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US vs. UK: You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour & David Levithan

June 5, 2016 Comments : 5

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Inspired by What She Reads, Pure Imagination Blog, and Stacked.

I admit I’m a book cover snob. Who isn’t though?

Book covers are the first thing that attracts readers to a book. A good cover can draw someone is, just as a bad cover can easily draw someone away. It can essentially make or break a book. Holy, Mother Cover! is where I showcase the book covers that stand out (or make me cringe), and discuss cover changes.

(A big special thanks to Georgie at What She Reads for bestowing me this fabulous name and to Charlotte at The Simple Tales for creating the beautiful feature banner you see before you.)

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US versus UK: You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour & David Levithan

Look at the cuteness of the You Know Me Well covers!

Both the US and the UK cover of You Know Me Well keeps with the San Francisco setting by illustrating the beauty of the Golden Gate Bridge. I love that! Both covers take this bridge and does something similar, but also slightly different from each other.

For the US cover, you can see the majority of the span Golden Gate Bridge. (It’s obviously not to scale, but it’s cute.) The background has this beautiful ombré, which I love because the way the colors gradually change from dark to light is a great way of illustrating the different scenery. The night sky is situated where the dark colors are with all the polka dots for stars, and the water is situated below in the lighter colors with the squiggles to emphasize the waves. I love the way the color of the book title matches the polka stars. Everything about this cover is frickin’ cute.

For the UK cover, the Golden Gate Bridge is more of a close up with a view of one of the bridge towers, and it’s in a hot pink color! (Not quite the red that we usually see on the Golden Gate Bridge, but close enough!) The color palette looks so pretty—you have the hot pink with the pale yellow and pale mint background, which all works so well with each other. It’s not overwhelming to look at, which is so great. However, I’m not a fan of the font used for the title nor of the way it’s placed on the cover. It’s kind of awkward.

Final Verdict: Which cover would I pick? The US one all the way!

Which cover design do you prefer? Would you buy the US or UK cover? Have you read this book?

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Comments

  1. Divya says

    June 5, 2016 at 8:20 am

    The US cover looks so pretty, Cee! I’d buy that in a heartbeat. I haven’t read it yet, but it’s in my TBR!

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  2. Alexa S. says

    June 5, 2016 at 6:11 pm

    I really love the US cover for this novel as well, though I think the UK is pretty darn cute too!

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  3. Tasya @ The Literary Huntress says

    June 6, 2016 at 6:35 am

    I really like the US one. It’s just more eye catching with the huge title font (instead of focusing on the authors) and the other element in the background.

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  4. Stormy @ Book.Blog.Bake. says

    June 6, 2016 at 3:22 pm

    Definitely prefer the US cover! The UK cover is cute too, but it reminds me too much of Rainbow Rowell’s UK covers, and I prefer the dark gradient on the US version.

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  5. Eva @ All Books Considered says

    June 6, 2016 at 4:02 pm

    I think I actually prefer the UK cover — I loved this book so much!

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