Even though I’m the one to write up/select weekly topics all year long for TTT, even I get annoyed when I see that I’ve come to a freebie week. lol. Sometimes I’m just not in the mood to think that much! So I took to Twitter and asked for cover suggestions for this week’s cover freebie prompt, and my friend Paige suggested illustrated covers! The thought had entered my mind already, but when she suggested it too I figured it was meant to be! I am so in love with the current illustrated cover trend in romancelandia (that the UK has been doing for eons and I love it), so today I’m sharing my top ten favorite ones!
You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
Christina Lauren blurbed this one, so I would have been excited about it even if the cover were covered in refried beans. I finished reading it a few days ago, and it’s a new favorite! PERFECTION. Pre-order it now!
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
One of my favorite books ever, and I’m obsessed with this bright and cheery cover.
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
I love the colors and the cute glasses and the font. So fun!
Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey
I’ve been iffy about this book because I don’t see Tom Hanks as… someone to wait for? lol. But I do love the cover! I love all the hot pink and the cute curvy designs. Has anyone read this one? Is it good?
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
Look at the cute little lobster holding on to the “r”!! This book sounds fun, but I’m worried about lack of romance. And too many sads. Anyone read this?
Coming Up Roses by Staci Hart
I love all the roses and the font treatment and the cute little couple. I’ve heard iffy things on this one, so please let me know your thoughts if you’ve read it! It seems to be a gender-swapped Pride & Prejudice retelling, which sounds fun.
Love Like Fire by D.E. Malone
This book is part of 4-book series, and all the covers are adorable. I love this one the most, though, because of the burgundy and the snow-capped evergreen trees. It looks so cozy!
The Northern Lights Lodge by Julie Caplin
Here’s another cozy cover. It’s a dream of mine to see the Northern Lights someday, and this cover is just perfection.
The Summer Getaway by Tilly Tennant
Put a cute illustration of the French Riviera on a cover and I’m yours.
My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan
I’ve loved this cover since the moment I saw it. I love the bridge and the skyline and the little boat in the water.
Well, there you have it! This was hard, because there are
SO many cute covers out there and I want to own all of them!
Which one of these is your favorite? Or do you love one I haven’t mentioned today?
I’m 110% percent all about cute illustrated covers, and it’s, as you say, such a trend right now. As long as they continue to be cute and eye-catching, I’m all in. :D
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I love that cover for The Unhoneymooner! And the Summer Getaway is such a fun summery cover.
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I’m also loving the illustrated covers! They got a nod in my Top Ten, as well. :)
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Colorful covers must be in. No more dark or black covers, huh?
Nice ones! I hardly ever read books that have illustrated covers like these.
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Great post and interesting way to curate the list of cover freebie🙂
I like the Nina Hill book cover too but didn’t feature that one on my TTT this time🙂
Great list! My Oxford Year has a pretty colour, and I love the colours on the cover of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, too. I’m really excited to check out You Deserve Each Other – it sounds like it’s going to be so much fun!
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OOh nice topic! I’ll have to remember this one for future freebie topics! There’ve been quite a few illustrated covers that I adored!
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The Summer Getaway does sound like a good read.
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These are such lovely book covers especially Love Like Fire and Coming Up Roses!
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I have really been love illustrated covers lately. These are all great!
I’m not actually sure how I feel about illustrated covers. I definitely like realistic ones better, but some of the illustrated ones are super cute – I like most of the ones you listed. There’s something cute and whimsical about them if they’re done right!
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OMG, great idea, they are so so nice. My favorite here is Love Like Fire. I did my top ten of the decade: https://wordsandpeace.com/2020/01/28/top-ten-book-covers-of-the-decade/
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These are all great choices. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill and Waiting for Tom Hanks are on my wish list.
Wasn’t Waiting for Tom Hanks turned into a movie? I thought I read that somewhere. At any rate, it sounds good.
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These are all absolutely gorgeous.
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These are all so pretty and yummy looking. I especially like Bookish Life, Evvie Drake, and Oxford Year, which is to say, I love turquoise! And a friend just recommended The Bookish Life of Nina Hill to me a couple of days ago.
Super cute covers! I like this trend, too.
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I love all of these!
Hallo, Hallo everyone!
I can *finally!* return back to TTT! I was on such a good roll earlier in the year – releasing 2x of these and then January happened! I admit, between world news and personal strife, I was not interested in blogging or reading! :( I barely surfaced on my blog this January *but!* this week’s post was the best JOY to give myself as I loved writing it!! Especially as a lot of the authors I’m featuring are ones I’ve read in the past and never had the chance to revisit with newer releases… looking forward to seeing what everyone else has featured – both for this topic as planned & the one where I’ll be revisiting the linky where everyone originally shared the top books they were anticipating this 2020!
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In regards for “Waiting for Tom Hanks” – I honestly was disappointed. I started to listen to the audiobook via my library and I just couldn’t continue with it. For the premise, I felt the delivery was off-putting – and it really doesn’t have to do with Tom Hanks! :(
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Very eye catching covers. https://pmprescott.blogspot.com/2020/01/ttt-012820.html
I love these covers. They are so bright and remind me of Spring/Summer, which I can’t wait for! haha
Illustrated covers seem to be all the rage right now. I do like them, but sometimes feel it makes an adult book look like YA.
I need to read The Bookish Life of Nina Hill too. The cover is gorgeous!
Yes, I too am drawn to romance novels with illustrated covers, particularly those with bold chunky use of colour other thank pink, e.g. the colour scheme for The Bookish Life of Nina Hill spoke to me the moment I first saw it, and the next moment it was on my wishlist. My most recent romantic read (and highly recommended), Jane Riley’s The Likely Resolution of Oliver Clock features a similarly striking use of yellow/orange.
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Don’t know if anyone else commented, but I would definitely recommend Evvie Drake Starts Over. I’d easily put it on par with The Unhoneymooners, those two and the Rosie Trilogy have been real standouts for me the past year and change.
I love the Love Like Fire cover. Maybe it’s cuz red is my favourite color