Cover Awe: textures, cats, etc.

Welcome to Cowl Awe, the place we speak about issues we love about guide covers.

Amanda: I like the way in which the artist drew the totally different textures and particulars of the material!

Sarah: I like this cowl. I like it, I like its subtlety and magnificence, I like the lighting. I find it irresistible.

When Life Gives You Vampires by Gloria Duke. A blue cover illustrated with silhouettes of bats. A plus size woman stands with her hands on her hips wearing coral pants that end at the ankle with a pink tank top, black blazer and black strappy heels. She has orange curly hair.

Cover by Louisa Cannell

Amanda: The coral and pinks of the outfit actually set it off. And sure, I need this outfit, even when I’ll change the heels for ankle boots.

Sarah: That is so cute.

Blue by Emmelie Prophete. A hardcover book resting on fabric in twisted colors of white, pink, brown and orange. The cover looks like a collage of a black woman with a golden halo on a deep blue green canvas.

Cover by Tamara Natalie Madden

Maya: I used to be flipping by an inventory of Caribbean authors and noticed this!! (positively not a romance)

To sneeze: Oh my God!

Sarah: It’s an beautiful design.

Chasing Your Tail by Kate McMurray. An illustrated cover of a black and white cat tripping a woman into the arms of a hunky pastry chef, holding a plate of cupcakes.

Cover by Elizabeth Turner Stokes

Amanda: The hero is a baker for a cat café and I like the real-time shot of a cat attempting to journey a human. Seeing much more playful animals on guide covers currently.