{Cover Wars} God Save the Queen by Kate Locke

Hi guys and welcome to Cover Wars where covers aren’t afraid to cry for attention. Each week we have a new book title showcasing the different faces it’s had and each week we reveal last week’s winner. Last week we had The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan and one of the most famous faces in YA Urban Fantasy, you picked it and here is your winner!!

Well known cover!!!!

It seems there is some comfort in the things we see the most, well enough about The Lightning Thief, it’s time to bring to the spotlight this week’s book which will be kicking off Steampunctober which basically means that most of the content on this blog will be trying to showcase some literary steampunk representatives. This week we have God Save the Queen by Kate Locke, for those of you that haven’t heard of this book before here is the book blurb:

 Queen Victoria rules with an immortal fist. 

The undead matriarch of a Britain where the Aristocracy is made up of werewolves and vampires, where goblins live underground and mothers know better than to let their children out after dark. A world where being nobility means being infected with the Plague (side-effects include undeath), Hysteria is the popular affliction of the day, and leeches are considered a delicacy. And a world where technology lives side by side with magic. The year is 2012 and Pax Britannia still reigns.

Xandra Vardan is a member of the elite Royal Guard, and it is her duty to protect the Aristocracy. But when her sister goes missing, Xandra will set out on a path that undermines everything she believed in and uncover a conspiracy that threatens to topple the empire. And she is the key-the prize in a very dangerous struggle.

Now that we all know a little bit about God Save the Qeen by Kate Locke, let’s take a look at what everyone’s been waiting for THE COVERS!!

First let’s go to the European cover that decided to adapt a different face, one that makes the potential reader feel like there is only Xandra and England to worry about, to care about, one  that says “The sun never rises in the Britain empire” leaving no doubt that vampires are involved.

The second cover is the most used cover, one with a confident looking Xandra, one that contrary to the other cover seems to be ok with being in the middle of the action, even if both covers show confident women I feel this one shows one that is more confident of her abilities other than her looks.

So it seems this week is French v.s. American to decide the best face for a book set in Britain, which of this covers do you feel makes a better connection with the book blurb or if you’ve read it with the book itself? Is there a cover that makes you get the grabby hands? Please let us know which one was your favorite cover by voting and commenting.

Until next week for more Cover geeking!