As you know, we are huge fans of Sarah Rees Brennan’s Demon’s Lexicon Trilogy and we are MOST excited about her upcoming novel Unspoken. As such, we are delighted to welcome Sarah to the blog today to reveal its cover. Without further ado, BEHOLD! The cover of Unspoken!
THE SMUGGLERIFIC COVER:
WE LOVE IT! And we can’t wait to get our hands on the book.
For now, we have a few extra bits.
THE SUMMARY:
Kami Glass loves someone she’s never met . . . a boy she’s talked to in her head ever since she was born. She wasn’t silent about her imaginary friend during her childhood, and is thus a bit of an outsider in her sleepy English town of Sorry-in-the-Vale. Still, Kami hasn’t suffered too much from not fitting in. She has a best friend, runs the school newspaper, and is only occasionally caught talking to herself. Her life is in order, just the way she likes it, despite the voice in her head.
But all that changes when the Lynburns return.
The Lynburn family has owned the spectacular and sinister manor that overlooks Sorry-in-the-Vale for centuries. The mysterious twin sisters who abandoned their ancestral home a generation ago are back, along with their teenage sons, Jared and Ash, one of whom is eerily familiar to Kami. Kami is not one to shy away from the unknown—in fact, she’s determined to find answers for all the questions Sorry-in-the- Vale is suddenly posing. Who is responsible for the bloody deeds in the depths of the woods? What is her own mother hiding? And now that her imaginary friend has become a real boy, does she still love him? Does she hate him? Can she trust him?
Sarah Rees Brennan brings Gothic romance kicking and screaming into the twenty-first century with a funny, modern heroine who can take care of herself, an angry, beautiful boy who needs to be saved, and the mysterious forces that bring them together and tear them apart.
A WORD FROM SARAH REES BRENNAN AND ARC GIVEAWAY:
Authors are always scared about their covers, but I was more scared of this one than most. A Gothic novel… what were Gothic novels meant to look like these days? How do you make a cover romantical and mysterious and classic-looking but not olden-days-looking? How do you have that kind of cover with an active-looking heroine? WAS IT IMPOSSIBLE? Was all hope LOST?
This cover came to me after my first cover artist disappeared into thin air (current theory: she murdered someone and went on the lam) and I was in a state of terror.
I was so happy when I saw the first sketch by my fabulous cover artist Beth White, I burst into tears in the airport. I feel so incredibly lucky to have got it. Are you feeling lucky? Comment for an ARC…
You heard the lady – comment below to be entered to win an ARC of Unspoken. Giveaway is open to ALL and will run till Saturday March 24 11:59PM (PST). Good luck!
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Amazing cover! Cant wait to get my hands on this booo.
What a gorgeous cover. Is unlike anything I’ve seen in YA covers. It reminds me a little of the picture book The Princess Who Had No Kingdom- a book I adore for the artwork.
I LOVE how the male figure is just casually leaning against the spine- I’m hoping that means that he is going to be a miss understood bad boy
Cool cover…. akin to the John Connoly ya covers…
The cover is really cute. I can’t wait to eventually read this.
Gorgeous!! I love it and I can’t wait to read the book.
LOVE the cover: classy but modern. Very much looking forward to the release!
It looks so pretty!
I think it’s great that they asked for the author’s input in designing the cover. I’m really looking forward to reading this, the cover and the premise both look intriguing.
I’m a huge Sarah Rees Brennan fangirl. I didn’t think that I could be more excited about this book, but after seeing that cover … Lo, and behold, I am!
Oooh, it’s gorgeous! It catches the eye and intrigues. (Even the girl’s hand on the door invites us to open the cover – was that deliberate?) If I weren’t already determined to read the book based on the excerpts that Ms. Brennan has published, this cover would inspire me to give it a try.
She was really lucky to get such a nice one!
I LOVE THIS!!!!
Gorgeous cover, so looking forward to this!
What a gorgeous cover! Now I really can’t wait to read this.
Amazing cover! I loved the Demon’s Lexicon trilogy (even if I was a bit underwhelmed by the last book), so I can’t wait to read this one.
That is a gorgeous cover. Unfairly gorgeous! I would buy that book if I saw it on a shelf without knowing who Sarah was, because I’d want it on my shelf!
Cannot wait to read this book!
OH MY GOSH IT’S SO PRETTY I CAN’T BELIEVE IT. *___*
I would absolutely love to win an ARC!
I think I have fallen in love <3 So gorgeous and the synopsis has me drooling
I haven’t read any Sarah Rees Brennan novel but that cover is really enticing. It has a mysterious vibe in it. The back cover is as pretty as the front art cover. I’m intrigue with this book.
Such a beautiful cover. Can’t wait to open it and get into what’s inside.
Excellent cover, I wish I had some artistic talent!
Oh, that is a lovely cover! I especially like that without context, the cutout style leaves ambiguity about which side of the gate she is on.
The cover looks lovely
will this be the start of a series or a stand-alone novel?
That cover is gorgeous! I kinda just want to frame it and put it up on my wall. I’d love to have some paper cut art.
That cover is gorgeous! As if I needed an excuse to get more excited about this book.
What a gorgeous cover! I’ve been really looking forward to this book. Please enter me in the giveaway!
Ooooh cut paper – it works well. Nice cover.
I love love love illustrated covers such as this one. The premise sounds really intriguing very gothic and mysterious so yes I’m very interested to check it out
Love the colours of the cover. Plus the synopsis sounds very interesting.
Gorgeous cover! Reminds me of the UK cover of The Night Circus, which I also loved. I’m so excited for this book!!!
The cover is beautiful! I love Sarah Rees Brennan’s work and quite look forward to this one!
What a stunning cover!
Ohhh it’s absolutely beautiful! I’ve been waiting so long to see it that it’s hard to believe it’s actually real! And I love it so, so much. I had a boxset collection of fairytales when I was little, with the most fabulous silhouetted paper cut illustrations and I loved it more than anything. It’s my favourite kind of artwork and I’m so, so happy that Unspoken has it too.
It may have taken a ridiculously long time to get, but that cover is so, so worth the wait. I’m not surprised Sarah is so happy with it!
Lovely cover! I haven’t read any of her books yet, but now I want to get my hands on this one!
Finally! It’s a lovely cover and the synopsis sounds like my kind of book.
Oh my god, so gorgeous! Also I am beyond excited to get my hands on the new SRB, so here is me throwing in my hat for the giveaway.
Fabulous cover! Intriguing summary! You make me curious about this book. Pleaseeeeeeeee Booksmugglers, I beg you to give this humble reader of yours an ARC! ><
Oh my god, it’s BEAUTIFUL. Can it be published now, please?
It sucks to lose a cover but maybe it was worth it, because this one is really great!
That is a lovely cover! I can’t wait to read it!
Beautiful cover! I love that the design continues on the back, and those gates are intense looking. Thanks so much for the giveaway
The cover hooked me and the synopsis reeled me in! Here’s hoping I win so I don’t have to wait until September for this story.
So terribly excited to read this!
Sarah I am commenting in the desperate hopes of an ARC.
Also as someone who had worked in a bookshop I think it’s a really good tone in terms of image. I think it will be very easy to sell!
Fabulous cover and a very intriguing summary. I like the colours used on the cover, the design is simple and elegant too. This is the first time I see something like “a boy she’s talked to in her head ever since she was born”.
Pleaseeeee Booksmugglers, give this humble reader of yours an ARC! Foreign books are hard to get in Indonesia (if they are not mainstream book like Twilight saga or Hunger Games), and they’re expensive
So please be merciful with me ><
Cute cover and I like the colour.
I would love to get my hands on the ARC so thanks for the great giveaway.
Wow, that cover was worth the wait! Truly spectacular. September seems far to long a wait for this book.
Lucky? Not really. But I am hopeful! This cover is terribly beautiful and I am very much looking forward to owning a copy of my OWN.
sweet, that’ll be recognisable on a bookshelf as well as in thumbnail form.
Gorgeous cover, and great blurb! Congrats, Sarah!