Welcome to Cover Lover, a feature on this blog dedicated to book covers! For a long time, I'd wanted a place where I can share some of my favorite covers, or talk about any that might have caught my eye. So when I came across this idea on fellow gamer/book lover Angelya's site The Oaken Bookcase, I jumped at the opportunity to adopt it as well. The "meme" was originally created by another friend of mine, Jaedia, on her book blog Once Upon A Time, so be sure to check out both their sites and take a look at some of the covers they have featured.
Ahem, so they say never judge a book by its cover, but I knew as soon as I saw this one that I just had to read it. This image for Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray is simply gorgeous, with its rich colors and a certain symmetry created by the girl and her reflection in the turquoise pool of water.
Goodreads description:
Heiress of one empire and prisoner of another, it is up to the daughter of Cleopatra to save her brothers and reclaim what is rightfully hers...Like I said, I don't usually go off to buy a book simply because I'm smitten with its cover, but in this case I did, especially when the blurb made it sound like something I would like. Anyway, I must have really lucked out, because not only did I get to scratch my historical fiction itch with this story of Cleopatra's daughter, this book ended up being one of my all time favorites. I couldn't think of a more perfect book to feature for my first ever post of Cover Lover.
To Isis worshippers, Princess Selene and her twin brother Helios embody the divine celestial pair who will bring about a Golden Age. But when Selene's parents are vanquished by Rome, her auspicious birth becomes a curse. Trapped in an empire that reviles her heritage and suspects her faith, the young messianic princess struggles for survival in a Roman court of intrigue. She can't hide the hieroglyphics that carve themselves into her hands, nor can she stop the emperor from using her powers for his own ends. But faced with a new and ruthless Caesar who is obsessed with having a Cleopatra of his very own, Selene is determined to resurrect her mother's dreams. Can she succeed where her mother failed? And what will it cost her in a political game where the only rule is win-or die?
You can read my review of Lily of the Nile here!
So glad you decided to join in! I need to post another of these some time, found an amazing Portuguese edition of a book I love on Goodreads. And don't worry, we all judge books by their covers. ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the name and the idea, because I definitely have plenty of commentary on many covers. Something like this certainly comes in handy!
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