Sep 28, 2025 | Horrible Covers
True crime covers should chill the spine, unsettle the nerves, and scream “dark secrets lurk here.” Instead, Allegedly looks like a tourism pamphlet for small-town Oklahoma, complete with a centered water tower and some free clipart birds for “atmosphere.” The star of...
Sep 28, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads If you’ve ever wondered what happens when the Urban Fantasy Starter Pack™ gets run through Photoshop on autopilot, look no further than Guardian of Wrath. This cover doesn’t so much roar with power as it sighs with déjà vu. First up, our...
Sep 28, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Breaking news: this cover is a design crime in progress, and the only mystery left is who approved it. News at Eleven and Homicide should be a sharp, witty cozy mystery about journalism, intrigue, and murder. Instead, it looks like someone...
Sep 28, 2025 | Horrible Covers
Nothing says “buy my book” quite like slapping a branded T-shirt on your heroine and calling it a day. Yes, instead of giving us atmosphere, intrigue, or even the faintest whiff of genre, we get Cold Fever Books across her chest, like a billboard you can’t unsee....
Sep 28, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Sometimes, a book cover growls. Sometimes it roars. And then sometimes, it just flexes a torso so aggressively close to the camera that you start wondering if you accidentally opened a dermatologist’s before-and-after ad. Welcome to Beast,...
