Cover Lover: Maggie Stiefvater Edition

Welcome to Cover Lover, a feature on this blog dedicated to book covers! For a long time, I’d wanted a place where I can share some of my favorite covers, or talk about any that might have caught my eye. So when I came across this idea on fellow gamer/book lover Angelya’s site The Oaken Bookcase, I jumped at the opportunity to adopt it as well. The “meme” was originally created by another friend of mine, Jaedia, on her book blog Once Upon A Time, so be sure to check out both their sites and take a look at some of the covers they have featured.

Today I want to share several of Maggie Stiefvater’s books that have had a way of attracting my attention by their cover images alone. My eyes immediately went to them amidst the dozens of other books the shelf, and I’m always amazed at how they all manage to do so utilizing a single color scheme.

Take The Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy, for example. Years ago I borrowed the audiobooks from the library, even though at the time I hadn’t even heard of the series, and I’ll admit it was all because I thought the covers were gorgeous, especially the first book Shiver. The first time, I almost missed that wolf silhouette in the corner!

Then there is The Scorpio Races. Between reprints and international editions there’s a whole slew of covers for this title, actually, but interestingly enough most of them tend to play on the color scheme red.

I’m actually not all that fond of the original hardcover image now that I’ve seen the others; it’s a little too Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron for me, I guess!

Now that I’ve seen the other versions, I think I much prefer any of those. But still, I gotta ask, that’s with the heart on this Scholastic paperback edition? Seriously.