Friday Face Off is a weekly meme created by Books by Proxy, and run by Lynn’s Book Blog.
May is also Wyrd & Wonder Month!
“bibbity, bobbity, boo”
This weeks theme: A cover that features ‘magical things’.
My Choice: A Darker Shade of Magic
Featuring Kell’s Magical Coat ❤
Covers:
Tor Books 2015 | Titan Books 2015 | Tor Books 2017| Fischer Tor Verlag 2017
Lumen 2017 | Newton Compton 2017 | ЕМАС 2017 | Tantor Media 2015
Argon Verlag 2017 | Titan Books 2017 | Rossman 2017 | Gramedia Main 2019
Practical Public 2018| Hole 2017 | Statue bookstore | In The Name 2017
Least Favorites:
This might be the first time ever that the original cover is my least favorite. He just looks like an upside down evil wizard thing! Also I don’t like the red and gold and black color scheme. In case you can’t see the weird upside down wizard thing. Here he is. All I did was turn him around and add feet and eyes (the white part is his beard)
Favorites:
Not only is the original cover my least favorite, but none of my favorites are in English, which is unusual for me. From Left to Right, my favorites editions are: Bulgarian, Russian, Persian.
Winners:
Urg, this is impossible. I love the Russian (left) edition, but it is a little too Halloweeny for the story. On the Persian (right) edition, I love the two Londons and the imagery of them in-between everything, but I don’t love the way Kell and Delilah are drawn. Its a tie. I can’t decide!
Which is your favorite? Do you agree with my choice? Let me know in the comments!!
Perfectly Tolerable 
Oh I didn’t even notice how they did the London’s on the Persian edition until you pointed it out. I like the details there!
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Yea, its kind of hard to see when it is small because it has a lot of detail, but it looks really cool when you see it blown up a bit!
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Ooh cool covers! I think I like the Persian one the best- it’s pretty different from the others and there’s just something I like it.
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It is super different! Which kind of surprised me because it fits so well with the story and usually the super different ones don’t work as well.
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I totally agree with your choices, the original covers are so bland to me! I absolutely love the Bulgarian and the Persian covers, the different Londons on the cover is such a cool touch!
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🙂 I love how they showed the different Londons ❤
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I love the covers you picked. I grabbed this book while the box set was on book outlet.
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Yay! I hope you love it ❤
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I love the Gramedia edition! I don’t think I’ve seen it before today either, I saw it on another FF post and was like, wow, that is so cool!
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I hadn’t seen that edition either, and it seems to be a popular one, but I don’t love it haha
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I do prefer the Lumen one Brittany!
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Haha sometimes I struggle with people on the cover if they aren’t how I pictured the characters, so that one just doesn’t feel right to me 😂😂
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Agreed with your pick, though the Gramedia Main one is a close runner up for me.
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That one seems to be super popular, but I just don’t love it, but I can’t figure out why haha
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I love the Russian version – not seen that before but it would definitely appeal to me if I saw it on the shelf.
Lynn 😀
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Same here! It is super eye catching and I would definitely stop to see what it was.
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I liked the cover from Titans 2015 and from Lumen 2017. I do think the original is nice but from the collectors edition
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The Titan 2015 is one of the originals and you can’t go wrong with those!
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This is an awesome selection- I think I like the Russian one best, even if it is a little halloweeny!
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It is super awesome 🙂 I like covers in that style
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