Cover Reveal: Rumble by Ellen Hopkins

Hey Chroniclers! Today is such an exciting day because the cover for one of my most anticipated books along my second most favorite author has been revealed!

Rumble by Ellen Hopkins!

Let me just say, when the title was first announced, I called the cover being blue. I mean, she didn't have a blue book and the title just screams blue at me but this is amazing! I love the blue in the middle but then the other colors around it. It's like stained glass.

The thing about her covers is that every cover has a different feel to it. So I can only imagine that the glass will be glossy, while the metal holding them will feel normal maybe. And then you can feel the crack and the scratches of the title on the glossy cover.

The book comes out August 26th but I need this book now. I hope it's as good as I expect it to be but knowing Ellen Hopkins it's gonna be even greater!

What do you guys think of the cover? Leave your comments down below!

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Cover Reveal: Empire of Shadows by Miriam Forster

Hey guys, so I know I'm late with these cover reveals but I really wanted to talk about them because they are so cool. This one was revealed not long ago but only now have I gotten around to checking them out on my computer and not my phone. But I present thee the cover...

Empire of Shadows by Miriam Forster!

The novel is actually a companion novel to the first novel, City of a Thousand Dolls but focusing on this one, I FREAKING love the cover! This is one of my favorite covers I have ever seen and I need to own it in person. Just look at it! Look at the colors and the font and just it's so beautiful I want to cry. I really do.

I haven't read the first book yet but I'll need to get it soon so I can read this one right after. I just want to own it because look at it. It's amazing.

I need it.

What are your thoughts on the cover? Let me know down in the comments below and let's talk about how amazing it looks! I can't wait to see it in person.

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Cover Reveal: The Enchanter Heir by Cinda Williams Chima

Today a cover for the fourth book in this amazing series has been revealed. While I like the cover I kind feel hmm about it.

The cover has gotten a minor upgrade along with the previous three covers and I'm not sure I really like it it. I enjoyed the simple background with just the item but as long as the spine is the same I'll be good.

The cover was revealed on hypable.com along with a synopsis. SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST THREE BOOKS!

They called it the Thorn Hill Massacre-the brutal attack on a once-thriving Weird community. Though Jonah Kinlock lived through it, he did not emerge unscathed: like the other survivors Jonah possesses unique magical gifts that set him apart from members of the mainline guilds. At seventeen, Jonah has become the deadliest assassin in Nightshade, a network that hunts the undead.

Emma Claire Greenwood grew up worlds away, raised by a grandfather who taught her music rather than magic. An unschooled wild child, she runs the streets until the night she finds her grandfather dying, gripping a note warning Emma that she might be in danger. The clue he leaves behind leads Emma into Jonah's life-and a shared legacy of secrets and lingering questions.

Was Thorn Hill really a peaceful commune? Or was it, as the Wizard Guild claims, a hotbed of underguild terrorists? The Wizards' suspicions grow when members of the mainline guilds start turning up dead. They blame Nightshade, bringing tensions between the groups to a head. 

Racing against time, Jonah and Emma work to uncover the truth about Thorn Hill, amid increasing concern that whoever planned the Thorn Hill Massacre might strike again.

SPOILERS ENDED!

Even though I'm not a big fan of the new covers I'll still love this book with all my heart. It sounds so good and I can't wait to read it. What do you guys think about it? Fan of the new cover design or would you prefer to have the old one? Leave your comments down below.

The Enchanter Heir is set to be released October 22.

Cover Reveal: Smoke by Ellen Hopkins

You guys do not know how freaking excited I am for this damn book! Anything that involves Ellen Hopkins I will jump on it so hard, I might break it! And today, the cover for her 2013 YA novel was revealed!

I'm so excited I can barely even type! Smoke by Ellen Hopkins is a sequel to one of her earliest novels Burned.

The cover was revealed on EW.com with the official description. SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST BOOK!

Pattyn Von Stratten's father is dead, and Pattyn is on the run. After far too many years of abuse at the hands of her father, and after the tragic loss of her beloved Ethan and their unborn child, Pattyn is desperate for peace. Only her sister Jackie knows what happened that night, but she is stuck at home with their mother, who clings to normalcy by allowing the truth to be covered up by their domineering community leaders. Her father might be finally gone, but without Pattyn, Jackie is desperately isolated. Alone and in disguise, Pattyn starts a new life, but is it even possible to rebuild a life when everything you've known has burned to ash and lies seem far safer than the truth?

SPOILERS ENDED!

Now as we all know, it's not only about the cover or the story! The actual cover itself is what I also can't wait to see. Each cover of her novels are completely different with different feels and sets themselves apart from the other novels and I can't wait to see what this looks like in person.

Smoke is set to be released September 10th 2013!

Cover Reveal: Snakeroot by Andrea Cremer

I was not expecting this at all but a new novel by Andrea Cremer is being released!

Snakeroot by Andrea Cremer takes place right after Bloodrose turning the trilogy into a series.

Andrea Cremer says, "Snakeroot focuses on Adne's struggles to adjust to the post-Witches War world of Searchers. She's plagued by disturbing dreams and visions, all of which draw her to the gardens of Rowan Estate. The cover image perfectly depicts the way in which Adne has become entangled by her own turbulent emotions and an encroaching dark magic."

Snakeroot will be released December 2013.

I have to say that this is by far my favorite cover of the series. I wasn't expecting the blue because they had done it for Rift and I was thinking they'd go with different colors each book but I do like it. Hopefully it's a different blue. But I can't wait for this book and this has made my day.

What do you guys think of the cover? Leave your thoughts down below!

Cover Reveal: Free Souls by Susan Kaye Quinn + Giveaway

Free Souls by Susan Kaye Quinn

(Book Three of the Mindjack Trilogy) Now Available!

When your mind is a weapon, freedom comes at a price.

Four months have passed since Kira left home to join Julian’s Jacker Freedom Alliance, but the hole in her heart still whistles empty where her boyfriend Raf used to be. She fills it with weapons training, JFA patrols, and an obsessive hunt for FBI agent Kestrel, ignoring Julian’s worries about her safety and repeated attempts to recruit her for his revolutionary chat-casts. When anti-jacker politician Vellus surrounds Jackertown with the National Guard, Kira discovers there’s more to Julian’s concerns than she knew, but she’s forced to take on a mission that neither want and that might be her last: assassinating Senator Vellus before he can snuff out Julian’s revolution and the jackers she’s come to love.

All Mindjack stories available on Amazon, Barnes&Noble, Kobo, Smashwords, and iTunes

(Note Free Souls is not yet available on iTunes)

Early Praise for Free Souls

“Quinn paints a picture of a not-too-distant America where politicians inflame the hatred of one section of the populace for another—all for their own gain—and you worry that her world is not so far off from our own.”

— Dianne Salerni, author of We Hear the Dead, The Caged Graves, and the forthcoming The Eighth Day

"Free Souls starts with a bang and doesn't let up. Like a mash-up of all your favorite science-fiction adventures from Star Wars to The Legend of Korra, it blends nonstop action, nail-biting escapes, and great romance. I absolutely loved it! A great series conclusion—a must-read."

— Leigh Talbert Moore, author of Rouge and The Truth About Faking

“Susan did it again. Free Souls was WOW! I expected Kira to step up to her role as heroine but not like this. Surprises kept coming until the very end which tied up more loose ends than I knew existed. Warning: Don't start reading until you have time to finish. I didn't want to put Free Souls down for a second. It's that kind of book.”

— Sher A. Hart, Goodreads Review

Interview

Susan's over at Amy Saunder's blog today (12.14.12), answering questions about how she came up with the mages' abilities, what kind of mage she would be, and all about her future works.

Digital Box Set

Since Free Souls is out, there is now a Digital Box Set of the Mindjack Trilogy for those of you who want the whole series!

Available on Amazon, Barnes&Noble

Mindjack Origins Collection

Want more Julian? Wondering how Sasha's ability really works? Looking for EXCLUSIVE DELETED SCENES from Free Souls? This collection of novellas, scenes, and other goodies is for those craving a bit more of the characters and drama of the Mindjack series.

Includes:

Mindjack Novellas

Mind Games (Raf's story)

The Handler (Julian's story)

The Scribe (Sasha's story)

TWO EXCLUSIVE DELETED SCENES from Free Souls (published nowhere else!)

PLUS Mindjack flash fiction, an (imaginary) conversation between Raf and Julian, and other goodies for readers who want just a little bit more of Kira, Julian, Raf, and the Mindjack crew.

Available on Amazon, Barnes&Noble

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Cover Reveal: Collateral by Ellen Hopkins

Ladies and Gentleman! Be prepared for Ellen Hopkins has just revealed a cover for her newest Adult novel!

Collateral! How do I feel about this cover? I like it and I'm getting that feeling in my stomach when I'm too excited for a book. This looks like it'll be freaking amazing really!

And yes, the cover is different than what she usually has but it is for her Adult book so it needs to set itself apart.

The book will be out November and will focus around the army and army-families from what I gathered. And we all know that I'll be buying this book the minute it comes out!

What are your thoughts on the book? Leave your comments down below!

Cover Reveal: The Iron Legends by Julie Kagawa

Yesterday, Julia Kagawa revealed the cover for her newest novel The Iron Legends.

The Iron Legends will consist of the two novella's Winter's Passing and Summer's Crossing along with a brand new novella.

Do I plan to get it? I do, and the cover isn't that bad. And I say this because when Julie Kagawa presented the cover for her spin-off series, The Lost Prince I felt as if my time with the author was over.

The cover definitely advertises to the female side and kind of pushes away the male. I mean I wouldn't want to be caught with that book in my hand because people would think it's something completely different. When I asked a couple of guys what they thought that novel was about based on the cover, they all said a cheesy romance novel with lots of nude men. Which is what it looks like.

I don't want to get into the business of covers yet because I have a post planned for it.

Let me know what you guys think of both covers in the comments below!

Cover Reveal: Light by Michael Grant

Lately it feels like I've been behind on the times of cover reveals. I've been seeing new book covers days after they've been released. And it's just the same with this one, only thing is, I'm not the only one. When Michael Grant shared a picture of his computer's background, we noticed how he put all the covers of his book together and thought it was cute. That is until we noticed there was one more book cover than we know about. He just showed us Light and apparently it's been out for a few days already.

Light by Michael Grant is the final book in his Gone Series, a series where kids are left behind in a bubbled area and forced to survive with no adults. Filled with superpowers, drama and thrilling action, it's sad to see the final book so close to us. But have no Fear, this book should only be released next year. Haha I just made a pun. The fifth book Fear is set to be released 03 April, 2012 and I seriously can't wait for it.

I have to say this is my favorite cover. It just looks smoother and I love the colors of it they're very neutral colors and don't scream at you. And I'm sure this will be the best book of the series as well. Every book before this has been such a crazy adventure, I mean it's seriously one of the best books I've read. Just full of deaths and twists and lies and turns it's beyond crazy. So I can only imagine the big bang before the series finishes.

What do you guys think of the cover and are you excited for the finale?! Leave your comments down below!

Cover Reveal: Rift by Andrea Cremer

Hey guys! Wow, this is crazy! I've posted every day since Monday! What is going on?! Haha sike nah but seriously. I saw this cover yesterday at the same time I saw Reached by Ally Condie. But at that time I didn't feel like commenting on it without looking more at it. Which I am now glad of. The more I look at this cover the more I seem to like it better than I first did. 

Rift by Andrea Cremer is a prequel to the Nightshade Trilogy. The thing is I kind of expected the cover to match the Nightshade Trilogy a bit but maybe it will. I'm hoping the spine is blue just like the spine for the other three because that would look pretty cool all together.

The girl is really pretty in this picture and I love the weapon that she's holding, which by the way is an actual weapon. I do feel as if her arm is slightly in an awkward placement. I am pretty excited to read this since I LOVED Nightshade. I read Wolfsbane and didn't really like it but let's see how Bloodrose does as I read it soon.

Rift has a release date of 07 August, 2012 so be sure to mark your calenders and get your copy then!

Cover Reveal: Reached by Ally Condie

So I have NO idea how I didn't know about this cover reveal but apparently I missed it completely until my friend Ky from Can't Find A Bookmark pointed it out to me. But I present to you the cover for the third and final (I think) book in the Matched Trilogy....

Reached by Ally Condie!


Now we all know how I feel about Matched, if you don't know check out my review of Matched here. But the covers are just truly amazing. I still remember when Crossed came out and I did a cover reveal for that one. And now we're on the last book, just crazy.

But how do I feel about it? I like it. Kinda. To me it'll probably look better in person as the other two but the first one was just amazing and the second one looked epic. I think it's because the girl in this cover looks completely different than on the first two. On the first two she had reddish-brownish hair where this one is black. Not to mention she looks darker here than on the first two covers.

Also I feel like the first E looks a bit awkward only because the second E is full.

But either way I do like it and I can't wait to buy it on 13 November, 2012. I still haven't read Crossed yet but I will soon. Or perhaps I'll save it to read with this one right after.

What do you guys think of the cover?

Cover Reveal: The Kill Order by James Dashner

When James Dashner announced that he would be adding a fourth novel to The Maze Runner Series, everyone went crazy. When he announced that it would be a prequel, everyone grew deaf from the screams. But now that the cover is finally out, Chaos walks the grounds of Earth! Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the cover of.......

The Kill Order by James Dashner!

I know I'm a bit late but in my defense I was at work and they prohibit us from using the phone. So while I was able to sneak a look at the cover at 9, I wasn't able to post anything about it. But either way I'm here now.

Let me start by saying, this is by far the best cover of the series in my opinion! I am in LOVE with it! The whole thing screams Dystopian to me and with it being my favorite genre I am freaking out with how good it looks. I love the fire on the houses and how everything towards the front looks dead and in ruins. Love the sun at the top burning and looking as if it is about to explode.

The cover reminds me of The Scorch Trials so it kinda looks like a before and after. But I seriously love how if you look behind the ruins, and the cracked floors and fire you see a peaceful beautiful neighborhood. James Dashner said that this book won't be what we expect. Thinking that because it's a prequel, I seriously thought it would be mostly talk and such but looking at the cover, it looks like it's going to be action packed and chaotic!

The book will be released August 14th and I need to pre-order my copy right now!

Let me know what you all think about the cover as well!

Cover Reveal: The Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima

Earlier this morning around 3:00 AM, Cinda Williams Chima revealed the cover to the fourth and final novel in the Seven Realms Series. I had the pleasure of viewing it earlier today before going to work, but because work was in the way I wasn't able to put it up for you guys. But finally I'm home and able to do what I want and so I present the cover for The Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima!

I knew the cover was going to be red because we had already covered green and blue. Not to mention the word crimson is in the title but it means nothing. It could have been yellow and I would have been surprised.

My initial reaction to the cover was whoa, red! But then the more I got to look at it the more I felt, not disappointed but not very excited. The cover just isn't calling me. Perhaps it could be the quality but I am just not feeling it.

The main object which is the necklace here looks real. You might be wondering what the hell I mean by that but on the first three novels the objects had this sort of mystical look about them, kind of CGI looking where this one feels like an actual object.

The second thing that got me a bit worried was the bottom cover. The first three we have this beautiful scenery with a sort of mist surrounding it. In this one we have a clear image and it freaks me out. It breaks from the tradition of the book not to mention the different colors it has. But now that I'm looking at it, I'm noticing the green tree's which represents book one, the blue river which is book two, and the purple smoke which is book three. But it is still weird seeing an actual scene with different colors.

I'm sure the cover will look amazing in person but for right now I just don't quite like it as I would love to like it. Maybe I'll get used to it and maybe I won't. But as of right now, my favorite cover still stands as The Gray Wolf Throne.

And even if the cover is a bit eh, I'm so excited to see how it is all going to end. So much needs to go down and I'm so excited yet nervous to watch everything unfold. This book can not get here any sooner!

Cover Reveal: The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan

Barnes & Noble has JUST released the cover along with the title for the third novel in the Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan. I present to you The Serpent's Shadow. 

I still haven't read the first nor the second book in the series but I do plan on getting them some time this year and reading them all. I do like the cover, it seems to match the other two and I love the blue blending in with the  orange-créme color. Looking into it further it seems really interesting and I actually want to know what is going on in there so I might have to buy it sometime soon.

The book will be released May 01, 2012 and you will be one book closer to the finale. Let me know what you guys think of the cover down in the comments below.

Also if you guys are looking for more books, The Kane Chronicles Survival Guide will be released March 20, 2012 to help complete your collection and learn more about their world.