Among the upcoming novel releases for April, are these genre-ready covers? Do they scream ‘fantasy? Do the thumbnails reach out and grab you?
A list of anticipated releases at A Literary Escape includes several fantasy novels and one science fiction.* But take a look at the covers and tell me that you know what genre they are.
It comes back to the marketing truism ‘never judge a book by its cover but everyone does.’ I love every one of these covers; stylish, creative, individual. But I wouldn’t know what the genre promise is for most of them. Together the authors and marketers decided to take a risk in the hope of standing out in a crowded market. But do they work?
In a cover gallery, which of them will genre fans click on or scroll on by?
Pictured:
- The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances by Glenn Dixon*
- Year of the Mer by L.D. Lewis
- The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains by Reena McCarty
- Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry (Shield of Sparrows, #2)
- The Demonic Inventions of Aurelie Blake by Mara Rutherford (The Broken Veil, #1)
- We Burned So Bright by T.J. Klune