{Cover Wars} First Round of Winners

Again guys, sorry for not showing you the results of Cover Wars. For those that didn’t see last week’s post we are taking a teeny tinny break to announce the past winners of Cover Wars. So without further ado her are the first three winners:

First we had Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, we asked you which you liked most, the ARC cover, the first edition cover or the new cover and your answer was….

THE NEW COVER!!!!!

From a deadly girl and a wicked villain we move to a dystopian world in the making, a girl that went to search for her brother, but what she found was more than you could have ever expected. For the week of TheScarlet Dagger by Krystle Jones we have……

A TIE!!!!!

 

Worry not The Red Sector Chronicles fans, the Scarlet Dagger got another book cover make over which we will be discussing as soon as we return to our regular programming.

Next up we have the highly debated cover change of BornWicked by Jessica Spotswood, be it because people thought it was too sexy or  they were trying to get a younger audience the change sadly happened. Yet your voice was hear and for that edition of Cover Wars the winner by 94.44% is….

THE HARDCOVER EDITION!!!!

Well guys this are the three cover winners we will be uncovering today, what did you think about the winners?? Who did you vote for?? Who did you expected it to win???

Remember to stop by on Saturday if you wish to know who they next three winners are.

Feature and Follow: Last Book That Made You Cry

WHAT IS THE LAST BOOK THAT MADE YOU CRY? TELL US ABOUT THE SCENE…

Mmmm... that is a really though one guys, I've been trying all week to remember if any book made me cry in 2012 since I saw it in a list in Epic Reads.

After looking at my goodreads 2012 books I remembered, it was Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood.

SHE MADE ME CRY although I think what describes better this book experience was that the whole book made me extremely emotional it made me angry, giddy, fall in love with Finn Belastra, made my stomach turn and took all my emotions into an extreme roller coaster ride that would be banned in all six flags magic mountain theme parks.

The scene that made me cry is the ending of this book, it's just that not only did this book and I had such a great connection but also Cate the main character in the Cahill Witch Chronicles and everything she felt towards the end of the book hit me so hard I cried while finishing the book and after that I needed a couple of minutes to glue myself back together.

P.S. There where times I just wanted to get into the book and smack Maura until she saw the light.

P.P.S. I am still mad about the change they made to the book cover.

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Cover Wars: Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood

Hello boys and girls and welcome to another edition of cover wars today we have two contestants fighting for to be the best representation of the book in hand, Born Wicked, for those of you that do not know this story feel free to check out my review of it <Click Here For Born Wicked Review>

In this color enchanting you with her eyes we have the original cover, also known like the Hardcover edition:

In the other corner we have the new edition of the cover which we will refer to as the paperback cover:

Ready or not here I come, all of my cover love goes for the first cover, for someone that has read the book he/she knows that some of the most important parts happen in the garden so that is something that makes me reminisce every time I see this cover. Another thing that I love is the fonts that are used in to spell the name of the series, the book and the authors seem to live symbiotically with all the other elements in the cover. 

And last but not least we have the girl, who I presume is Cate, and I love the effect it has on it, if you see her facing down she looks strong and confident, but if you turn it around you start to see the doubt she was trying to hide and either way you are seeing it her eyes bewitch you and you don't want to avert your eyes from hers. Honestly I don't see the point on changing such a magnificent cover, I think it nails the whole idea behind this one has the book down to a T.

The new cover is beautiful I don't deny it, I just don't see the connection to the story, I think the moon represents the connection with the unknown and the witches, but I don't get the crows, what are they doing there and why is she holding one? If they represent the enemies or evil why is she holding it? the thing I love is the purple background and I admit the crows give it an interesting look. But the thing I just can't stop thinking is "This girl is sooo stuck up she wont even look at me in the eyes". I believe this cover is beautiful and maybe in some other book we could have hit it off, but as a substitute to a cover that I feel could be a work of art it just can't hold a candle to the Hardcover edition.

Now for the most important part, What do you think Hardcover or Paperback? and please tell us why.

Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood

Series: The Cahill Witch Chronicles #1

Publication Date: February 7th, 2012

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile

ISBN-13: 9780399257452

Synopsis
In a world where women where stripped of their status as equals and fear that one faithful day the brothers will take them away from their friend and family for being suspected to be witches, three sister try to leave they're life's as normal as they can.
In town they are known to be a little eccentric, and reclusive since their mother left this world. The eldest, Cate, was left with the responsibility of taking care of her two little sisters, guide them the best she can and keep the brothers from knowing the truth. All three sisters are witches.
Now with evil lurking everywhere and with no idea with whom they are to trust her mother's diary appears to guide them, but will they be able to locate the evil her mother is warning them from and can they change a future everyone thinks is theirs?