I kept seeing the cover for These Girls on a lot of blogs lately & I kept feeling like I had seen it before... just not with that title. I seem to have a nose for covers that are similar or utilize the same model/art. But it wasn't until I was thumbing through ARCs from last year that I wasn't able to get to that I realized I had a copy of You Have Seven Missed Messages thanks to RandomHouse. Lo & behold this gal with the red shirt was also on the cover.
The books weren't published that far apart, though You Have Seven Missed Messages was published first. The covers were probably in the plans before the first one debuted. So it just makes me wonder if the graphic artist was the same or if there were 2 & they compared notes... or what? How do books end up with cover using the same art? I'm very curious!
Nevertheless, they are both nice covers! I like the coloring of These Girls best even if they did amputate her hand. But the best part is there are only 2 instead of the myriad versions of this guy that I have sniffed out over the years.
I've always wondered how that happened too! Especially since both of these books weren't self-published; I mean you see this all the time with self-published stuff, but books released by publishing houses? It's weird.
ReplyDeleteI've seen both these covers and until right now, did not realize they were two different books. I should have since one is cropped but with so much on my mind these days, details are getting over looked. There are thousands of YA books out there and publishers need to do a better if they want their book to stand out.
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