With thanks to one of our loyal readers, Terry, comes this double take. They aren’t exactly the same, but the are of the same theme.
You Are Not Here by Samantha Schutz
Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess
But wait! In addition to the dead flowers, we have a nice collection of pretty sad looking flowers, too:
Flowers in the Attic & Petals on the Wind by V. C. Andrews
If There Be Thorns & Seeds of Yesterday by V. C. Andrews
If There Be Thorns & Seeds of Yesterday by V. C. Andrews
Kissed by an Angel by Elizabeth Chandler
I think I like the single dead flower the most. Maybe it works with the title a little bit more for me. I also feel like I’ve seen this theme worked through a few other covers. In a world of a million black covers, I’m not sure how much it stands out.
Can you think of any others?
Ugh. I don't like any of 'em. Dead/sad flowers = not a cover thing that works for me.
Publishers really need to move away from the dead flowers! It just doesn't appeal to me… and neither do all of those books that they attempt to make look like the Twilight books.
Ooh, missed this post! I actually really like the bunch-o-dead-flowers on Samantha's cover… it is softer because of the cluster of pink. The single ones I don't like as much.
Interesting, also, how they all choose the thin scripty font for the title when these flowers are used…