Does The Soul by Stephenie Meyer finally have a cover?

I was looking around on Goodreads and noticed that after all these years, The Soul by Stephenie Meyer has a cover. There isn’t a description, publisher information (The Host was published by Little, Brown and Company) or publish date which makes me a skeptical about if this is real or not.

There is also no information on Meyer’s website but it seems she only posts there once in a while. I loved The Host and would really like to read another science fiction book by Meyer. Does anyone know if The Soul will really be published and if this is the actual cover?

Top 10 Book Covers of 2011

Top Ten Week is hosted by Jessica from Confessions of a Bookaholic and Lisa from A Life Bound By Books and co-hosted by Rachel from Fiktshun and Jaime & Patricia from Two Chicks on Books. Today, I am very happy to post the books that I think have the prettiest cover of 2011. Here they are in no particular order:

1. Anna Dressed in Blood, by Kendare Blake

2. Blood Rights, by Kristen Painter

3. Across the Universe, by Beth Revis

4. Wither, by Lauren DeStefano

5. The Girl in the Steel Corset, by Kady Cross

6. The Pledge, by Kimberly Derting

7. Imaginary Girls, by Nova Ren Suma

8. Tiger’s Voyage, Coleen Houck

9. Vanish, by Sophie Jordan

10. Hourglass, by Myra McEntire

I recently realized that the same person, Nekro, designed both the covers of Anna Dressed in Blood and Blood Rights. I love his attention to detail, especially the hair! What are your favorite covers of 2011?

Onyx Cover Reveal!

I was fortunate enough to read an advanced copy of Obsidian by Jennifer Armentrout and loved it! You can read my review here. Obsidian will be released tomorrow (Dec. 6) so make sure you get it. I so happy to reveal the cover of the next book in the Lux series: Onyx!

Buy Obsidian: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Book Depository

No one is who they seem. And not everyone will survive the lies…

While I know this summary does not give away much, I am so intrigued and looking forward to May when Onyx will be released!

Cover Reveal: Perception

Title: Perception by Kim Harrington
Release Date: March 2012
Publisher: Scholastic Point
Genre: Paranormal Mystery

Summary: This hotly anticipated sequel to CLARITY delivers another dark, paranormal mystery. When you can see things others can't, what do you do when someone's watching you? Everybody knows about Clarity "Clare" Fern. She's the psychic girl in school, the one who can place her hands on something and see hidden visions from the past. Only Clare would rather not be a celebrity. She prefers hanging back, observing. Her gift is not a game to her. But then someone starts playing with her head . . . and heart. Messages and gifts from a secret admirer crop up everywhere Clare turns. Could they be from Gabriel, the gorgeous boy who gets Clare's pulse racing? Or from Justin, Clare's hopeful ex-boyfriend who'd do anything to win her back? One thing is certain. Clare needs to solve this mystery, and soon. Because the messages are becoming sinister, and a girl in town has suddenly disappeared.

Clarity is one of my favorite paranormal mysteries and so I am very excited to read Perception! I love this cover. I think it complements Clarity perfectly and may even be prettier! What do you think of the cover and are you excited for this book?

Cover Reveal: The Onyx Talisman by Brenda Pandos

Release Date: Nov. 16, 2011
Publisher: Obsidian Mountain Publishing
Author Blog: brendapandos.blogspot.com
Find her on Twitter: @brendapandos
Genre: Paranormal

Summary: **WARNING SPOILERS**
The Onyx Talisman is the third and final book in the Talisman trilogy. All was perfect in Julia’s life until Nicholas had his vampire blood-lust activated by his mother Alora, her immortal enemy, turning him evil and bent on revenge. Heartbroken and out of choices, Phil and Julia ran away in the middle of the night, with Scarlett on foot, to Orange County to warn and plead Nicholas’ Godfather for help. Once arriving at Harry’s though, the local coven accosted them and they narrowly escaped.

After they returned home, there was a huge showdown between Phil, Nicholas, Scarlett, Alora, Katie and Julia. Alora almost got what she wanted—Julia’s vampire warding talisman—but Preston, Nicholas’ father, and Harry came to the rescue. They escorted Nicholas and Alora back to Beverly Hills, pledging to return Nicholas free from his blood-lust. But all Julia’s received in the past four months is a letter stating Nicholas missed her along with some song lyrics and promise of a quick return. That was a month ago.

Now Julia awaits Nicholas’ return with the Fab Five Coven: Phil and Katie—the sober vampires, Scarlett—the half-vamp/shape-shifter, and Tyler and Julia—the inducted humans. She’s stuck in Scotts Valley with Phil as her self-appointed chaperon and no way to return to Los Angeles to check on Nicholas. Only Scarlett and Julia know her fate ultimately involves the demise of all vampires, possibly including the ones she loves. When the time comes, will she even have a choice?

The book covers in this series have all been beautiful and this one is no exception! It complements the other two books perfectly, take a look at those covers:

Cover Reveal: Frost by Wendy Delsol

Release Date: Oct. 11, 2011
Publisher: Candlewick
Pages: 336 pages
Author Website: http://www.wendydelsol.com/
Genre: Fantasy

Here is the synopsis I found from Ms. Delsol’s website:  
After the drama of discovering that she’s a member of the Storks, a mystical order of women endowed with powerful abilities, Katla Leblanc is finally settling into her life in chilly Minnesota. In fact, the ex-California girl even hopes for a white Christmas. But Katla’s wintry wish unexpectedly turns into the snowstorm of the century, drawing the attention of Brigid, a gorgeous environmental researcher with an amazing array of fur coats and an unusual interest in Katla’s boyfriend, Jack.

 Stork, the prequel to Frost, was such a fun book that featured very cool Norse mythology, an original element in YA books these days. It was one of my favorite books last year and I am very excited about this sequel. I am intrigued by this cover because the cover of Stork featured Katla is was very bright and this new cover is a dark contrast. I have included the cover of Stork below so you can compare. I think the covers complement each other, I love them both and can’t wait to read Frost!

Cover Reveal: Crossed by Ally Condie

Here is the official summary of Crossed, the sequel to Matched:

In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky—taken by the Society to his certain death—only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues in his wake.

Cassia’s quest leads her to question much of what she holds dear, even as she finds glimmers of a different life across the border. But as Cassia nears resolve and certainty about her future with Ky, an invitation for rebellion, an unexpected betrayal, and a surprise visit from Xander—who may hold the key to the uprising and, still, to Cassia’s heart—change the game once again. Nothing is as expected on the edge of Society, where crosses and double crosses make the path more twisted than ever.

The book is scheduled to be released on November 1. What do you guys think of the cover? It goes very well with the story, but maybe I was expecting something a bit more, well, unexpected. I’m sure I will grow to love it. I am very excited to read this book.

Comparing Covers

Aanchal over at Book Flame has a post up for the beautiful cover art on an upcoming title: The Mephisto Covenant by Trinity Faegan. It’s a beautiful cover that looks a lot like the Australian version of Unearthly by Cynthia Hand. It looks like the same model, same dress (in a different color) in a different pose. I like the Unearthly cover more. What do you think?

I also saw these books with the same stock photo but the picture is flipped. I like the North of Beautiful cover more.

And these two books have the same stock photo, I like the richness of the Vespertine cover more.