Oct 09 2008
I hate this cover so hard.
Ooh… naked guy in chains with a sword? Three of my very favorite things! Sounds exciting!
But maybe too exciting. Could you make it bland and colorless and devoid of personality? Kthxbai.
The last two Cole covers looked like every other lone-half-naked-dude book on the shelves, but they were preferable to this one.
I LIKE the “cartoony” covers the IAD series started with. They’re clinchy and colorful and fun and distinctive—yanno, representative of the stories inside.
This is just kind of… bleh. Nothing about it says, “Pick me up and read me, for I have the power to make all your dreams come true. Don’t believe me? Only one way to find out. I double dog dare ya.”
Color me bummed.
Or, more to the point, gray me bummed.
Next book, they’ll probably put a tasteful little castle or flower on it.
I shall console myself with loving glances at this one, which sits face-out on my shelf.
Golly, can’t for the life of me figure out why this one rings my bell…
October 9th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
DARK ANGSTY GUY + SLAVIC MAGNETISM = BRAINGASM
Do I win a prize for spelling it out for you?
October 9th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Bbbnnnuuuurrrrpppp. Wrong answer.
Graveyards + purple = HAWT.
Honestly, it’s like you don’t know me at all…