Last week, I did a review on the books website or the authors website. This week, as the challenge, you have to review the book cover of the book Beastly. If you look to the side (on the left), you can see the front cover of the book, so you can refer to it. Now let me go in sections.
Lettering/Title: On the cover of Beastly, you can see a big bold title. The lettering is in red on the cover and in capital letters. There is a strange design with the title. You can see that there are thorns that are coming out of the words to make it interactive. The back also has the same lettering quoting "I am a beast". They also made the the lettering white. I personally think that the lettering is very original and that other books should use an example as this book for their own.
Picture: As you can see on the photo, there is a white rose. It is like from the the title of the book, a stem with thorns as you go up the cover. You can see a leaf also and then, a beautiful white rose blooms. On the back, you can also recognize a photo, if you have a keen eye. At the bottom, it is a red photo of a city. There are apartments and trees. There are not that many pictures on the cover but it is enough. The good thing is that the way the pictures are placed and the way they designed the flower is perfect.
Texture: This book is a paperback novel so there isn't any texture. That is the part that is a "downer" for this book. Though, if it was a hardcover, here are some ideas to make it. First of all, they could have the same thing for the outer layer of the book. But when you take of the cover and just have the book, there could be a dent of a white rose with the stem, thorns and the total design.
Size if words/fonts: On the cover, the font is the perfect size. It is readable and it is white and red. They are both very easy to read on a back background.
Meaning: When you look at the cover, does this book attract you? Do you know automatically after seeing the cover what the book is about, its genre, or tone? This is meaning. In this case, the front looks more like a book for girls because of the rose on it when really, this isn't the case. The cover (white rose) makes sense when you are between the 45th-50th page of the book. But really, the cover sets the tone and theme very well. Yes, it may be romance, and love, but in a very modernized way. But for both genders. In the beginning, I thought that this might be a novel suitable for girls, after looking at the title page (cover), but it really is different. Maybe they could have done half of the cover a beast and the other half, the white rose. I think this would have made more sense.
Colour and Sheen: The main colours found are white, red and black. Actually, you can't find any other colour. I think that the colours blend perfectly and that they are easy to read and clear. The black background and white font really make a contrast for the cover. I think the colours are amazing! The book has darker colours so the sheen isn't as noticeable. But, it does stand out in a different way.
Too busy?: If you ask me that question for this book then you might be crazy! This book is not even busy. It has the perfect amount of writing and pictures. There are nice pictures and there is enough room to even add more to the cover.
Quotes: There are actually many quotes at the back of the book reviewing it and making positive comments about the book. One of them was: "A delicious love story.... Romantics will adore this book."- Annette Curtis Klause, the author of Blood and Chocolate. The review and quotes help premier the book so it will attract readers to purchase it. I think that the quotes are very convincing.
Spine: The thing I like the most about the spine is that it doesn't have the same picture as it does on the front. It is similar but not the exact same. It shows the title of the book, the publisher and the last name of the author (Flinn). But the design on the spine is that after writing the whole thing, there is an extension going from the letter B like a long thorny stem and the comes out a little tiny white rose. The white rose symbolises the whole book.
Precis-quality of summary: On the back of the book, if you have read many books, most of books have a summary at the back. For the book beastly, the summary is perfect. It explains everything in detail including the climax and some of the main characters. They explain the timeline of the book thoroughly but not revealing anything serious. In my opinion, this summary shows the true story of the main character, Kyle Kingsbury, with an intriguing cliff hanger for you to want more!
Now that you have read my cover review, I hope that you enjoyed it and it let you have more of a craving, more thirsty for the book..... Beastly!
