

Now that we all have a sort of sense about the story maybe we might feel a little better picking a cover that fits it best.

First we have the american edition of "Dearly, Departed" a lone girl who confuses me, is she looking down on her past or is she taking one last glance before moving on?

Then we have the UK version of the cover, the one with our dear Miss Dearly and the man that showed her that there is more than meets the eye.

Let me guess you thought we where done well... it's from the UK Random House and this is how they decided to move things around by giving Bram a cover to call his and his alone.

So tell me guys which one do you like best? Did any of our contestants made you just want to pick them up and give them a place in your beloved bookshelves? Yes? No? please share the why's and remember to vote on the poll below.