The Girl Who Cried Love – Lindsay Manfredi

The Girl Who Cried Love – Lindsay Manfredi

See this cover on Good Reads Brace yourself, because this cover skids into the Horrible Covers Hall of Fame like a Harley on black ice. Let’s begin with the title: The Girl Who Cried Love. Scrawled in not one, but two dueling fonts, it looks like a text message from a...
How to Marry a Werewolf – Gail Carriger

How to Marry a Werewolf – Gail Carriger

See this cover on Good Reads This one almost snuck by us like a werewolf in a bustle skirt — but once you catch sight of that rust-rimmed porthole of design confusion, there’s no un-seeing it. Let’s begin with the most pressing issue: why is the protagonist peeking...
Go A-Hunting – Thea Hayworth

Go A-Hunting – Thea Hayworth

See this cover on Good Reads If Go A-Hunting were actually about hunting, the first question would be: what exactly are we hunting — compostable fruit? Because this cover doesn’t scream “adventure,” “folklore,” or “danger.” It barely even whispers “book.” Instead, it...
You Are Summoned – Dean Henegar

You Are Summoned – Dean Henegar

See this cover on Good Reads There’s genre-bending, and then there’s You Are Summoned, a cover so wildly confused about its own identity that it looks like it was designed by a committee of wizards, interns, and one guy who thought this was an ad for a new phone app....
Formula Freedom – Sawyer Bennett

Formula Freedom – Sawyer Bennett

Start your engines, because this cover is about to crash and burn harder than a rookie driver taking the first corner at Monaco. Formula Freedom should be a high-octane, adrenaline-soaked ride filled with love and danger. Instead, it looks like someone mashed together...