Friday Face Off Freebie: Blackthorn and Grim by Juliet Marillier
28 December 2018
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Blackthorn and Grim, Books by Proxy, Friday Face off, Juliet Marillier
Here we are again with the Friday Face Off meme created by Books by Proxy . This is a great opportunity to feature some of your favourite book covers. The rules are fairly simple each week, following a predetermined theme (list below) choose a book, compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favourite. Future week’s themes are listed below – the list has been updated to help out those of you who like to plan ahead – if you have a cover in mind that you’re really wanting to share then feel free to leave a comment about a future suggested theme. This week’s theme:
Choose one of your favourite titles and compare the covers
Strangely enough having the freedom to choose any book at all this week actually threw me into a turmoil! No idea why, I thought the chance to use any book would be liberating but it turned out too much choice and the overall dilemma of what to pick. Basically, I was like a child in a sweetie shop and on top of that I really have used a lot of my favourite books already (sometimes more than once – eeek!) Anyway. I’ve cheated slightly – I’m not comparing a particular cover but instead going with a series of books and displaying their covers because I love them all: The Blackthorn and Grim series by Juliet Marillier – feast your eyes on these gorgeous covers and fall in love:
The covers:
My favourite this week: all of them 😀
Like last week I’ve added a Mr Linky here so that you can leave a link if you wish or please leave me a link in the comments so I can visit and check out your covers. Thanks
Next week – A cover that is ‘fresh’
Future themes: (if you’re struggling with any of these themes then use a ‘freebie’ of one of your favourite covers)
2019
4th January – A cover that is fresh – New beginnings for a New Year
11th January – ‘I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king’ – A cover that depicts a novel set in the Tudor period
18th January – A cover featuring an Amulet – either in the cover or title
25th January – ‘Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.’ – A cover featuring a monk/priest/person of the cloth
1st February – A comedy cover
8th February – ‘Hi little cub. Oh no, don’t be ssscared.’ – A cover with snakes
15th February – A heart – for Valentine’s day past
22nd February – “Woe, destruction, ruin, and decay; the worst is death and death will have his day.” – A cover with abandoned building/s
1st March – ‘who will buy this wonderful morning’ – A cover featuring a shop or market
8th March – ‘Two little fishes and a momma fishy too’ – A cover featuring a fish/fishes or other sea creatures
15th March – ‘Beware the moon, lads.’ – A cover with a shapeshifter
22nd March – ‘A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse’ – A cover featuring a king
29th March – “I thought unicorns were more . . . Fluffy.” – A cover featuring a unicorn
5th April – ‘nomad is an island’ – A cover featuring a desert landscape
12th April – ‘Odin, Odin, send the wind to turn the tide – A cover featuring a longboat
19th April – ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – A cover featuring a school
This series does have the most beautiful covers, and I can’t pick one either😁
I think even if I didn’t like the books I’d still buy them because of the covers.
Lynn 😀
Gorgeous covers, indeed, just like the contents of these books… 🙂
Yeah, I need to catch up with them.
Lynn 😀
I love these covers. They’re just beautiful.
Lynn 😀
[…] This is a weekly meme created by Books by Proxy, but currently run by Lynn’s Book Blog. […]
Haha I had trouble with the freedom as well 😂 I ended up using a random number generator 😂 But the covers you picked are absolutely gorgeous ❤ I wouldn't be able to choose a favorite either!
They are also lovely aren’t they – it’s impossible to choose.
Lynn 😀
My favorite is the middle one. It looks like an image out of Celtic mythology. 🙂
Yes it does, now you mention it.
Lynn:D
I LOVE these covers! Oh the hair envy 😛
My favorite is probably the third one, I’m so drawn to the colors.
Hair envy – lol. All those beautiful,shiny long locks.
Lynn 😀
Absolutely gorgeous covers 🙂
They really are aren’t they.
Lynn 😀
Hair envy – lol. All those beautiful,shiny long locks.
Lynn 😀
I LOVE this series! She has a new book coming out in 2019 (hopefully) about the Swan Island warriors which show up in the…third book I think? So excited for that. Great pick!
Ohh, that’s good to know, thanks.
Lynn 😀