Friday Face-Off: Heart
Welcome to The Friday Face-Off, a weekly meme created by Books by Proxy! Each Friday, we will pit cover against cover while also taking the opportunity to showcase gorgeous artwork and feature some of our favorite book covers. If you want to join the fun, simply choose a book each Friday that fits that week’s predetermined theme, post and compare two or more different covers available for that book, then name your favorite. A list of future weeks’ themes are available at Lynn’s Book Blog.
This week’s theme is:
“…for Valentine’s day past.”
~ a cover featuring a HEART
Mogsy’s Pick:
Cross Her Heart by Sarah Pinborough
There were actually several books I could have chosen to feature for this week’s theme, but then I’m not one to ever pass up a chance to shout about Sarah Pinborough. In Cross Her Heart, we follow the lives of Lisa and her sixteen-year-old daughter Ava. On the outside, theirs is like any other mother-daughter relationship. However, both are hiding secrets that can threaten to tear their lives apart, and neither realize that the other not knowing would ultimately lead them into great danger.
Let’s take a look at some of the covers:
From left to right, top to bottom:
William Morrow (2018) – HarperCollins (2018)
Dutch Edition (2018) – Czech Edition (2018) – Greek Edition (2018)
Italian Edition (2018) – French Edition (2019)
Winner:
To be honest, a lot of the text-heavy covers here are on the plain and boring side. So by default, the heart-shaped pincushion wins!
But what do you think? Which one is your favorite?
The BiblioSanctum 
I agree with you but the French cover is a close second!
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Yes, I like the red-white-black color scheme!
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Fabulous post
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Thanks!
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A great book choice, Mogsy! And yes… the UK edition wins hands down. It’s amazing what a difference those longer pins make to the overall effect:).
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Yes, I chose it for the longer pins, I think it made all the difference 🙂
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I agree!
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That one is my favorite too! I love the use of color and the pins.
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Yes, it’s a very dramatic effect!
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You and Lynn are twins today😊 I do love the cover you picked, its definitely the most interesting.
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Yeah, I saw that Lynn had chosen the same book, and she picked a similar winner as well!
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Hands down the same!
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Glad you agree!
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Yeah I’d pick that one-sort of reminds me of Hellraiser!
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Haha, I actually almost made a reference to Hellraiser and Pinhead for this post 😛
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The pincushion heart is indeed quite effective and caught my eye instantly, so… great choice! 🙂
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Yup, and now I want a heart pin cushion 😀
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I like the HarperCollins one and the Greek one is okay too.
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The Greek one definitely has more of a thriller vibe!
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I love both the pincushions to be honest – Ilike the French version because the blue seems more distinct somehow – can’t quite put my finger on why though.
Lynn 😀
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I keep meaning to pick up some Sarah Pinborough. Really like the cover you picked on this one.
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