Hacía mucho que no escribía de las portadas que enamoran aquí en el blog. Se dice que no podemos juzgar un libro por su portada sino más bien por su contenido, pero es innegable la fuerza que tiene una portada cautivadora para motivarnos a leer el libro que la posea.
En esta ocasión les traigo algunas portadas donde se enfocan en el villano o el algún aspecto oscuro del libro.
Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest of them all?
Fans of the Lunar Chronicles know Queen Levana as a ruler who uses her “glamour” to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story – a story that has never been told . . . until now.
Me encanta esta portada, el hecho de que la protagonista del libro sea la villana de la serie sin duda le da un toque interesante. Es una lástima que no soy fan de esta serie, leí el primero y no me gustó para nada, pero los fans sin duda podrán disfrutar no solo de esta tenebrosa portada sino de la historia que cuenta el libro (yo tendré que conformarme solo con la portada :P)
Red Queen de Victoria Aveyard
Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood—those with common, Red blood serve the Silver- blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own.
To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard—a growing Red rebellion—even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction. One wrong move can lead to her death, but in the dangerous game she plays, the only certainty is betrayal.
Esto es lo que se llama una portada impactante, la vi e inmediatamente quise saber de este libro. La sinopsis no causó el mismo efecto en mí, parece un refrito de un montón de libros que ya se han escrito. Quizá el libro tenga algún factor original o diferente pero nada de eso se refleja en su sinopsis, por lo que no me siento atraída a leerlo aunque talvez le de una oportunidad en algún momento donde no tenga nada mejor que leer.
~THE PRINCE OF NO VALUE~
Brishen Khaskem, prince of the Kai, has lived content as the nonessential spare heir to a throne secured many times over. A trade and political alliance between the human kingdom of Gaur and the Kai kingdom of Bast-Haradis requires that he marry a Gauri woman to seal the treaty. Always a dutiful son, Brishen agrees to the marriage and discovers his bride is as ugly as he expected and more beautiful than he could have imagined.
~THE NOBLEWOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE~
Ildiko, niece of the Gauri king, has always known her only worth to the royal family lay in a strategic marriage. Resigned to her fate, she is horrified to learn that her intended groom isn’t just a foreign aristocrat but the younger prince of a people neither familiar nor human. Bound to her new husband, Ildiko will leave behind all she’s known to embrace a man shrouded in darkness but with a soul forged by light.
Two people brought together by the trappings of duty and politics will discover they are destined for each other, even as the powers of a hostile kingdom scheme to tear them apart.
Oscura + Romántica = Perfección. Esta portada es una de esas que me hacen comprar libros por impulso, decir que es hermosa es quedarse corto, es perfecta. La portada promete tantas cosas que me dan ganas de comenzar a leerlo sin ni siquiera saber de qué va primero, pero ya leí la sinopsis y no se ve nada mal. Agregado a mi wishlist!
