Maybe you read the title and like, "what? The Immortal Rules HAS a cover!"
Well, hear me out:
(from http://www.teen.com/2012/12/14/entertainment/books-entertainment/julie-kagawa-immortal-rules-eternity-cure-book-covers/)
By now, your copies of all the books in The Twilight Saga are probably worn out. Fortunately, your next favorite vampire series is already in the works. In the first novel in author Julie Kagawa‘s Blood of Eden sequence, The Immortal Rules (which is already on shelves, FYI!), readers are transported into a future world — because, as we all know, dystopian societies are so on trend right now – where vamps reign and humans are blood cattle.
Just in case you’re not too familiar, one night, the book’s
heroine, Allison Sekemoto, is attacked by vampires and left with the
ultimate decision: die or become her biggest fear. She chooses the
latter, but attempts to go without human blood and pass as a mortal. Oh,
and there’s obviously a guy involved. Zeke. Sigh.
In celebration of the second installment to the franchise, scheduled for May 2013 release, we’re giving you the exclusive unveil of a brand-new Immortal Rules cover (first edition to the left), as well as the premiere of sequel The Eternity Cure‘s cover.
Julie Kagawa says of the addition, “In The Eternity Cure,
new vampire Allison Sekemoto has come to terms with what she is and what
she must do to survive: prey on humans. She knows she is a vampire, but
she is determined not to become a monster. But then she meets someone
who challenges that belief, telling her all vampires are killers,
encouraging her to embrace her savage instincts. And as she gets closer
to rescuing Kanin, the lines between human and monster blur even
further, and Allison must decide to either cling to her rapidly fading
humanity, or succumb to the darkness within.”
P.S. The Blood of Eden series is currently being optioned
for a movie by Palomar Pictures, so hop on the bandwagon now!
***
Now you got the idea. Cuz there will be a movie of The Immortal Rules. And man, I LOVE the series.
So here's the new The Immortal Rules cover:
And that's where I start getting mad.
Because look at the original cover:
Come on, don't you think the original one is way better? I know there will be a movie, but please don't ruin the cover of this book, 'kay?
And here's The Eternity Cure:
Honestly, I'm not very happy with this cover either. I thought the cover would be somehow even better than the original cover of The Immortal Rules.
Hey, if you get a closer look of the cover you will see this:
It includes The Traitor Son's excerpt.
The Traitor Son.
THE TRAITOR SON.
THE TRAITOR SON.
got it?!!!
See the summary of The Immortal Rules and The Eternity Cure here:
The Immortal Rules:
"In a future world,
vampires reign. Humans are blood cattle. And one girl will search for
the key to save humanity."Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the
outermost circle of a vampire city. By day, she and her crew scavenge
for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten.
Some days,
all that drives Allie is her hatred of "them." The vampires who keep
humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself is attacked--and
given the ultimate choice. Die...or become one of the monsters.
Faced
with her own mortality, Allie becomes what she despises most. To
survive, she must learn the rules of being immortal, including the most
important: go long enough without human blood, and you will go mad.
Then
Allie is forced to flee into the unknown, outside her city walls. There
she joins a ragged band of humans who are seeking a legend--a possible
cure to the disease that killed off most of humankind and created the
rabids, the mindless creatures who threaten humans and vampires alike.
But
it isn't easy to pass for human. Especially not around Zeke, who might
see past the monster inside her. And Allie soon must decide what--and
who--is worth dying for.
The Eternity Cure:
Allison Sekemoto has
vowed to rescue her creator, Kanin, who is being held hostage and
tortured by the psychotic vampire Sarren. The call of blood leads her
back to the beginning—New Covington and the Fringe, and a vampire prince
who wants her dead yet may become her wary ally.
Even as Allie
faces shocking revelations and heartbreak like she’s never known, a new
strain of the Red Lung virus that decimated humanity is rising to
threaten human and vampire alike.
***
The new version of The Immortal Rules will be released on March 26th, 2013 while The Eternity Cure will be released on April 23rd, 2013.
See my review of The Immortal Rules here:
http://smoking-hot-books.blogspot.hk/2012/12/the-immortal-rules-review.html
I actually don't like the original cover but at least it had character. The new covers are pretty boring, I actually thought The Eternity Cure's cover was a placeholder until the actual cover was revealed like they did for The Immortal Rules.
ReplyDeleteIf you are going to redesign a cover it's suppose to BETTER not this. I would have preferred to have an Asian/South Pacific model on the cover or have a shot of Allison wielding her katana like the bad ass she is.
I don't think the book being optioned has anything to do with cover redesign. A book being optioned is no guarantee that it will become a movie and if a cover is being redesigned because it's being made into a movie, it's usually a movie tie-in cover.