Yes, if you hadn't noticed, I'm obsessed with covers. This one struck me as soon as I saw it in a friend's twitter link about Dystopian books. The two-colored shattered glass effect is astoundingly pretty. Glitter always catches my eye and the way this sparkle explodes out towards the reader just pulls you in towards the book. Best part? Apparently, according to the Hollywood Crush interview, the shatter effect was pulled off with some tricky camera effects that use lights and long exposures to create photos where light is the paint (hence, light painting). Check out this amazing photo I found for another example. The idea for the double text on the top tagline is also cool, reminding you of the two-worlds effect.
However, the text is my least favorite part of the cover. The strikeout through one of the taglines looks wobbly and strange with the dropshadow; it looks like something a kid would do in Photoshop. The Shatter Me text is a cool idea, but the stark black text doesn't match the shadowed text at all, and it's SO black against a very light part of the background that it doesn't seem to fit. The red comes from nowhere; I think it would have looked better in a light color. On another note, what's with the dress? This book is about a girl who starts off in prison in a dying world, right? Is she going to a prison ball?
Overall, A- for the cover. Beautiful photography and layout, but the text is a little cheesy.
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