Friday Face-Off: Favorite Book of Magic
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:
~ a cover to a FAVORITE BOOK OF MAGIC
Written in Red by Anne Bishop
I reached further back this week for one of my favorite books with magic, since this was the novel that re-sparked my interest in Anne Bishop’s books and made me a fan of her urban fantasy. In the world of The Others, the mundane and the supernatural coexist in a fragile balance. As long as the humans keep in line, the creatures of magic will tolerate sharing their living space.
Let’s take a look at the covers:
From left to right:
Roc (2013) – Voyager (2013) – Portuguese Edition (2015)
Polish Edition (2013) – French Edition (2014) – German Edition (2016)
Winner:
I like several of these, but if you asked me which one would stand out most if I saw all of them on a shelf together, I would have to go with the Portuguese edition. That fiery color just makes it pop!
But what do you think? Which one is your favorite?
The BiblioSanctum 
I agree with you on my fave!
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It’s a tie for me… between the Voyager and Portuguese editions. Both have visuals that grab me. The image of her within the wolf silhouette is really well done.
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The Voyager edition is quite nice with the silhouette! I just realized too it’s the same image used in the French edition, but because of the framing it looks so different!
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I have to agree, love the Portuguese edition!
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I’m in love with the colors 😀
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Hmmmm, this may be unfair, but these types of covers usually cause me to steer clear of a book for fear it won’t be up my alley or even in the same neighborhood. 🙂 But I’d pick either the Portuguese or Voyager editions for how they stand out and their creativity at integrating different visual elements.
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I agree with you. Many of these look too “romance-y” for me and honestly doesn’t really reflect the content of the book. But stylistically, the Portuguese really jumps out at me 😀
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I’d go with your favorite too!
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First one, though non really pop
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