Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic is “May Flowers”. I’m a total sucker for a good botanical cover, in any genre, but since this month is all about Wyrd and Wonder, I’ve kept this list to fantasy books only. If you enjoy looking at nature inspired art, do check out all the illustrators’ websites.
Gorse by Sam K. Horton
Gorse is such a familiar sight to me, there’s a lot of it round here and it flowers all year round. It’s pretty and spiky; I don’t know why it’s not used more in covers! Illustration by Veronica Park.
Foxglove by Adalyn Grace
I’ve yet to read Belladonna (the first in the trilogy) but I am absolutely in love with Adalyn Grace’s covers, and they all have flower titles. Illustration by Teagan White.
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherworlds by Heather Fawcett
Both the UK covers for this series are super pretty and have botanical drawing vibes. Illustration by Bex Parkin.
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
I loved this book and the cover is so well done, you barely see the dragon at first, which is very fitting. Illustration by Charlotte Day.
A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock
OK, I think this one is more horror than fantasy, but I love the cover so much I’m including it. Cover design by Julia Lloyd @ Titan Books.
The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew
Oh look a pretty flower… Argh! It has skulls staring out of the petals. I love the subtle creepy vibes. Illustration by Sasha Vinogradova.
Daughter of the Goddess Moon by Sue Lyn Tan
I think they’re peonies? I just think it’s super pretty and I love the swallows swooping past the moon. Illustration by Jason Chuang.
A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley
Often books have flowers on the cover for no reason other than looking pretty, but plants are central to this witchy rom com. The cover is super cute and relevant. Illustration by Dawn Cooper.
Threadneedle by Cari Thomas
The thing I like about this cover is that it looks exactly like embroidered fabric. Illustration by Andrew Davis.
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
I mostly like the melty, repeating title, but it’s definitely floral too. I couldn’t find the cover designer info so I’m going to guess it was in-house.
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Gorgeous covers! If someone had bet me about a book having the title ‘Gorse’, I would have lost. XD I went with photos & books.
These are all such gorgeous covers and I love them 😍 I also love that you’ve shared the artist’s links too. I’ll definitely go have a browse of their portfolios!
Great picks here! I have a few of these on my TBR and I’ve seen so much positive reactions about foxglove/belladonna that I’m curious about them.
The Whispering Dark’s cover is so pretty!
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Some beautiful covers there.
That cover of Daughter of the Moon Goddess is so pretty!
Floral covers seem to be very popular in the fantasy genre. I love how eye-catching and evocative they can be!
Happy TTT!
Susan
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I love all of these so much! I am definitely adding A Witch’s Guide and Gorse to my TBR.
Floral fantasy covers are a really great way to get me to buy a book. I really enjoyed The Honeys and love the cover for that one.
Foxglove looks so gorgeous!
Those are beautiful covers! Great choices! Have a good weekend!
I really like that Fox glove cover. It works so well.